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In an exciting fight last December, Dubois rose from the canvas to stop Kevin Lerena and win a secondary belt from the WBA. That essentially solidified him as the mandatory challenger for the WBA title Usyk holds. But Dubois injured his knee in that fight, so he would need to recover from that...

"I don't want to go into details as all negotiations were confidential but I will tell you one thing, when a fighter doesn't want to fight he overprices himself knowing that the fight won't happen. "They most likely forgot that Usyk is holding the majority of belts in the heavyweight division...

Deontay Wilder, the former WBC heavyweight champion, is willing to fight Oleksandr Usyk next. Wilder is widely regarded as the biggest one-punch hitter in the sport, with 42 of his 43 career victories ending inside the distance. The only opponent Wilder has been unable to beat is Tyson Fury...

Britain's Dubois is well-placed to challenge Usyk next, as long as he has recovered from the injury he sustained when he beat Kevin Lerena in his last fight. Dubois is the mandatory challenger for the WBA title that Usyk holds and the WBA has already stated Usyk must begin negotiations for a...

Usyk has become a renowned global figure, returning to his Ukrainian homeland when Russia invaded in February of last year and continuing to represent his country on a global stage when he resumed his boxing career. After Fury beat Chisora in his last fight, he faced off with Usyk in the ring...

He made a remarkable return in 2018 and controversially drew with Deontay Wilder that year. Fury then beat Wilder in the rematch to win the WBC title and triumphed again in a sensational 2021 trilogy fight. Undefeated he has held the WBC belt ever since and last year Fury headlined two stadium...

The undisputed championship, he insisted, was their "highest priority". "The money that was anticipated for Usyk in this fight was not even close to what Usyk earned in his last fight. It's definitely not Usyk's payday and it's definitely not his attempt to get more money. It's his attempt to...

Frank Warren, Fury's UK promoter, has told Talksport radio that he believes the negotiations can be salvaged. But Krassyuk responded that the issue around a rematch clause was just the final straw for those talks to collapse. "They did as much as we did. They tried hard. We all tried to make...

"I will try to express how disappointed I am, not just for Usyk, not just for this fight not happening but for all boxing fans around the world. Because this is probably the most anticipated fight, the most awaited fight, the most wanted one, not just from the fans but from our side as well,"...

Will Red Bull win every race in 2023? Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton said on Sunday that he had never seen a car as fast as the Red Bull but Croft does not believe Horner's team will win all 23 races this term, saying they will be dented by their reduction of wind tunnel time for breaching the cost...

F1's David Croft feels there could be "banana skins down the road" for pacesetters Red Bull due to "friction" between reigning world champion Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Red Bull have achieved one-two finishes in the opening two Grands Prix of the 2023 season, with Verstappen winning ahead...

Former England World Cup-winning captain Katy Daley-McLean on Sarah Hunter: "Sarah has had by far one of the most amazing careers and the fact she's retired on her own terms is everything you could wish for. She's a brilliant person and brilliant rugby player. "What she's done for the game -...

"If coaching is the journey I go into, it would be incredible to come back and coach a country in some capacity. "I feel like I'm at the very start of my coaching career. I haven't dedicated enough time to honing and developing those coaching skills. I think that's what excites me about the...

"That balance, which I did for the majority of my career, is really difficult. For us to be the shining beacon of women's rugby at that domestic level is for us to keep pushing forward. "England Rugby are investing multi-million pounds, clubs are as well, so it is only going to push on but it...

Hunter: We need to keep pushing forward Hunter said: "[England women's rugby] is in a really good place but I feel we're just scratching the surface of where professional women's rugby can go. "We've got international contracts for England girls but I would love to see, in time, the Premiership...

"Of course, mentally, it is very challenging. All footballers go through periods of their career when things are mentally challenging and you have to be resilient, be strong, go through it and come through the other side stronger. "That's the way I've tried to look at things like the injuries...

Match officials across the leagues have been asked to allow players to break their fast during evening matches over the holy period of Ramadan, Sky Sports News can exclusively reveal. Many of the country's best footballers including Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez and...

That momentum was punctuated by the half-time whistle and never wrestled back by the hosts. Arsenal emerged for the second period rejuvenated and almost levelled seven minutes after the interval when Foord curled a low effort past Grohs and off the far post. With an hour gone, they went even...

Arsenal were left to rue a host of missed chances as Lea Schuller's header gave Bayern a 1-0 victory in their Champions League quarter-final first leg. The Gunners twice saw chances cleared off the line, from Stina Blackstenius and Leah Williamson, but could not find a way to breach the hosts'...

Cameron won a unanimous points decision against American Jessica McCaskill in Abu Dhabi in November to become the UK's first undisputed female champion. Cameron said: "I've got to say, all thanks to Katie because women's boxing is flying and if it wasn't for Katie and (American three-weight...