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Tony Mowbray speaks for the first time on returning to Blackburn Rovers for a second spell as their head coach, replacing Michael O’Neill. On the 12th of May, it was confirmed that Michael O’Neill would not be extending his stay at Blackburn, beyond the 2025/26 season, having been in interim charge. In his 15 games in charge of Rovers, he won 5, drew 5 and lost 5, and finished 20th with 52 points from 46 games played, 5 points above the drop zone. And since then, Blackburn have been on the search for his replacement, and after struggling to bring…

“We have cut the budget. As you guys have probably noticed, there’s no more talk shows,” said Malignaggi on Paulie TV. “We’ve cut the budget because we’re trying to sustain ourselves. We’re trying to keep the lights on. We’re trying to keep the operation moving.” Malignaggi added that ProBoxTV plans to reduce its schedule to one event per month, down from its current pace, in an effort to lower costs. The former two-division world champion said the company hopes the subscription model will allow it to continue operating while still providing boxing content and live events. “We’re going to have…

In 2022, aged 18, Pechova was nominated for the BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year award and recognised as one of England’s brightest prospects.Her first senior cap followed in 2023 against New Zealand. Then in 2024, having earned a scholarship with Bath University, Team Bath were disbanded as part of a major Netball Super League restructure.Pechova – just like Pavelin, who was also a Bath player – had no time to mope. Instead, she moved her life to Nottingham to join newly established Forest.For Pechova, the unexpected disruption meant she had to commute between Nottingham and Bath – a…

David Benavidez moved up in weight and became unified cruiserweight world champion last month, leading to Canelo Alvarez suggesting that a fight between them will never happen because not only will Benavidez never make super-middleweight again, but he will struggle to drop back down to light-heavyweight. Benavidez demanded a fight against Alvarez when campaigning at 168lbs, with his WBC interim world title making a strong case for it to happen. His interest was not reciprocated, and, rather than waiting around, ‘The Mexican Monster’ chose to move up to light-heavyweight where he soon became a world champion. Benavidez moved up once…

The career trajectories of French Open finalists Mirra Andreeva and Maja Chwalinska could not be more contrasting.Russian eighth seed Andreeva is a teenage sensation who earned her first WTA Tour win as a 15-year-old in 2023, reaching the Wimbledon fourth round just two months later.Becoming a Grand Slam champion has felt like a question of when, and not if, ever since.”I’m getting closer – I’m getting a little bit more mature with every match I play,” said 19-year-old Andreeva.Qualifier Chwalinska’s path to Saturday’s showpiece at Roland Garros has been less predictable.The 24-year-old from Poland has never received direct entry into…

“Great win against Zurdo. Something I didn’t see coming,” said Billam-Smith to Ring Magazine. “I did think Zurdo would beat him. I thought he had more size, right timing. I thought the smaller gloves would help him more than it would help Benavidez, but Benavidez carried obviously more power up and kept the speed. So, good performance.” Benavidez’s victory over Ramirez has fueled discussion about what could come next for the unified cruiserweight champion, including whether he could eventually move up again. When asked if Benavidez could fight at heavyweight, Billam-Smith said he believes the Mexican star could have success…

In first practice, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso rescued what could have been a high-speed crash at the harbour front chicane.The rear flicked sideways as he went over the crest at the start of the braking point, and as he corrected, the car fishtailed, sending the front towards the barriers.Although the incident broke the car’s front-wing endplate, Alonso kept it largely under control and out of the barriers as it slid wildly up the kerb on the outside of the circuit.Aston Martin had a difficult time in the second session, Alonso ending up 20th fastest and team-mate Lance Stroll slowest of…

Thomas Tuchel claimed he has not decided his starting 11 for England’s World Cup opener against Croatia. The Three Lions get their campaign underway in North America on June 17, before facing Ghana on June 23 and Panama on June 27. Prior to the tournament, England face New Zealand and Costa Rica in warm-up games, with the first coming on Saturday against the All Whites. This will be England’s first game played in America since a pair of friendlies against Ecuador and Honduras in June 2014 in the lead-up to the World Cup in Brazil. The Three Lions drew both…

TOSSIndia won the toss and opted to bat first.India vs Afghanistan Playing XIs:India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh KrishnaAfghanistan: Sediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Abdul Malik , Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Afsar Zazai (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangeyalia Kharote, Ziaur Rahman, Mohammad SaleemMATCH PREVIEWA one-off Test against Afghanistan, beginning at the New PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh on Saturday, will be an ideal reconvening point for India before it squabbles up for a late charge at the World Test Championship…

MORENO VALLEY, California – Jose Ramirez knows how it looks. A former champion coming off two losses with nearly 200 rounds of professional mileage on his body can lead to ominous conclusions.He’s done. Playing out the string. Ready to yield to the next generation.Not yet, Ramirez said Thursday while emerging from a workout at the loaded Robert Garcia Boxing Academy.Leaning on credibility that includes being a U.S. Olympian and former unified 140lbs champion whose lone losses are to undisputed champions Josh Taylor and Devin Haney along with then-unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jnr, Ramirez, 29-3 (18 KOs), reminded, “I’m only 33.”The Central…