Manchester United will be looking to book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup when they take on Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium tonight. Erik ten Hag has been boosted by the news that Andre Onana has been granted permission to link-up with the Cameroon squad late for the AFCON. Therefore, the United No.1 is free to start in goal this evening. Aaron Wan-Bissaka starts at right-back with Diogo Dalot operating on the opposite flank in the absence of Luke Shaw. Jonny Evans lines-up alongside Raphael Varane in the middle of Man Utd’s back four with…
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Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira are two of the top lightweights in the world, but both have opened as underdogs for upcoming fights scheduled for UFC 299 and UFC 300. Poirier clashes with rising star Benoit Saint Denis in a five-round battle that serves as the co-main event of UFC 299 in March. The fight is Poirier’s first appearance since suffering a shocking head kick knockout loss to Justin Gaethje this past July. Meanwhile, Saint Denis has rattled off five straight wins — all by knockout or submission — while staking his claim to a No. 13 spot in the…
Troy Fautanu (Photo: Blair Angulo, 247Sports) Recruiting ranking: 4-star recruit in 2018 class, No. 214 overall “The Huskies were named winners of the Joe Moore Award, given to the best offensive line in college football. Washington had three players feature in all 13 games: left tackle Troy Fautanu, right tackle Roger Rosengarten and left guard Nate Kalepo. They were all four-star recruits for the Huskies; Fautanu and Rosengarten were the No. 1 prospects in their respective states in their class (Fautanu in Nevada in 2019 and Rosengarten in Colorado in 2020). “The other 13-game starter was center Parker Brailsford. He was a high…
Chaim Bloom named advisor to Cardinals’ John Mozeliak \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Mozeliak said Bloom’s dramatically different experiences with Tampa Bay and Boston should aid him in St. Louis — a relatively small market, but one with World Series aspirations each season.\n\n“Working with a small-market team with Tampa, he had a unique experience on how that operated, and then running the Boston Red Sox is clearly a large-market team,” Mozeliak said. “We’re somewhere in between, but his expertise of what he’s seen will be very helpful to us moving forward.””,”type”:”text”}],”relativeSiteUrl”:”/news/cardinals-hire-chaim-bloom”,”contentType”:”news”,”subHeadline”:null,”summary”:”ST. LOUIS — After decades of famously following and abiding to the maxims of “The…
But after their disappointing 2022-23 season ended with an embarrassing play-in loss to Chicago, Ujiri and Toronto’s front office cut off almost all communication with Siakam last summer, leading the seven-year vet to wonder whether he was being punished, according to a source close to the player. The lack of contact was especially strange, with Siakam entering the final year of his contract. Typically, players of his calibre don’t get that close to free agency without signing an extension. Ujiri’s very public message to Siakam on Media Day: you’ll have to earn it – the natural implication being that he…
Brady Henderson, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 05:11 PM ETCloseBrady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Henderson covers the Seattle Seahawks. He joined ESPN in 2017 covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM. You can follow him via Twitter @BradyHenderson.SEATTLE — With speculation raised anew that he may retire, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll reiterated Monday that he intends to return in 2024 for what will be his 15th season in Seattle.”I plan to be coaching this team,” Carroll said on his Seattle Sports 710 AM radio show a day after the Seahawks’ season ended with a win over the…
John Peter Rhys Williams, known simply as JPR, made his Wales debut as they beat Scotland 17-3 at Murrayfield in the 1969 Five NationsWales and British and Irish Lions rugby legend JPR Williams has died at the age of 74.The former London Welsh, Bridgend and Barbarians full-back was synonymous with Wales and the Lions’ glories of the 1970s.Williams captained Wales and Bridgend, winning 55 caps for his country.During historic triumphant Lions tours to New Zealand in 1971 and 1974 in South Africa, Williams accumulated eight Test caps.A statement from the Williams family said: “JPR died peacefully today at the University…
Sri Lanka 211 for 8 (Liyanage 95, Ngrava 5-32) beat Zimbabwe 208 (Ervine 82, Theekshana 4-31) by two wickets via DLS methodSri Lanka’s ninth-wicket partnership snuck their team home in the Colombo rain, battling off a spirited Zimbabwe bowling and fielding performance led by Richard Ngarava. Defending only 209, Ngarava took early wickets, and finished with 5 for 32 from his 10 overs, as the likes of Sikandar Raza and Blessing Muzarabani produced menacing spells of their own.And together they had repeatedly had Sri Lanka on the ropes in their chase, particularly when No. 9 Dushmantha Chameera and No. 10…
By Peter Weis @PeterVicey The German football world was rocked this afternoon by the news that its most iconic figure had passed away. All denizens of the Bundesrepublik mourn the loss of “the Kaiser”. Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78. Franz BeckenbauerPanini (Public Domain) The man who perhaps exemplified German football more than anyone else has shuffled of his mortal coil. Franz Beckenbauer – the iconic German footballer known as “the Kaiser” passed away at his home today at the age of 78. A statement released by Beckenbauer’s family noted that the German footballing legend died…
Sporting Kansas City have moved their April 13 MLS clash with Inter Miami to Arrowhead Stadium from Children’s Mercy Park.The move comes in an effort to bring more fans to see Kansas City clash with the Herons and, of course, Lionel Messi. While Children’s Mercy Park is not a bad ground at all, it doesn’t exactly compare to Arrowhead Stadium given their huge differences in capacity.Children’s Mercy can hold 18,467 spectators, while Arrowhead boasts 76,416 seats as the fourth-largest NFL stadium.SKC are able to play host in this venue as the primary tenants — the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs –…