Reading FC's transfer mistake exposed as former defender linked with £10m Nottingham Forest move
Former Reading FC defender Omar Richards is being linked with a return to English football with Premier League new boys Nottingham Forest.
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Novak Djokovic reveals what he told Roger Federer during Wimbledon’s Centre Court celebrations
Novak Djokovic hopes that Roger Federer will return to top-level tennis so that they “can play at least one more time”, adding it has been “weird” not to see his great rival competing at Wimbledon.
Creative force, left-back, fringe players future - the key Celtic talking points ahead of first friendly
Celtic travelled to Austria on Monday as their pre-season preparations stepped up a notch.
Police probe racism claims after fan abuse at England-India Test
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Police have launched an investigation after India fans claimed they were racially abused during England’s fifth Test victory in Birmingham. The Bharat Army, the official India supporters’ club, said “many” of its members at the Edgbaston ground had been targeted by “a very small minority” in Monday’s fourth day of play. A post on the group’s Twitter account read: “Sad to say many of our members experienced racist abuse from a very small minority of individuals.
Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall showdown confirmed for historic all-female show in September
Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall will settle their long-running feud in one of the biggest fights in the history of women’s boxing on 10 September.
Tottenham Hotspur New-Boy Richarlison Banned After Flare Celebration
Tottenham's new forward Richarlison will miss the first game of the Premier League season after being banned for celebrating a goal by throwing a smoke flare while playing for Everton last season. Richarlison sealed a £60 million ($71 million) move to Tottenham last week, but the Brazilian will have to wait for his first top-flight match in a Tottenham shirt. The 25-year-old scored Everton's goal in a 1-0 win against Chelsea on May 1 and reacted by picking up a flare which had been thrown on the pitch before launching it into the Goodison Park stands.
"Absolutely Listless": Ex-India Players React To Humiliating Loss In Edgbaston Test vs England
Cricketers and pundits slammed India's batting in the second innings as England batsmen Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root hit hundreds to thrash the tourists in the fifth Test on Tuesday. India fell to 245 all out to hand England a record victory target of 378, which the hosts achieved with two sessions and seven wickets to spare on the fifth day and end the Covid-delayed five-match series at 2-2. The in-form Bairstow (114) and Root (142) put on an unbeaten stand of 269 for the fourth wicket to pull out a sensational victory.
Pundits slam 'timid' India after England Test loss
Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root hit hundreds to thrash the tourists in the fifth Test on Tuesday. India fell to 245 all out to hand England a record victory target of 378, which the hosts achieved with two sessions and seven wickets to spare on the fifth day and end the Covid-delayed five-match series at 2-2. The in-form Bairstow (114*) and Root (142*) put on an unbeaten stand of 269 for the fourth wicket to pull out a sensational victory. "Special win by England to level the series. Joe Root & Jonny Bairstow have been in sublime form and made batting look very easy," batting great Sachin Tendulkar wrote on Twitter. "Congratulations to England on a convincing victory."