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George Rose believes Tim Tszyu’s move to middleweight gives him a real opportunity to hand Errol Spence Jr. another defeat when they meet this weekend in Sydney. Click here to watch live boxing this weekend Rose has backed Tszyu throughout his career, but he admitted this represents the toughest opponent the Australian star has faced. Even so, he feels the jump to 160 pounds tilts the fight in Tszyu’s direction. During an interview this week, Rose explained why he likes Tszyu’s chances. “I believe in Tim, and I always have. I know this is the toughest fight, the toughest opponent…

Richa Ghosh smashed two sixes in a brief cameo (15* off 5 balls) to help Manchester Super Giants kick of its Hundred campaign with a seven-wicket win over London Spiritin a low-scoring contest at Lord’s on Thursday night.The Super Giants, bowling first, cleaned up Spirit for a paltry 80 in the first innings powered by a four-wicket haul by Ryana Mcdonald-Gay (4/17).Faced with an easy target that did not require unecessary risks, Smriti Mandhana along with her opening partner Meg Lanning began the chase in the second innings on a cautious note.Smriti got off to a start and collected three…

The Hundred men’s competition, Lord’sManchester Super Giants 138-9 (100 balls): Seifert 67 (45); Livingstone 2-14London Spirit 131-6 (100 balls): Livingstone 69 (40); Atkinson 2-15Manchester Super Giants won by seven runsScorecard. TableManchester Super Giants beat London Spirit by seven runs in The Hundred at Lord’s as Liam Livingstone’s big-hitting innings came in vain.The home captain’s 40-ball knock of 69 from number four, preceded by bowling figures of 2-14 in Super Giants’ innings, kept his side in contention as they chased 139.Coming in after James Rew was dismissed for a two-ball duck, Livingstone put on 37 with Kiran Carlson (19) and 68…

(Queensberry Promotions) Big things are expected of Irish prospect Bobbi Flood. The 2-0 (1 KO) junior middleweight from Dublin has quickfire fights scheduled at home, at the 3Arena on August 1, and at Croke Park on September 5. A decorated amateur, he is familiar with having his hand raised and plans on it being lifted aloft twice in the next few weeks. “It’s a buzz that nothing you could do or take in this world would ever give you the buzz of winning a fight in front of a crowd,” Flood told BoxingScene. “You know what I mean? In front…

Coleraine manager Ruaidhrí Higgins says his side “contributed” to their own downfall in Thursday’s 5-0 away defeat by HJK in the first leg of their Uefa Conference League second qualifying round tie.The Bannsiders were two down at the break through goals from Liam Moller and Pyry Mentu, while Toivo Mero added a third early in the second have with a quickfire brace by Teemu Pukki completing the rout.Higgins expressed his “disappointment” at the manner of the defeat but had no complaints as they now have a mountain to climb in next week’s second leg at home.”The manner of the goals…

Man City are still keen on two Chelsea first team regulars, even though we’re not hearing much about either move right now. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. Things have gone a little quiet on the sales front at Chelsea after there were some impressive moves earlier in the window – but it’s only a matter of time before things get back into gear. An exclusive from CaughtOffside claims that Manchester City’s interest in…

Luke Littler’s World Matchplay title defence continued with a straightforward 16-7 quarter-final win over Josh Rock in Blackpool.Rock initially kept pace with the world number one as the players traded breaks to reach 5-5.But after 19-year-old Littler reeled off five legs in a row, there proved to be no way back for Rock as the defending champion, in dazzling form, cruised into the semi-finals.After throwing 17 180s with a scoring average of 109.57, Littler said: “At the minute, everything’s going to plan.”The teenager added: “I feel good. I can afford to miss a few doubles because the scoring’s there.”Once again…

Image Credit – Gemini The 2026 World Cup has been absolute chaos. North America shattered every pre-conceived notion about global football this summer; honestly, Premier League recruitment rooms are still spinning from the fallout. You can forget the old days of scouting established veterans (you know the type—guys clearly just looking for one last massive payday). The modern English game operates under a crushing weight of profitability rules. PSR forces clubs to pivot toward younger, high-ceiling assets who won’t destroy the balance sheet. Desperation practically drips off the walls of every transfer committee room in England. Club directors are frantic…

“I just can’t grasp myself going into a fight unprepared… especially against this guy that people been putting me against for five years.” Crawford made the comments during an appearance on Ring Champs / All The Smoke Fight, where he also revealed he had already decided to retire before facing Canelo Alvarez, with only a handful of people aware of the decision. The four-weight undisputed champion said the emotion of beating Canelo hit him before the official verdict was even announced. “Before they even said that, I already knew I won… I just was thinking about the journey. The whole…

One of the louder cheers came for the Falklands Islands – in the news recently following Argentina’s victory over England in the football World Cup semi-finals – and another followed when the Samoa team emerged and performed a haka in front of the dignitaries in the Royal Box.But nothing compared to the noise which greeted the arrival of the Scotland team, who entered the arena last in their white shirts and kilts and lifted many in the capacity crowd from their seats.A large Loch Ness Monster representation then emerged, before, backed by bagpipers and drummers, a rousing rendition of Flower…