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Sir Chris Hoy says the treatment he is receiving for his stage-four prostate cancer is ‘working’ and he is hopeful of living beyond the diagnosis he has been given by doctors. Having first been diagnosed with cancer in September 2023, Hoy, a six-time Olympic champion, announced last month that his condition was terminal. The 48-year-old first confirmed he was undergoing chemotherapy in a heart-wrenching statement in February of this year, revealing how the decision to…
How ref’s cope with the abuse and noise of the Premier league. Darren Cann is the most experienced match official in Premier League history, he overtook Mike Dean’s record of officiating at 562 top-flight games last month and he has a simple strategy for coping with the verbal abuse that comes the way of referress. How ref’s cope with the abuse and noise of the Premier league The 55-year-old from Norfolk, who has refereed and…
French club Lyon will be demoted to Ligue 2 at the end of the season if they do not improve their finances, and will be banned from signing players in January. Lyon owner John Textor is also co-owner of Premier League club Crystal Palace, and the largest shareholder of Brazilian club Botafogo. His Eagle Football Group recently announced debts of £422m. The DNGC, the body which oversees the accounts of French professional football clubs, made…
England’s top-flight women’s league returns. Brighton vs West Ham12:30WSL YouTubeTottenham vs Arsenal13:45 BBC One, BBC iPlayer Chelsea vs Manchester City17:30Sky Sports
Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul is upon us. What is expected to be one of the most watched fights in boxing history has divided opinion since the moment it was announced with 31 years in age separating the heavyweight legend and the YouTuber-turned-fighter. Tyson was once one of the most feared men on the planet, leaving a devastating trail of destruction in his wake as he conquered the sport. Paul, boxing’s disrupter-in-chief, has his own…
Jake Paul’s mum branded Mike Tyson a ‘bitch’ after the 58-year-old slapped her son at the weigh-in ahead of their Netflix fight on Friday. Two-time world heavyweight champion Tyson and Paul, a YouTube star turned boxer, faced off for one last time on Thursday night ahead of their bout, which will be available to watch live on Netflix at around 4am GMT on Saturday morning. Iron Mike, whose last professional fight was a defeat to…
‘I hosted Match of the Day for 24 years – this is my one piece of advice to new presenter’ Gary Lineker has refused to name his ideal candidate to succeed him as Match of the Day presenter but has one key piece of advice for whoever does replace him. Once he has completed 25 years as host of the BBC’s flagship sports programme, Lineker will stand down at the end of the current Premier…
Referee David Coote allegedly attempted to organise a ‘drugs party’ while he was officiating a match between Tottenham and Manchester City last month. On Monday, Coote was suspended from domestic refereeing duty by the PGMOL [Professional Game Match Officials Ltd] after a video emerged of him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and their former manager Jurgen Klopp. The 42-year-old appeared to call Liverpool ‘s**t’ and Klopp a ‘German c**t’ after a match in 2020. Then on Wednesday, another…
Mike Tyson’s strength and conditioning coach has revealed the secrets behind the 58-year-old’s training plan and sheds the details of how Mike Tyson got his incredible physique for his fight with Jake Paul. The two-time world heavyweight champion showed off his incredible physique at Thursday night’s weigh-in and tipped the scales at 228.4 pounds, which is five pounds lighter than the weight he registered for his last professional fight – a defeat to Kevin McBride…
Mark King has been banned from snooker for five years after being found guilty of match fixing. An independent disciplinary committee found the 50-year-old Englishman guilty of one count of match fixing and one count of providing inside information on a match. The former Northern Ireland Open champion was suspended by the sport’s world governing body, the WPBSA, in March 2023 after suspicious betting was reported on his match with Joe Perry in the previous…
Chelsea v Man City showdown between WSL top two. Man City were the only team Chelsea failed to beat last season on the way to their fifth WSL title in a row. The top two teams in the English WSL meet on Saturday evening, with Chelsea having the chance to get one over Manchester City with a win. We look ahead to the clash and the key battles to expect at Kingsmeadow. Women’s Super League:…
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah shared advice he picked up from Arsene Wenger (Picture: Getty)Mohamed Salah has lifted the lid on a simple yet effective piece of advice he once received from Arsene Wenger when he spoke with the ex-Arsenal manager at Liverpool’s training ground. The 32-year-old Egyptian has established himself as one of the most revered attackers in Premier League history since swapping Roma for Liverpool back in 2017. In that time, Salah has only…
Trent Alexander-Arnold is one of Real Madrid’s top transfer targets (Getty)Trent Alexander-Arnold is planning to see out the season at Liverpool with Real Madrid viewing a January transfer as ‘practically impossible’, according to reports in Spain. The 26-year-old’s contract with Liverpool is due to expire at the end of the season, meaning that he will be able to leave Anfield as a free agent. Real Madrid have made Alexander-Arnold one of their priority transfer targets…
Harry Kane set to be left out by Carsley for England’s crunch match with Greece Harry Kane is set to be a shock omission from Lee Carsley’s England team for Thursday’s must-win Nations League match against Greece in Athens. The captain has travelled to the Greek capital and is not believed to have an injury, with the selection news understood to have caused surprise within a dressing room that has been undermined by a flurry…
PGMOL aware of video allegedly showing David Coote snorting white powder Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) is “aware of the allegations” and “taking them very seriously” after a video appeared to show suspended Premier League referee David Coote snorting white powder. Comments Coote is alleged to have made about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and the club in previous video footage have led to him being suspended by PGMOL and investigated by the body and the Football Association. On Wednesday evening, another video appeared on…
Is Paul vs Tyson free to watch on Netflix? Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will meet in a divisive fight this week, squaring off at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium in Texas. Tyson, 58, and YouTube star Paul, 27, were due to fight in July but had to delay the bout when the heavyweight icon had a health scare. In late May, Tyson suffered an ulcer flare-up on a flight, leading the contest to be moved…
BBC begins search for Gary Lineker’s replacement as Match of the Day host Speculation about who will replace Gary Lineker as the presenter of Match of the Day has begun in earnest, after the BBC confirmed the former England striker would step down at the end of the season. After weeks of tense negotiations, the BBC confirmed earlier reports that Lineker will step back from its flagship football highlights programme at the end of the…