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(Mathew Pover/Matchroom Boxing) Steve Claggett has not been invited to London to beat junior welterweight Adam Azim, he’s in Britain to be the final stepping stone in the hotshot’s quest towards a world title. The Canadian’s job, then, is to remain sturdy and teach the 24-year-old a few things he hasn’t seen before. It’s a role that countless fighters, and always those perceived to be on the way down, have occupied. Now and again, however, the desire from the stepping stone is too great. Their experience proves too much, they grow too slippery, and the young fighter attempting to get…
Yorkshire Women v Essex Women Vitality BlastHeadingley, LeedsFriday 29 May 6:30pm, 2026 Essex Women continue their Vitality Blast campaign with a visit to Headlingley to face Yorkshire Women for the first time in the T20 Blast format. After falling to a 23-run defeat to Hampshire Hawks last time out in Southampton, Grace Scrivens’ side will be looking to turn over Yorkshire at Leeds for Essex Women’s second win of the T20 campaign. Despite an excellent spell from Kate Coppack, who claimed 4-18 to restrict Hampshire to 160, Essex were unable to build enough momentum in the chase. Coppack repeatedly halted…
Brazil forward Neymar will not play in his country’s upcoming friendly matches and could also miss their World Cup opener.The 34-year-old has been ruled out for “two to three weeks” with a calf injury.That would mean he will not play in the home friendly against Panama on Sunday and also against Egypt in a friendly in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, 6 June.Five-time winners Brazil begin their World Cup Group C campaign on 13 June against Morocco in New Jersey, then face Haiti in Philadelphia on 19 June and Scotland on 24 June in Miami.Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar revealed Neymar’s…
The Duke football program will enter the 2026 season with tons of question marks. Coming off the most successful season for the program in decades, one in which head coach Manny Diaz led the Blue Devils to their first ACC Championship since 1989, they were hit with a slew of misfortune through the transfer portal. With hours to go before the transfer portal entry window was set to close, star quarterback Darian Mensah and star wide receiver Cooper Barkate announced their intentions to enter, and both headed to Miami. Dec 6, 2025; Charlotte, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils quarterback Darian…
The job of a sports television broadcast is to show the action on the floor or field. But capturing the magic that brings it to life on any screen, of any size, in any random place across the world? That’s the real goal.How do you transport the audience into the scene from the TV in their living room or their phone on the train?Sam Flood could see the answer as he scouted his return to the NBA, looking both to the past and to what’s in front of him.Flood is the executive producer and president of production for NBC Sports,…
The average NFL career is just under four seasons, according to the latest data from Statista, so the league’s teams need to see signs of life ASAP from the players they draft, particularly early picks. If a young player doesn’t display indications of incremental, developmental growth after two seasons in the NFL, there’s a good chance the 32 teams will consider their career a bust. Patience isn’t in high supply around the league in modern times since impact contributors typically announce their respective arrivals in their second season, if not their first. That’s why it’s important to examine five second-year players poised to break out…
130 homes will be built on football and cricket pitches after councillors gave the plans the green light.The Lido Ground, in Clipstone, plays host to a number of clubs, including Clipstone FC for more than 50 years, and Clipstone Cricket Club.They will now have to relocate to a proposed purpose-built replacement facility a mile down the road at Clipstone Colliery, which was granted planning permission in late 2023.Construction work on the new housing development, which is a project of the Welbeck Estate, will not take place until the facilities at the colliery are fully operational.If, for whatever reason, the building…
So why have Barca moved for Gordon?After all, the La Liga champions also had the option – and still do – of making Marcus Rashford’s loan move from Manchester United a permanent one for £26m.However, Barca have so far prioritised a move for his international team-mate, who also offers versatility on the left and through the middle, but is three years younger and on a lower wage.There is also a belief within the club that there is more to come from Gordon both with and without the ball.When Barcelona manager Hansi Flick spoke about Newcastle being a “very intense” side,…
College football is at a dangerous crossroads in the sports life cycle. Around the country, much of the focus is on winning a national championship, which is never a bad goal to shoot for as that is the whole point of the sport after all. At the end of the year there is only one national champion though, so does that mean the rest of the season is a complete waste if it isn’t your program celebrating in a rain of confetti at the end of the year?For Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian, that reality is harrowing, and he…
The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years for very clear reasons. They compete with passion and joy, and they play offense and defense with a selflessness that defined the franchise’s only two title teams in the 1970s.Nothing is mysterious about these history-making Knicks, other than the executive who assembled them.On the night his team completed its Eastern Conference finals sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Leon Rose was seen getting emotional in a video posted on X by @goatcollect that showed the Knicks president wrapping an arm around his son, Sam, the…