In my second season of management, 1993-94, my Bournemouth side of what is now League One, were drawn against Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in a second-round League cup tie. We travelled up to Blackburn for the first leg on a Tuesday and, after a sleep in the afternoon, we all attended a pre-match meeting….
The Minnesota Timberwolves will face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semi-finals of the NBA play-offs after eliminating the Denver Nuggets. The Timberwolves won game six 110-98 to win the best-of-seven series 4-2 In a tight contest, the Timberwolves led 57-50 before Denver’s Nikola Jokic scored 14 points in the third quarter to…
Nishikori, who started his professional career in 2007, won 12 ATP Tour titles and has been playing on the Challenger Tour tour this year. He last competed on the main ATP Tour at the Cincinnati Open in August 2025. One of Nishikori’s most notable wins was beating 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the…
While Exeter – under hugely experienced director of rugby Rob Baxter – have transformed their fortunes, Richie Murphy’s Ulster project has taken shape in recent months. After a miserable 2024-25 that ended with Ulster finishing third-from-bottom in the United Rugby Championship, they are fighting for domestic and European honours at the business end of the…
Last season under Amandine Miquel, Leicester achieved their WSL record points tally of 20, winning five games at King Power Stadium to help them finish 10th. However, summer departures of key players Yuka Momiki and academy graduate Ruby Mace, both to Everton, significantly weakened the squad. Even more damaging, just 10 days before the start…
In 2020 Jason Moloney was offered the chance to face Inoue for the IBF and WBA bantamweight titles in a temporary venue known as ‘The Bubble’ at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The Australian jumped at the chance. Moloney, who went on to become a WBO bantamweight champion in 2023, describes taking Inoue’s best shots….
The most difficult thing as a footballer is to know when you are no longer the player you once were, believes Wayne Rooney. The former striker spent 13 years at Manchester United after joining them from Everton for £27m in 2004. Rooney played 559 times for United, scoring 253 goals, and won five Premier League…
Leo Carlsson, Troy Terry and Chris Kreider had a goal and two assists apiece, and the Ducks eliminated Connor McDavid the two-time defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers with a 5-2 victory in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series Thursday night. Cutter Gauthier had a goal and an assist, Ryan Poehling scored the opening…
Joe Calzaghe believes there is no debate on who is the greatest boxer of all time. Calzaghe is often credited by many as being the greatest boxer the UK has ever produced, having the rare honour of retiring undefeated after winning all 46 of his professional fights. He spent over 10 years as WBO super-middleweight…
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is due to make his ring return on September 12 in Saudi Arabia, with the only official announcement so far branding it a world title fight but naming no opponent. Canelo lost all four super-middleweight world titles to Terence Crawford in September of last year. While Crawford retired and scattered the belts,…