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Naomi Osaka won the 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open under the guidance of Sascha Bajin Naomi Osaka has split from coach Sascha Bajin, a little more than two weeks after she won the Australian Open to secure a second consecutive grand slam title and moved to No 1 in the WTA rankings. “Hey
Kareem Hunt will play in the NFL once the league concludes its investigation Somebody was going to pick up Kareem Hunt eventually. There was only so long a 23-year-old running back who led the league in rushing as recently as 2017 was going to remain without a team. Perhaps this was the most damning aspect
JUVENTUS are preparing a £175million move for Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, according to sensational reports. Salah, 26, left Serie A rivals Roma in 2017 to join the Anfield club and has been one of the best players in the world over the last 18 months. According to Sky News Arabia, though, Cristiano Ronaldo is backing
ANTHONY JOSHUA is ready to face Tyson Fury in the biggest fight in British boxing history. Heavyweight king AJ is still looking for an opponent for his April 13 show at Wembley after failing to sign a deal with WBC champ Deontay Wilder. It is understood Hearn has offered Fury 40 per cent of a
Gervonta Davis doesn’t intend to mention Vasiliy Lomachenko quite this much. He’s asked about boxing the WBA lightweight champion so often, though, Davis can’t quite help it. The unbeaten Baltimore native admits, too, that it gets irritating to hear and read so much praise heaped upon Lomachenko, who’s commonly considered one of the top two
If Isaac Dogboe wants a direct rematch, Mexico’s Emanuel ‘Vaquero’ Navarrete has no problem with giving it to him. Navarrete believes that his chances of knocking Dogboe out will be greater than it was last December, when he dethroned him for the World Boxing Organization super bantamweight championship. Last week at a restaurant in the south of Mexico
Detoxing: A corresponding note read: ‘Every now & then a detox is necessary. Cleanse the toxins from your body & life; that means negativity of all forms – food, people, etc’ Kate Wright has lashed out at ‘toxic people’ for ‘hating’ her Rio Ferdinand romance. In a series of cryptic messages shared on Instagram, the
In this media scrum caught by Fight Hub TV, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe answers questions about Gervonta Davis’ most recent performance and calls for Davis to take on Vasyl Lomachenko. Check out some excerpts below… Ellerbe on if he thinks he’ll have Davis fighting again before July: “Oh, most definitely. Yeah. Why not?”
Israel Adesanya (left) says he grew up idolising Anderson Silva Undefeated middleweight Israel Adesanya stepped into the main event spotlight and claimed the biggest scalp of his mixed martial arts career with a unanimous decision victory over Anderson Silva at UFC 234. Nigeria-born Kiwi Adesanya, 29, and Brazilian legend Silva were originally scheduled to face
One of Britain’s most cherished stars looks set to have his moment in the sun once again. Crolla’s unexpected rise during the past four years was well documented. The Mancunian bounced back from domestic losses earlier in his career to the likes of Gary Sykes and Derry Mathews by climbing the lightweight mountain, defeating
A specialist has advised Richard Commey to rest his injured right hand for six to eight weeks. That’ll prevent the IBF lightweight champion from fighting Vasiliy Lomachenko on April 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Commey visited the specialist Thursday for a second opinion. Lou DiBella, Commey’s promoter, informed Lomachenko’s handlers at Top
Some people want to reserve judgment on Teofimo Lopez, which makes sense. He has fought only 12 times as a professional. We won’t know how good he truly is for at least two or three more fights. And he probably shouldn’t be described as a star quite yet. Again, too few outings. He might pack
Richard Commey won’t be able to fight on April 12, but Vasiliy Lomachenko isn’t moving off the date. The Ring’s lightweight champion will fight at Staples Center on ESPN+ with Top Rank seeking a new opponent for the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Anthony Crolla is the mandatory challenger for the WBA title
Alberto Machado still hasn’t received a reasonable explanation. It’s been 9½ months since the WBA crowned Gervonta Davis its “super” world super featherweight champion. Machado doesn’t know to this day why he was in effect demoted after winning what he thought was the WBA’s “super” 130-pound championship when he came back to knock out