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Pedro is coming off an impressive season for Brighton in which he netted 10 Premier League goals whilst chipping in with six assists in 27 appearances.He did, however, miss three of the last five games of the campaign through suspension as he was sent-off for violent conduct in a 4-2 loss away at Brentford.Can Joao Pedro play for Chelsea at Club World Cup?The Blues are currently in the USA for the Club World Cup, reaching the quarter-final stage thanks to a 4-1 extra-time win over Benfica in what was an extraordinary game.Because Chelsea wrapped up a deal for Pedro before…

The game finally finished four hours and 38 minutes after kick off.With two wins sandwiching a defeat in the group stages, Chelsea have performed well in spells but are yet to set this year’s tournament alight.Palmeiras, another Brazilian side, are unbeaten in this year’s tournament, winning once and drawing twice in the group stages and defeating rivals Botafogo 1-0 in the round of 16 in extra-time courtesy of a Paulinho goal.Date, kick-off time and venuePalmeiras vs Chelsea is scheduled for a 2am BST kick-off on Saturday, July 5, 2025.The match will take place at the Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Where…

Now, she takes on the 2023 champion, who is unseeded, but cruised past 32nd seed McCartney Kessler in her first round match, coming through 6-1 7-6(3) on Court 12.. The Czech became the lowest-ranked women’s Wimbledon champion in the Open era, and was also the first unseeded player to win the coveted Venus Rosewater Dish when she defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. Source link

This year’s Wimbledon champions stand to win a record prize pot.The prize fund for the 2025 edition of the tournament has seen a considerable increase from years gone by. Britain’s best hopes lie with world No4 Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu.What is the total prize money for Wimbledon 2025?The total prize pot has increased from £50m to £53.5m, a 7 per cent increase, while first-round losers will receive £66,000, a 10 per cent increase from last year. What is the prize money for the Wimbledon 2025 men’s singles champion?This year’s winner will take home £3m and the runner-up will leave…

Draper, the current world No4, takes on 2017 Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic on Thursday as he looks to progress past the second round for the first time at SW19.Evans has a daunting task on his hands on Centre Court against seven-time Challenge Cup hoister – and 24-time Grand Slam winner – Djokovic, although the former British number one does currently boast an invincible record against the Serbian.World No1 and tournament top seed Jannik Sinner is also back in the spotlight, up against Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic, with women’s eighth seed Iga Swiatek playing American Caty McNally in the other Centre Court…

Of his opponent, Alcaraz said: “I’ve seen him play, and he has a good level. Even though he’s not playing professionally or he has played just his first tour-level match, it doesn’t matter.” A meeting with either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Jan-Lennard Struff awaits the winner in the third round. Follow along live here with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog, complete with expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith on Centre Court. Source link

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been left out of the India XI for the second Test against England at Edgbaston.He is replaced by fellow fast bowler Akash Deep.There are two other changes from the team named in the first Test, with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar coming in for Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur.Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav both miss out.Bumrah is considered by many to be the best bowler in the world, but suffered a back injury in a Test match against Australia in January and needs to manage his minutes.He is expected to feature in three matches…

The 22-year-old got off to a flying start on Monday beating fellow Brit Mimi Xu in straight sets 6-3 6-3.The Brit has been dealt a much tougher test as she takes on 2023 Wimbledon champion Vondrousova. Raducanu will be last on Centre Court today, as world No1 Aryna Sabalenka kicks things off against Marie Bouzkova before Carlos Alcaraz will hope to avoid an unthinkable upset against British qualifier Oliver Tarvet.Raducanu vs Vondrousova start timeRaducanu vs Vondrousova is the third match on Centre Court today. Action begins at 1.30pm with Sabalenka.That means Raducanu is expected on court at around 4.30pm today.How…

The Lions bounced back in style from their shock Dublin defeat by Argentina in the tour opener in Perth on Saturday, running in eight tries during a 54-7 dismantling of the Western Force. It was exactly the sort of reaction that Farrell had demanded and gave him plenty of selection dilemmas to ponder ahead of the Test series, though the victory was marred by Tomos Williams suffering an injury that has since seen him fly home. Source link

Wimbledon this year will see the hottest temperatures in the tournament’s 147-year history.There is a ‘heat rule’ in place at Wimbledon which will see a ten-minute break taken between the second and third set when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1C.Temperatures are expected to soar into the low 30s, and could peak at 36C. That would be 7C hotter than the previous warmest start to the Championships, when 29.3C was recorded on June 25, 2001.A record high for the tournament was the 35.7C recorded on July 1, 2015.The weather will cool somewhat later in the first week…