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Queensberry heavyweights Tyson Fury – Former heavyweight champion and still the division’s biggest attraction.Daniel Dubois – WBO heavyweight championAgit Kabayel – Newly elevated WBC heavyweight champion.Moses Itauma – The division’s fastest-rising young contender.Joseph Parker – Former WBO champion and still a top-five caliber heavyweight.Filip Hrgovic – World-level contender facing Itauma.Zhilei Zhang – Former interim champion and dangerous veteran.Fabio Wardley – Still a leading contender despite losing to Dubois.Lawrence Okolie – Former cruiserweight champion now campaigning at heavyweight.Derek Chisora – Veteran name who remains relevant commercially. As noted by The Ring, that landscape has now changed dramatically. With Usyk stepping away…

Serena Williams walked out onto Wimbledon’s Centre Court, closed her eyes, took a deep breath and smiled at the ovation that greeted her.Williams has consistently said she has nothing left to prove as she resumes the tennis career from which she evolved away in 2022.But no-one was sure what to expect on Tuesday evening when she faced Australia’s Maya Joint in what was the 44-year-old’s first singles match in four years.There would have been a moment of relief for Williams when she won her first point at SW19 for 1,462 days – a forced error from Joint in response to…

Spain and Austria meet in the World Cup 2026 Round of 32 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles, on July 2, with kickoff scheduled for 12:00 PM local time. Spain enter as heavy favorites at -320 with BetOnline, while Austria, appearing at their first World Cup since 1998, are priced as long shots at +1150 best available. The World Cup 2026 knockout stage begins in earnest here, and the World Cup 2026 bracket odds reflect a wide gap in expected quality between the two sides. Spain finished Group H unbeaten, collecting wins over Saudi Arabia (4-0) and Uruguay (1-0)…

(ProBox TV) CARSON, California – Knowing the challenge that awaits him August 29 after the top-10 ranked light heavyweight delivered a fight-of-the-year candidate in March, Najee Lopez was asked about the value of the expected sellout card at Los Angeles’ Galen Center. “I’d pay $75, man. I’d break the bank [to watch] this card,” Atlanta’s Lopez said. Headlined by WBC interim super middleweight champion Lester Martinez, 20-0-1 (16 KOs), defending his belt versus Croatia’s No. 3-ranked Luka Plantic, 13-0 (10 KOs), and featuring the return of San Antonio’s Ramon Cardenas in a pivotal 122lbs bout, the card opens ProBoxTV’s move…

Spain’s Sergio Garcia will miss the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale next month for the third time in four years.The 46-year-old came up short at West Lancashire, one of four venues where 20 players qualified for the tournament, after putting himself in a strong position to make the 154th Open.Having shot a 60 in his first round, the 2017 Masters champion carded a three-over 75 in his second to finish well outside the five qualifying spots available at that venue.England duo Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters champion, and Matt Wallace also missed out on qualification at West Lancashire, while Sheffield-born…

Ronald Koeman has resigned as Netherlands manager after their World Cup exit, which led to “appalling” racist abuse aimed at players who missed penalties.Koeman’s side were knocked out by Morocco in a last-32 shootout after a 1-1 draw in Monterrey.Justin Kluivert, Quinten Timber and Crysencio Summerville all missed their efforts and were subjected to discriminatory, racist and hateful comments on social media, said the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB).Koeman, 63, has stepped down from his second spell in charge of the national side and hinted that he may have ended his managerial career altogether.He said on Instagram, external: “Looking back…

9th tier club Boro Rangers FC announce ‘with great regret’ the decision to withdraw from their league ahead of the 2026/27 season. The Northern League Division One side, who lost to Shildon in the playoff semi final in April, confirmed chairman and secretary Mark Curtis was leaving from roles with the men’s first team, but will stay on with the club’s junior sides. He said his decision came down to personal factors and said they are facing a potential closure of the senior team unless they can receive support, including new sponsors and financial investment. But now, it has been…

CRICKETTG20: Karimnagar Diamonds navigate game of extremes to seal win over Medak FalconsHYDERABAD: The costliest over of the tournament. The highest partnership of the campaign. The lowest total of the season. Tuesday’s TG20 clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium had everything – and at the heart of it was Rahul Radesh’s breathtaking century, which powered Karimnagar Diamonds to a 133-run victory over Medak Falcons.Satwik Reddy and Tanmay Agarwal gave Diamonds a brisk start, before Kartikeya Kak dismissed Tanmay. R. Sai Sharan also fell inside the PowerPlay, which ended at 54 for two. Rahul and Chandan Sahani then steadied the…

A competitor with her own ambitions of success in the ring, McCann says her latest challenge represents another stepping stone in her development.”Boxing can be like a game of chess and some things don’t transfer from MMA. It’s harder to land the shots in boxing. Every shot in MMA has to be 100% but you can’t do that in boxing or you’ll gas out.”If you watched my last four, every fight there has been such a vast evolution and me and my team and Eddie have said this is the last learning curve.”We’ve got a fighter who has won a…

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion made her competitive return in the women’s doubles earlier this month, almost four years after saying she was “evolving” away from the sport.While she showed glimpses of her former self alongside Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko at Queen’s and Karolina Muchova in Berlin, questions remained over how Williams would fare physically on her return to singles.By returning, Williams became the second oldest player to appear in the women’s singles draw at Wimbledon – and it appeared that time had caught up with the serial winner during her hiatus from the sport. Without a partner for…