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Tottenham Hotspur’s Dejan Kulusevski is confident of a World Cup place if Sweden qualifies for the tournament.

The attacking midfielder last made an appearance for Tottenham in a league defeat against Crystal Palace in May 2025.

He struggled with a knee injury and has been on the sidelines ever since.

There were initial hopes that the Tottenham star would return to the field at the end of last year but that did not happen.

However, the former Juventus player failed to regain full fitness. witness the game given a timeline On his recovery process and the delay in his return.

• On 1 October, John Dahl Tomasson, who was the national team manager at the time, Spurs attacker explained He is in “a different phase of his rehabilitation”. Later that month, Sweden dismissed him and appointed Potter as his successor.
• Former Chelsea on 20 November the manager pointed out Kulusevski could return “around the New Year.”
• A month later, Potter was convinced player withdrawal for the March international break, but optimism vanished in February. “It will be difficult to return in March,” the coach admitted.

three days ago, game witness broadcast news His injury status is a ‘mystery’ as he visited the national team camp earlier this week.

A video shows him limping while on his way to meet his colleagues. On Thursday, the Spurs man Said He had another surgery two weeks ago.

The condition of Tottenham’s players is improving

ViaPlay interviews Tottenham Hotspur’s Dejan Kulusevski and evening paper Has released his comments. He has now provided an update on his injury status following the latest surgery.

“I understand that people were concerned. But it was really for the wrong reason. It was really positive that I did this little procedure and we were able to figure out the problem.” He said.

“Now everything should be good. It’s just a matter of coming back slowly and surely. I can see the light. It feels better now. I’m feeling really positive about these two important matches and the World Cup in two or three months. That way the book and the chapter will be closed. I’m sure of that.”

“I tried everything I could to get ready to play today. It didn’t work out. Maybe for things you don’t even realize. But at the end of the day, God decides. I’m very confident with where I am today.”

The attacker is confident of a place in the team if Sweden qualifies for the World Cup. He also sent a message to the Premier League team and his Tottenham teammates.

“100%. Yes. That’s the driving force that I have. It’s absolutely amazing to have that opportunity. It’s a challenge that I haven’t been able to overcome yet in terms of getting healthy, but it’s not over yet.” Kulusevski explained.

“I don’t want people to worry about me. I’ve never felt better in my life. I feel so much stronger now. I hear people wondering if I’ll come back and be the same player. No, I’ll be much stronger, much better, much smarter and better for my teammates.”

Sweden’s upcoming fixtures and team

After overcoming Ukraine, Sweden will face Poland on March 31.

Graham Potter’s team:

Goalkeepers: Christopher Nordfelt, Melker Aalborg, Noel Törnqvist

Defenders: Victor Lindelof, Isak Hien, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Carl Starfelt, Daniel Svensson, Gustaf Lagerbilke, Herman Johansson

Midfielders: Mattias Svanberg, Jesper Carlström, Yasin Ayari, Hugo Larsson, Lucas Bergvall, Besfort Jenelli, Gustav Lundgren, Williet Svedberg, Eric Smith, Elliot Stroud.

Forwards: Victor Gyökeres, Anthony Elanga, Gustaf Nilsson, Benjamin Nygren, Rouni Bardaghji, Taha Ali

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– Sports Witness (@Sport_Witness) 18 March 2026

Real Sociedad’s Carlos Soler says West Ham United helped him improve his game.

The Spain international is a product of Valencia’s academy and has spent six years with their first team.

He left the Mestalla for Paris Saint-Germain in September 2022 and played 1,530 minutes in 35 matches in his first season. In his second season, PSG appointed Luis Enrique.

The former West Ham player played under his compatriot for the national team, but did not enjoy regular minutes under Enrique during the 2023/24 season. Therefore, PSG sent him on loan to the Premier League team in August 2024.

Julen Lopetegui was the manager at West Ham at the time and Soler played 18 matches under his command. The Hammers parted ways with him in January 2025 and appointed Graham Potter as his successor.

Soler scored one goal and provided one assist in 1,487 minutes in 33 matches for West Ham. Below are his statistics per game in the Premier League.

In December 2024, the 29-year-old said he was happy And wanted to remain at West Ham. However, he expressed doubt in March 2025, and the English club ultimately decided against making his stay permanent.

