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There are legs still then in a Formula One world championship that continues to ebb and flow, now almost on a race-by-race basis. At the Austrian Grand Prix, George Russell was riding the wave to win but only after a gripping battle with an almost shockingly resurgent Red Bull in the hands of Max Verstappen. Ferrari, heady victors in the last round, well, they were but flotsam in Austria.The victory was of import of course to Russell who has been in sore need of making the point to his teenage teammate Kimi Antonelli that the British driver remains a force…
There were 430 runs at Chesterfield as Yorkshire staged a stunning late comeback to almost snatch an improbable victory over Derbyshire.The home side racked up 215-9, their seventh highest T20 total, with Wayne Madsen (62) sharing in stands of 69 with Martin Andersson (51) and 44 with Ross Whiteley (36).The last two overs cost just eight runs, a stark contrast to what was to come at the end of Yorkshire’s innings.The visitors lost openers Jonny Bairstow (0) and Adam Lyth (5) cheaply, found themselves 95-5 in the 12th over, and were 179-8, still 37 runs short, with two overs to…
Xander Zayas has shared his thoughts on the true ability of Jaron Ennis following their epic battle on Saturday. Zayas lost his WBA and WBO super-welterweight titles to ‘Boots’ via seventh round TKO at the Barclays Center in New York, but it was a dramatic back and forth clash that will live long in the memory of many boxing fans. Ennis recorded several knockdowns against Zayas throughout the fight, but ‘Boots’ also had to undergo some worrying moments of his own, particularly in round three when the Puerto Rican landed some huge shots. In the end though the class of…
Lewis Hamilton said Ferrari’s underwhelming performance at the Austrian Grand Prix represented a reality check for him and the team after the euphoria of his first win with the Scuderia at the last round in Spain.Hamilton finished in fifth at the Red Bull Ring, after a race where Mercedes’s George Russell took victory from pole position ahead an enormously quick Max Verstappen, whose Red Bull had made great strides with upgrades the team brought to Austria. Hamilton had moved to second in the championship after the last round and was looking so competitive that he was being touted as a…
Former British number one Draper has only played 15 matches in the past year because of bone bruising in his serving arm and tendinitis in his knee.As a result he has dropped to 160th in the world rankings.Reaching the Eastbourne semi-finals in his comeback tournament last week – having not played since April – was a promising sign.The rigours of five-set matches will be a sterner examination of Draper’s fitness, particularly against American sixth seed Fritz in a plum first-round draw.Draper has turned to British former world number one Andy Murray for guidance in dealing with his injury setbacks and…
Tottenham Hotspur are now ramping up their pursuit of a new playmaker, having made contact regarding a deal for AS Monaco star Maghnes Akliouche. Akliouche is currently at the World Cup with national side France, but only played a minimal role in his side winning Group I without dropping a point, appearing for just seven minutes, as a late substitute in the routine 3-0 victory against Iraq. The Frenchman has found it difficult to force his way into a star-studded forward line, which includes the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele, and the 2025 Ballon d’Or winner netted a…
Bob Arum believes Christian Mbilli won’t just beat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. He believes the fight will mark the end of Canelo as a championship-level force. “I think it’s the end of the road for Canelo. Mbilli is a hell of a fighter. Very tenacious, very confident, and I’m looking for him to beat Canelo,” Arum told Mr. Verzace. It’s a striking prediction considering many fans have viewed Mbilli as a favorable comeback opponent for Canelo following last year’s unanimous decision loss to Terence Crawford. Arum, who has worked closely with Mbilli during the Frenchman’s rise, clearly doesn’t share that opinion.…
Wakefield head coach Daryl Powell told BBC Radio Leeds:”Performance wise, I just said to the boys, it was a win but not an enjoyable one.”We started great and I thought we lost control of the game a little bit. The game changed completely in the space of four or five minutes.”At the end it was a bit mad really. The drop-goal from Jack was brave but a bit of an unconventional strike, I thought Olly’s kick had fallen short initially and then he’s given us the intercept.”Two points but we’ll have to improve from that. We’ve got too many players…
Steve Clarke says guiding Scotland to a “0-0 win” against England at Euro 2020 was one of the highlights of his seven-year tenure with the team, which ended on Saturday. Clarke stepped down in the wake of Scotland’s group-stage exit from the World Cup, with a 1-0 win over Haiti on matchday one not enough to see them qualify as one of the best third-place finishers, following defeats to Morocco and Brazil. They have now reached nine World Cups without ever advancing past the first stage, the most of any nation, while all four of their European Championship tournaments have also…
It’s well known that Moses Itauma has been picking on his elders since he was a teenager, with stories of him turning up to spar the likes of Lawrence Okolie in his school uniform and leaving with the experienced fighter wondering what on earth just hit him.But former British heavyweight champion, Jeamie TKV, has now claimed that he watched an 11-year-old Itauma “beat the hell out of someone who was 26”.The unverified revelation, courtesy of the Corner Talk podcast, comes in the week that Itauma met his next opponent, Filip Hrgovic, in London ahead of their August 29 showdown. While Itauma doing…