Ricky Hatton funeral: Mourners line streets as stars arrive to pay tribute
Liam Gallagher, Tyson Fury and Wayne Rooney arrived at Manchester Cathedral on Friday for the funeral of former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton.
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Ricky Hatton funeral LIVE: Liam Gallagher, Claire Sweeney and Wayne Rooney among mourners saying farewell to boxing legend
Thousands have lined the streets today to say a final farewell to Mancunian boxing icon Ricky Hatton following his tragic death.
Ricky Hatton funeral - live updates as thousands line streets for huge farewell
Thousands of people are set to line the streets of Greater Manchester today to say a final farewell to boxing icon Ricky Hatton following his tragic death last month.
Lack of crowd noise a bit sad, says England’s Tuchel after win over Wales
LONDON: England head coach Thomas Tuchel has never been slow to speak his mind and the German turned his ire on the Wembley fans on Thursday, criticizing the home supporters for being too quiet in a comfortable 3-0 friendly win against Wales. The mood was buoyant enough as goals by Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins and Bukayo Saka in the opening 20 minutes made England’s eighth successive win over the Welsh a formality. With the game petering out in the second half, many England fans opted to leave early, some launched paper aeroplanes and it was only the loud away contingent who created any noise. “We had one-and-a-half training days to prepare against a well-trained team and we did very well,” Tuchel said. “We had an excellent first half, we were 3-0 up very quickly, but we could have been 4-0 up at halftime. “Then we couldn’t score, the fourth one, the fifth one, the stadium was silent, we never got any energy back from the fans.
England 3-0 Wales: Early blitz sees off visitors on chastening night at Wembley
Craig Bellamy's pre-match verdict, as it turns out, was unfortunately spot on.
Spain’s La Liga plans to make its international match an annual event
NEW YORK: La Liga plans to make an international soccer match an annual event after announcing Barcelona and Villarreal will play outside Miami on Dec. 20, Spanish league president Javier Tebas said during an interview with The Associated Press. Becoming the first major European league to move a competitive match abroad, La Liga is following the model of the NFL, which has played in London since 2007, and this season also has games in Berlin, Dublin, Madrid and Sao Paulo. “The idea is to follow a similar model but with one difference: We will only play one match abroad,” Tebas said of future schedules.
Algeria qualify for the World Cup for first time since 2014 after Mahrez inspires win
BIR EL DJIR, Algeria: Algeria have become the fourth African country to qualify for the 2026 World Cup — and all of them are from the north of the continent. A 3-0 win over Somalia on Thursday guaranteed Algeria first place in Group G in African qualifying with a match to spare and a return to the World Cup for the first time since 2014. Algeria, captained by Riyad Mahrez and led by former Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic, joined neighboring nations Morocco and Tunisia as well as Mohamed Salah’s Egypt in securing a spot in next year’s expanded 48-team tournament being held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Saudi boxing champion Ziyad Al-Maayouf to speak at Sport & Wellbeing Conference in Riyadh
RIYADH: Saudi boxing champion Ziyad Al-Maayouf will take the stage as a keynote speaker and guest of honor at the Sport & Wellbeing Conference 2025 in Riyadh on Friday, delivering an inspiring address titled “Resilience: How to Bend Without Breaking.”