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Tyson Fury’s promoter details offer for Anthony Joshua fight in September

The Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury saga continues (Pictures: Getty) Tyson Fury’s promoter, George Warren, has confirmed that a ‘formal offer’ has been made to Anthony Joshua for a heavyweight fight this September. The British pair have long been linked with a huge scrap, most recently in December when it seemed it was close but fell apart. With neither having confirmed their next fights and both wanting to box in the coming months, the prospect of the Gypsy King vs AJ has once again been raised, thanks to Fury’s camp. The WBC heavyweight champion wrote on Instagram: ‘A few days ago I…Continue Reading

‘Toronto wants WNBA’: First-ever game in Canada shows the viability of expansion to Toronto

At this point, the questions surrounding WNBA expansion focus more on where than when. On Saturday at Scotiabank Arena, in an exhibition game between the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky, Toronto took a Jurassic step toward answering the former. “It felt really coordinated,” Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said. “Someone holds up a sign that says ‘Toronto wants WNBA,’ people go crazy. It just feels like everyone was locked in on what the mission was: it was to make this an incredible environment. And they did that.” The appetite for professional women’s basketball in the city…Continue Reading

LIV Golf stars confirm DP World Tour RESIGNATIONS: “Consequence of own choices”

LIV Golf quartet Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Richard Bland have resigned their memberships on the DP World Tour. Their decision to tear up their DP World Tour membership means they will no longer have any involvement in the European Ryder Cup team. All four players were sanctioned for serious breaches of the DP World Tour’s ‘conflicting tournament regulations’ committed last June when they competed in the very first LIV Golf tournament at Centurion Club in England. In a statement which you can read in full further down in this article, the DP World Tour made it clear…Continue Reading