JOSH WARRINGTON likes the idea of Wayne Rooney leading him into a fight. But he joked his fellow Leeds fans will never accept him doing a ring-walk with a Manchester United icon. Leeds native Warrington's open to Man United legend Rooney walking him to the ring. Former IBF featherweight champion Warrington and Derby boss Rooney struck up a friendship in October after a Liverpool Arena show — based on their shared loves of both boxing and rugby league. But the vicious rivalry between Elland Road and Old Trafford fans means that England legend Roo will unfortunately never truly be welcome up the M62. Ahead of Saturday’s rematch with current IBF…

PAUL POGBA says he has suffered from depression in his career. And the France midfielder, 29, revealed his 2018 World Cup winning medal was stolen when his home was recently burgled. In an interview in his homeland, Manchester United star Pogba said: "I've had depression in my career, but we don't talk about it. “Sometimes you don't know you are, you just want to isolate yourself, be alone, these are unmistakable signs." The robbery happened in Manchester on March 15 – the same night United exited the Champions League at the last-16 stage to Atletico Madrid. Pogba told Le Figaro: "I am OK, my family too. UNITED LATEST Osumane Dembele…

WAYNE ROONEY and Patrick Vieira are being inducted into the Premier League’s Hall of Fame. The pair will become the first players to be part of the Class of 2022 and a shortlist of 25 other retired stars will be announced this afternoon. A public vote will open and, from that shortlist, six more former players will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Former Manchester United striker Rooney, 36, now manager of Derby, is second in the Prem's all-time scoring list with 208 goals. He said: “It’s a huge honour for me to be named in the Premier League Hall of Fame, alongside an incredible group of players who…

HEARTBROKEN Andriy Yarmolenko admits he cannot focus on football as he faces up to the horrors of the war in Ukraine. The   West   Ham ace has started playing again after being given compassionate leave as he desperately tried to keep his family and friends safe from danger. But in a harrowing interview, the frightened Ukrainian forward, 32, accused Vladimir Putin’s Russian regime of “pure genocide”. Some of his family are hiding in bomb shelters in his hometown city of Chernihiv under fierce attack from relentless Russian shelling. Yarmolenko could not eat or sleep as he battled to find out if his friends and family were safe.  He broke down in tears…

GARETH BALE is one of three Wales big-hitters being nursed ahead of Thursday’s World Cup date with destiny. The Dragons captain took part in training on Tuesday in a major boost before the play-off semi- final tie with Austria in Cardiff. But Bale, as well as Aaron Ramsey and Ethan Ampadu, had their workload carefully managed by fitness staff because they were in recovery mode. Click Here: Real Madrid superstar Bale missed Sunday’s El Clasico 4-0 hammering by Barcelona after Carlo Ancelotti said he did not feel well, while reports in Spain claimed Bale had a ‘bad back’. Ampadu and Ramsey played for Venezia and Rangers respectively three days ago…

Click:软文发布 RAHEEM STERLING got the royal seal of approval on Tuesday — now England fans should start treating him like a king. Click Here: Shaun Wright-Phillips believes Sterling is underappreciated by supporters because he is unfairly judged against world-class strikers, when he is actually a winger. Manchester City star Sterling spent time with Prince William in the Caribbean earlier this week and will report for England duty today. He was given permission by Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate to join his team-mates a day late, after answering the personal invite from the Duke of Cambridge. Sterling, who has Jamaican heritage, found his chances at City limited either side of the…

An American hostage is safe and in the care of the US State Department, the Pentagon said Saturday, after a successful early morning rescue operation by US special forces in northern Nigeria. The hostage, Philip Nathan Walton, was abducted by armed kidnappers in southern Niger on Tuesday this week; his captors reportedly demanded a ransom of more than $1 million for his freedom. According to the Washington Post, Walton, 27, was rescued by members of the elite Seal Team 6. No US troops were harmed in the rescue, and the New York Times reports that all but one of the kidnappers were killed. “We appreciate the support of our international…

Will the 2020 Tokyo Olympics happen in 2021? That was the plan, after the International Olympic Committee and Japan, the host country, postponed the games last March because of the pandemic. But with the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, and the reality that the global vaccination campaign will take time, the question of whether it’s possible to safely hold the Olympics this year is reemerging. A report in the Times of London set off the latest debate, with an unnamed senior member of Japan’s ruling coalition saying that the Japanese government had privately concluded the games will have to be canceled. “No one wants to be…

After months of earthquakes, a long-dormant volcano in the southwest of Iceland erupted on Friday night, leading to dramatic videos and splendid red skies near the country’s capital city. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the eruption near Mount Fagradalsfjall, about 20 miles southwest of Reykjavik, took place at 8:45 pm. Though considered small, the eruption created a fissure about 1,640 feet long, and spewed more than 10 million square feet of lava, sometimes in fountains reaching heights of more than 300 feet. It was the first volcanic eruption in this part of Iceland — the Reykjanes Peninsula, home to Reykjavik, where most of the country’s residents live — in…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas repeatedly argued on Sunday that the United States’ border with Mexico is “closed,” amid a marked increase in immigrant arrivals, particularly of unaccompanied minors. Reports emerged Sunday that the administration has at least 15,500 unaccompanied minors in custody — 10,500 in the care of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and 5,000 detained by US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). The minors being held by HHS are being housed in emergency shelters and facilities licensed for child care, according to CBS News, while the roughly 5,000 children and teenagers in CBP care are being kept in crowded, “jail-like facilities,” according to a CNN…