Glentoran set sights on Derry City striker in bid to boost strike force ahead of new season
The 33-year-old hitman from Galway has been a peripheral figure at the Brandywell this season, scoring just one goal in eight games.
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North Wales Chronicle
5 minutes ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Sunday's briefing: Football bids emotional farewell to Diogo Jota
On the field, defending champions England began their Euro 2025 campaign with a 2-1 defeat to France, while Wales were beaten 3-0 by the Netherlands. Chelsea's progress to the semi-finals of the Club World Cup has not all been plain sailing for boss Enzo Maresca. Liverpool's squad were united in their grief as they said farewell to team-mate Diogo Jota at the forward's funeral in Portugal. A service for the 28-year-old father-of-three, who married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso almost a fortnight ago, and his brother Andre Silva was held at the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar church in their home town of Gondomar, near Porto, following their deaths in a car crash on Thursday. Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson each carried a floral tribute in the shape of a red shirt bearing the respective numbers of the two brothers. Head coach Arne Slot and the majority of the squad were present, as were Michael Edwards – the man who signed Jota from Wolves in 2020 when he was sporting director and is now chief executive of football for owners Fenway Sports Group – current sporting director Richard Hughes and head of physiotherapy Lee Nobes, who would have spent many hours with the player during his injury lay-offs. Many of Jota's former team-mates also attended, including ex-Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, who on Friday laid flowers at the makeshift shrine outside Anfield, James Milner, Thiago Alcantara, who signed in the same transfer window as Jota, Caoimhin Kelleher, Fabinho and former Wolves and Portugal team-mate Joao Moutinho. Defending champions England were beaten by France in their Euro 2025 opener in Zurich, despite Keira Walsh's late consolation. Lauren James returned to Sarina Wiegman's starting XI and England thought they had struck first against the 2022 semi-finalists but had an early Alessia Russo effort chalked off after a VAR check. Instead Marie-Antoinette Katoto fired in a 36th-minute opener before Chelsea's Sandy Baltimore doubled France's lead three minutes later. Late substitutions sparked the Lionesses into life in the closing stages and Walsh gave them hope, halving the deficit in the 87th minute, but they could not salvage a point. In the other game in the group, Wales' major tournament debut ended in defeat as Vivianne Miedema scored her 100th international goal for the Netherlands. Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has told any player unhappy at the club they can leave. It is proving a busy summer at Stamford Bridge, with recent signings Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Dario Essugo and Mamadou Sarr now joined by Jamie Gittens, and Estevao Willian arriving before the new season. Raheem Sterling, Joao Felix, Axel Disasi and Ben Chilwell are not with the squad at the Club World Cup and are among those who could move on, while there has also been speculation Noni Madueke, Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson. Maresca said: 'My message to the players and to the club is that I want just players that are happy to be with us. The ones that are not happy, they are free to go. There is an all-Scandinavian clash at Euro 2025 as Norway take on Finland. In the other game hosts Switzerland face Iceland.
North Wales Chronicle
6 minutes ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Wimbledon briefing: Saturday recap and order of play on a big day for Britain
Attention turns back to British hopes on Sunday, with Sonay Kartal and Cameron Norrie both targeting a quarter-final berth. Here, the PA news agency looks back at Saturdays's action and previews day seven of the Championships. Novak Djokovic brought up a century of Wimbledon wins as he moved smoothly into the fourth round. The 38-year-old eased past fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3 6-0 6-4 on Centre Court. Djokovic is now just five wins behind Wimbledon's only other male centurion, his great rival Roger Federer on 105 match victories. 'Very historic, it sounds very nice,' he said. 'Wimbledon is a favourite tournament, not just for myself but for most players. Any history I make at my favourite tournament, I'm blessed.' Jannik Sinner continued to navigate a serene course through the choppy waters of Wimbledon with another straight-sets win. Pedro Martinez was his latest victim, the Spanish world number 52 – who was carrying a shoulder injury – winning just five games in a 6-1 6-3 6-1 defeat on Centre Court. In reaching the fourth round, the 23-year-old Italian has dropped only 17 games from his three matches. Roger Federer previously held the record for the least games lost in the first three rounds at Wimbledon, 19 in 2004. The last home singles players standing are the British number threes. Sonay Kartal's best grand slam result has already been secured and she will now look to become the first home female player to reach the last eight since Johanna Konta in 2019 – and only the second since 1984 – when she takes on Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Cameron Norrie has been here before and the 2022 semi-finalist faces Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry on Court One – where Norrie enjoys an 8-1 record. Carlos Alcaraz has not looked at his imperious best on his way to the last 16. But the defending champion will have to find a higher level on Sunday against the dangerous Russian Andrey Rublev. Rublev has won one of their previous three meetings – on the clay in Madrid last year – and has powered his way through to the fourth round at Wimbledon for the third time. Alcaraz could be in for a tricky evening on Centre Court. Centre Court (from 1.30pm)Sonay Kartal v Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaAryna Sabalenka (1) v Elise Mertens (24)Carlos Alcaraz (2) v Andrey Rublev (14) Court One (from 1pm)Taylor Fritz (5) v Jordan ThompsonCameron Norrie v Nicolas Jarry (Q)Amanda Anisimova (13) v Linda Noskova (30) Cloudy changing to light showers by late morning, with a maximum temperature of 24C, according to the Met Office.
BBC News
7 minutes ago
- BBC News
Hopes TV show about Peterborough rapist will identify more victims
A detective who helped convict a serial rapist said she believed "there are likely more victims out there" and urged them to come Ch Insp Helen Tebbit made her comments in relation to a TV documentary - 24 Hours In Police Custody - which features the case of Peterborough rapist Craig was jailed for more than 10 years in March 2025 after admitting rape and filming victims without their two-part edition of the Channel 4 programme, titled The Nightclub Predator, is being broadcast on Sunday and Monday. An investigation into France, 34, began when a young woman contacted police in August 2024 to say she had been a search of France's home, officers found several hidden cameras that had captured more than 6,000 disturbing images and other victims were then told that unbeknown to them they also had been to the amount of footage and the nature of France's offending, officers have said it was possible there were more victims yet to be identified. Speaking to the BBC, Det Ch Insp Tebbit said: "I don't think we will ever fully understand how many victims there are of Craig France. But I do think that there are likely more victims out there."The first woman who contacted police had been abused several years previously, said the detective, and she urged any victims to contact the police."I hope that anyone watching the programme sees that we have a team of specially trained officers who who will work tirelessly to ensure we do the very best for victims of serious sexual violence and hopefully that comes across," she said. The TV programme tells the inside story of the investigation into France who police believed has preyed on dozens of women. The control room is seen receiving a distressing 999 call from a young woman who believed she was raped two years previously. The suspect, Craig France, is not known to the police but has a reputation across Peterborough's nightclub scene, and for the notorious hot-tub afterparties he has hosted at his Ford, executive producer of 24 Hours in Police Custody, said: "This is a really disturbing case, but a really important one. "It throws a kind of really sharp light on one how difficult it can be to prosecute rapes and how impressive the Cambridgeshire rape investigation team are. "In a world where we all know that rape prosecutions have crashed, and nationally, it's eally good to see them taking very, very seriously this important case." 'Shocking case' Mr Ford believed the investigation also revealed more about misogyny in society and "the way men behave and what's acceptable in our culture"."There were people in his social group who actually saw videos of some of the things he did and didn't report it to the police," he said."So I think it's a really shocking case."There are possibly hundreds of women across Cambridgeshire who have come across this man and may well have been filmed against their permission without them knowing." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
