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It has finally been confirmed just whether or not Gervonta Davis remains WBA lightweight champion. ‘Tank’ has endured a turbulent 12 months, with inactivity and issues outside of the ring leading to many questions over his status as WBA lightweight champion. Despite it being widely believed that Davis had already been stripped of the gold, it has been recently reported that ‘Tank’ was in talks for a WBA title clash with Floyd Schofield, potentially paving the way for him to retain his belt if he was to go ahead with the contest. Those hopes looked to soon end after it…

Chelsea close in on Crystal Palace centre-back Maxence Lacroix, Newcastle United add Borussia Dortmund midfielder Felix Nmecha to their shortlist, while three Premier League clubs are chasing Uruguay left-back Maxi Araujo.Crystal Palace centre-back Maxence Lacroix, 26, is expected to complete a move to Chelsea for about 55m euros (£47.4m) after playing for France at the World Cup. (L’Equipe – in French)Newcastle United have added Borussia Dortmund’s Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha, 25, to their shortlist for this summer. (Mail), externalArsenal have had a £55m offer for Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 28, rejected by Newcastle. (ESPN), externalTottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi wants…

Maxence Lacroix is a target who ticks a lot of boxes for Chelsea, and we are pretty confident we’ll see a deal. 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. Reports from top sources like Fabrizio Romano came out last night adding weight to the Chelsea connections to Maxence Lacroix. Today our writer Simon Phillips has added his own details to the deal in a piece on his Substack. Lacroix was a Tuchel target in 2021…

Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 match between Sri Lanka and Scotland at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground on June 26.TOSSSri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl first.PLAYING XIsSri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu, Imesha Dulani, Hasini Perera, Hansima Karunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Sugandika Dasanayaka, Nimasha Meepage, Mithali Ayodhya.Scotland: Darcey Carter, Katherine Fraser, Kathryn Bryce, Sarah Bryce, Ailsa Lister, Priyanaz Chatterji, Pippa Sproul, Megan McColl, Rachel Slater, Kirstie Gordon, Gabriella Fontenla.LIVE STREAMING INFOThe Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 match between Sri Lanka and Scotland will be telecast on the…

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman admitted he initially thought Oleksandr Usyk’s announcement that he was vacating the heavyweight title was an AI-generated video after discovering the news on social media instead of hearing it directly from the champion. Click Here To Watch Ennis vs. Zayas LIVE! Usyk announced Friday that he was relinquishing the WBC heavyweight championship, bringing an end to his reign with the organization. The news appeared to catch Sulaiman completely by surprise, with the WBC president revealing he first learned of the decision through a video posted online. “What a disappointment is for me to learn from a…

Maintaining – or not maintaining – his fitness has been a recurring theme in Duckett’s career. As a youngster, he twice missed out on tours for failing to meet conditioning standards – once with England Under-19s in 2013, then a Northants pre-season trip in 2015.This time, with a Test career on the line, he has worked with England fitness coach Pete Sim and Nottinghamshire counterpart Zac Bess to lose “five or six” kilograms.Ducket said: “I started running, which was good!”I had a four-week block when I got back from the winter where I didn’t necessarily hit many balls.”It’s just really…

West Brom chairman Shilen Patel makes an apology as he issues an in-depth open letter to fans looking ahead to the 2026/27 season. The Baggies finished the 2025/26 season sitting 21st in the Championship table, with 51 points from 46 games played, and were 4 points above the drop zone. They were 2nd four games in, had 5 rounds in the playoff places, and were in the top half for the first 13 games of the campaign. But West Brom also dropped away and found themselves in the relegation zone twice. It also didn’t help that on the 24th of…

(CrisEsqueda/Matchroom) NEW YORK – Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis was not deterred by a smattering of Brooklyn boos as he hopped onto the scales for the ceremonial weigh-in at the plaza outside Saturday’s venue for his bout with Xander Zayas, the Barclays Center. Philadelphia’s Ennis, who weighed 153lbs, challenges Zayas (153.9lbs) for his WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles. “I’m going to put on a beautiful show and tomorrow you’re going to hear the words ‘and the new,’” said Ennis, who added that he was looking to be patient before concluding: “The knockout’s going to come if I do my thing.” Unified…

Declan Rice returned to England training on Friday but Reece James missed the session as doubt remained about his availability for the Three Lions’ final group game against Panama. Chelsea defender James has a hamstring issue which arose in England’s 0-0 draw with Ghana on Tuesday, and he was missing from group training before the squad’s departure to New York.The 26-year-old was following an individual programme inside the training base in Kansas City but was not on the pitch with the rest of his team-mates.Jarell Quansah, Djed Spence and Ezri Konsa are head coach Thomas Tuchel’s alternative options at right-back.James…

Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day two of five)New Zealand 438: Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70England 223-2: Duckett 113, Bethell 74*England are 215 runs behindScorecardBen Duckett’s scintillating century built on an inspirational bowling spell from Ben Stokes to haul England back into the decisive third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.In a remarkable turnaround from the Black Caps reaching 317-0 at one stage on the opening day, England took all 10 wickets for 121 runs to dismiss the tourists for 438, then closed the second day on 223-2 – 215 behind.Captain Stokes, back in the side after the…