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(Matchroom) HOUSTON, Texas – Raymond Ford’s trainer Tarae Stevenson has played down how “personal” Saturday’s fight with O’Shaquie Foster has become to them – and he also insists that he is unconcerned that his fighter has become emotional on the eve of his biggest fight. It is at the Fertitta Center in both fighters’ home city that they will contest Foster’s WBC junior-lightweight title. Foster is from Texas and Ford had relocated from New Jersey, but their rivalry has regardless been building for years. At Thursday’s press conference Ford unexpectedly shoved Foster, in what proved the highest-profile incident of their…

He told the People’s Channel: “If you’re going to camp somewhere, you don’t go into an industrial estate with concrete. You’ve got kids; you go to a nice green field. “They’ve gone to a nice green cricket field. They’re camping there because they’ve got nowhere else to go.“It’s half term, and the pitches clearly indicate they’re not working. They’re clearly taking a break because there’s no work or vehicles in tow.”“As a group, if you tried to book onto a campsite, you would be point-blank turned down as a group. Even down to not necessarily a group but down to…

A Kyle Steyn-inspired Glasgow Warriors fought their way into the semi-final of the United Rugby Championship after a stiff test at Scotstoun against the underdogs from Connacht.Glasgow won an enthralling quarter-final by five tries to three, the on-fire Steyn getting two of them in a performance of pure class in attack and defence. Not only did he cross twice but he also prevented a certain Connacht score in the first half with a lung-busting effort that brought Scotstoun to its feet.The Warriors will play the Bulls or Munster in the semi-final at Murrayfield next Saturday – and the national stadium…

College football prospects in the class of 2027 are closing in on their commitments as June of the 2026 offseason approaches.Most of these prospects are in the process of visiting the handful of programs they are most intrigued by in their recruitment. Some visitors have already reached a college decision, but others are waiting until July or August to announce their pledges.Among the uncommitted prospects inching closer to a decision is four-star interior offensive lineman Reed Ramsier. The 6-foot-4, 305-pounder from The First Academy in Orlando, Florida, ranks as the No. 20 interior offensive lineman, No. 28 prospect in Florida…

With the withdrawal date passing, the 2026 NBA draft field is set, and every team’s draft board is being finalized. We also locked in our top 75 prospects and created rankings if we were evaluating each prospect in a vacuum. Just as every team thinks differently, so do we, so the following rankings differ from our mock draft projections. Differences between rankings mean more at the top of the board, when you’re really focused on drafting the best player available. Depending on team fit and who’s on the clock, it’s possible we’d select a lower-ranked player over a high-ranked one.…

Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted…

Picture by Ashley Allen/Getty Images. James Wharton was exceptional for 64, his second fifty in three Blast matches this season. SCORECARD  Durham v Yorkshire  Vitality Blast  Friday May 29, 2026, 6.30pm Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street  Toss: Durham won it and elected to bowl  Teams: Durham – Graham Clark, Alex Lees c, David Bedingham, Colin Ackermann, Ollie Robinson w, Will Rhodes, Kasey Aldridge, Ben Raine, Matthew Potts, Callum Parkinson, Nathan Sowter. Yorkshire – Jonny Bairstow c/w, Adam Lyth, Will Luxton, James Wharton, Moeen Ali, Matthew Revis, Faheem Ashraf, Dom Bess, AJ Tye, Hassan Ali, Jafer Chohan. Match summary: Yorkshire are on…

Manchester United interested in AC Milan’s Rafael Leao, while Manchester City face a fight to keep both Josko Gvardiol and Tijjani Reijnders, with ex-City midfielder Bernardo Silva wanting a move to Barcelona.AC Milan and Portugal winger Rafael Leao, 26, is on Manchester United’s shortlist of targets and will be available for a cheaper fee after the Italian side failed to qualify for the Champions League. (Football Insider), externalPortugal midfielder Bernardo Silva, 31, is available on a free transfer when he leaves Manchester City this summer and has been offered deals by Atletico Madrid and Benfica but prefers a move to…

When you surround yourself with college football and make it part of your livelihood, you will no doubt hear and read every narrative under the sun with regard to the world’s greatest sport.Most of them don’t even deserve a second look and are baseless conspiracy theories, but a few exist in that uncanny realm between fact and fiction.One that has caught my eye comes from the perpetrators of the “SEC is washed” crowd, more specifically those who call out the program that has ruled the conference for the first half of this decade, the Georgia Bulldogs.I can’t tell you how…

Following the 2026 NBA Draft early entry deadline , we now know exactly which prospects are turning pro and which players decided to return to college.A total of 75 players participated during the NBA draft combine n Chicago and others in the G League Combine. Following the events, a dozen players (including Amari Allen, Tyler Tanner, Tounde Yessoufou, Milan Momcilovic and Malachi Moreno) opted to return to college.Based on the intel following the combine and pre-draft workouts, and key decisions on players opting to return to the NCAA, here is an updated look at the first round projections for the…