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World championship boxing returned to the historic Kensington venue for the first time in decades. Olympia had previously staged headline fights involving stars such as Chris Eubank Jr and Prince Naseem Hamed.Harper strode towards the centre of the 19th-Century grand hall, buoyed by her travelling Yorkshire faithful.Dubois, who once pretended to be a boy named Colin so she could be allowed to box, also received a warm reception as she entered to I’m Every Woman by Whitney Houston.The fight had been a long time coming, and the rivalry had grown increasingly tense in the build-up. Dubois repeatedly questioned Harper’s achievements…

“Canada isn’t a feasible option, for some people it would be a great opportunity, but a lot of are mature students, some have mortgages, children, other careers they have put on hold, they can’t just pick up their lives and move half way across the world,” she said.

Before they head to north London, those present in east London will remember this experience for a long time.Leeds sold out their entire 9,000 allocation, taking up all the space behind one of the goals and contributing to a fantastic atmosphere.For most of the game, the Whites looked in complete control. Japan’s Ao Tanaka gave them a first-half lead, with England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin doubling their advantage with a 75th-minute penalty that looked to have killed the game off.But in the 11 minutes of injury time, Mateus Fernandes and Axel Disasi scored to take the tie into extra-time.Taty Castellanos and…

Ellie Scotney became Britain’s youngest undisputed champion in the four-belt era after beating Mayelli Flores by unanimous decision at the Olympia in London.Scotney, 28, was pushed all the way by a game Flores, who brought the WBA super-bantamweight title into the contest, but showed great ring IQ to win by unanimous decision.A tearful Scotney was lifted into the air by trainer Shane McGuigan upon hearing the result, with one judge scoring it 96-94 and the other two seeing it much wider at 100-90.”I can’t tell you how much of a hard fight that was, I think the scorecards didn’t give…

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Having demolished John Higgins 10-1 on Saturday – inflicting the heaviest defeat in the Scot’s stellar 34-year career – Trump fared little better 24 hours later. And that was despite the 36-year-old fighting back from 2-0 down to 2-2 and then taking what appeared to be a pivotal eighth frame to raise the prospect of a thrilling finale, after Zhao had compiled breaks of 91 and 98 in consecutive frames. Instead Zhao’s dominance ensured that never materialised against a player he is homing in on at the top of the world rankings – moving up to fourth, with his fourth…

Northamptonshire’s Australian quick bowler Harry Conway claimed 4-38, including three wickets in one over, on a dramatic third day of their County Championship match against Lancashire at Wantage Road.Bowling aggressively and finding plenty of bounce and movement, the tall Australian’s initial burst either side of lunch helped reduce Lancashire to 18-4 and while Luke Wells made 40, no top-order batter looked comfortable, leg-spinner Calvin Harrison also claiming 4-55.But with batting growing far easier against the older ball, Ajeet Singh Dale (44 not out) and Tom Bailey (35) put on 69 for the ninth wicket as Lancashire closed on 194, setting…

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