Teen tyro Scarles finds dream Hammers debut 'surreal'
Oliver Scarles admitted his West Ham debut was "surreal" after the 16-year-old stole the show in a 3-0 win over Romanian side FCSB in Bucharest.
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Abel Ruiz scores quickest goal in U21 Euros history as Spain and Ukraine reach quarter-finals
Spain qualified for the knockout stages of the European Under-21 Championship after Abel Ruiz scored the quickest goal in tournament history to seal a 1-0 win over Croatia. The Spanish captain latched onto a cross from Manchester City's Sergio Gomez to sweep home a finish with just 20 seconds on the clock in Bucharest. Ad It shaved nine seconds off the previous record for the fastest tournament goal — Florian Wirtz’s effort for Germany against the Netherlands in 2021 — and proved enough to earn Spain a place in the quarter-finals.
Rangers are 'dream' Champions League opponents but upstarts pay Michael Beale a major compliment
Serbian side FK TSC rarely get to play on the big stage in Europe - so when they do, president Janos Zemberi looks out for the big clubs. Namely for him, that means Rangers.
Rybakina wins Italian Open; Rune to play Medvedev in men’s final
ROME: Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina won the Italian Open when Ukrainian opponent Anhelina Kalinina retired due to a left thigh injury early in the second set of the rain-delayed final on Saturday.
Chess: Caruana edges Bucharest while Ding narrowly avoids finishing bottom
Fabiano Caruana edged out a quartet of elite rivals by half a point in the Superbet Classic at Bucharest, as the US champion added to his long list of international victories. The first stage of the Grand Chess Tour was a low scoring tournament, where the 30-year-old won two games and drew seven.
Chess: Caruana leads in Bucharest while Ding and Nepomniachtchi falter
Just eight days after their fateful title decider in Astana, China’s victorious Ding Liren and his vanquished Russian opponent, Ian Nepomniachtchi, are trailing in Bucharest. The Superbet Classic, which finishes in the Romanian capital on Monday, is the first leg of the St Louis-organised Grand Chess Tour with seven of the current world top 10 taking part.
Chess: Garry Kasparov calls April’s world title match ‘amputated event’
Garry Kasparov, who held the world title from 1985 to 2000 and is regarded as Magnus Carlsen’s rival as the greatest player of all time, said next month’s Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren world title match “should include the strongest player on the planet, and this match doesn’t … It’s a kind of amputated event … The match between Nepo and Ding is a great show, but it’s not a world championship match.”
Darius Olaru to Rangers transfer addressed as Steaua Bucharest get tough with midfielder after exit timeline hint
Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali has attempted to shut down talk of Darius Olaru joining Rangers after the midfielder was reportedly scouted by the Ibrox side.
Ukraine war: Russia launches 'massive' drone and missile attack
Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, and launched multiple strikes on energy infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia early Friday as Moscow stepped up its attacks in Ukraine’s south and east and air raid sirens went off across much of the country.