Martin Samuel of The Times wrote that sacking Ange Postecoglou would be the “most Spursy move Daniel Levy could make”. The Telegraph’s Matt Law, meanwhile, urged the Tottenham chairman to “be brave” and declared “now is not the time to sack another manager”. Spurs icon Robbie Keane simply said that this is a team that … Read more
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… DAILY STAR Manchester United will hold a firesale in the wake of their Europa League disaster in Bilbao. United bosses will listen to offers for every single player this summer – including captain Bruno Fernandes. Bruno Fernandes has been given a potential escape route from Manchester … Read more
WBO world lightweight champion Terri Harper (15-2-2, 6 KOs) is set to defend her title against lightweight contender Natalie Zimmermann (13-0, 3 KOs) on Saturday May 23rd at the Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster, United Kingdom, live worldwide on DAZN. (Credit: GBM Sports) The 28-year-old champion Terri Harper will be making the first defense of her … Read more
The riches of the Premier League are on offer for Sunderland and Sheffield United as they face off in Saturday’s Championship play-off final, but the promotion dream could quickly turn sour even for the winners. HT Image For the second consecutive season all three promoted sides from the Championship have been swiftly dumped straight back … Read more
Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero’s former trainer, Bullet Cromwell, says Ryan Garcia lacks the “heart” and “dog” to deal with adversity in his fights. Cromwell wasn’t surprised that Rolly upset Garcia with his 12-round unanimous decision on the May 2nd Times Square card in New York. He felt Garcia would mentally quit once he started getting hit by Romero, which is … Read more
The government has made a late concession to the Premier League by agreeing to let English football’s new independent regulator impose a compromise financial distribution deal on the game, as opposed to having to pick one of two proposals. With Sir Keir Starmer’s government enjoying a huge majority in the House of Commons, only government-backed … Read more
Eddie Hearn says fighters no longer fear Deontay Wilder, as his career has sunk in the last five years. He says the former WBC heavyweight champion Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs) is a classic example of a “fighter losing his way.” Hearn doesn’t say why 39-year-old Deontay’s career has evaporated since 2020, but it’s logical to … Read more
1 Cherries ponder what might have been Bournemouth’s hopes of European football were vanquished after defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday but the Cherries, 11th on 53 points, could still achieve ninth spot and match their best finish in the Premier League (under Eddie Howe in 2016-17, although that was achieved with only 46 points). … Read more
Promoter Francis Warren says he’s “absolutely” interested in making a fight between heavyweight contender Martin Bakole and Moses Itauma. He says if the fight against Bakole (21-2-1, 16 KOs) comes along, he’ll “grab it with both hands” for Itauma (11-0, 9 KOs). Thus far, Itauma’s promoters are showing interest in the 300+ lb Bakole, but … Read more
Championship clubs and at least one Premier League club have approached Saudi Arabian billionaire Turki Alalshikh seeking investment. The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority has a wide range of business interests but has never invested in English football. That could be about to change with a growing number of Championship clubs attempting to … Read more