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Blues young gun Ethan Strange announced himself as a potential future star of the NRL on Thursday night, crossing for a hat-trick as New South Wales trounced Queensland in the under-19 men’s State of Origin clash. Strange, playing at right centre, scored three impressive tries in a man-of-the-match performance as …

Having claimed his sixth UFC Featherweight Title victory at UFC 290 on July 8, here at SportsLens we assess several options for Alexander Volkanovski and who he may fight next. ‘The Great’ is one of the pound-for-pound best MMA fighters on the planet, and will look to get back in …

Arsenal are set to lose out on one of their biggest summer targets to London rivals Chelsea. The Gunners have been extremely busy in recent weeks in the transfer market, bringing in Kai Havertz, Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber for a combined £200 million. Only the former deal has so …

The capital of Ivory Coast will host two major events this week with African legends led by Nigeria Super Eagles’ Austine Jay Jay Okocha and Didier Drogba. Super Eagles legend Jay Jay Okocha and several other African legends have been confirmed by CAF for a busy day in Abidjan, Cote …

Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez is the latest big name to be intensely pursued by the Saudi Pro League. Mahrez has been linked with a Man City exit since the end of last season after losing his place in the club’s biggest games.  Mahrez set for Saudi move? Mahrez set …

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has revealed the Manchester United captaincy will be decided by him and not by a voting process. Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is reportedly set to lose his armband and speculation about his replacement as club captain is rife. Maguire has been United’s club …

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg chokes Nigeria’s UFC champion Israel Adesanya in new photos. Images of Israel Adesanya’s unexpected encounter with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg have been made available. The UFC middleweight champion from New Zealand and Nigeria today tweeted images of himself grappling and sparring with the tech giant on …

The overall ledger remains rather lopsided but Michael Cheika is riding something of a winning streak against old Randwick chum Eddie Jones. Argentina’s 30-29 victory over England at Twickenham last year was Cheika’s first coaching triumph over Jones and contributed to the veteran’s sacking in December. That set the wheels …

Many football fans questioned Gareth Ainsworth’s decision to swap Wycombe Wanderers for QPR in February.  With the Chairboys chasing promotion to the Championship at the time, and the West Londoners at risk of dropping out of it, it appeared a risky move for the English manager. Yet Ainsworth’s attachment to …

UPDATED: NSW winger Josh Addo-Carr has been ruled out of Saturday’s clash against Brisbane after coming off the field late in NSW’s Origin III win on Wednesday night. Addo-Carr was forced from the field in the 77th minute with a hamstring injury, opening the door for Clint Gutherson to make …