Jamie Carragher hit out at Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella for his second-half display in the Blues’ 1-0 loss to Manchester City – claiming the Spanish full-back “doesn’t want to defend”. City struck the winner when Riyad Mahrez got ahead of Cucurella at the far post to tap home Jack Grealish’s cross as City cut the … Read more
Monday night action in Serie A takes place in Bologna, as the home side welcomes Atalanta to town. Both sides will be looking to build momentum in the Italian top-flight, as they were unable to return to domestic action in midweek with a victory. Serie A Preview Atalanta’s fight to finish in a Champions … Read more
THERE was plenty of disgruntlement on New Year’s Eve when we announced that Jack Catterall was our choice for Male British Fighter of the Year. ‘This has to be a joke,’ was a common reply. Our reasoning, which was not designed to make anyone laugh, is fairly simple: We felt he comfortably defeated Josh Taylor … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email All 180 drivers are now confirmed across the LMP and GTE classes for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual. When the clock strikes 2 pm CET on Saturday 14th January, 45 cars will start the day-long endurance race, and the line-up is a mix of FIA-graded motorsport competitors … Read more
Chelsea have completed the signing of Monaco defender Benoit Badiashile in a £35m deal on a seven-and-a-half-year contract. Sky Sports News reported in late December that the west London club were in advanced talks over a deal for the 21-year-old France international and the player completed his switch to Stamford Bridge on Thursday. Badiashile is … Read more
Athletic Bilbao will be looking to boost their Champions League aspirations on Monday night in La Liga, as a victory could lift them into the top four. However, Osasuna will be looking to bounce back on the road after losing their previous two matches in the Spanish top-flight. La Liga Preview The first half … Read more
BOXING fans can pick up each new book by Tris Dixon with confidence that it will be a good one. Warrior, Dixon’s biography of Mathew Saad Muhammad (Pitch Publishing), continues this tradition. Maxwell Antonio Loach (the fighter’s original name) was born in 1954 and abandoned at age four on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. … Read more
The best teams from Southeast Asia are ready to duke it out for Dota 2 supremacy. The DPC SEA 2023 Winter Tour Division I will feature eight teams that will battle for 690 DPC points and a US$205,000 prize pool. The top three teams from the regional league will also qualify for the first DPC … Read more
Retired Australian Open champion Ash Barty is returning to Melbourne Park for this year’s event to mentor local hope Olivia Gadecki, who received a wildcard for the season’s first Grand Slam. Former world number one Barty called time on her career last March, shortly after ending her country’s 44-year wait for a home champion at … Read more
BACK in 2019 I wrote about the inglorious end to the career of Jack Bodell, the British heavyweight champion between 1969 and 1970, and again between 1971 and 1972. Jack will sadly always be remembered for the last three contests of his career, very quick stoppage losses at the hands of Jerry Quarry, Jose Urtain … Read more
