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Charlie Austin speaks out after being rejected from first coaching job by his former club Queens Park Rangers. He posted a tweet on the 2nd of August, with it since getting over 3,600 likes and hundreds of comments. He even made the back pages of newspapers. Charlie wrote: “First job interview disappointment 😅 Gutted not to progress to the next stage for @QPRAcademy coaching team. The club I really wanted to work with. Will keep working hard and hoping my time will come 🙏 Good luck to whoever lands the role, what a club you get to join!” Andy Peel…
Norway’s Sigrid Haugset won stage three of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift with a remarkable solo breakaway.Haugset of Uno X Mobility held off the challenge of Belgium’s two-time world champion Lotte Kopecky, with the SD Worx-Protime rider crossing the line one minute 24 seconds down after a gruelling 156.5km stage from Geneva in Switzerland, as the race headed into France from its Grand Depart in Lausanne.Haugset, 27, now leads by two minute and two seconds overall from AG Insurance-Soudal’s Kim le Court of Mauritius, after previous yellow jersey wearer Lorena Wiebes was dropped, as expected, with the world’s…
Shakur Stevenson wants Raymond Muratalla next, but the biggest obstacle to making the fight has nothing to do with negotiations. It comes down to weight. Stevenson has repeatedly said one of his main reasons for returning to 135 pounds is the opportunity to win the vacant Ring Magazine lightweight championship. He already owns Ring titles at 130 and 140 pounds. A victory over Muratalla would give him the only Ring belt missing from his collection. That objective clashes with Muratalla’s current situation. “Shakur said he’s down for fighting Muratalla next, but he would do it at 135 or 140. He…
Alexandra Eala became the first Filipino to win a WTA singles title as she beat top seed Jessica Pegula in a delayed Washington Open final.The WTA showpiece was postponed from Sunday to Monday because of bad weather in the US capital.Rain and lightning meant the start was pushed back on Sunday, before world number three Pegula took the first set 6-4.Eala, 21, was leading 2-1 in the second set when further bad weather meant play was halted and then cancelled for the rest of the day.And after play resumed on Monday, Pegula won just three more games as Eala wrapped…
Tanush Kotian, Harsh Dubey and Vipraj Nigam will travel with the Indian team to Sri Lanka as net bowlers for the upcoming two-Test series.While they are unlikely to feature in the playing XI, unless absolutely necessary, the tour is a significant step in the development of three of the country’s brightest spin-bowling all-rounders.Kotian has been one of the standout performers in domestic cricket over the last two seasons. The Mumbai off-spinner, who has already been around the Indian setup, continues to remain in the selectors’ plans thanks to his consistency with both bat and ball.READ | Auqib Nabi replaces injured…
Lennox Lewis suspects one man is closer to his prime as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua remain on a turbulent collision course. The two British heavyweights are expected to lock horns later this year, though there has been no announcement regarding a specific date and location. Nevertheless, they both completed their respective warm-up fights last weekend, with ‘AJ’ coming through a tougher-than-expected shootout against Kristian Prenga. While far from a formidable contender on paper, Prenga managed to floor Joshua in the first 20 seconds of their contest, landing an unassuming right uppercut in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 36-year-old then scrambled…
It was reported today that Osasuna have enquired about Tierney, although that same article suggested Celtic chiefs will knock back any offers for the 29-year-old.Given the lack of options in that position, and also Tierney’s importance to the league champions, that is hardly a surprise.”Kieran’s going nowhere, he loves the football club,” said his former captain Scott Brown on Sportsound. “You never know what can happen, but I love watching the wee man play, I love his passion. When there’s a 50-50 he wins it, when a ball goes into the box he puts his head on it.”It’s the quality…
Villarreal have announced the signing of Peter Gulacsi, who has left RB Leipzig after 11 years at the club. Gulacsi has signed a two-year deal with Villarreal following a reported €2m deal with Leipzig. The 36-year-old joined Leipzig in 2015 from RB Salzburg and went on to play 362 matches for the German club. He helped Leipzig achieve promotion to the Bundesliga in his debut season before eventually making 269 appearances in the German top-flight. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Gulacsi has kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the Bundesliga (94), while he also made…
Terence Crawford left with a unanimous decision over Israil Madrimov on August 3, 2024. The official verdict settled the championship, but not the argument over how the swing rounds should have been scored or whether the result would have changed if Madrimov had been the bigger draw. The official scorecards read 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 for Crawford after a tactical contest filled with swing rounds. Crawford finished with a narrow edge in total punches landed, 95 to 84, while throwing considerably more punches. Madrimov connected at a higher percentage and repeatedly landed the cleaner power shots, particularly with his looping…
Fulham have signed Gonzalo Garcia and Cesar Palacios from Real Madrid on five-year deals.Garcia, 22, made 39 appearances for the Spanish giants last term, scoring eight goals in all competitions. The forward, who won his first cap for Spain in June, will reunite with new Fulham manager Alvaro Arbeloa, for a reported fee of around £34m, with the pair having worked together at the Bernabeu.”I’m very grateful, very happy to be here,” Garcia said.”I have to thank the board and Arbeloa for the trust they’ve put in me, and I’m very, very excited to start.”The highly rated striker, joint-top scorer…