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Former undisputed light-heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev is keen to return to action as soon as possible, but he believes that one of the current world champions is ‘ducking him’. Beterbiev knocked out Enrico Koelling to capture the IBF light-heavyweight title back in 2017 and, after defending the belt against Callum Johnson and Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic, the Canadian-Russian unified the titles by halting WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Once again, two defences followed, as Beterbiev continued his 100% knockout streak with wins against Adam Deines and Marcus Browne inside of the distance, before adding the WBO strap to his collection…

Megan Barker reclaimed her British elite women’s circuit race title as the second day of the National Road Championships produced its second Welsh winner.Barker triumphed in a sprint finish on the course in Aberystwyth to follow up on her success in the same event in 2023.The Cardiff-born 28-year-old edged out Carys Lloyd – the teenager who will join Barker as part of Wales’ selection for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – by less than three hundredths of a second.Scotland’s Eilidh Shaw took third.The home one-two came a day after Zoe Backstedt topped an all-Welsh podium in the women’s time…

A couple of Championship clubs have took to aim cheeky digs at Southampton during the fixture announcement on Thursday afternoon. In May, Southampton beat Middlesbrough to book a place in the Championship playoff final, only to be thrown out of the playoffs to spying on Boro, Oxford and Ipswich. Southampton start the 2026/27 season on minus four points. Birmingham City and Wrexham didn’t waste time in poking fun over Spygate, with their posts on social media going viral. Birmingham wrote: “One of the other key fixtures to keep an eye on… 🔎” while Wrexham said “Taking us into the international…

Edwin De Los Santos doesn’t believe he needed to face Jose Valenzuela a second time, but he’s confident the rematch will end exactly like the first. Click Here To Watch Ennis vs. Zayas LIVE! The Dominican contender stopped Valenzuela in the third round when they met two years ago and will look to repeat that performance on June 28 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Although Valenzuela has argued the outcome was influenced by accepting the original fight on short notice, De Los Santos said that explanation doesn’t hold up. “To be honest, this rematch was quite unnecessary since you…

Olympic medallist Jenny Simpson has been released from hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest while running at an event last week.The 39-year-old American collapsed while pacing a mile group at a Sir Walter Miler pop-up event in Raleigh, North Carolina.A statement by her employer Fleet Feet said that Simpson, who became the 1500m world champion in 2011 and won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, will continue her recovery in North Carolina with her husband.It revealed that she “suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and received immediate lifesaving care, including CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)”.Simpson was…

(Cris Esqueda / Matchroom Boxing) The irresistible vision dances across Eddie Hearn’s mind. Imagine Jaron “Boots” Ennis fulfilling all the hype, becoming a two-division unified champion Saturday night, by dominating junior-middleweight champion Xander Zayas, and then calling out the recently retired five-division champion Terence Crawford. “It’s very difficult to call out a retired fighter, but if [Ennis] stood in the middle of the ring [Saturday night] after producing a performance for the ages and says, ‘Crawford, come out of retirement, we’ll make the biggest fight in the sport, it would break the internet,’” Hearn said Friday, following fighter weigh-ins at…

England manager Thomas Tuchel has defended his full-back selection policy after confirming Reece James will miss Saturday’s World Cup match against Panama.As revealed by BBC Sport this week, James was assessed by England medics following Tuesday’s goalless draw against Ghana after complaining of a hamstring issue.Tuchel has since confirmed that the Chelsea right-back has not travelled to New Jersey from their Kansas City base for their final Group L game against Panama on Saturday (22:00 BST). But he insists James has a chance of playing in England’s possible last-32 match next week.However, BBC Sport understands that James is a significant…

There might well be a few Tottenham Hotspur managers of years gone by looking on a little envious of the financial backing that Roberto De Zerbi is set to receive this summer, with the Lilywhites going all out to fashion a star-studded side under the Italian. Where was this kind of investment two years ago, for instance, with Ange Postecoglou’s second summer at the helm, following a creditable fifth-place finish, seeing the north London side primarily invest in youth rather than ready-made additions, with current club-record signing Dominic Solanke perhaps the only exception. The likes of Archie Gray and Lucas…

Travelers Championship second round-16 S Scheffler (US); -14 V Hovland (Nor); -12 E Cole (US), A Bhatia (US); -10 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), B Griffin (US), B Cauley (US)Selected others: -9 J Rose (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); -8 R MacIntyre (Sco), W Clark (US); -7 A Rai (Eng), S Lowry (Ire)Full leaderboardScottie Scheffler fired a 10-under-par 60 to hold the lead after the second round of the PGA Tour Travelers Championship.The world number one made 11 birdies and a lone bogey on Friday to move to 16 under at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.That put him two shots clear of…

Soon after the announcement, Verhoeven posted a message on social media aimed directly at his former opponent. “The last dance. REMATCH TIME. Let’s make this the biggest crossover fight of this era.” The pair met in May at the “Glory in Giza” event in Egypt in what was billed as one of the biggest crossover fights in combat sports history. Usyk retained his WBC heavyweight title by stopping the GLORY heavyweight champion in the eleventh round, although the contest proved far more competitive than many expected. Verhoeven was ahead 96-94 on one scorecard, with the other two judges having it…