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Following his split decision loss to George Kambosos Jr. in November 2021, Lopez argued that remaining at lightweight too long contributed to the upset. After losing his Ring Magazine and WBO light welterweight titles to Shakur Stevenson by wide unanimous decision on January 31 at Madison Square Garden, he reached a similar conclusion. Teofimo makes his welterweight debut against WBA champion Rolando “Rolly” Romero on August 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with DAZN carrying the event. Asked what he expects from the move to welterweight, Lopez suggested his body had already outgrown 140 pounds. “I’ll just be more…

Given Keith herself was a tad surprised she scooped up a medal here, her grandad’s take on the event ought to be a good one.The 10,000m is her preference, but the longer distance final did not go to plan on Monday and she finished seventh.The Inverness athlete said she was faced with the ‘can Megan win a medal?’ talk earlier this week, but with that weight of expectation lifted – combined with experience of the home crowd and “the help of two other Scots in the race” – she was freed from the shackles to soar to a classy and…

Newcastle United head into the 2026/27 season under new management, with Matthias Jaissle taking charge following Eddie Howe’s departure. Sections of the Tyneside faithful felt a change was needed, but the sudden nature of Howe’s exit with just a few weeks until the start of the Premier League season has given the club plenty of work to do. Jaissle inherits a squad reshaped by two huge departures this summer with a third potentially on the way, having already sold Alexander Isak to Liverpool for a British record fee last year. Here, Football FanCast tracks every confirmed Newcastle United signing and…

Market specials for the upcoming Scottish Premiership season have been revealed by league sponsors William Hill, alongside the first Scottish edition of free-to-play game Final One Stanidng. It’s a 3/1 chance for the season to be decided on the final day, as was the case last season, when Celtic conquered Hearts to claim their fifth successive title. Celtic are odds-on at 5/6 to defend their crown with Rangers (13/10) and Hearts (13/2) following Martin O’Neill’s men in the betting. Celtic’s £11million club record signing Kasper Hogh is the 5/2 favourite for the Golden Boot, with Rangers’ new recruit Lawrence Shankland…

Legendary trainer Teddy Atlas has predicted an upset victory when Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn go head to head. The two welterweights will collide at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with ‘King Ry’ making a first defence of his WBC world title. Garcia claimed his belt by dethroning Mario Barrios with a unanimous decision victory in February, which followed his unexpected points defeat to Rolando Romero in May 2025. Back then, Garcia seemed a shadow of his former self after returning from a year-long doping ban, courtesy of him testing positive for ostarine following his encounter with Devin…

No-one can be certain what happens now. And no-one knows what the future for Infantino is.Fifa is yet to respond to Uefa’s statement, which was followed up by another from Concacaf, which governs football in North and Central America and hosted this year’s World Cup, saying their 41 members rejected the proposals.Yet, in a sense, it is not Fifa’s argument.Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt is a Fifa vice-president. She spoke out against the plan at Uefa’s emergency meeting on Thursday. The FA said it stands “shoulder to shoulder with our European colleagues” on the matter.Scottish FA president Mike Mulraney is…

Andoni Iraola confirmed Joe Gomez will miss the start of Liverpool’s Premier League campaign after suffering a muscle injury in pre-season. Gomez hobbled off the pitch just eight minutes into Liverpool’s friendly with Sunderland in Nashville on Saturday and played no part in their 1-0 victory over Wrexham on Wednesday. The defender has struggled with injuries in recent seasons, managing just 17 appearances in 2024-25, though that number rose to 33 in all competitions last term. He is now set to miss Liverpool’s top-flight opener against Newcastle United on August 23. “Joe has a muscle injury,” Iraola said at a…

PBC announced Thursday that Yoenli Hernandez will face Argentina’s Francisco Daniel Veron in a 10-round middleweight co-main event on August 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The bout joins the pay-per-view card headlined by WBA welterweight champion Rolando “Rolly” Romero against Teofimo Lopez. Yoenli (10-0, 9 KOs) enters the contest ranked No. 1 by the WBA and WBO, along with No. 2 by the WBC. The Cuban standout strengthened his standing in March by stopping former U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha in four rounds. He captured a gold medal at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships and has rapidly climbed the…

Derry City manager Tiernan Lynch said his side “got punished” during their 1-0 Uefa Conference League second qualifying round defeat against Rijeka which ended their European hopes.Croatian side Rijeka had a slender one-goal lead ahead of the second leg at the Brandywell before Daniel Adu-Adjei’s goal after just 14 minutes extended their advantage.Derry struggled to respond and could not test stopper Aleksa Todorovic enough to find a way back into the tie.”I am hugely disappointed,” Lynch told BBC Sport NI after the game.”I think we need to be a team that plays a little bit more and becomes a little…

Edgar Berlanga sits down to discuss signing with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing, why the move made sense, his ambitions to become a world champion, and the biggest fights he wants next. Berlanga also talks about headlining Madison Square Garden again, sharing the card with Richardson Hitchins, how he’s evolved since facing Canelo Alvarez, why patience has become a key part of his style, and his interest in facing Chris Eubank Jr., Jaime Munguia and Hamzah Sheeraz. Timestamps: 0:00 – Why Edgar Berlanga signed with Zuffa Boxing 0:49 – Headlining Madison Square Garden again 1:51 – Sharing the spotlight with Richardson…