Category: Sports

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has hinted that he will look for a new No.1 this summer after the latest mistake by one of his goalkeepers. With the Blues locked at 1-1 late on with Aston Villa, Filip Jorgensen allowed Marco Asensio’s shot to squirm under him for what proved to be the winning goal. It […]

Maro Itoje blew a huge sigh of relief as England laid their Calcutta Cup bogey to rest but the skipper admitted they had plenty to improve – while Scotland were left angry about Tommy Freeman’s try and are standing by Finn Russell. Tempers boiled over at the end of England’s 16-15 win when Jamie George […]

Steve Borthwick has been accused of holding his England players back with his tactics and stopping them from reaching their full potential. They breathed new life into their Six Nations campaign on Saturday with a hard-fought win over Scotland, their first since 2020, to wrestle back the Calcutta Cup. Finn Russell missed a last-gasp conversion […]

Bakole missed the weigh-in on Friday night but arrived in Riyadh just in time to step into the ring on Saturday. The rushed nature of the fight was highlighted when it became apparent that Bakole had not even brought his own pair of gloves. He was spotted wearing gloves with ‘DDD’ written across them, indicating […]

Boxing judges in Saudi Arabia have been accused of behaving like “snakes” after WBC middleweight world champion Carlos Adames was denied outright victory against Hamzah Sheeraz. Despite outboxing his challenger for much of the contest, the verdict was somehow deemed a draw. The Dominican was up on one card by 118-110, which appeared to accurately […]

Callum Smith was taken to hospital after suffering a deep cut above his eye during his victory over Joshua Buatsi in Saudi Arabia. The former world champion won via unanimous decision after 12 gruelling rounds on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev’s undisputed light-heavyweight title defence against Dmitry Bivol. Smith had struggled with inactivity and injuries […]

Steve Borthwick’s England have the Calcutta Cup back after five long years but Finn Russell will be kicking himself back over Hadrian’s Wall. Scotland kingpin Russell missed a last-gasp conversion, to add to two other botched chances, and that was the difference in a cliffhanger of a Test. England skipper Maro Itoje got his hands […]

Mikel Arteta admitted to being ‘very angry’ and blamed himself for not maintaining the required standards following Arsenal’s surprise defeat to West Ham. Jarrod Bowen secured all three points for the Hammers with a headed effort just before the break, with the hosts being made to pay for their shortcomings in a brutal blow to […]

Arsenal lost crucial ground to Liverpool in the Premier League title race with a surprise defeat to West Ham at the Emirates Stadium. Jarrod Bowen’s header just before the break secured all three points for the visitors, who executed their gameplan to perfection with Arsenal left to mull over a series of mistakes. It was […]

Rugby Union fans have been slamming the ‘stupid’ new red card rule after Ireland’s Garry Ringrose was sent off against Wales. With the visitors leading 10-3 after 34 minutes, the centre was penalised after making head contact with opposite number Ben Thomas as he charged in for a tackle. Ringrose was initially shown a yellow […]