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Dakota Ditcheva says she has “cried non-stop” after breaking both of her hands in the win over Denise Kielholtz – just months after recovering from similar injuries.The Briton outclassed Kielholtz at PFL New York earlier this month to win by unanimous decision in her first fight in just over a year.The 28-year-old had not fought since July 2025 as a result of breaking her left hand – then suffered a fracture in her other hand five months later.Despite comfortably beating Kielholtz on her return, Ditcheva says she fought the majority of the contest with two broken hands.”I broke my hands…
(Matchroom Boxing) Anthony Joshua, though he knocked out Kristian Prenga in two rounds, has been met with fierce criticism since he returned to the ring last month. Now trained by the team behind Oleksandr Usyk, which is headed by Sergey Lapin, the 36-year-old Joshua emerged from a hellacious opening round, in which he was dropped and rocked on multiple occasions, to flatten the unheralded Prenga in the second. Joshua, who stopped Jake Paul in six rounds in December, was embarking on his first fight since he survived a car crash that killed two of his closest friends. The accident occurred…
The three confederations – representing Europe, North America, Central America and the Caribbean, and Asia – criticised a statement released by Fifa after Infantino called management board members to a meeting in Rabat, Morocco last Wednesday.The confederations cited Infantino shutting out FIFA council members and member associations from the meeting, instead summoning only Fifa-employed senior staff.The open letter added that Fifa’s admission of mistakes made in the FFE process did not go far enough.”It did not acknowledge that the proposal itself was inherently wrong,” the letter stated. “There remains no recognition that attempting to sell an interest in the Fifa…
Romeo Lavia has been speaking to Chelsea’s website about his feelings after completing 90 minutes for the Blues for the first time in 2 years. 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. Yesterday’s 3-0 win over AC Milan was a great morale boost for Chelsea, and there was some important individual performances in there. Notable was Romeo Lavia, who completed a 90 minute game for the first time in two years. He spoke to the…
William Hill News tipster @Footy_Tipster previews Monday’s EFL Cup action between Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City. Our Prediction: Plymouth To Win & 3 or More Match Goals (10/11), Plymouth 2-1 Exeter (13/2) Home Park awaits as Plymouth Argyle welcome local rivals Exeter City in the EFL Cup on Monday evening, both sides will be looking to get the better in this Devon derby. Now, let’s take a closer look at some EFL Cup odds and betting angles for Monday’s fixture: Plymouth v Exeter – Monday, 8pm View all available markets at William Hill These two sides had the luxury of facing…
A Brazilian footballer says he got “carried away” after he was injured jumping over advertising boards to celebrate a goal – only to fall down a hole on the other side.Defender Jacy Maranhao, 29, headed in for Coritiba against Chapecoense in the Brazilian top flight with his side 1-0 up in the 41st minute.He celebrated by running towards fans, vaulting the hoarding, before disappearing down a tunnel that went to the away team’s dressing room. He was able to gingerly clamber out but suffered an ankle injury. To add insult to injury, the goal was disallowed by VAR in a…
We take a look at the revised FA Cup Preliminary Round draw for the 2026/27 season after the weekend’s Extra Prelim action. The FA Cup got underway in a thrilling extra preliminary round weekend of action, plus a list of replays to play out in midweek. A few teams were removed from the Extra Prelim, we saw many upsets, and if you want to see all the facts and figures from this stage of the competition, FA Cup Factfile is the place to be! The FA Cup Preliminary Round sees 53 new entries (remaining sides from the 8th tier), 219…
“I think Jai’s been lied to,” Hearn said to Jai McAllister Boxing. “I think Jai’s dream was to become unified and undisputed and that’s been taken away from him. Not by the IBF, that’s been taken away from him by signing with Zuffa.” Hearn’s criticism gets sharper when discussing the trade Opetaia made. He credits Mick Francis with keeping the 31-year-old active in Australia, but argues there wasn’t enough money available there for the type of fights Opetaia was taking. “He substituted the legacy for the money, which, you know, you got to make money,” Hearn said. “But I think…
India had a productive three-day outing in the warm-up match against Sri Lanka Cricket XI, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said on Sunday.India defeated SLC XI by six wickets, chasing down a 207-run target in the final session of the day three.According to Kotak, playing a practice game was more productive than training in nets.“It was very good and productive,” Kotak told BCCI.TV. “Practicing in nets for four more days won’t be as productive as the practice match. Bowlers bowled with good intensity. We actually tried everyone, even bowlers, get to bat. All the bowlers got enough loading that is required.…
Entering just his third pre-season training camp with New Orleans, Charlie Smyth can hardly be dubbed a veteran at this stage of his fledgling NFL career but the Saints’ incumbent kicker certainly no longer feels a novice either.Smyth’s big chance with the Saints came last November when he stepped up to replace a struggling Blake Grupe in Week 13 against the Miami Dolphins. Signed to a three-year contract the following month, Smyth played in the final six games of the Saints’ campaign, completing 12 of 16 field goal attempts and going a perfect on 13 extra-point attempts.”I’ve got the experience…