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Tyson Fury has played down the significance of Anthony Joshua’s defeat to Daniel Dubois, claiming he could also have been on the receiving end of the shock defeat at Wembley. Dubois pulled off an upset in front of 96,000 people on Saturday night as he demolished Joshua in five rounds. Joshua was the strong favourite to beat Dubois in the first defence of his IBF heavyweight title, but has now faced calls to retire from boxing after taking such heavy punishment from the 27-year-old. Fury, however, has dismissed suggestions that Joshua should step away from the sport and believes credit…

Eddie Hearn has criticised Anthony Joshua for not temporarily stopping his fight with Daniel Dubois after taking a low blow. Dubois delivered a dominant display at Wembley on Saturday night as he dismantled Joshua in just five rounds in front of 96,000 fans. Joshua was knocked to the canvas in all but one of the five rounds, while Dubois finished the fight with a crunching right counter which left the 34-year-old in a heap and unable to stand. However, there was a brief halt to the fight in the penultimate round after Dubois caught Joshua with a low blow. Referee…

Mikel Arteta has a problem to solve in midfield Arsenal head to Manchester City this afternoon. Last season’s top two meet at the Etihad with City boasting a perfect record so far this term. Arsenal, have won three of four, with their only blemish that 1-1 draw at home to Brighton. The Gunners confirmed the extent of Martin Odegaard’s ankle injury this week with the Norway international expected to be out until mid-November. The club captain will miss some huge games in that period starting with the visit to the Etihad on Sunday where Arteta will again be without Mikel…

Illegal immigrant bites Border Patrol agent in the face amid ‘significant rise’ of attacks on CBP An illegal immigrant coming across the U.S. border bit a Border Patrol agent in the face while being taken into custody, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed to Fox News on Friday. The agency said that on Thursday an agent encountered a group of illegal immigrants who had crossed the border near Sunland Park, New Mexico. While taking them into custody, one agent “was physically assaulted and bitten” by one of the illegal immigrants. The agency said that one subject had been arrested for…

Labour’s tax red lines have left Reeves with ‘one hand tied’ for budget, says IFS Ruling out of rises to four main taxes could lead chancellor to make ‘economically damaging’ decisions, says thinktank. Rachel Reeves has “one hand tied behind her back” as she considers how to balance the books next month in her first budget, a leading economic thinktank has said, after she ruled out increases to the four main taxes that account for 75% of all revenues. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said Labour had promised not to raise income tax, national insurance, VAT or corporation tax…

Angela Rayner: ‘I get criticised for going on holiday. Am I not allowed to do that?’ Deputy PM on the Keir Starmer donations row, winter fuel payment cuts and missing out on grace and favour mansionKeir Starmer’s popularity ratings will bounce back, Angela Rayner insists. Nestled among Michael Foot’s “donkey jacket”, an empty can of BrewDog Barnard Castle Eye Test beer and a pike from Peterloo, there sits a new exhibit at the People’s History Museum in Manchester: the jacket Angela Rayner wore when she first stood in at prime minister’s questions against Boris Johnson. The now deputy prime minister…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says any changes regarding football’s increasing fixture demands must be led by the players. City’s Spain midfielder Rodri, 28, said on Tuesday that footballers are close to going on strike in protest at the number of games in the calendar. “If something is going to change, it must come from the players. They are the only ones who can change something,” Guardiola said. “The business can be without managers, sporting directors, media, owners but without players you cannot play. They alone have the power to do it.” In July, Fifpro said it would take legal…

Iconic 90’s toy gets first UK store in massive comeback | Gaming News & Reviews One of the biggest nineties toys is making a comeback, complete with its own UK store. Those of a certain vintage will remember their first virtual pet – the iconic Tamagotchi. There have been several attempts to reignite the egg-shaped toy over the years, and the effort now appears to have paid off for the Japanese owner Bandai Namco. Tamagotchi relaunched in the UK in 2019 and has been growing since. The Tamagotchi Official Shop has now arrived at the Bandai Namco Cross Store in…

Worboys lawyer joins team working for alleged Fayed victims Phillippa Kaufmann KC, who helped black cab rapist’s victims sue the Metropolitan police, is helping examine whether the force should have done more to bring Harrods boss to justice. The lawyer who helped victims sue the Metropolitan Police for failing to investigate John Worboys, the black cab rapist, is working with women allegedly attacked by Mohamed Al Fayed. Phillippa Kaufmann KC has joined the legal team examining whether police had a duty to do more to bring Fayed to justice when allegations were made against him. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/21/warboys-lawyer-joins-team-working-for-alleged-fayed-victims

‘Scam and scandal’: ex-aid chief raises alarm over £4bn Tory asylum contracts The former top civil servant at the Department for International Development has warned a lack of oversight in spending echoes corrupt contracts awarded during Covid. The billions of pounds spent on housing asylum seekers is ripe for the kind of “scam and scandal” that emerged in the contracts awarded during the Covid pandemic, the Observer has been told. A crippling collapse of the systems and expertise monitoring the use of Britain’s aid budget over several years means that there has been a dangerous lack of oversight of the…