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Floyd Schofield Sr. insists Abdullah Mason had two opportunities to fight his son, Kid Austin Schofield, but walked away from both, despite Team Schofield agreeing to the financial terms that were presented. Schofield Sr. disputed the growing narrative that his son has avoided Mason, claiming the opposite is true. He said Team Schofield accepted the offer after discussing the purse directly with J. Prince, only for Mason’s side to back out. “We offered him to fight twice,” Schofield Sr. said to MillCity Boxing. “I spoke to J. Prince on the phone myself. He said, ‘Would you take a million dollars?’…
Aston Villa have been warned their new £20m-a-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda will be used by the nation to sportswash its human rights record.The African country’s tourist board will replace Betano on the front of Villa’s shirts for the men’s, women’s and academy teams in a multi-year agreement. The Premier League club have branded the move “the most important sponsorship deal in the history of the football club” but Felix Jakens, Amnesty International UK’s head of campaigns, has raised concerns. Last month the Democratic Republic of Congo filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ),…
Chelsea want to sell Alejandro Garnacho, and it looks like they have their first serious offer for the winger. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. Chelsea’s willingness to sell Alejandro Garnacho after one very disappointing season at Stamford Bridge is no surprise. What is more surprising is the number of interested parties there seem to be. The Blues want €50m, and while they might not get it, there do seem to be a number…
Shubman Gill had promised that there would be a marked difference in the “atmosphere and feelings” as India it transitioned from a bruising T20I experience in the British Isles to the ODIs.On Tuesday at Edgbaston, under pleasant summer skies and consistent breeze, deeds matched words as India notched up a morale-boosting six-wicket victory over England to lead the three-match series 1-0.Chasing 259, a target neither too daunting nor too easy, the visitors got home with nearly five overs to spare.Gill top-scored with 80 (75b, 11×4, 1×6), but retired hurt owing to cramps. But he didn’t leave without charming the crowd…
Junior-bantamweight Yusniel “La Maquina” Abrahante says he’s hoping for a career-changing upset over hard-punching Luis Coria of Moreno Valley, California, when they do battle this Saturday, July 18, as part of ProBox Promotions’ marathon 14-fight “Contender Series” event at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California.Abrahante, 7-2 (1 KO), and Coria, 5-0 (5 KOs), will meet in a six-round bout, one of five bonus fights scheduled after the main event and broadcast live exclusively on the ProBoxTV YouTube channel. The show’s nine-fight main card, headlined by WBC No. 12-ranked Bryan “Nino Maravilla” Flores, 28-1 (16 KOs), taking on Jonathan “Thunder”…
I don’t think Argentina have played great football to get this far, but they have scored some great goals. They are an experienced and streetwise team, and they are also the defending champions.They are not as good as they were when they won it four years ago, but what they have been great at is always finding some way to get a result when they have needed it.Having Messi up top obviously helps. Everything Argentina do goes through him, and they always look for where he is whenever they win the ball.How do you stop him? Well, using someone like…
A catchy new World Cup song featuring BGT’s Sonny Green goes viral on social media ahead of England v Argentina this week. A music video for the song was put on YouTube at the beginning on July 1st, getting over 166,000 views in 13 days. But Twitter user @RobbieRaygun has since uploaded it onto Twitter, and in the last 24 hours, at the time of writing) the post has gone on the get over 500,000 views, nearly 1,000 retweets and over 4,300 likes. ‘We’re Telling ‘Em’, by Sonny Green, Death of Guitar Pop and the Soho Saints Brass Band, has…
Rodrigo de Paul has become, in this Argentina squad, what Jose Manuel Pinto once was at Barcelona, or Luis Suarez later became: the team-mate with whom Messi instantly feels at home. Their bond was forged on international duty. Until then, the midfielder’s only connection to Messi had been asking for a photo after a Valencia–Barcelona match, which he proudly posted on social media.One afternoon, he noticed Messi leave training alone, looking subdued. Concerned, De Paul waited about 40 minutes before knocking on his door.”Fancy a mate and a game of truco?”A friendship began, with its own strict etiquette. Mate, the…
Queensberry confirmed Tuesday that Noakes will face former WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk on the August 29 undercard headlined by heavyweight contenders Moses Itauma and Filip Hrgovic in London. The bout gives Noakes (18-1, 16 KOs) an immediate opportunity to rebuild after suffering the first defeat of his professional career last November, when he lost a competitive fight to Abdullah Mason for the vacant WBO lightweight title. The 28-year-old returned with a routine victory over a journeyman Benito Sanchez Garcia in May, but Berinchyk represents a significant step back into contender-level competition. Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) has not fought since…
Fenerbahce have signed English forward Mason Greenwood from Marseille on a four-year contract.The Turkish club state the transfer fee is 39m euros (£33.27m) but did previously advise it would be a total fee of 45m euros (£38.36m).Greenwood finished joint-second behind Rennes’ Esteban Lepaul in the 2025-26 Ligue 1 golden boot standings with 16.Fenerbahce’s presidential candidates Aziz Yildirim, who was elected, and Hakan Safi both made their interest known before the elections at the beginning of June.”Hello Fenerbahce family, thank you so much for the support you have shown me. I am very happy to be here,” Greenwood said.Greenwood, who scored…