Earlier this month, Soler revealed that his time at West Ham was not successful as it coincided with one of his worst seasons.

“My role at PSG and at West Ham was secondary. I was there for only one season, and it coincided with one of the club’s worst seasons,” He Said.

Differing opinions on West Ham spell

Friday edition of As Has published an interview with Carlos Soler. He gives a different perspective on how his time with West Ham helped him develop his game.

The Spaniard has scored four goals and provided two assists in 29 appearances so far for Real Sociedad. AS asked if they were talking to the same Carlos of Valencia in terms of form? And this is where he talks about West Ham.

“No, because Valencia’s Soler was younger, less mature and less experienced. It is true that at my age, I was already one of the captains of the team. I had been an important player for several seasons,” He said.

“I made the move to Paris. I stayed there for two years, then I moved to London and that helped me develop as a player. Maybe not in terms of playing time. This wasn’t what I expected when I went to Paris or London, but by all means. Leaving the house, being alone with your partner, having different experiences. Being in other leagues, in other locker rooms has helped me a lot.

“This version, I don’t know what to call it, ‘Carlos Soler 3.0’, has nothing to do with the first one at Valencia. I understand the comparisons in terms of statistics, minutes played, etc., but I honestly believe that the current version is a better version.”

Solar contracts, prices and agent information

The Spaniard has signed a contract until 2029, with the option of a further year with the La Liga side and agency AS1 manages his future.

Although Soler’s playing time has improved, his evaluation has not. transfermarket He was valued at €20m when he joined West Ham and will drop to €18m in May 2025.

Since joining La Real, it fell to €12m and then to €8m in December.

The main point of discussion in this NBA Draft cycle is who will be the number one overall pick, with three candidates separating themselves from the group. All of those players are new: Kansas Jayhawks guard Darrin Peterson, BYU small forward AJ DiBuntsa, and Duke power forward Cameron Boozer.

Recently, Boozer’s father Carlos, who enjoyed a successful NBA career in his own right, teared up at the thought of what such a special prospect his son was going through.

“There aren’t a lot of guys that can be on the biggest stage in college basketball like Duke basketball as an 18-year-old.” [and] What comes with it – and the whole team will follow,” says Andscape’s Mark J. Boozer said, according to Spears. “You know why they do this to Cameron? Because he gives a lot to the game. He gives a lot to his team. No matter what, he’s an unselfish superstar and that means the NBA.”

Boozer also named some NBA legends to illustrate what his son brings to the table.

“”You look at what Tim Duncan did. I’m not comparing Cameron to Tim Duncan, but he was another guy who wasn’t [athletically] Kevin Garnett or Tracy McGrady or Kobe Bryant or Shaquille O’Neal. But do you know what he did? They won five championships in that era…”

Indeed, Tim Duncan has long been the standard for power forward dominance in the NBA, despite him not being an athletic freak by league standards.

Boozer hopes to bring the same level of consistency and defensive prowess to whichever team selects him this June. Whether he goes first, second or third could depend on which team gets the number one overall pick, and what their needs are.

Deonna Purrazzo has opened up about a creative pitch she made during her time in AEW that never made it to television. Speaking with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, the current ROH Women’s Pure Champion discussed both the learning curve she faced while joining AEW and the segment ideas she developed that even convinced Chelsea Green it was worth pursuing.

Purrazzo first talked about the adjustment he had to make upon arriving to AEW, explaining that going back to live television was harder than many expected. He received a big promotion early in his career, but the experience was not always pleasant.

“Now, though, I felt like going to AEW was one of those big moments where it was a change again, because TNA wasn’t live at the time. Everything was taped except the pay-per-views, and so I hadn’t had a commercial break in three years,” she said.

“So going back to live TV was really a big learning curve after I hadn’t been there for so long. Then learning the format and things like that, I felt like I was a little bit behind the ball, actually, about two years ago when I started there.”

It was during her tenure in AEW that Purrazzo came up with the segment concept she called “Purrazzo in Picture”. The idea was built around the picture-in-picture format that AEW regularly uses during commercial breaks, but was turned into a comedic vehicle for her character. He explained in detail about the pitch during the Fightful interview.

