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Shakur Stevenson quickly dismissed Jose “El Rayo” Valenzuela’s social media push for a fight, arguing that one knockout victory does not erase what happened earlier in his career. Stevenson brought up Valenzuela’s one-sided loss to Gary Antuanne Russell and dismissed his recent stoppage of Edwin De Los Santos. “I understand u want a payday g I respect it.. Once again I would take u more serious if Gary didn’t beat the dog shit out of u.. Did u win a round? And DLS didn’t fight more than 1 round in 3 years I was not impressed u seen when he…
Newly crowned five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar will race in this month’s Vuelta a Espana in an attempt to win all three of cycling’s Grand Tours.The Slovenian UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider will be the runaway favourite to win the three-week Grand Tour after becoming the joint most successful Tour de France champion of all time last month, alongside fellow greats Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain.Pogacar won the 2024 Giro d’Italia by nearly 10 minutes, and would become only the ninth rider to win all three Grand Tours in history should he triumph in Spain.The…
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we discuss Arsenal’s first meaningful pre-season friendly, and reflect on the 4-1 win over Girona on Saturday. There’s discussion of Max Dowman and how important he might be in the early part of the season, some chat about the goalscorers and in particular Gabriel Jesus and what the future might, or should, hold for him. Then we get the latest on Arsenal’s incoming transfer business, with deals for the two Brazilians – Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Junior – in the spotlight. There’s some…
Moses Itauma‘s possible career path has become a lot clearer after he was officially named as the mandatory challenger for a reigning world heavyweight champion. Itauma is viewed as being the future of the heavyweight division, with the 21-year-old having won all 14 of his professional fights to date, 12 of them coming by knockout. He has claimed wins over the likes of Dillian Whyte, Mariusz Wach and Demsey McKean, and last time out became the first man to stop former Whyte and Anthony Joshua foe Jermaine Franklin when he earned a fifth round TKO victory. Itauma is set for…
PFL lightweight world champion Usman Nurmagomedov will decide on his future “very soon” after becoming a free agent, according to his cousin and coach Khabib Nurmagomedov.Russia’s Nurmagomedov knocked out American Archie Colgan in New York last week to retain his title in the final fight on his contract with the PFL.The 28-year-old, who is undefeated with 22 victories, is widely-considered one of the biggest talents outside the UFC and has long been touted to eventually sign with the promotion.But the end of his contract comes amid an exciting new chapter for the PFL after the organisation merged with Most Valuable…
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the World Cup League 2 match between Scotland and UAE in Forthill, Dundee.TOSS UPDATEThe toss has been delayed due to rain. Stay tuned for live updates.SQUADSScotland: Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross, Jasper Davidson, Oliver Davidson, Michael English, Zainullah Ihsan, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Ollie Jones, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Lyle Robertson, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt.UAE: Rahul Bhatia (c), Aayan Afzal Khan, Adeeb Usmani, Akshdeep Nath, Ali Naseer, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Shahdad, Muhammad Mohsin, Rahul Chopra, Simranjeet Singh, Sohaib Khan, Tanish Suri, Vriitya Aravind.A lot…
Instead of going directly to a neutral corner, Dempsey remained near his fallen opponent, waiting for the opportunity to strike again. Barry repeatedly directed him away before beginning the count. Under the rules in effect that night, the referee could not start counting until the standing boxer reached a neutral corner. Ironically, Dempsey’s own camp had requested that specific rule before the rematch. Film of the bout later showed Tunney remained on the canvas for roughly 13 to 14 seconds from the moment he fell until he got back to his feet at Barry’s count of nine. Those images have…
If they defeat Polish side Jagiellonia Bialystok in the third round of Europa League qualifying, Rangers will play either Lillestrom of Norway, the winners of the tie between Northern Irish champions Larne and Iberia 1999 of Georgia, or the losers of two Champions League qualifiers – between Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) and Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan) or Mjallby (Sweden) and Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia).Having dropped down from Champions League qualifying, Hearts face Benfica and the winners of that also have four possible play-off opponents.Those are OFI Crete, the winners of Thun (Switzerland) and Vikingur Reykjavik (Iceland), or the losers of two Champions League…
The 1994 Commonwealths in Victoria set a new Northern Ireland record for the number of gold medals at a single competition with five, as Johnston claimed a singles title, Neil Sinclair and Jimmy Webb won gold in the ring, while David Calvert and the duo of Tom Hewitt and Samuel Allen were successful in shooting.Calvert would strike again four years later with two golds, one of which came in the pairs event with Martin Millar, and another individual double followed in 2002 in Manchester.The 2010 Games in Dehli are remembered for a hat-trick of boxing golds as Michael Conlan, Paddy…
Manchester United manager Marc Skinner has left his position by mutual consent before the start of the Women’s Super League season. The 43-year-old has been in charge of United for five years and led them to their first major trophy with victory in the Women’s FA Cup final in 2024.He helped them reach the Women’s Champions League group stages for the first time last year, while they finished runners-up in three domestic cup finals.Skinner’s departure comes a month before the start of the season with United set to travel to London City Lionesses on 4 September (19:00 BST).The former Birmingham…