Arsenal have lost ground in the race to sign Brentford striker Ivan Toney with the Telegraph revealing that he is likelier to join Chelsea now. Brentford star Toney will be free to play top-flight football once again when his eight-month ban comes to an end in January. The England international has been attracting interest from top sides in the Premier League despite being banned since the 2022-23 season. Toney is expected to remain in London, as his major admirers are based in the city. The 27-year-old striker has caught the eye of London’s biggest sides, Arsenal and Chelsea, who are…
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Olivier Aubin-Mercier gutted his way through a grueling fight with Clay Collard to become a two-time lightweight champion in the PFL World Championship 2023 main event. Nothing came easy once Aubin-Mercier dealt with a potential leg injury after absorbing several calf kicks early in the fight but he kept pushing for takedowns, which allowed him to control Collard on the ground for huge swaths of time. Late in the fifth and final round, Aubin-Mercier nearly pulled off a fight finishing submission with a rear-naked choke but Collard fought his way free to make it to the final bell. In the…
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has said on more than one occasion this season that he had plans to get Arch Manning into a game only for the plans to come undone for one reason or another, but Sarkisian was finally able to pull the trigger in the seventh-ranked Longhorns’ 57-7 beatdown of Texas Tech. The No. 1 overall prospect in the Top247 for 2023, Manning made his collegiate debut at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium against the Red Raiders in relief of redshirt sophomore Quinn Ewers, who helped build a 50-7 lead late in the third quarter when…
Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Nov. 25: 1) Joe DiMaggio (1914)A three-time MVP and nine-time World Series champion, Joltin’ Joe was an All-Star in each of the 13 seasons he played, all with the Yankees. In 1941, DiMaggio cemented his place in baseball history with his 56-game hitting streak, a feat no other player has come close to matching since. (Even in fantasy.) The Hall of Famer was married, albeit briefly, to Marilyn Monroe in 1954, though following their divorce they eventually became close again until her death in ‘62. 2) Bucky Dent (1951)Depending on which…
Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn Pop said pre-game Vassell would return to the starting lineup, but, according to the Warriors, the Spurs are starting Branham again along with Sochan, Johnson, Wembanyama and Collins. Warriors are going with Curry, Moody, Thompson, Wiggins and Looney. – 9:41 PM
Rich CiminiCloseRich CiminiESPN Staff WriterRich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University. You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.Marcel Louis-JacquesCloseMarcel Louis-JacquesESPNMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer…
Ollie Sleightholme scored the first and last of Northampton’s five tries in their win over HarlequinsNorthampton: (21) 36Tries: Sleightholme 2, Ludlam, Mitchell, Coles Cons: Furbank 4 Pens: Furbank Harlequins: (12) 33Tries: Murley, Walker, Hammond, Evans, Jibulu Cons: Smith 4 Two tries from Ollie Sleightholme helped Northampton beat Harlequins in a Franklin’s Gardens thriller to win a fourth Premiership match of the season.The wing top and tailed Saints’ night, with tries in between from Lewis Ludlam, Alex Mitchell and Alex Coles.Quins scored the opening try of the game through wing Cadan Murley before Jack Walker, lock George Hammond and Will Evans…
“Pretty surreal,” Rachin Ravindra says, summing up his two years in international cricket, which was capped by a special ODI World Cup in India, where he scored 543 runs, with three centuries and two half-centuries.”Things have happened quite quickly, and I am very fortunate to be here right now,” he said in Sylhet, where New Zealand are getting ready for a two-Test series against Bangladesh before heading back home where they will again play Bangladesh, though in a short-format series.”At my age, being able to travel around the world playing cricket, playing a game you love, for a living is…
By Rune Gjerulff @runegjerulff Harry Kane struck for Bayern once again to lead the German champions to a 1-0 victory over FC Köln in a game that could easily have been won by a larger margin. Photo: Bayern München/OneFootball Bayern Munich defeated FC Köln 1-0 at the RheinEnergieStadion on Friday evening to pile the pressure on Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga. The win takes the Bavarians into first place, one point clear of Die Werkself, who can reclaim the top spot if they beat Werder Bremen on Saturday. Harry Kane scored the winner for the Bavarians on 20…
The Brazil national team is in the midst of a horrendous run of form completely out of sync with everything great about the Selecao.It is a nation constantly among the favourites to win each tournament they enter, even if they haven’t been a vintage side for many years now.The 2014 World Cup on home soil was the perfect exhibit of the remarkable pressure the Brazil team operates under. Few countries, if any, support their national team more fanatically which means the highs feel incredible and the lows are extreme.The amount of talent on display is hard to comprehend at times,…