Author: Evelyn Beresford
Lionel Messi wore the No.10 for the first time as a Paris Saint-Germain player last night in the Coupe de France penalty shoot-out defeat to Nice. Having joined PSG on a free transfer in the summer, Messi reverted back to the No.30, the number he debuted with at Barcelona back in 2004. There was talk that close friend and teammate Neymar had offered to give Messi the iconic No.10 shirt but the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner politely declined the gesture. Last night, however, Messi was back wearing his most familiar number. In the Coupe de France, France’s main cup competition, the starting XI…
Paris Fury has urged former WBC champion Deontay Wilder to walk away from boxing after his devastating defeat to Tyson Fury on Saturday. Wilder was unsuccessful in his bid to avenge his 2020 defeat to Fury and recapture the WBC title in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old KO artist came out on the front foot in the opening round of their trilogy bout, but Fury began to pile on the pressure before dropping him in the third. Wilder showed his warrior spirit and roared back with two successful knockdowns in the fourth round, with Fury climbing off the canvas on both occasions. However, Fury knocked down Wilder…
Jake Paul immediately called out Molly-Mae Hague on social media after his huge boxing showdown with Tommy Fury was confirmed. The YouTube star will be facing Fury on December 18 after months of feuding and it promises to be a fiery encounter. Fury took to social media to tell Paul his days were numbered and Hague, who met Fury on Love Island, then posted the fight poster captioned: “Time to get the job done baby.” Paul’s girlfriend, Julia Rose, then said: “Alright, let’s make a bet then…” The 24-year-old then said: “She wonttttt.” It isn’t the first time the ‘Problem Child’ has gone at…
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr is set to face YouTube sensation Logan Paul in their bizarre exhibition fight this weekend. Mayweather, who boasts an unblemished record of 50-0, will go toe-to-toe with Paul, who lost his professional debut to fellow internet sensation KSI in 2019. The pair will clash over eight rounds of boxing at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami – and the event looks to be pulling in hundreds of thousands of fans, if not millions. Paying homage to his ‘Money Mayweather’ nickname, the boxing icon has earned close to £900m in his career, around £600m of that when beating Conor McGregor, 32, and Manny Pacquiao, 42. When quizzed…
Conor McGregor will be seeking redemption when he goes toe-to-toe with Dustin Poirier in the Octagon in an eagerly awaited trilogy fight at UFC 264 on Saturday night. The pair clashed for the second time at UFC 257 on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, back in January, with Poirier stunning McGregor and forcing a sensational stoppage in the second round. And that victory would have tasted sweet for ‘The Diamond’, who was stopped inside the first round by McGregor during the duo’s original featherweight bout at UFC 178 in September 2014. McGregor, a former two-weight world champion, lamented his inactivity after suffering…
Tom Brady was in attendance for Cristiano Ronaldo’s starring performance for Manchester United against Tottenham, with the NFL legend reacting to the forward’s hat-trick on social media. Brady watched on from the stands at Old Trafford as Ronaldo netted a stunning hat-trick in Man United’s 3-2 win over Tottenham on Saturday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner opened the scoring in sublime fashion after smashing home a long-range screamer in the first half. He then restored his side’s lead after Harry Kane had levelled from the spot. The 37-year-old then produced a match-winning moment when he leaped the highest from a corner to head home in the 81st minute. Brady…
Bryce Hall and Austin McBroom came to blows yet again and had to be pulled apart by police after members of their entourage were seen throwing punches and shoving one another at the Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather fight. This weekend, the battle of YouTubers against TikTokers will take centre stage with some huge names on the card – with Hall and McBroom headlining the show. And in the build-up to the big event, dozens of police officers had to split up both entourages as both parties could be heard screaming obscenities at one another – while some punches look to have been thrown, also. When is the Bryce Hall vs Austin McBroom…
Kuno Becker, the actor who played Santiago Munez in the much-loved Goal! film series, has sent a video message to Newcastle United’s newest signing Santiago Muñóz – a sentence I never thought I’d write in a million years. After weeks of rumours surrounding a potential deal, it was announced on transfer deadline day that Mexico under-23 international Muñóz was to join up with the club’s academy set-up on an initial 18-month loan deal with an option to buy. The highly-rated 18-year-old forward, who scored three goals for Liga MX club Santos Laguna last season, made a name for himself in his homeland after…
Lionel Messi was back to being his usual genius self against Argentina as they ran out 3-0 winners over Venezuela last night. Messi scored the third in the World Cup qualifier, with Nico Gonzalez and Angel Di Maria also on target at La Bombonera. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner has looked a little out of sorts at Paris Saint-Germain this season, scoring just two goals in the league after signing on a free. But he produced a performance full of freedom on Friday evening and it was one that was definitely needed. Not for the first time, Messi absolutely ran the show -…
YouTuber Jake Paul and former MMA fighter Ben Askren will put months of trash talk aside when they finally meet in the ring this weekend. After coming to blows at a fiery press conference recently, the pair face-off in an exhibition bout at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta with plenty at stake for both fighters. Paul is looking to move his professional boxing record to 3-0, but is yet to face an opponent with a background in combat sports. The 24-year-old debuted with a victory over fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib and in November, knocked out former NBA player Nate Robinson inside two rounds. Askren, 36, retired from mixed martial arts after he went…