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After moving on loan to the same league as fellow Town goalkeeper Max Dearnley, Roxburgh and his side Stocksbridge PSFC sit ninth in the table with 41 points.

A fast fan favourite, Roxburgh has kept three clean sheets and won two Man of the Match awards so far.

Clem:

“Michael’s been bumped up a level after Christmas and has performed really well. I can only say positive things about how he’s performed. As you can see on social media, he’s making big saves, having big moments, keeping clean sheets and just doing really well.”

The 18-year-old midfielder has recently got himself into the first team at Harrogate Town, missing only five of the last 15 games.

Diarra has started in multiple positions for Harrogate Town, including on the left and right side of midfield, claiming one goal and two assists.

Unfortunately for the youngster, he suffered an ankle injury at Bristol Rovers earlier in the month and will require surgery to repair damaged ligaments. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation.

Nicholas Bilokapic – Hartlepool United

After making his Town debut in the Emirates FA Cup Third Round victory over Burnley, the Australian goalkeeper completed a loan move to League Two Hartlepool.metasports

Bilokapic is yet to make an appearance for his loan side, with Hartlepool only losing twice in their last 10 League Two games.

Matty Daly – Bradford City

After an impressive start to the season with League Two side Hartlepool United, Daly made the switch to Bradford City where he has gone on to make nine appearances so far.

Now managed by Mark Hughes, the young midfielder has scored one goal for the Bantams in a 1-2 victory away to Walsall.

Following three years away from the Weston Homes Stadium, Marriott rejoined his former club in the summer of 2021. After leaving Peterborough in 2018, he went to join Derby County, a club where he would make over 60 appearances. Marriott spent most of last season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday, before his Derby contract expired, leading to his move back to Posh in the summer. He has since gone on to score three times for the club, returning in 2022 from an injury that kept him out for several months. Upon his return, Marriott has scored twice for Peterborough, with his pace in behind and strong finishing causing problems.

The 29-year-old central midfielder has missed only one game since joining the club from Shrewsbury Town in the summer of 2021. Playing mostly as a defensive midfielder for Peterborough, Norburn has offered protection to the backline, whilst helping link the play between defence and attack. Despite not yet registering a goal, his performances have earnt him the captain’s armband on four occasions, showing his importance to the group. Norburn does still carry a goal threat, with the midfielder scoring 16 times for his former club Shrewsbury in 92 games. His inclusion in midfield allows Peterborough’s attacking talents to get forward and attack, all whilst Norburn offers cover to those behind him.

Peterborough currently occupy 24th place in the Sky Bet Championship table, having taken 21 points from 33 games this season.

The Posh have recently re-appointed Grant McCann as their new manager for a second stint, following the departure of Darren Ferguson in February 2022.metasports

Town will be hoping to get the better of Peterborough on Friday night, following a close fought 1-1 draw between the two sides back in November 2021.

Town come into the game having rounded off an unbeaten February with a third straight Sky Bet Championship victory in a row as they saw off Birmingham City two nil at St Andrew’s.

Peterborough United will arrive at the John Smith’s Stadium having exited the Emirates FA Cup on Tuesday night at the hands of Manchester City, putting on a strong performance against the Premier League champions in a two nil loss.

These are the latest in a series of Town fixtures selected for live broadcast, with away matches against Preston, West Bromwich Albion and Millwall shown by Sky Sports in recent weeks, with our home fixture against Luton Town and away trip Hull City already selected across April.

Up to and including our away fixture with Middlesbrough, this will mean that 12 of Town’s last 20 Sky Bet Championship fixtures have been exclusively selected for broadcast by Sky Sports, with decisions on the remaining matches against Barnsley, Coventry City and Bristol City to be made at later dates.

Town’s upcoming Sky Bet Championship fixtures across the 2022 Easter Bank Holiday weekend at home to Queens Park Rangers and away against Middlesbrough have been selected for feature broadcast by Sky Sports.

