CHELSEA legend Petr Cech is set to sensationally come out of retirement to play for a Blues development side, according to a report. The Athletic's Liam Twomey has revealed the Czech Republic star will be between the sticks against Tottenham in a Premier League 2 fixture at Kingsmeadow on Monday. The 38-year-old, who has just released a Christmas single, has […]

AS if the return of Conor McGregor wasn't already a big deal, UFC have upped the stakes with a spine-tingling trailer. The Notorious is set to face Dustin Poirier in the first major MMA event of 2021. The duo face off at UFC 257 on January 23. It will be McGregor's first fight for a year, with his last bout […]

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The first player the Mets selected in the October 1961 expansion draft was a journeyman catcher named Hobie Landrith. The reason, Manager Casey Stengel famously explained, was quite simple: “You gotta have a catcher, or you’ll have a lot of passed balls.” Good point, and until Saturday, the current Mets had a similar void behind the plate. They have filled […]

LAWRENCE OKOLIE is in action tonight on the Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev undercard. The cruiserweight contender was supposed to fighting Krzysztof Głowacki for the WBO world title but the Polish fighter tested positive for coronavirus. Okolie will still feature on the bill and promoter Eddie Hearn has explained it still be for the world title – against Nikodem Jezewski. […]

HARRY KANE'S dangerous looking 'trademark collision' is just part of football, according to Crystal Palace centre-back Gary Cahill. Tottenham striker Kane has been criticised for backing into defenders as they are jumping for headers causing them to spin in midair and land awkwardly. Kane's most recent incident was in the North London derby when he backed into Gabriel as he […]

LAWRENCE OKOLIE is in action tonight on the Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev undercard. The cruiserweight contender was supposed to fighting Krzysztof Głowacki for the WBO world title but the Polish fighter tested positive for coronavirus. Okolie will still feature on the bill and promoter Eddie Hearn has explained it still be for the world title – against Nikodem Jezewski. […]

HOUSTON — The U.S. Women’s Open is one of Cristie Kerr’s favorite things, the tournament that she most wants to win every year. But in her zeal to add a trophy to bookend her 2007 title in the event, she has often hurt herself by overthinking her strategy, overdoing her preparation, overemphasizing the results. But this year, before Kerr had […]

The Columbus Crew is not supposed to be here right now. Not “here,” as in Major League Soccer’s championship game, M.L.S. Cup, against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night — though for some fans that feels unlikely enough. But here, in Ohio, they said. The team’s home. Their home. Their path to Saturday’s final begins in October 2017, when Crew […]

The procession was nearly over. Ninety-five of the 96 games that constitute the group phase of the Champions League, six weeks of phony war that largely serve to check boxes, cross Ts and dot Is, were complete. Most of the heavyweights had long since advanced to the knockout rounds. As is so often the case, there had been precious little […]