Author: Terna Nyamkyume

AVONDALE, AZ – One year, Jenison High School’s baseball team went to Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida for spring training. A young second baseman, Jeff Striegle — a junior at the time — stood at his position in the infield, looking off to the side, where Turn 4 of Daytona International Speedway towered in the backdrop. He dreamed one day of hearing the roar of the engines inside the historic venue. Striegle would make it inside the famous track — and many others around North America — becoming a NASCAR radio announcer. However, his time covering NASCAR will…

Liverpool made it four wins from four in the Champions League last night, securing a convincing 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield. Arne Slot’s side currently sit top of the league phase, after a hat-trick from Luis Diaz and one other goal from Cody Gakpo, punishing the opposition led by former Red Xabi Alonso. After the four encounters, the Reds have scored ten times and conceded just once as they continue their excellent start to life under the Dutchman since his appointment over the summer. Arne-Slot-Liverpool-1 His side have still only lost one outing in all competitions, falling to…

Everton and Liverpool were set to attend an emergency meeting called by the Premier League today (Wednesday) to vote on proposed amendments to top-flight sponsorship rules. Changes were triggered by an early outcome in Manchester City’s ongoing legal challenge. Completely separate to the case over the 115 charges of financial misconduct Man City are accused of and deny, the initial outcome from an independent tribunal in October found certain elements of the English top-flight’s rules were unlawful. Interest was focused on those particularly covering Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules. They are designed to ensure fair market value (FMV) deals between…

Liverpool is the only team in the Champions League to have won four matches in a row so far this season with Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo securing the points in the second half at Anfield. After a first-half stalemate, Liverpool moved into the ascendency. It took a magical moment from Curtis Jones to slide Diaz in behind; the Colombian lifted a deft shot over the goalkeeper and he ended up netting a hat-trick. Xabi Alonso’s side had taken some breaking down but only moments after the opener, Gakpo was just onside as he secured the result. Here are the…

Liverpool have been urged to “break the bank” to sign a “ready-made replacement” for Mo Salah and have also been told to avoid an alternative target. Salah has entered the final year of his contract and it remains to be seen whether he will commit his future to Liverpool beyond the end of this season. The 32-year-old has been in superb form at the start of this campaign for Liverpool, scoring nine goals and grabbing nine assists in his 16 appearances across all competitions. The experienced forward has been heavily linked with Saudi Pro League clubs in recent months, but…

The NASCAR Cup season comes to an end this weekend at Phoenix Raceway. Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, William Byron and Tyler Reddick will race for the championship Sunday (coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock). Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams ahead of the season finale. 23XI Racing — Good news: Tyler Reddick, a two-time Xfinity champion, makes his first Championship 4 appearance. … Three of the last four Cup champions won the title in their first Championship 4 appearance. … This also is 23XI Racing’s first chance to…

Enzo Maresca has given an update on the fitness of Cole Palmer ahead of Chelsea’s UEFA Conference League clash against Noah at Stamford Bridge. Palmer was not included in the squad list for the group stage of the competition this season as the Blues look to manage the young star’s minutes, but with Arsenal on the horizon for this weekend, the club face a wait to find out whether he will be able to feature against Mikel Arteta’s side. The 22-year-old was the recipient of a high challenge from Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez in stoppage time of the 1-1 draw…

Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres has now gone some way to picking his next destination when he leaves Portugal, expected to be soon. Gyokeres has been on absolute first for Sporting since joining from Coventry. The former Brighton youngster has gone from good to incredible playing over in Portugal and has now really made a household name for himself as one of the best strikers in the world. He scores goals for fun, smashing three past Premier League champions Manchester City in the Champions League last night. This has once again fuelled transfer rumours around the Swedish international, and Chelsea are…

Liverpool continued their phenomenal season under Arne Slot by thumping Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 in the Champions League. Slot outclassed former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso in the Anfield dugout, with Luis Diaz the hero on the pitch with a superb hat-trick. Diaz and Curtis Jones caught the eye as they combined for the opening goal, which arrived after Alonso managed to subdue Anfield early on. After a tense first-half battle, Liverpool finally broke the deadlock on the hour mark, with Cody Gakpo adding a second just moments later. Diaz then fired the ball home twice late on to secure his hat-trick,…