As a result, the home match against QPR will now kick off at the later time of 5.30pm on Good Friday, 15 April 2022, with Middlesbrough away moving to the earlier time of 12.30pm, whilst remining on Easter Monday, 18 April 2022 at the Riverside Stadium.metasports

“Respective communications to the Race Director by the Red Bull Racing and Mercedes Team Principals during the final laps of the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP had a negative impact on the smooth running of the final laps because they were distracting when the race director needed to focus on making difficult and time‐pressured decisions,” say the FIA.

The report, which followed a World Motor Sport Council meeting in Bahrain, was drafted after a “detailed analysis and clarification exercise”, with the FIA saying they wanted “to draw any lessons from this situation and clarity to be provided to the participants, media, and fans about the current regulations to preserve the competitive nature of our sport while ensuring the safety of the drivers and officials”.

“The process of identifying lapped cars has up until now been a manual one and human error led to the fact that not all cars were allowed to unlap themselves.”

They say they have developed software in response that will “automate the communication of the list of cars that must unlap themselves”.

But they also defend Masi, stating: “The report finds that the race director was acting in good faith and to the best of his knowledge given the difficult circumstances, particularly acknowledging the significant time constraints for decisions to be made and the immense pressure being applied by the teams.metasports

In the report, the FIA acknowledges Masi, who has since been replaced as race director, contravened F1 regulations with his handling of the late Safety Car and his allowing of one final racing lap between Verstappen and Hamilton.

The Ricketts remain firm in their belief that their bid for Chelsea will succeed. They have spoken with Greg Hands, the MP for Chelsea and Fulham, and intend to meet with Chelsea Pitch Owners PLC to discuss a rebuild of Stamford Bridge.

The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust has said that it will continue to “reaffirm that any new owner must share the inclusive values of Chelsea FC and its diverse fanbase”.

Canoville, an anti-racism campaigner, tweeted: “So I’ve seen and heard enough. I’m backing @ChelseaSTrust and saying a big fat anti racism NO to the Ricketts bid!!”

Chelsea supporters voiced alarm after it emerged Joe Ricketts wrote “Muslims are naturally my (our) enemy due to their deep antagonism and bias against non-Muslims” in an email exchange in 2019. Fans pointed out that Thomas Tuchel’s squad contains several Muslim players.metasports

Paul Canoville, the first black footballer to play for Chelsea, has increased the pressure on the Ricketts family by becoming the latest figure to speak out against their attempt to buy the club.

The owners of the Chicago Cubs flew to London for talks with influential supporters on Tuesday and are confident they will make it to the next stage of the bidding process. The Ricketts have plenty of financial clout after partnering with Ken Griffin, a billionaire hedge fund tycoon, and believe their experience of renovating Chicago’s iconic Wrigley Field stadium proves they are strong candidates to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich.

It was the second session in the match that Pakistan went wicketless after the hosts failed to claim one between lunch and tea on the opening day. A few balls continued to stay low while the Pakistan fast bowlers extracted plenty of reverse swing but were unable to find a way through the dogged resistance of the Australian pair.

Pakistan came closest to picking up a wicket when Carey, on 27, survived despite a delivery from seamer Hasan Ali clipping his off-stump but failing to dislodge the bails.

Carey was given out caught behind by the umpire on that occasion but the left-hander appealing and overturning the decision, with replays confirming the ball had flicked the wicket on the way to the keeper.

Fast bowlers Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi finished with four wickets apiece for the hosts with a brilliant display of reverse-swing bowling on a pitch offering variable bounce.

Abdullah Shafique and Azhar Ali combined in an unbroken stand of 70 to launch Pakistan’s solid response to Australia’s first innings total of 391 on Tuesday in the deciding third and final test in Lahore.

Opener Shafique was unbeaten on 45 with No 3 Azhar 30 not out as the hosts reached 90 for one at the close of the second day’s play, trailing Australia by 301.

Atlanta signed Mariota to a two-year deal, and ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported it’s for $18.75 million. Mariota is extensively familiar with Falcons head coach Arthur Smith from when the two worked together in Tennessee. Mariota played for the Titans from 2015 through 2019. The Titans then pivoted to Ryan Tannehill, and Mariota signed with the Raiders. He spent the last two years with Las Vegas serving as Derek Carr’s backup.

