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"There was this deadline last night (Wednesday) of 9pm, and we understand Ratcliffe's team got in touch with Raine to ask for a little bit more time, and that bid has gone in today. "We're now just waiting to hear that the Qataris have put their bid in too. We know Ratcliffe has the funds in...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the oldest scorer in Serie A history, aged 41, but had little else to celebrate after AC Milan were beaten 3-1 at Udinese. The result extended Milan's winless streak to three matches in the Italian league. Roberto Pereyra, Beto and Kingsley Ehizibue scored for...

Arnaud Kalimuendo scored against his boyhood club as leaders Paris Saint-Germain were beaten 2-0 by Rennes in their first home loss in the French league this season. The win ended PSG's 35-match unbeaten run in the league at the Parc des Princes. Kalimuendo, 21, joined PSG's youth system...

Everton’s proposed new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock is expected to be opened for season 2024/25 - but there is a possibility the Club will move in mid-season. Work is continuing on the over 52,000-seater stadium which is now growing visibly on the Liverpool waterfront skyline. But while there...

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has withdrawn from the Norway squad with a groin injury. The Premier League's top scorer, who has 42 goals for City in all competitions, picked up a problem during the club's 6-0 win over Burnley in the FA Cup quarter-final, in which Haaland scored a...

Antoine Griezmann is said to be questioning his international future after being snubbed for the France captaincy by Didier Deschamps. Kylian Mbappe has been picked to succeed Tottenham's Hugo Lloris after the goalkeeper announced he was retiring from international duty after December's World...

Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu will miss the rest of the season after undergoing successful knee surgery, the club have confirmed. The Japan international lasted just nine minutes of Thursday's Europa League defeat to Sporting Lisbon at the Emirates before being replaced by Ben White. The...

Writing on Instagram, Ozil said that it was becoming "more and more clear that it's time to leave the big stage of football", with injuries playing a part in his decision. Ozil's final game came on February 2, when he was substituted at half-time during Istanbul Basaksehir's 1-0 defeat at...

BOXXER's first visit to the UK's second city will also feature Birmingham man Tyler Denny defending his English middleweight championship in his home city. Denny won the belt in Coventry in June last year and will be making his third defence in this May bout with an opponent to be confirmed...

The former British light-heavyweight champion - who is ranked No.1 in the world by the WBA - faces Pawel Stepien, 18-0-1 (12), in the headline bout and looks to end his Polish rival's undefeated record in emphatic fashion as he kicks off his campaign for a world title. Boxing prodigy Ben...

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...