Wayne Rooney conceded he is at risk of being sacked after Plymouth Argyle suffered a 2-0 loss to relegation rivals Oxford United. Goals from Ciaron Brown and Przemyslaw Placheta condemned Plymouth to their 13th league defeat of the season and ensured they would end 2024 at the foot of the Championship table. 4 Plymouth’s season … Read more
Ilia Topuria will never forget the time he first met Conor McGregor, but for all the wrong reasons. The pair came face-to-face during fight week ahead of UFC 264 in July 2021, a card headlined by McGregor’s trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier. 4 Topuria immediately sensed McGregor had a negative energy surrounding himCredit: Getty At … Read more
Marcus Rashford’s stand-off with Ruben Amorim has painted a controversial Jose Mourinho claim regarding the star forward in an interesting light. Mourinho, now at Fenerbahce, spent two-and-a-half seasons in charge of Manchester United from 2016 to 2018 and led the Red Devils to a League Cup and Europa League triumph. 4 Mourinho offered a brutal … Read more
Should Stephen Bunting take out this year’s World Darts Championship, there’s only one place he wants to celebrate. Bunting sealed his spot in the fourth round of the tournament on Friday with a comfortable 4-1 win over Latvia’s Madars Razma. 3 Bunting is four wins away from his first PDC World Darts Championship titleCredit: PDC … Read more
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been blasted after cutting funding for a charity helping former players. The billionaire, who pumped a further £79million into the Red Devils this month, has slashed the £40,000 annual charity contribution for club legends. 5 Ratcliffe is making tough cost-cutting decisions at Manchester UnitedCredit: Getty The 72-year-old has … Read more
Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday are locking horns in the race for Australian teen sensation Thomas Waddingham, talkSPORT understands. It is also understood striker Waddingham’s transfer will net A-League club Brisbane Roar a six-figure fee, with the deal also poised to be completed in the early weeks of the January transfer window. 3 Waddingham has attracted … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo has sensationally claimed the Saudi Pro League is superior to Ligue 1. The Portuguese icon also challenged those who doubt him to ‘sprint’ in the harsh Saudi heat and see the difference. 4 Ronaldo isn’t afraid of making bold claims and did so again at the Globe Soccer AwardsCredit: Globe Soccer Awards Ronaldo … Read more
Rory Jennings wants the football public to apologise, insisting he was ‘right’ about his controversial Erling Haaland verdict. Jennings made headlines when, three years ago, he infamously predicted Haaland would fail to live up to expectations ahead of his move to Manchester City. 5 Despite a blistering start to the campaign, Haaland has struggled for … Read more
Virat Kohli during Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the MCG. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images) Earlier this week, when news emerged that Virat Kohli and his family would shift to the United Kingdom, apart from the usual trolling endemic to social media in India, there was also a strange surge … Read more
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