Atlanta is on a run of four straight losing seasons, but Ryan has held up his end of the bargain, throwing a league-leading number of completions in 2019 and 2020 while being sacked over 40 times each year. The Falcons reached the playoffs in six of Ryan’s 14 seasons in Atlanta.

Ryan joins a Colts team that came within one win of making the playoffs last season, and many observers blamed the performance of now-departed quarterbackCarson Wentz for the team’s failure. The Colts’ odds to win the Super Bowl jumped from +3000 to +2500, per BetMGM.

Atlanta selected Ryan with the third pick of the 2008 draft, with the intent of rehabilitating the franchise’s image in the wake of the Michael Vick dogfighting scandal. Ryan started for the Falcons from the first day of his rookie season in 2008, and would miss only three games over 14 seasons.metasports

Just days after the Freddie Freeman era ended in Atlanta, the Matt Ryan epoch has come to a close as well … and for Falcons, the time of Marcus Mariota begins.

Former Chelsea captain John Terry has also lent his support to a group which wants to buy 10% of the club “to make sure whoever buys Chelsea is held accountable by fans”.

The True Blues consortium is being advised by Oakvale Capital and has support from Chelsea Supporters Trust, Chelsea Pitch Owners and former Chelsea and England full-back Claire Rafferty.

Terry said: “Chelsea has been such an important part of my life for 22 years. I want to see the club’s history and heritage protected as we go into a new era with like-minded people who have the same long-term vision of building the best football club in the world and understand how important our DNA is.”

Centricus co-founder Nizar Al-Bassam and chief executive Garth Ritchie are heading the bid, which also includes hedge fund manager Jonathan Lourie of Cheyne Capital and Bob Finch of Talis Capital.

In a statement, the group said it “will be committed to supporting [Chelsea] and its key stakeholders to ensure its continued success”.

It added: “Our financing for the deal includes funding for the completion of the transaction and funding for working capital required for the day-to-day operations of the CFC Group, funds required to maintain an elite global brand, investment in grassroots and in-community football initiatives such as the Chelsea Academy, the women’s team, the youth development programme and the Chelsea Foundation and strategic real estate investment.

Candy increased his bid on Monday after the addition of another large international backer, a statement from his Blue Football Consortium said.

The lifelong Chelsea fan is said to have improved on his £2bn bid after a large Korean financial institution joined his consortium over the weekend.metasports

Proof of funds have been sent to the American investment firm Raine Group, who are handling the sale.

United States interest comes from the Ricketts family, while a group consisting of Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss and Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly has also bid.

There are also reports that a bid from Saudi Media Group has been lodged with the Raine Group.

It is understood that those bidding will be whittled down to a shortlist this week with a sale expected before the end of the month.

“Todd Ricketts is the finance chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is a Republican Party donor and was nominated by Donald Trump to be the US Deputy Secretary of Commerce in November 2016.

“Laura Ricketts is a former corporate lawyer and Democratic Party donor who has campaigned for LGBTQ+ rights.

“Chelsea have several Muslim players such as N’Golo Kante, Antonio Rudiger, Hakim Ziyech and Malang Sarr and millions of Muslim supporters around the world.”

“The Ricketts family are facing backlash from some Chelsea supporters over leaked Islamophobic emails sent by the 80-year-old patriarch of the family Joe Ricketts between 2009 and 2013.

“Joe Ricketts has apologised for the emails which were published by the website Splinter News in 2019. He is not part of the bid for Chelsea and he is not involved with the Chicago Cubs.metasports

Meanwhile, Tom Ricketts also had a telephone conversation with Conservative MP for Chelsea Greg Hands on Monday before heading over to the UK.

The Ricketts family are one of several interested parties from America in the Chelsea bidding process. The Chicago Cubs owners are backed by billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, who is the most valuable individual associated with Chelsea bidding process.

“On behalf of countless supporters worldwide, I urge you to reject their bid for ownership of Chelsea Football Club in favour of others who will commit to not only building upon the last two decades of investment in players and infrastructure but equally important – the investment in supporters and the values which we hold dear.

“If not, I fear many Chelsea supporters WILL ‘be booing in a year’.”