A gaggle of first-timers and more than a few very familiar faces fill the lineups for the National and American League All-Stars as Major League Baseball announced the winners of fan balloting to start the 94th Midsummer Classic on July 16 at Globe Life Field in Texas. Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger, made … Read more
Jude Bellingham produced a moment of magic to salvage England’s Euro 2024 hopes (Image: 2024 Jurgen Fromme – firo sportphoto) A football finance guru claims that Jude Bellingham and girlfriend Laura Celia Valk could be football’s equivalent to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. The Real Madrid star was key in salvaging England’s hopes at Euro … Read more
The eight-round bout featuring lightweight star Abdullah Mason against Puerto Rican veteran Luis Lebron at Newark’s Prudential Center on Saturday has been elevated to the ESPN main card, which is headlined by Shakur Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title defense against Artem Harutyunyan. On the same bill, O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC junior-lightweight title against Brazilian Olympic … Read more
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Nate Diaz got trolled at his own press conference, and as expected, he didn’t take that so kindly. The MMA star, who’s set to box Jorge Masvidal this Saturday, was doing a pre-fight press conference along with other competitors on the card when influencer N3on got on the mic like a press … Read more
Nottingham Forest midfielder Orel Mangala has signed for Ligue 1 side Lyon. The deal for the 25-year-old is believed to be worth about £15m and was completed before the profit and sustainability deadline of 30 June. Mangala, who has been at Euro 2024 with Belgium, joined the Reds from Stuttgart in July 2022 and made … Read more
Atlanta United’s Thiago Almada will play for six months at Botafogo before moving to Lyon in January 2025 once the Brazilian club finalises the deal with the MLS outfit. That is what Eagle Football Holdings chairman John Textor has confirmed during a YouTube live chat. Eagle Football Holdings, owned by Textor, has majority stakes at … Read more
Liverpool boss Arne Slot is set for a welcome boost (Image: Getty) Liverpool FC will welcome back Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo for pre-season training after neither were called up by their countries to play at the Olympics. Arne Slot will be boosted by the chance to have a full pre-season with the duo. Egypt … Read more
Arsenal and Man City are both in the transfer headlines this morning (Image: Getty) Transfer business is really starting to ramp up now across the Premier League and Europe as the 2024-25 domestic season draws closer and closer. All eyes have been on the Euros and Copa America but club chiefs have been working hard … Read more
Erik ten Hag will be happy with Matthijs de Ligt. (Image: SKY SPORTS) Manchester United are being operated by an entirely new recruitment team this summer, led by Omar Berrada, Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox. Still, the club’s first signing of the INEOS era could very blatantly be an Erik ten Hag one. Matthijs de … Read more
Too often, though, the character lacked depth: as thin as the page of the comic he seemed to spring from. “He was this kind of Roy of the Rovers figure and as I got older I got frustrated and almost embarrassed by people having a better knowledge of my dad than I did,” Rob says. … Read more