“I introduced Purrazzo into the picture. It was a mock picture-in-picture segment where we could pop my floating head on, and I could say shit about an opponent, or like a pop quiz, an AEW history question, and make it about one of the girls, and they had a problem with it, and then I could just get crushed,” she revealed.

“I was like, I don’t need to be like a serious ‘wrestler.’ I can just do ‘Purretto in the Picture.'” When I came up with this idea I ran it to Chelsea and she said, ‘Deonna, this is gold. You need to pitch it.'”

Despite Green’s enthusiasm for the idea and Purrazzo admitting that it would take his character in a similar direction to Green’s, it never aired during his AEW tenure. She is currently competing in ROH, where she holds the Women’s Pure Championship.

Monday night marked the 31st regular season matchup between two of the greatest small forwards to ever play the game of basketball, as LeBron James and Kevin Durant prepared to do battle once again. In the end, James earned his 20th regular season win over Durant after the Los Angeles Lakers blocked Durant en route to a 100–92 victory.

Durant faced an aggressive Lakers defensive scheme designed to take the ball out of his hands, and as a result he was limited to two points in the second half. This led to a late-game surge from LA, allowing them to build a more comfortable cushion against the third seed in the Western Conference.

After the game, James gave Durant the greatest form of respect Having said that, it’s difficult to guard every version of the Rockets star and in every single game, he gets as much respect as the Lakers gave him on Monday.

“Every edition. He’s getting better and better,” James said via @ohnohedidnt24 on X (formerly Twitter). “We had a fight in the finals, too. Even when he was younger, when it was him and Russ and James, he was never good at basketball.”

“Is there a version of Kevin? [Durant] Would you say he’s the toughest player you’ve had to guard?”

LeBron James: “Sh*t, every version. He keeps getting better… He’s never been great at basketball.”pic.twitter.com/4SF0BiWzEE

– ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) 17 March 2026

Lakers star LeBron James highlights major problem for Rockets

James said in his post-game comments that defending Durant becomes more difficult when he is allowed to go one-on-one – which he was not on Monday night.

James added, “He was extremely dynamic in Golden State because you can’t have a lot of bodies on him all the time because of the threat of Steph (Curry) and Klay (Thompson).”

“Any time you can’t put that many bodies in front of a great player who has the ability to score the ball, it’s very challenging.”

A first-round matchup between James and Durant is likely, especially with the competition for spots three through six in the West standings so tight.

toronto blue jays

• c alejandro kirk
• 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• 2B Ernie Clement
• SS Andres Jimenez
• 3B Kazuma Okamoto
• Jesus Sanchez’s
• OF Daulton Varsho
• Edison Barger’s
• DH George Springer

After losing the World Series (by mere inches) to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Blue Jays were not satisfied with simply “running it back”. Last season, they gave superstar Wlady Jr. a chance to keep him in Toronto for his entire career.

Despite losing second baseman Bo Bichette in free agency, they were in the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes, signed one of the big international free agents in Okamoto, and traded top prospect Joey Loperfido for Sanchez to play in the outfield.

The Jays are hungry to get back to the Fall Classic after coming so close to winning it all, and they have certainly made the right steps to repeat as American League champions.

New York Yankees

• C Austin Wells
• 1B Ben Rice
• 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr.
• SS Anthony Volpe
• 3B Ryan McMahon
• Cody Bellinger’s
• Trent Grisham’s
• Aaron Judge’s
• DH Giancarlo Stanton

New York, on the other hand, is content to run it back. That’s a bit minimalistic for a team that will have top player Gerrit Cole returning from injury. But not much has changed on the offensive side.

Perennial MVP Aaron Judge and Stanton will definitely (as usual) hit a ton of home runs. Chisholm Jr. is trying to go 50-50 for the second time in MLB history. And the Yanks did a good job of retaining free agent Cody Bellinger despite lengthy talks about his departure.

Whether or not they achieve all of those goals, this is a club that won 94 games last season and is seeking a return to the Fall Classic in 2024 after losing to Los Angeles. They’re definitely ready to make a run for it.

boston red sox

• c charles narvaez
• 1B Willson Contreras
• 2B Marcelo Meyer
• SS Trevor Story
• 3B Caleb Durbin
• jerren duran’s
• sedan rafela
• Roman Anthony’s
• DH Willier Abreu

To say the Sox had an active offseason would be to sell general manager Craig Breslow a bit. After clinching a postseason berth in 2025, they lost to the rival Yankees in a three-game wild card series.

