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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…
Some athletes struggled in the conditions.England’s Morgan Lake did not clear the bar with any of her three efforts in the high jump. Similarly, Scotland’s Steven Stone had attempts with his glasses on his face and the top of his head in the men’s T20 long jump but did not register a clean effort.Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor said she was “gutted” with her throw of 12.85m in the heptathlon shot put.”It just kept slipping out of my hands,” she said.”When your chalk gets wet, it’s like you might as well have dish soap on your hands and I just probably…
The Hundred men’s competition, HeadingleyManchester Super Giants 181-3 (100 balls): Buttler 63* (33), Klaasen 53 (27); Ellis 2-32Sunrisers Leeds 186-2 (88 balls): Marsh 63 (26), Crawley 56* (34), Brook 42* (17)Sunrisers Leeds won by eight wicketsScorecard. TableMitch Marsh was at his destructive best as he bludgeoned 63 to help Sunrisers Leeds end Manchester Super Giants’ unbeaten start to The Hundred with an eight-wicket win at Headingley.The experienced Australia opener crashed six fours and five sixes during a fearless 26-ball knock which provided the impetus for the Sunrisers to chase down 182 for victory.Marsh was bowled by a yorker from Sonny…
Former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has denied assaulting a man outside a petrol station, a court has heard.Cordina, 34, was one of two men charged in connection with an incident in the Cardiff suburb of Pentwyn in February.He appeared at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault by beating.Cordina appeared in the dock alongside Jamie O’Brien, 32, from Pentwyn, who has also been charged with assault in connection with the incident.O’Brien did not enter a plea during the short hearing. The court previously heard the offences the two men are charged with…
This season will see a new version of Aston Villa under Unai Emery. A 4-2 defeat to Real Sociedad on Tuesday will irritate their perfectionist head coach, but there is plenty of time for him to fine-tune the Europa League holders before the start of the new campaign. With Brian Madjo, George Hemmings, Modou Cisse all likely to feature in the squad going forward there was still plenty to build on from the encounter against the La Liga side.The display of teenage striker Madjo was one.Villa are still awaiting the outcome of their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for…
Zinedine Zidane revealed he has not yet spoken with Kylian Mbappe about the France captaincy role. Zidane was officially announced as France’s new head coach on Tuesday, signing a four-year deal to take him through to the end of the 2030 World Cup. It is his first role since leaving Real Madrid for the second time in 2021, having won three Champions League and two LaLiga titles across a combined five years with Los Blancos. Zidane, who won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 with France, will take charge of his first game on September 25, when Les Bleus…
A sublime unbeaten 88 and two catches from star Indian batter Smriti Mandhana helped Manchester Super Giants seal a four-wicket win over Sunrisers Leeds in a league fixture of the Hundred in Leeds on Tuesday.After winning the toss and opting to field, Meg Lanning’s Super Giants held Sunrisers to 142/4, powered by enterprising scores from Bryony Smith (26 runs off 22 balls), Phoebe Litchfield (31 runs off 26 balls) and Annabel Sutherland (35 runs off 24 balls). Smriti was involved in Litchfield and Sutherland’s dismissals, taking two sleek catches.Star India allrounder, Deepti Sharma, did not get a chance to bat.Chasing…
Jai Opetaia will return to the ring on September 12 after securing the co-main event slot on the Ryan Garcia versus Conor Benn card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. An opponent for the Ring cruiserweight champion has not yet been finalized, though plans continue moving forward for Opetaia to compete on a card expected to rank among boxing’s biggest events of 2026. Mike Coppinger reported that sources confirmed the Australian star’s place on the bill. His addition gives the promotion another world-class attraction beneath the headliner, where Garcia meets Benn for the WBC welterweight title. Interest in the show…
Nowacki’s victories propel him to one of Jersey’s greatest ever sports stars.The Commonwealth Games is the highest level at which athletes from the island, with a population of about 100,000, can compete under their own flag. Previous to Colin and Cliff Mallett, Jersey had won just two medals in their own right.In 1986, bantamweight boxer John Sillitoe won bronze in Edinburgh, while Jersey’s first-ever medal was also in the ring when Albert Turmel won welterweight bronze in Perth in 1962.Islanders have won medals for England – diver Dot Macready won 10m gold in 1934, while more recently Serena Guthrie was…
Terence Crawford has recalled the biggest crises of his 42-fight career, reflecting on the only time he claims to have ever experienced serious jeopardy in the ring. The former three-division undisputed champion announced his retirement in December, just a few months after dethroning Canelo Alvarez with a unanimous decision victory at 168lbs. As a result, ‘Bud’ ended his career after claiming world titles in five weight classes, while also maintaining an unbeaten record and winning the majority of his fights in dominant fashion. The American did not quite have it all his own way, however, as many will remember his…