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Briton Mark Chamberlain stunned Republic of Ireland’s Pierce O’Leary as he dropped him twice on the way to securing a knockout win in the 10th round to claim the IBO light-welterweight belt.Chamberlain had to climb off the canvas himself in the seventh round as O’Leary struck him with a ferocious body shot in front of a capacity crowd in Dublin.But just as momentum appeared to be swinging in the favour of O’Leary, Chamberlain found a breakthrough and managed to get the stoppage late on.Portsmouth’s Chamberlain now moves to 18 wins with one defeat, bouncing back to winning ways for the…
On Fleming, who, like Root, holds national records for matches and wins as Test captain, he added: “I’ve admired him from afar, first as a player and recently as a coach. To get the chance to work together is going to be great fun.”Once I’d spoken to Stephen about it and saw his energy and excitement for it and saw we’re very aligned on it, I got excited very quickly.”Root and Fleming inherit a side in disarray, with series defeats in Australia and at home by New Zealand – which brought criticism of England’s carefree playing style – coupled with…
The quickest route for Infantino’s exit would be for the Swiss to resign, like his predecessor Sepp Blatter did in 2015. But Infantino still retains support and he could try to hold out until March, when he is up for re-election for a fourth and final term as president. What other avenues are open?The Fifa Council could try to force Infantino’s hand through an emergency meeting.Such a gathering would be triggered if 19 of the 37 Fifa Council members call for one.Uefa has nine members, AFC has seven, Concacaf five, Africa has six, Conmebol five and Oceania three. It is…
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Police are patrolling riverside paths in Wales’ capital, after attacks by youths in balaclavas, including an attempted assault on plain-clothed officers. Pedestrians and cyclists have been targeted on the Taff Trail in Hailey Park, Gabalfa, and Llandaff.Concerned parents said their children have been attacked while riding bikes on the trail since June. South Wales Police has increased patrols on its section of the Taff Trail that runs for 55 miles (88.5km) from Brecon in Powys to Cardiff. While the force did not have statistics for crimes on the Taff Trail for June, boys aged 13 and 11 were arrested earlier…
Delicious Orie, England’s superheavyweight champion from the 2022 Commonwealth Games, was another who believed the result was unfair.”The referee has stripped the medal from Dimeji,” he told TNT Sports.And Orie went on to suggest introducing AI into boxing judging would be a way to improve the situation.The topic has been discussed increasingly in recent years with the technology being used to judge Tyson Fury’s bout with Oleksandr Usyk, external behind the scenes in 2024.Under president and former unified world champion Gennadiy Golovkin, World Boxing, which runs amateur boxing around the world including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, has made…
The controversy has attracted a range of opinions, including within the academic community.More than 12,000 people – including Green Party leader Zack Polanski, at least five Labour MPs and some Cambridge academics – have signed a petition set up by the Good Law Project supporting Arday.Kehinde Andrews, professor of black studies at Birmingham City University, said Arday was the victim of a “smear campaign” that was “as predictable as it is baseless”, while Alan Lester, a University of Sussex geography professor who specialises in colonialism, called it a “non-story”.Simon Baron-Cohen – a cognitive neuroscientist and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge…
The Hundred men’s competition, Lord’sLondon Spirit 105 all out (92 balls): Bairstow 56 (43); Archer 4-9, Stoinis 3-17Southern Brave 111-5 (97 balls): Miller 39* (28); Willey 2-28Southern Brave won by five wicketsScorecard. TableJofra Archer took season-best figures of 4-9 as Southern Brave beat London Spirit in a low-scoring encounter at Lord’s.The England fast bowler took three wickets in his final set as Spirit were bowled out for 105 inside 92 balls.Spirit reached 44-1 after being put into bat, with opener Jonny Bairstow, who hit 56 from 43 balls, alongside James Rew, whose 11 was the home side’s joint second-highest score.A…
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of modern day slavery and money laundering offences.Dorset Police said the 20-year-old from Sussex and a 22-year-old from Buckinghamshire were arrested during an investigation into suspected exploitation, immigration and financial offences.Officers made the arrests after raiding a business premises in Gillingham, Dorset, it added. Three further men were also arrested for immigration offences, the force continued. Dorset Police said the raid followed intelligence from the community and detailed enquiries.The force added that the “day of action” had led to a number of individuals being safeguarded.
Ragged Saints, who are under the interim charge of Eamon O’Carroll for the rest of the season after Paul Rowley’s exit last week, have lost eight of their past 12 matches.The 10-time Super League winners remain in seventh place and are in real jeopardy of missing out on the play-offs for the first time.Saints had looked dead and buried when Field went in for his second try after a lovely offload from Jack Martin but the visitors were only a missed conversion from Tristan Sailor from taking the game to golden-point extra time.Even then they had time for one last…