There was a particular moment that sparked Hamzah Sheeraz’s boxing career into life.

As an apprentice electrician who stepped away from the sport after missing out on the Commonwealth Youth championships, Briton Sheeraz found himself fixing bulbs and sockets in former Chelsea winger Eden Hazard’s apartment.

Feeling inspired standing in the middle of the flashy London accommodation, Sheeraz, 27, was back in the gym within two weeks and was signed with Frank Warren’s Queensberry on his 18th birthday.

After winning the WBO super-middleweight title in May, Sheeraz is gearing up for a first defence against Simon Zachenhuber on Anthony Joshua’s undercard on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.

But first, Sheeraz reminisces on the lightbulb moment a decade ago.

“I was working in Eden Hazard’s apartment fixing his bulbs and sockets and my ego or goals and aspirations kicked in, so I went back to the gym,” Sheeraz told BBC Sport.

“There was nothing lined up for me. It wasn’t like I had such a good amateur career and it was going to kick off. I just wanted to go back to the gym and see what happened.

“After two weeks, I was asked to be a sparring partner for some professionals at the time and I did well. I hung in there and they asked me to go over to Spain to do some camps with them.

“They were signed with Frank Warren at the time and by word of mouth, they trusted my coach at the time, Dominic Negus, to be signed to Frank.

“I didn’t meet him for the first two or three years. I remember when I first met him, I thought it was crazy. Here we are today.”

Arsenal have signed “extremely versatile attacking player” Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge for £34m.

The 24-year-old Greece international has joined the Premier League champions on what they describe as a “long-term contract”.

Tzolis scored 43 goals and provided 45 assists in 108 appearances for Club Brugge.

He joins Arsenal after the departure of Belgium forward Leandro Trossard to Besiktas earlier this month

“Christos naturally operates on the left but is comfortable across the front line,” said Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta.

“He’s an excellent finisher with both feet, thrives in tight spaces, and possesses incredible technical ability.

“Christos has produced outstanding numbers in terms of goals and assists over the last three seasons, and he’s a player who will raise the technical level of our squad, while bringing positive energy, enthusiasm, and a strong mentality to our team.”

Tzolis, who started his career at PAOK, made 30 appearances for Norwich between 2021 and 2024, scoring three goals.

During his time at the club he had spells on loan at Twente and Fortuna Dusseldorf before joining Club Brugge.

Tzolis, who made his Premier League debut for the Canaries in a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal in September 2021, said he had a “nice conversation” with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.

“We talked about everything – about the club, about myself, about his plans, about me of course, about the team,” he said. “It was only positive things.

“I’m a direct player, I go for goals or assists. That’s my point of view as an attacker, as a winger.

“I’m always hungry to score or to give the final pass to my team-mates. And I can say I work hard for the team, also in the defensive part.”

When you include Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery and Xabi Alonso, four of the coaches of the teams that finished in the top 10 of the Premier League last season all hail from the Basque region.

“They ask me a lot why a lot of Basque managers especially have arrived to this level and why a lot of Spanish teams are winning a lot of things,” Iraola said.

“I always say that a sense of collectiveness is very important. Spain has never had the best athletes. If you analyse, in swimming, track and field, they don’t normally win medals.

“But in collective sports they are very good. In football, basketball, handball, hockey, normally they have good teams. We always put the team first.

“An example is someone like Rodri. He didn’t score or make an assist but at the end they won the World Cup and he won best player of the tournament. Team-first was always integrated in how we’re raised.

“There are a lot of different styles in Spanish coaching. With the national team, they always say tiki-taka, passing, but even in the World Cup you could see them pressing very well, pressing high.

“Yes, they controlled the game with the ball, but it’s the other part without the ball where everyone was doing their job. It’s being pro-active without the ball.”