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Maintaining – or not maintaining – his fitness has been a recurring theme in Duckett’s career. As a youngster, he twice missed out on tours for failing to meet conditioning standards – once with England Under-19s in 2013, then a Northants pre-season trip in 2015.This time, with a Test career on the line, he has worked with England fitness coach Pete Sim and Nottinghamshire counterpart Zac Bess to lose “five or six” kilograms.Ducket said: “I started running, which was good!”I had a four-week block when I got back from the winter where I didn’t necessarily hit many balls.”It’s just really…
West Brom chairman Shilen Patel makes an apology as he issues an in-depth open letter to fans looking ahead to the 2026/27 season. The Baggies finished the 2025/26 season sitting 21st in the Championship table, with 51 points from 46 games played, and were 4 points above the drop zone. They were 2nd four games in, had 5 rounds in the playoff places, and were in the top half for the first 13 games of the campaign. But West Brom also dropped away and found themselves in the relegation zone twice. It also didn’t help that on the 24th of…
(CrisEsqueda/Matchroom) NEW YORK – Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis was not deterred by a smattering of Brooklyn boos as he hopped onto the scales for the ceremonial weigh-in at the plaza outside Saturday’s venue for his bout with Xander Zayas, the Barclays Center. Philadelphia’s Ennis, who weighed 153lbs, challenges Zayas (153.9lbs) for his WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles. “I’m going to put on a beautiful show and tomorrow you’re going to hear the words ‘and the new,’” said Ennis, who added that he was looking to be patient before concluding: “The knockout’s going to come if I do my thing.” Unified…
Declan Rice returned to England training on Friday but Reece James missed the session as doubt remained about his availability for the Three Lions’ final group game against Panama. Chelsea defender James has a hamstring issue which arose in England’s 0-0 draw with Ghana on Tuesday, and he was missing from group training before the squad’s departure to New York.The 26-year-old was following an individual programme inside the training base in Kansas City but was not on the pitch with the rest of his team-mates.Jarell Quansah, Djed Spence and Ezri Konsa are head coach Thomas Tuchel’s alternative options at right-back.James…
Third Rothesay Test, Trent Bridge (day two of five)New Zealand 438: Conway 157, Latham 151; Stokes 4-70England 223-2: Duckett 113, Bethell 74*England are 215 runs behindScorecardBen Duckett’s scintillating century built on an inspirational bowling spell from Ben Stokes to haul England back into the decisive third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.In a remarkable turnaround from the Black Caps reaching 317-0 at one stage on the opening day, England took all 10 wickets for 121 runs to dismiss the tourists for 438, then closed the second day on 223-2 – 215 behind.Captain Stokes, back in the side after the…
If Michael Carrick’s first priority this summer was getting Champions League football back on the schedule, his second is ensuring Manchester United have a midfield capable of competing in it. The scale of the rebuild required is significant. Casemiro’s departure on a free has already been confirmed while Manuel Ugarte is expected to follow him out the door, leaving United in the market for as many as three central midfielders before the window closes. Kobbie Mainoo has committed his future to the club and Bruno Fernandes is set to stay, but beyond that pair the engine room looks thin. The…
The rematch between boxing greats Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has been postponed, the Filipino fighter’s camp says.Pacquiao, 47, and Mayweather, 49, had agreed a professional rematch live on Netflix at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday, 19 September.Former world champion Mayweather announced he would come out of retirement for his first professional bout since beating mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor in 2017.Filipino Pacquiao, who hung up his gloves in 2021, came out of retirement last year to fight former WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios, who retained his title after a draw.On Friday, the Pacquiao camp released a statement…
Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk says he will vacate all his belts but is not retiring.The 39-year-old, who has an undefeated professional record of 25 wins, held the WBA ‘super’, WBC and IBF belts.”This is a well-considered decision that I am confident will open new opportunities for me. This is not the end of the story. The continuation lies ahead,” he said on X.The Ukrainian said in the build-up to his last fight in May – a gritty win over Rico Verhoeven in Egypt – that he still wanted to fight on two more occasions before considering whether to hang…
Elliot Anderson will forge a “formidable” Manchester City midfield alongside Rodri if he completes his widely anticipated move from Nottingham Forest, according to former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher. The England midfielder is widely reported to be set to join City for a club-record fee of £116m after a deal was agreed with Forest. Anderson was one of the standout players in the Premier League last season, registering the most touches (3,300), winning possession the most times (306), winning the most duels (297) and drawing the most fouls (80). The 23-year-old, who has made 88 appearances for Forest since joining from Newcastle United…
Before then, Fury, 37, has been expected to take another fight to stay active, and unbeaten Albanian Nelson Hysa now believes he is close to landing the opportunity. Hysa says negotiations between the two camps have progressed to the point where only the final paperwork remains. “This is good news that I’m hearing. I know that [my] team has spoken with Tyson’s team. It’s a pleasure to share the ring with Tyson Fury. I’m waiting for the final contract,” said Hysa to talkSPORT Boxing. “I know the teams are negotiating everything, the date, the venue, and everything. All my fans,…