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By the time Ellie-Rose Griffiths was nine, she had left school to train full-time. That was when tennis stopped being just a game and became her life.The former top-ranked junior player would go on to compete alongside some of the top names in British tennis including Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu and Harriet Dart before stopping playing at 19 because she was burned out and not enjoying it any more.When the 27-year-old looks back now, it is not just the tennis she remembers. It is the pressure around it, and in particular one group of people she believes could deal with…
Across the ring stood the 21-year-old Durán, already feared throughout the division despite never facing an elite opponent. Sporting a perfect 28-0 record with 24 knockouts, the hard-hitting Panamanian boldly predicted he would stop Buchanan in “nine rounds or less.” Buchanan dismissed the challenger beforehand, questioning who Durán had actually beaten and insisting he would have no problem facing the WBA’s mandatory contender. A crowd of 18,821 packed Madison Square Garden, producing what was then a record indoor gate for a lightweight championship fight. Durán immediately backed up his pre-fight confidence. Fighting behind relentless pressure, he stalked Buchanan from the…
As England try to get their game right on the pitch, the games they play off the field are performing a key role in team bonding.While the focus during the World Cup group stage has been all about Croatia, Ghana and Panama, the players’ downtime has been spent on Wolf, SkyJo and Imposter.England’s players are getting into their leisure time games to strengthen team bonding – which could be crucial if they are to go far at this tournament.The squad are two weeks into their stay at their World Cup basecamp in Kansas City. They could be there for another…
Tottenham Hotspur sealing Premier League survival on the final day came at the expense of West Ham United, with the Lilywhites now set to stick the knife in by raiding their city rivals again this summer. It was only last year that Spurs moved to bring Mohammed Kudus to N17 on a £55m deal, joining the likes of Scott Parker, Michael Carrick and Jermain Defoe in having traded east London for north London in the 21st Century. By all accounts, that trend could be repeated as Roberto De Zerbi’s side take on Manchester United in the bid to sign Mateus…
Jesse Rodriguez is in hot pursuit of a clash with Naoya Inoue, and four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr has shared his thoughts on the proposed fight. Rodriguez has captured world honours at flyweight, super-flyweight and now bantamweight, having knocked out Antonio Vargas to claim the WBA bantamweight world title earlier this month, in what was anticipated to be a pitstop on route to an Inoue fight at super-bantamweight. That appeared to change following that win, as his trainer Robert Garcia declared he would prefer ‘Bam’ to have one more fight at 118lbs before moving up again to take on…
What is Scotland’s level? Now that generates another debate. As was heard on Sportsound between Kilmarnock manager Neil McCann and BBC Scotland’s chief sportswriter Tom English.The latter suggested Scotland’s players are “not good enough” to compete at the top table of international football – nine tournament games across the past two Euros and this World Cup without scoring a non-deflected goal would suggest that. But former Scotland winger McCann contested you can’t “pull the shutters down like that”.”You’ve got a guy who’s voted the best midfielder in Italy, in Lewis Ferguson. You’ve got a guy who’s up for Ballon d’Or…
Ben Whittaker believes Matchroom Boxing’s roster has thinned out enough for him to emerge as one of the promotional company’s biggest attractions, putting himself alongside Anthony Joshua as one of the stable’s top draws. Asked where he sees himself within Eddie Hearn’s lineup, Whittaker suggested Matchroom no longer has the same depth of star power it once did. “They’ve not got a lot of people right now either. So I believe I’m one of the main ones,” Whittaker said to The Ariel Helwani Show. “They got AJ. They’ve got me. Who else got numbers like me and AJ? So for…
Saracens forward Totoa Auvaa will not be sanctioned after he was involved in a nightclub incident with England cricket captain Ben Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson.Stokes and Atkinson were made unavailable for England’s second Test defeat by New Zealand pending an inquiry into events that unfolded when they were out celebrating victory in the first Test.Saracens have carried out their own investigation and are standing by academy player Auvaa, 21, while criticising the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for not involving them in the process.Stokes and Atkinson breached the team’s midnight curfew and were present when a member of…
(Photo: Mikey Williams/Top Rank) ProBoxTV has added three more televised fights to their Saturday, July 18, live broadcast from the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California. With all three fights originally scheduled for the now canceled July 11 show in San Francisco, added to the card will be a 10-round super featherweight battle between WBO No. 1- and WBC No. 11-ranked Charly “King’s Warrior” Suarez, 18-0 (10 KOs), of Manila, Philippines, and Manuel Avila, 26-2-1 (9 KOs), of Fairfield, California. Also added is a 10-round super welterweight contest between IBF USBA super welterweight champion Yan Marcos, 15-0 (10 KOs),…
Newcastle midfielders Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes are in demand, Chelsea want Maxence Lacroix and Liverpool still chase Yan Diomande.Arsenal are interested in signing Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 28, from Newcastle this summer. (Mail), externalTottenham have had a second bid rejected for Newcastle’s Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali, with the Magpies wanting about £100m for the 26-year-old. (Mail), externalLiverpool’s latest bid of £100m for Ivory Coast winger Yan Diomande, 19, has been rejected by RB Leipzig. (Teamtalk), externalCrystal Palace want £50m for France defender Maxence Lacroix, 26, who is wanted across London by Chelsea. (Football Insider), externalBournemouth have joined the list…