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Manny Pacquiao has competed in 73 professional bouts to date, but there is one man who is thankful that his scheduled showdown with the Filipino icon did not take place, labelling his withdrawal as a ‘blessing in disguise’. A true pound-for-pound legend of the sport, many fighters dream of sharing the ring with one of boxing’s most accomplished combatants; the only boxer to have held a world title in four different decades and the only eight-division world champion. Pacquiao is now chasing another feat, hoping to break his own as the oldest welterweight champion of all time, having last held…
Bardi, from The Extra Inch – a Spurs podcastOver the years, the legend of Luka Vuskovic has grown and grown. His prodigious leap and a physique well beyond his age, combined with two successful loan spells, have only added to the hype.Three years on from his £12m signing, many are ready to kneel before Luka and name him the solution to all our defensive issues without ever having seen him play in the flesh.Last night in Dallas, Luka had an opportunity to add to that reputation and prove that he is ready, but a chastening opening-game defeat at the hands…
Fans on social media reveal who they think are contenders for promotion for the 26/27 National League South season. Preparations for the division’s 24 teams are now in full swing with pre-season friendlies are soon to begin, new shirts being revealed and new signings being brought in. INS AND OUTS AHEAD OF 26/27 SEASON Relegated from the National League – Braintree Town and Truro City Promoted from the Isthmian League Premier Division – Folkestone Invicta and Billericay Town Promoted from the Southern League Premier Division South – Walton & Hersham and Farnham Town Promoted to the National League – Worthing…
Bill Haney says a fight between Devin Haney and Keyshawn Davis would determine who is boxing’s No. 1 fighter, but stopped short of saying whether his son would give up the WBO welterweight title to pursue a showdown with Shakur Stevenson. The comments come as Devin Haney weighs his next move amid growing speculation about potential fights against either Shakur or Keyshawn, who recently became the WBO’s mandatory challenger at welterweight. Bill acknowledged the significance of a fight between Devin and Keyshawn. “Of course, Dev wants the biggest and best challenges first, but more importantly, this fight between him and…
The ECB revealed Stokes and Atkinson are under investigation in a statement released on 8 June.In the immediate aftermath, there were concerns the 35-year-old may retire.Those fears were allayed when he returned to training with Durham on Saturday and Stokes is now due to play for them for the third time this season.Addressing the media on Tuesday, two days before England’s second Test against New Zealand at The Oval, head coach Brendon McCullum would not be drawn on Stokes’ future as an England player or captain.The New Zealander did, however, repeatedly mentioned his “worry” and “concern” for Stokes.In contrast, on…
Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the original Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Lewis Ambrose to chat about the World Cup and some of the main stories from the last few days. We discuss Cape Verde earning a battling point against Spain, how France’s attack sparked into second half action against Senegal, the impact of the big name players in this tournament so far, goals from distance, the Arsenal involvement – particularly for England – with some focus on Declan Rice and how the heavy schedule and minutes played this season could be catching up…
(Prime Video) PBC will travel to Australia with all bases loaded as three of their stars are set to face Australian boxers on July 25. The headline bout, featuring the return of Errol Spence against popular Australian Tim Tszyu, was already announced. But, also, Jermall Charlo will meet Koen Mazoudier and Stephen Fulton will fight Liam Wilson. The show is at the Afterpay Arena in Sydney and No Limits announced: “July 26 [the date of the show in Australia] is shaping up to be one of the greatest nights Australian boxing has ever seen.” Charlo is 34-0 (23 KOs) and…
Wilkinson says Wales have learned from their experience at Euro 2025, when they stuggled to make an impact against three of the world’s best teams – Netherlands, France and England.”I think we all learned a lot through the Euros – myself, my staff, the players,” she said. “Do I wish I’d coached differently? Parts of it, absolutely. I’m sure they (the players) look back on it and think like ‘what if, what if we could have…’ “But you don’t know until you’ve been to a major event what it’s going to be like, what the pressure feels like, what the…
Lee Dixon felt England had produced close to a perfect performance as they saw off Croatia to open their World Cup campaign with a 4-2 win in Dallas. Thomas Tuchel’s side were twice pegged back after captain Harry Kane scored two in the first half but second-half strikes from Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford secured three points in the Group L opener. Former England defender Dixon said on ITV: “This is a really difficult team to play against and apart from the moments in the first half when they gave those two goals away, they pretty much controlled the game.…
As well as being so confident, Kylian is selfish too – but that is not a criticism. The striker is always the most selfish player on the team – he has to be.He showed that with his very first World Cup goal, against Peru in Yekaterinburg in our second group game at Russia 2018.I had not started our first game, against Australia, because I’d been injured in a friendly against USA a week earlier and needed nine stitches in my forehead. It was a bad cut and I nearly missed the whole tournament.Also, Didier Deschamps wanted to try Ousmane Dembele,…