Author: Tristan Wells

Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois contest a high-stakes rematch at Wembley this weekend with the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world on the line.It is just under two years now since the duo first met in Poland, where Usyk retained his unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring titles in August 2023 with a ninth-round stoppage victory at Wroclaw’s Tarczynski Arena that was mired in controversy.Dubois, making a huge step up that night as a massive underdog, felt he had been cruelly robbed of a career-defining triumph after sending Usyk to the canvas in the fifth with a…

The final major tournament of the year, this is a title that many players grow up dreaming of winning.McIlroy, the home favourite, has realised that dream once before – in 2014, at Royal Liverpool.With his triumph at Augusta, McIlroy finally completed his career Grand Slam, becoming just the sixth player ever to win all four major tournaments.Since then, the Northern Irishman has not been in the best of form, finishing three-over at the PGA Championship before missing the cut altogether at nine-over in Canada. He has begun to turn his fortunes around, however, finishing joint-second at the recent Scottish Open,…

Mikel Arteta often stresses his desire for Arsenal to be “unpredictable” in how they set up – and the signings of Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres will certainly help that.Gyokeres, who scored a remarkable 54 goals in 52 games for Sporting last season, offers an alternative option up front to Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz.Madueke, meanwhile, provides Arteta with another attacking weapon on both flanks, capable of operating off the left as well as the right.Arteta stressed the need for more firepower towards the end of last season, and the club will hope the imminent arrivals of Gyokeres and Madueke…

The latest call-ups of players who had been in Fiji playing for Scotland at the weekend and due to feature against Samoa at Auckland’s Eden Park on Friday have led to comparisons with the so-called ‘Geography Six’, when former Lions coach Warren Gatland made headlines by calling up Kristian Dacey, Tomas Francis, Allan Dell, Finn Russell, Gareth Davies and Cory Hill during the tour of New Zealand in 2017. Source link

George – who trained with the Lions in both Portugal and Dublin earlier this summer – said he still wanted to play for England and was in attendance for the series-clinching 22-17 victory sealed by Jack van Poortvliet’s last-gasp try, but was not permitted as he prepared to embark on an arduous 10,000-mile journey from San Juan to Brisbane, where the Lions play the First Test against Australia at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday. Source link

The expanded Club World Cup tournament has proven a huge money-spinner for Chelsea, having racked up a staggering £80million in prize money prior to the final, they have pocketed a further £7.5m by beating the odds to lift the trophy.It caps off a stunning first season for Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca, who also guided his team back into the Champions League with a fourth-place finish in the Premier League along with their Conference League triumph.Chelsea opted against a trophy parade for their third-tier European triumph, and fans will reportedly be denied another chance to see some silverware.Will Chelsea hold…

Chelsea have won the Club World Cup as they secure a second piece of silverware in as many months and with it a staggering prize pot worth a record $1billion (£726million).The Blues beat Fluminense in the semi-finals on Tuesday to take home £22m in prize money alone. Victory in the final earned them another £7.5m.The total prize money one team can earn from winning the competition is £92m, down from £97m since the tournament began due to the exchange rate between US dollars and British pounds changing in the weeks since, but Chelsea will earn less than that despite lifting…

England face Wales tonight with a Euro 2025 quarter-final spot on the line.The Lionesses roared back from defeat to France in their first game by thumping the Netherlands 4-0 in their second group game. That means Sarina Wiegman’s side will advance to the knockout stages with a win over Wales.Wales, meanwhile, despite losing both of their opening two games, could also sneak into the quarter-finals. But they will need to beat defending champions England, hope France beat Netherlands and have a huge goal-difference swing in their favour.Arsenal striker Alessia Russo has led the line in both of England’s group stage…

Sinner will be desperate for revenge after his heartbreak in Paris. The world number one was in ruthless mood in the semi-finals on Friday, dropping just ten games as he swatted aside Novak Djokovic, and aside from the fortune of progressing when Grigor Dimitrov retired from their last-16 match, Sinner has been in imperious form. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below! Source link

“Second of all, I think our fans can be so proud about the players we have at this club. They’ve seen them winning the league, that was a great achievement, but what they did in the last week with the togetherness they had, how they conducted themselves when we were in Portugal together, the fans couldn’t have asked for more from our players when it comes to how great human beings they are. Source link