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This week’s Memorial will be McIlroy’s last event before this month’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills – and he revealed he undertook a scouting mission to the New York course earlier this week. McIlroy missed the cut when Shinnecock last hosted the US Open in 2018, and while he was buoyed by what he saw before this year’s championship, he outlined the importance of tournament organisers the United States Golf Association (USGA) maintaining control of the green speeds.In 2018, Phil Mickelson apologised for putting a moving ball on Shinnecock’s sun-baked greens, while in 2004 the par-three seventh green was called…
The former WBO lightweight champion now holds the top WBO welterweight position despite never fighting at 147 pounds Keyshawn Davis has climbed to No. 1 in the WBO welterweight rankings, placing him within reach of a title fight against champion Devin Haney. The ranking move comes despite Davis not yet competing at 147 pounds and immediately raises questions about how quickly the WBO could order the matchup. Keyshawn had previously lost his lightweight title on the scales when he came in 4.3 pounds overweight for a scheduled defense against Edwin De Los Santos. The fight was canceled, ending his run…
“We could get off here and walk?” says my wife. “Too late, the doors are closing,” I reply. Our Northern line carriage is packed, and the air clammy when two teenage girls connect a speaker to the Old Street station Wi-Fi and crank up the volume. The opening bars of “Freed From Desire” are released into the wild. There’s a smile from the dad of the Asian family next to me. He’s sporting a 97/98 replica shirt with LEGEND 8 on the back. People all around us start to hum. Some mouth the words, not yet confident enough to sing.…
Matt Henry is set to lead a full-strength New Zealand pace attack in the first Test against England at Lord’s starting on Thursday after recovering from injury.Henry missed last week’s innings rout of Ireland in a one-off Test in Belfast with what team management said was “a minor strain in his left hamstring” but has now been passed fit for the first of a three-Test series against England.Fellow quicks Kyle Jamieson, Will O’Rourke have been given the all clear as well but it is the return of Henry that is the biggest boost to the Black Caps.Henry has a fine…
Like Jannik Sinner in the men’s draw, Sabalenka was the favourite to win a maiden French Open title this year.With four-time winner Iga Swiatek and reigning champion Coco Gauff knocked out relatively early, Sabalenka had her best chance to win a first Grand Slam away from the hard courts of New York and Melbourne.But Sabalenka – like Sinner in his second-round defeat by Juan Manuel Cerundolo -surrendered a huge lead in yet another massive upset at this year’s Roland Garros.While Sinner struggled with cramping and dizziness in sweltering heat, Sabalenka only had herself to blame as she failed to adapt…
Roberto Duran believes there is one victory that stands out even higher than his triumph over Sugar Ray Leonard. The Panamanian had a career to be proud of, earning world honours in four divisions, whilst also being the second ever boxer to compete across five separate decades. During the 1980s, Duran was part of an iconic group along with Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler, who were collectively known as ‘The Four Kings’, with the legendary quartet all competing in epic battles against one another. Leonard had the best success against the others, having been the only man to defeat the…
Captain Ben Stokes has warned that players could abandon international cricket if England take a hardline stance on the Indian Premier League.Fast bowler Jofra Archer is missing the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s following his IPL stint and may not be ready to play in the second.”In an ideal situation it would be unbelievably great to have everyone who you want available at every single opportunity. That is not the way of cricket at the moment,” said Stokes.”There is a situation where it could get messy and players like Jofra might not play for England again if you…
The WBO champion quickly welcomed a fight with Davis after the challenger moved to the top of the rankings Devin Haney wasted little time reacting after Keyshawn Davis was elevated to the No. 1 spot in the WBO welterweight rankings. The champion publicly welcomed the matchup, posting a brief message on social media shortly after the updated rankings were released. Let’s do it KEYSHAWN.. https://t.co/plq9hqQpBP — Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) June 3, 2026 It is absolute theater, and looking at it as anything else is buying into the promotional machinery. The second those WBO rankings dropped with Keyshawn sitting at the…
Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott is poised to make his England debut in the forthcoming World Cup warm-up games in the United States.Scott, Rio Ngumoha, Josh King, Jason Steele and Ethan Nwaneri have travelled as supplementary members of the England squad for their preparation camp in Florida.This comes as they await the arrivals of Arsenal quartet Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke and Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson following their involvement in European finals.Henderson is due to arrive in the next 24 hours, with the remaining four expected to report for duty over the weekend.It is understood that…
When Weljon Mindoro was a three-year-old and led to a river in his native Philippines for a bath with other kids, it wasn’t long before some rough-housing started among the boys.Next thing Weljon knew, he was throwing hands.This innate rush to fight would strike again as a nine-year-old when Mindoro watched his older brother fare poorly in an amateur fight, boasting, “I should be the one fighting.”Seconds after achieving victory, someone delivered young Weljon 50 pesos and he was hooked.The boy is grown now, a full-fledged middleweight carrying a 16-0-1 (16 KOs) record to his Friday night ProBoxTV co-main event…