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Usyk’s advisor, Sergey Lapin, revealed that former UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is also under consideration for the final fight of Usyk’s career. “Oleksandr Usyk is eyeing a fight against Deontay Wilder or former UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones later this year in the United States,” Lapin told Mike Coppinger of The Ring. Usyk announced on Friday that he was vacating the WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight titles while confirming he intends to have one final fight before retiring. A bout with Wilder has been discussed for more than a year and would finally give Usyk the opportunity to headline…

Harry Kane will extend his Bayern Munich contract, Manchester City plan major rebuild, while Rayo Vallecano left-back Pep Chavarria is a target for Chelsea.England captain Harry Kane, 32, will sign a new contract at Bayern Munich despite interest from Barcelona. (Athletic – subscription required), externalThe appointment of Enzo Maresca as boss at Manchester City could lead to a major rebuild with England full-back Rico Lewis, 21, Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, 31, Spanish midfielder Nico Gonzalez, 24, Portugal defender Ruben Dias, 29, and Brazil winger Savinho, 22, all potentially up for sale. (Mail), externalManchester City are ready to hijack Tottenham’s move…

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho opens up on Bristol City for their managerial role and interest from other clubs this summer. Talking to ‘Portsmouth FC, The News’ who live streamed the press conference from the training ground, Mousinho spoke on a range of topics. In the end, Bristol City went with the appointment of Michael Skubala. After also being linked with the Stoke job, Mousinho remains at Portsmouth. Interviewer: I mean first of all the calibre of job you’ve done for Pompey when the season ended there were plenty of concerns that there might be interest from other clubs. Did that…

CRICKETTG20: Hyderabad e-Champions march on with win over Aces, Nalgonda Knights cruises past Palamuru Strikers to move secondHyderabad e-Champions continued its relentless march through TG20, brushing aside Khammam Aces by 56 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Monday. A fourth successive win sees it remain the tournament’s only unbeaten side and further cemented its status as the team to beat.Sai Vikas Reddy and Abhirath Reddy gave e-Champions a flying start with a blistering opening stand. Abhirath led the charge, hammering 24 runs in the fifth over and racing to a stunning 16-ball half-century as they finished the PowerPlay…

Gervonta Davis is expected to return to action this year and Devin Haney is one name being mentioned for a potential fight, but it won’t be the first time that they have shared the ring, with one of their previous spars labelled as ‘crazy’ by Floyd Mayweather. Davis was a Mayweather protégé early on his career and was signed with Mayweather Promotions, with ‘TBE’ guiding ‘Tank’ to world titles in the super-featherweight, lightweight and super-lightweight divisions before their split in 2022. Since then, Davis has fought just four times in four years and is winless since June 2024, with external…

Bournemouth have rejected an enquiry from Arsenal for Alex Scott and say the midfielder is not for sale this summer.The Premier League champions want to sign a new central midfielder, with the 22-year-old understood to be one of their targets.Scott is also attracting serious interest from other Premier League clubs, including Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea.But Bournemouth have communicated their intention to keep the former Bristol City player and are keen to agree an extension to his current contract, which has two years left to run.Scott was selected in his first England squad last November and was then…

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode there’s some more background to Arsenal’s reported interest in Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, as well as a conversation about the player versus the person. He would certainly add quality to the midfield but our chequered past with him as an opponent gives us, as fans, something to think about if a deal does go through. We also chat about Granit Xhaka being linked with Chelsea, and further departures from the medical team which will see that area of our backroom set-up require a…

Jaron “Boots” Ennis has broken into The Ring’s updated pound-for-pound rankings following his seventh-round stoppage of Xander Zayas on Saturday night to unify the WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles. The publication placed Ennis at No. 9 in its latest top-10 list, one spot ahead of Oscar Collazo. Naoya Inoue retained the No. 1 position, followed by Oleksandr Usyk, Shakur Stevenson, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, David Benavidez, Dmitry Bivol, Junto Nakatani and Devin Haney. Ennis’ inclusion comes after one of the biggest victories of his career. After losing the opening rounds against the unbeaten champion Zayas, he steadily took control with…

Former captain Michael Vaughan says England coach Brendon McCullum and Rob Key should resign as part of a “complete clearout” following the retirement of Ben Stokes.Captain Stokes, McCullum and director of men’s cricket Key had all been retained in their roles by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Gould after last winter’s Ashes defeat. The 35-year-old Stokes, who ruled out reversing his retirement, suffered a series defeat by New Zealand in his final game of international cricket on Monday, having announced his shock decision on Sunday.”Enough is enough. With Ben Stokes walking off into the sunset and…

Netherlands and Morocco meet at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey on June 29 in a World Cup 2026 Round of 32 knockout tie, with kickoff set for 7:00 PM local time (UTC-6). Netherlands finished as Group F winners and Morocco advanced as Group C runners-up, setting up one of the more compelling last-32 matchups on the bracket. The World Cup 2026 R32 Netherlands vs. Morocco odds make the Dutch the clear favorites, though Morocco’s 2022 semi-final pedigree keeps this firmly a two-sided contest. Netherlands enter off the back of a 3-1 win over Tunisia in their final group outing, having collected…