Their only major departure from the starting group is Alex Bregman who will be replaced by NL Rookie of the Year finalist Durbin at third base. The crowded outfield lineup will make the math difficult (especially for outfielder Masataka Yoshida). But this is arguably the Sox’s greatest strength, with Duran, Rafaela, Anthony and Abreu being some of the best outfielders in the game.

Additionally the Red Sox are excited to see Story have a full healthy season at shortstop, with Contreras starting behind Tristan Casas for the first time. This club’s attack looks stronger than in recent years, and (in a competitive division like this) they will need all the help they can get.

baltimore orioles

• c adlerushman
• 1b pete alonso
• 2B Blaze Alexander
• SS Gunnar Henderson
• 3B Kobe Mayo
• Taylor Ward’s
• Colton Cowser’s
• dylan beavers
• DH Tyler O’Neill

Last season was a major disappointment for Baltimore, with the club finishing last in the AL East after making the postseason in both 2023 and ’24. This led to the firing of manager Brandon Hyde midway through the 2025 season.

The O’s needed to prove something to their fans in the offseason, and they did. They traded pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez to the Los Angeles Angels for outfielder Taylor Ward. They then signed top free agent Pete Alonso to take care of the cold corner. They finished their lineup moves by trading Alexander to play second while Jackson Holiday is dealing with an injury.

They have had great young players come through (Henderson, Rutschman, Cowser, Beavers), but their results last season were disappointing and inconsistent. If they can put it together again, and the pitching holds up, they will run the AL East standings once again.

tampa bay rays

• Nick Fortes
• 1B Jonathan Aranda
• 2B Gavin Lux
• SS Taylor Walls
• 3B Junior Caminero
• Jake Fraley’s
• Cedric Mullins’s
• OF Chandler Simpson
• DH yandy diaz

So far, the Rays have their star slugger, with All-Star third baseman Junior Caminero returning after the Electric World Baseball Classic with the Dominican Republic. But there isn’t a lot of help behind that.

They traded him to the Pittsburgh Pirates to play second base after dealing Brandon Lowe, and they signed Mullins to help their outfield. Speedster Chandler Simpson will return to the club after surprising MLB with his ability to run around the diamond, and Yandy Diaz provides the club with a helpful veteran presence.

Don’t get your hopes up too quickly for a Rays postseason run just because they’re back at Tropicana Field. But, at least, there is hope for the near future.

The Atlanta Hawks have seen many versions of this team throughout the season. Through injuries and trades, it’s safe to say there have been about three or four different iterations of this roster. Despite the changes, the Hawks have managed to stay in things and are in contention for a playoff spot with just over a month remaining in the regular season.

This current version of the team is playing some good basketball, as they are currently on a seven-game winning streak. Jalen Johnson, a player who has been a constant on the team this season, recently shared what he likes about this version of the roster.

“Communication has been huge for us,” Johnson told reporters. “From the locker room to practice to halftime, the way we’re communicating with each other and everyone just speaking their mind. I think that’s really huge for us. At the end of the day, we’re the guys on the court, so for us to be communicating at that point and on a string, I think it’s been really good.”

Communication goes a long way in any profession, but strictly speaking basketball, it can have a big impact on sports. It helps that the Hawks have a good mix of young players and experienced guys on the team, so they can get different perspectives from different sides.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker said the Hawks have matured throughout the season, which is one reason why they are playing the way they have at this point in the season.

“The focus, how hard we’re playing, even down to the technical foul, something so small, I don’t think we would have done that in the first half of the season,” Alexander-Walker said. “Now we’re really starting to do that, and it’s a credit to everyone. I think this group is really starting to come together.”

The Hawks are getting hot at the right time, as they try to climb up the standings in the Eastern Conference. The thing is, the teams above them are also like Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. The Philadelphia 76ers have started battling injuries at the wrong time, so there’s a good chance the Hawks will pass them in the standings.

At the end of the day, they can only worry about what they can control and keep winning the game.