EVEN by boxing's standards, former heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker pulling out of his fight against Derek Chisora because of a SPIDER BITE was pretty bonkers. The Kiwi was was set to meet the Finchley brawler at the O2 back in October 2019 – but was struck down with a mystery illness. His promotion team believed it was caused from […]

Only an hour before the Premier League announced its revised fixture list as part of the hotly-anticipated ‘Project Restart’, the women’s football season reached a final conclusion. The Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship had been decided on a points-per-game basis, the Football Association announced on Friday morning. Chelsea leapfrogged Manchester City to be crowned champions, Liverpool were relegated and […]

KEVIN Ryan couldn’t refuse the chance to win a third Abernant Stakes with top speedster Brando. The eight-year-old is the godfather of the sprinting division and heads the betting for today’s Group 3 at Newmarket. He may be getting long in the tooth, but ‘sprint king’ Ryan says he is still the Don on his Yorkshire gallops. Ryan told Sun […]

Rory Burns says England won’t underestimate the challenge posed by the West Indies when their rearranged three-match Test series gets underway on July 8. England were beaten 2-1 in the most recent meeting between the two teams, in the Caribbean 18 months’ ago, with Burns averaging only 24.16 as he made his early steps in international cricket. Leading wicket-taker for […]

SOME occurrences in life seem inevitable, from the old death and taxes trope… to Liverpool winning the league this season and Jose Mourinho's now customary post-match grumbles. And the aptly-named Jesus Corona bagging Porto's first goal upon their return from coronavirus-enforced lockdown would definitely come into this category of seemingly inescapable goings-on. And that is exactly what happened when the […]

THAT is some net worth. Roger Federer, 38, is the highest earning sports star on the planet – taking over the mantle from Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Forbes. Last week, they reported that the eight-time Wimbledon champion earns £81million-per-year, thanks largely to endorsements. And he is not shy on spending some of that cash on property, including £13m on this […]

Portland Trail Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum was the latest professional athlete to rip New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for national anthem comments the quarterback made on Wednesday in the wake of the death of George Floyd. But it came with a twist: Praise for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. “We need more @AaronRodgers12 and less @drewbrees,” the […]

Brittney Payton, the daughter of legendary Bears running back Walter Payton, says she was the victim of racial slurs while sitting at the drive-thru of a Walgreens pharmacy. Payton, a local Fox anchor in Chicago, says a white man exited the vehicle behind her, then made monkey sounds while holding up a watermelon. “It’s not the first racist thing that’s […]

As states began to lift restrictions due to COVID-19, Edward Walton believed that his group, Black Men Run, could soon resume meetings. But after George Floyd's brutal killing in Minneapolis and continued protests across the country over the past week, that, too, was put on hold. Though Wednesday is Global Running Day, Black Men Run won't officially sanction any events. But Walton understands that […]

TYSON FURY praised his son for telling the truth after he spilled Diet Coke inside the boxer's new car. The Gypsy King uploaded an adorable video on to Instagram showing his son admitting to the accident. And the WBC heavyweight champ was delighted with Prince Tyson Fury II for owning up and said that by doing so he "didn't get […]