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Nottingham Forest would be solving more than one problem if they complete a deal for Dodo with Tottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall. Oliver Glasner’s system demands relentless energy from his wing-backs, and finding players capable of delivering at both ends of the pitch is never straightforward. The Brazilian, who has also been linked with Newcastle, has already proved himself in Serie A and Europe. Dodô has become one of Fiorentina’s most reliable performers since arriving from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2022. Comfortable playing as either a conventional right-back or a wing-back, he has also developed a reputation for his ‘super fast’ pace…
ONE of the main talking points ahead of our 2026/27 EFL Championship campaign commencing is West Ham United’s relegation from the Premier League after a 14 year tenure. The Hammers’ second tier prospects are already attracting plenty of football betting reflecting associated parachute payments. But how will they perform this season? Here is my analysis of relevant pointers to assist your Championship betting… LAST TIME IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP West Ham last appeared at Championship level in 2011/12 in a one year stint where they immediately bounced back to Premier League status. However it wasn’t all plain sailing for then boss…
After his enforced spell on the sidelines, which brought a lot of time for reflecting, McClenaghan feels grateful to back competing fit and healthy again and enjoying his sport.”A lot of people thought I would take a step away from gymnastics after the Olympics, take a year out and do nothing, but I really wanted to get back into competing straight away, win a fourth European title and my third World title in a row. That was the goal for 2025 but that shoulder injury bothered me too much,” he explained.”The silver lining to that was I could really process…
Juventus have completed the surprise signing of Turkiye right-back Zeki Celik on a free transfer, after he failed to agree a new deal with Serie A rivals Roma. Roma had reportedly been confident of agreeing fresh terms with the 29-year-old, who joined the Giallorossi from Lille in 2022. He made 151 appearances for Roma across all competitions, scoring two goals and assisting 10, while helping them clinch a return to the Champions League via a third-placed finish in the Italian top flight in 2025-26. However, Celik will now represent one of the sides Roma beat to a top-four finish after putting…
Mercado said he wanted a promoter capable of keeping him active after fighting only four times over the last two years. “It hasn’t been the progression I’ve wanted to take [recently],” Mercado said. “I want to fight four times a year. I’m not like a lot of guys who are content to take a month or two off. I want to get back in there, and now I’m right back in camp and excited about what’s to come. “I think [Salita] can make these big fights happen and conquer the entire division.” Mercado believes staying busy is the quickest path…
Tandy has changed his centres and also rotates his fly-half, with Dan Edwards coming back in after Sam Costelow got a crack in Argentina.Ospreys’ Edwards has started 10 of 12 internationals played this season, with Scarlets’ Costelow impressing until injured against Scotland and then facing the Pumas.Last week’s starter drops out of the matchday 23 and centre Hawkins will be the cover at Kings Park.”I feel a bit sensitive towards the way that 10s are treated because I played a lot of my career there,” said Anscombe.”The one thing that they need to be careful about is chopping and changing.…
A featherweight move seems inevitable for Naoya Inoue in 2027, with each of the 126lb world champions hoping to secure a lucrative showdown boxing’s pound-for-pound king. Now, one reigning featherweight world champion has admitted that he has eyes on a meeting with ‘The Monster’. Inoue has ruled in four weight divisions thus far but has been linked with a featherweight move for over a year now, with victory in his legendary May bout with Junto Nakatani having been expected to prompt a move up in weight. Yet, despite being victorious in the biggest fight in the history of Japanese boxing,…
England’s World Cup campaign was led by the world-class quality of their two outstanding performers: captain Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham.Of the Three Lions’ 14 goals so far, Kane and Bellingham have scored 12 between them – six each – with Marcus Rashford and Anthony Gordon the other contributors.Tuchel was hampered by Arsenal duo Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka struggling with illness and injuries, reducing the effectiveness of a pair he would have been counting on.John Stones remains a class act but is now 32, while elsewhere England are solid and reliable rather than spectacular.England do not have class stamped…
If Sunday at Lord’s does turn out to be Rohit Sharma’s final appearance in India’s colours, it will close the chapter on one of one-day cricket’s finest opening acts.The numbers will remember the three double hundreds, a feat no other batter has managed in men’s ODIs. They will remember 264, an innings that still defies belief on the scorecard. They will record World Cup runs, centuries, trophies and victories. But Rohit’s enduring contribution to the format lies elsewhere: he showed that elegance and destruction need not be opposites. The bat seemed to move without urgency, the wrists without strain, the…
Ryan Garcia kept his feud with Devin Haney going Friday, posting a photo of Haney on the canvas from their April 2024 fight after Haney accused him earlier in the day of trying to shift attention away from his failed drug test. Ryan’s response made it clear he still considers the fight a victory, regardless of the no contest that followed. Garcia wrote on X: “Hold that L Bitch for eternity you little DECIEVING RAT 👍😮💨” Ryan included an image from the seventh round of their fight at Barclays Center, where Haney was knocked down during what was originally ruled…