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On a moving day that delivered more ups and downs than the Big Dipper rollercoaster just down the road in Blackpool, the main focus for home fans as Saturday evening drew in was Hull’s charge on the closing holes and Woad’s continued ability to loiter towards the top of the leaderboard. Woad, 22, who finished second in the Evian Championship just over 12 months ago as an amateur and ended up in a tie for 16th at the same event last month, delivered another promising display without ever quite getting her putter to run hot on the greens until the…
Benjamin Sesko came alive in 2026, shaking off a muted start to his Manchester United career to emerge as a real game-changer under Michael Carrick’s watch. Ten of the Slovenian’s 12 United goals have come since the turn of the year, or rather, since the exit of Ruben Amorim, the 23-year-old one of many to benefit from the change in the Old Trafford dugout. And yet, the £74m man’s place as a regular starter in Carrick’s side still isn’t guaranteed, while injury niggles are also hampering his progress somewhat, having missed the tail end of last season with a shin…
Mike Tyson insists he would “never go against” one man if Oleksandr Usyk and David Benavidez were to collide at heavyweight. Admittedly, it seems unlikely that the pair will ever square off, especially now that Usyk has vacated his world titles and announced he has one fight left. Instead, the Ukrainian has expressed an interest in facing Deontay Wilder, the former WBC titleholder, in order to complete a trilogy of wins over his generation’s flagship heavyweights. With two respective victories over Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, though, the 39-year-old has already cemented himself as the greatest heavyweight of his era.…
Milne’s booking-producing foul on Lewis Smith was the first real dent in Hearts’ defensive resolve and Stuart Armstrong’s free-kick delivery caused chaos. Dan Happe headed back across goal and Nisbet and Lewis Mayo raced in to apply the finish. Mayo was eventually credited with the goal and Hearts’ hopes of a VAR reprieve for any infringement were dashed.And it got worse for the visitors as Stuart Findlay fouled the running figure of Toyosi Olusanya in the box, meaning a penalty and a red card for the Hearts defender. Nisbet may have been denied the first goal but he wasn’t going…
Mikel Arteta insists expectations must be high when it comes to Max Dowman’s development. Arsenal boss Arteta has so far taken a measured approach to keeping a lid on the hype around Dowman, who last season became the Premier League’s youngest-ever goalscorer. Yet the Spaniard took a less cautious approach after Dowman scored and assisted in Arsenal’s 4-1 friendly win over Girona on Saturday. The 16-year-old also topped the charts for dribbles (seven) and was second behind only Ben White for duels won (five). “That’s what we want when you play for Arsenal,” Arteta said of Dowman, who created Kai…
Juan Carlos Becerril pulled off one of the biggest surprises on Saturday’s card in Las Vegas, stopping highly regarded prospect Dylan Capetillo in the third round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels. The scheduled four-round lightweight bout looked to be heading in Capetillo’s favor before Becerril turned everything around with one perfectly timed punch. Capetillo (2-1, 1 KO), a 17-year-old Golden Boy Promotions prospect from Las Vegas, made a strong start and dropped Becerril with a left hook in the second round. The knockdown appeared to put the hometown fighter in control as he pressed the action against the unbeaten…
At the time, Kerr gave his answer as the bell tolled. In a flash, he made his move, bursting to the outside in pursuit of Myers and Cheruiyot, who made theirs momentarily first. With 250m to go, Kerr left them behind. Wightman gamely tried to follow but how do you chase down a man this fast? His brave gamble failed and the bronze medallist from the last two Games trailed home in sixth.By then, Kerr was already celebrating gold, with Myers coming through for silver and Cheruiyot bronze. “I peeked up at the screen, saw I had a bit of…
LAS VEGAS – On the brink of believing they had a welterweight title fight finalized with fellow unbeaten and former lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis, three-division champion Devin Haney and his father, trainer, and manager, Bill Haney, awoke disappointed Saturday. The 15-0 (10 KOs) Davis on Friday rejected the $2.13 million he was due to earn as a result of the WBO purse-bid process conducted earlier this week. The Davis cut was 25 per cent of the $8 million-plus that promoter Top Rank presented in its winning bid for a bout the Haneys wanted to take to Atlanta in October. In…
Briton Mark Chamberlain stunned Republic of Ireland’s Pierce O’Leary as he dropped him twice on the way to securing a knockout win in the 10th round to claim the IBO light-welterweight belt.Chamberlain had to climb off the canvas himself in the seventh round as O’Leary struck him with a ferocious body shot in front of a capacity crowd in Dublin.But just as momentum appeared to be swinging in the favour of O’Leary, Chamberlain found a breakthrough and managed to get the stoppage late on.Portsmouth’s Chamberlain now moves to 18 wins with one defeat, bouncing back to winning ways for the…
The Indian dressing room has always had room for celebrated names. Former captains, legendary cricketers, World Cup winners – they naturally grabbed attention when they walked in.But Subhadeep Ghosh isn’t one of them.Ghosh replaces T. Dilip as India’s fielding coach ahead of the Test tour of Sri Lanka. It won’t be the arrival of a decorated former international. Instead, it will be recognising a domestic coach who has quietly risen through the ranks.There are no grand stories attached to Ghosh’s playing career. He represented Assam and Railways in domestic cricket, featuring in 17 First-Class matches, scoring 316 runs with two…