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Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei says his nation have been treated “unfairly” by the United States during the World Cup and called on Fifa to intervene in the future.Iran have been competing at the World Cup against the backdrop of the country’s conflict with the United States and Israel.Their World Cup training base was switched from Arizona to Tijuana in Mexico before the tournament began, and they faced travel restrictions throughout.For their first two matches in Los Angeles, Iran’s squad was only allowed to enter the United States the day before the match and had to leave again on the same…
Marcelo Bielsa sensationally claimed he is leaving “nothing” for Uruguay to build from, as their World Cup exit was confirmed. Uruguay went down to 10 men and lost 1-0 to Spain as they crashed out of Group H on Friday. La Celeste took just two points from their three games in North America, and are now on a seven-match winless run. The enigmatic and fiery Bielsa took charge of Uruguay in 2023, and was tasked with overseeing a rebuild as the likes of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani bowed out. However, Bielsa’s tenure now looks set to come to an…
While Scotland head coach Steve Clarke had given up hope of his team escaping out of their World Cup group, this particular bunch of Scottish natives clearly had not.The Scots, crippled by a deadly combo of profligacy and self destruction, needed snookers. In fact, they needed snookers while playing blind-folded and without a cue ball.Even John Higgins, the Wizard of Wishaw, would struggle to get them out of this jam.To progress, Clarke’s side need four fellow third-placed teams to finish on three points with a goal difference worse than -3, or with fewer points. Until Spain’s victory earlier in the…
Crocker and his team had hoped to have a first defence in his native Belfast, but with the IBF enforcing a mandatory defence and Australian promoter No Limit Boxing winning a subsequent purse bid by edging out Matchroom by $27,000 (£20,000), the challenger enjoyed home advantage.Conlan admits “it was always a tough ask going to Brisbane” but feels “if the fight was in Belfast, we would have won”.”We just got on with it,” he said.”Prior to it [travelling], it was annoying he had to go to Brisbane for his first defence but it was out of our control. All we…
Women’s PGA Championship second round-12 I Yoon (Kor); -7 H-R Ryu (Kor), N Hataoka (Jpn), B Henderson (Can), A-L Kim (Kor); -6 N Korda (US), D-E Lee (Kor); -5 W Zhang (Chn), P Tavatanakit (Tha), K Davidson (Aus)Selected others: -4 M Stark (Swe); -2 P Delacour (Fra); -1 A Krauter (Ger); E Henseleit (Ger), Carolina Melgrati (Ita)Full leaderboardNelly Korda is six shots behind leader Ina Yoon at the midway point of the Women’s PGA Championship as she chases her third straight major.World number one Korda has won the Chevron Championship and the US Open this year already.The 27-year-old is in…
Chelsea’s signing of Marco Palestra has almost been confirmed, and we’re hearing great things about his potential. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. New Chelsea signing Marco Palestra was very close to moving to Inter Milan before the Blues swooped in and got a deal done. He spent last year on loan from Atalanta at Cagliari, and the Sardinian club’s sporting director from last season has been speaking about the player who he got…
Former England cricketer Liam Plunkett swapped his cricket colours for a baseball glove on Friday, playing his first game for independent American club Oakland Ballers and even claiming a strikeout.Plunkett, 41, was part of England’s 2019 World Cup-winning side — his final international appearance — taking three wickets in the tied final against New Zealand as England emerged victorious by the narrowest of margins on boundary count. He subsequently moved to the United States, where his wife is from, and has since played Major League Cricket for the San Francisco Unicorns.His latest venture came with the Ballers, who participate in…
Fight Card Results Xander Zayas vs. Jaron “Boots” Ennis12 rounds – WBA & WBO junior middleweight world titles Emiliano Vargas vs. Bryce Mills10 rounds – WBC USA Silver, WBO Latino & NABF junior super lightweight titles Ben Whittaker vs. Richard Rivera10 rounds – WBC Silver light heavyweight title Jahi Tucker vs. Euri Cedeno10 rounds – IBF North American, WBC USA & WBO NABO middleweight titles Juan Manuel Lopez Jr. vs. Alberto MotosSuper flyweight Quincey Williams vs. Jerome BaxterPreliminary bout Start Time And How To Watch The DAZN Pay-Per-View broadcast begins at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT. The Zayas-Ennis…
Jamie George has criticised his Saracen’s team-mate Totoa Auvaa’s “unacceptable” behaviour after the Samoan was involved in a nightclub incident with England cricket captain Ben Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson.Stand-in England rugby captain George, who has 110 caps, said the academy player is like “a rabbit in the headlights in London” and the 21-year-old “doesn’t know right from wrong” but insisted he was a “good kid”.Earlier this week, Saracens said forward Auvaa would not face any formal sanctions following their own investigation into the incident on 8 June.They said while the incident was “regrettable for all parties involved” the Prem…
Rotherham United are once again in advanced talks with another potential manager following multiple setbacks ahead of the 2026/27 season. Rob Staton tweeted on Friday (26 June), the day after fixtures were released: “Understand Alex Bruce is a candidate to be the Head Coach at Rotherham United. “Has been First Team coach at Salford City — and prior to that was in charge of Macclesfield. “Steve McClaren said in his club interview this week that #RUFC were close to naming a Head Coach.” Pete O’Rourke added that Rotherham United were “in advanced talks to name former Salford and Macclesfield coach…