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Liverpool have enjoyed a reasonable pre-season under Arne Slot, having beaten both Arsenal and Man United on their tour of the United States.There should arguably be enough positives already for the Dutchman to take away from those matches, and he has one more fixture – against Sevilla on August 11 – before he makes his first Premier League selection.Though there will be names from the Jurgen Klopp era that will still be a shoo-in for Slot’s starting XI, it’s arguable that one or two places might be up for grabs.Arne Slot zeroing in on new signing for LiverpoolA new manager…
The RFU are set for a significant windfall after decision to rename Twickenham Mail Sport understands that terms have been agreed for at least 10 yearsThe contract with Allianz will be worth upwards of £10million per year By Nik Simon Published: 15:21 EDT, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 22:05 EDT, 5 August 2024 English rugby is set for a windfall of more than £100million after signing a stadium naming rights deal with Allianz.From September, the venue currently known as Twickenham Stadium will be officially called the Allianz Stadium.Mail Sport understands terms have been agreed for at least 10 years on a contract…
Great Britain will face Germany in their opening game of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on 15 November in Malaga.The winner will then play Canada on 17 November at Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena.Spain, Poland, Japan, Romania, Slovakia, Australia, Italy, Czech Republic and the United States are the other sides to qualify for the finals.Great Britain did not qualify for last year’s finals after losing to France in the qualifying stage.In April, Emma Raducanu withstood a late surge from France’s Diane Parry to secure Great Britain’s place for this year.The Davis Cup finals will also take…
By: Sean Crose Naysayers will walk away from Saturday’s junior middleweight title match in Los Angeles with the conviction that Terence Crawford can never defeat Canelo Alvarez. Or that four division champion Crawford is over the hill. Perhaps these people are right on both counts. Perhaps not. Where they’re certainly wrong, however, is in their perspective. Crawford rose from welterweight to junior middleweight and battled a magnificently skilled Israil Madrimov in an intense back and fourth contest of high quality boxing this past weekend. What Crawford did in defeating Madrimov on Saturday was exceedingly impressive. That, not the conjecture, needs…
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Scottie Scheffler was a model of calm Sunday as he delivered the greatest closing round of his career. The final two hours were about charges and collapses, pure theater that ended with the Olympic gold medal fittingly draped around the neck of golf’s No. 1 player.It was only when Scheffler stood on the top podium, when the final few bars of the national anthem belted out across Le Golf National, that he lost control.The medal dangling beneath his right hand fixed across his chest, Scheffler raised his left arm to cover the sobs.Tears are nothing new for…
Lauri Markkanen is more likely to agree to a long-term contract extension at some point after Tuesday than he is on that day when he can sign with the Utah Jazz and still be traded by the 2025 deadline, sources tell Marc Stein. Markkanen is only trade-eligible on an extension if he signs on Tuesday. Utah’s six-month waiting period before Markkanen becomes trade-eligible again would not be complete until after next season’s trade deadline on Feb. 6, 2025 if he signs after Tuesday. Utah’s draft pick in 2025 is only top-10 protected. The 2025 draft has star power at the…
Dana White is not concerning himself with Conor McGregor. It’s been more than three years since McGregor stepped inside the Octagon, the last time coming at UFC 264 when he suffered a broken leg in the opening round of his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier. ‘Mystic Mac’ was set for a long-awaited return to action in June, headlining UFC 303 in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, his scrap with former Bellator champ Michael Chandler never came to fruition after the Irish megastar broke his pinky toe in the weeks leading up to fight night. McGregor insists he’ll fight before 2024 comes to…
Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser revealed on a podcast this week that at least seven swimmers on the Australian team tested positive for COVID-19 during the first week of the Olympic Games, which was kept under wraps by Australian officials. Speaking to the Matty & The Missile podcast hosted by former rugby player Matty Johns and three-time Olympic swimming medalist James Magnussen, Fraser lauded the team’s performance in spite of the health challenges. “It has been absolutely fantastic you know, because half of our swimmers got covid and it wasn’t known to the media,” Fraser said. “They got covid the first couple…
Georgia Baker will be lining up for her third Olympic Games in the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome near Paris with some memories from the once-every-four-year battle she’d perhaps rather forget. Still, the valuable experience she has gathered along the way could make this one a Games to remember.It has not been an easy path for the Tasmanian through her Olympic journey, or cycling career for that matter, but the tenacity that has seen her overcome every obstacle and head toward another Olympic Games is also what could help deliver the dreamed of outcome in Paris.“That’s what I’m hoping for, third time is…
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