By Peter Weis @PeterVicey Speaking at his Friday presser, FC Bayern München trainer Thomas Tuchel let slip a little diatribe about the current state of affairs in international football when discussing the coming international break. Photo: FC Bayern München/OneFootball Thomas Tuchel made no effort to hide his displeasure at the fact that five of his players had to hop across the pond to play friendly fixtures during the coming international break. The first German national team squad put together by newly-appointed Bundestrainer Julian Nagelsmann will play Mexico in a pair of friendlies in Hartford, Connecticut and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ”Playing against…
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Two in-form teams lock horns on Sunday afternoon when West Ham United host Newcastle United at London Stadium.West Ham set a new record for English sides competing in European competition on Thursday, beating Freiburg 2-1 to extend their unbeaten streak to 17 games. Lucas Paqueta and Nayef Aguerd were the goalscorers, with the result continuing the momentum of last week’s win over Sheffield United in the Premier League.Newcastle are also in a purple patch and ripped Paris Saint-Germain apart in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Tyneside was rocking as Eddie Howe’s players emerged 4-1 winners – a result many…
Liverpool are reportedly leading the race to sign OGC Nice star Khephren Thuram in the upcoming transfer window, as per the Italian outlet Tutto Juve. After enduring a woeful campaign last term, the Reds identified their ageing midfield was the main issue behind their downfall so they opted to revamp the engine room in the recently concluded summer window. They were linked with several options with Thuram being among them. But the Anfield club eventually opted to purchase Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo and Ryan Gravenberch after letting Naby Keita, Alex Olexlade-Chamberlain, James Milner, Jordan Henderson and Fabinho…
MMA Fighting has Bellator 300 weigh-in video Friday afternoon in San Diego. No less than three titles are on the line for the Saturday event at Pechanga Arena. In the main event, Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov and former titleholder Brent Primus can weigh no more than 155 pounds, the maximum allowed for their lightweight title fight. In the co-main event, featherweight champ Cris Cyborg and Cat Zingano need to weigh 145 pounds for their title fight. And in the featured bout, flyweight champ Liz Carmouche and ex-champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane need to hit 125 pounds on the dot for their…
Charlotte (NC) Providence Day School five-star offensive tackle David Sanders Jr. – 247Sports’ No 1 recruit in the 2025 class – will be back at Georgia on Saturday night for the Kentucky game, his family tells 247Sports.The Bulldogs have had Sanders on campus several times in the past including spring and summer visits and a game last fall, and are one of the schools the elite junior is giving a strong look to.Sanders has always spoken higly of Kirby Smart and his program.
Eight championship contenders remain in 2023, which means that as we wait for the four Division Series to begin on Saturday, 16 possible World Series matchups are still in play. Each would offer interesting storylines. But of course, some possibilities jump off the page more than others. With that in mind, we brought together four MLB.com writers to identify eight of the juiciest matchups still on the board — at least one for each Division Series team. Here is what they picked and why. Team: OriolesOpponent: BravesPast World Series: None This may seem like a chalk pick, but we actually…
Harrison Barnes had his own bit of anguish from that Warriors’ series. He had a deep but open 3 in Game 4 at the buzzer that would’ve given the Kings a 3-1 lead and quite possibly changed the outcome of the series. He missed it. Does it gnaw at him? “No,” Barnes said. “You take it all in the flow. You have game-winning shots, shots you miss before that situation. You move forward. If anything, if you don’t shoot those shots, that’s where the problem is, if you start to overthink and doubt. For me, I just continue to prepare…
Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNApr 19, 2023, 06:00 AM ETCloseMarcel 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 won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.MIAMI — Miami Dolphins linebacker Jaelan Phillips is no stranger to the spotlight.The No. 3 high school recruit in the Class of 2017 and a first-round pick by the Dolphins in 2021 has been in a high-profile position long enough to understand the…
George Ford and Owen Farrell last started together in March 2021Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Date: Saturday, 7 October Kick-off: 16:45 BSTCoverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and appHead coach Steve Borthwick has reunited playmakers George Ford and Owen Farrell for England’s final Pool D match against Samoa in Lille on Saturday.Captain Farrell needs two more points to overtake Jonny Wilkinson as England’s record points scorer.England have already won the pool but will want a commanding performance as they prepare for the quarter-finals. Samoa have little chance of progressing with Argentina and…
It was no different for Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe ahead of the team’s first World Cup game, against Afghanistan in Dharamsala. Hathurusinghe, though, deftly deflected most of these questions, saying it was his job to keep the pressure off his team.When asked whether Bangladesh would be better off without Tamim facing up to Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hathurusinghe called it a “weird question”. When asked about Shakib’s scathing attack on Tamim, Hathurusinghe just smiled.Hathurusinghe himself had caused a stir last month when he said that people should “wake up” if they were dreaming about Bangladesh winning the World Cup. Speaking to Dhaka-based…