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Gervonta Davis blames shock draw on hair product and missing ring girls

Davis blinded by hair product and lost track of rounds Fight report: Davis keeps title after controversial draw Gervonta Davis v Lamont Roach Jr – as it happened There was plenty of blame to go around in the wee hours of Sunday morning after the controversial majority draw that nearly cost Gervonta Davis his World

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‘I’ve just changed my life’: ex-biker gang member books place at the Open

Australian Ryan Peake served five years in jail for assault Former Rebels gang member wins New Zealand Open Former motorcycle gang member Ryan Peake described his New Zealand Open triumph as a life-changing moment after victory booked his spot at the Open Championship. The Australian claimed a one-shot win at Millbrook Resort in Queenstown, shooting

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Marc Márquez wins MotoGP season-opener after Thailand tussle with brother

Six-time champion makes perfect start at factory Ducati Overtook brother, Alex, with three laps left in Thailand Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Márquez continued his perfect start to life with factory Ducati as he completed a weekend double at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix on Sunday, finishing ahead of younger brother Alex Márquez. The sprint winner

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Stretched to the limit: why hamstring fails are curse of the Premier League

Academics and medics are working to understand why hamstring injuries are keeping players sidelined for longer The sight of a player pulling up with a hamstring injury has become all too familiar in the Premier League. Weary muscles are being stretched to the limit by an expanding calendar, but dealing with more games is not

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Speedy set pieces and 20-minute red cards: have rugby’s changes worked?

After three rounds of the 2025 Six Nations, we assess the impact of World Rugby’s latest package of law tweaks No sport has a more torturous ­relationship with its law book than rugby union. Mainly because those laws keep mutating, sprouting new clauses and subclauses like a wordy virus. In 2018 matters had reached such

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‘Pride and dread churn through me’: what it’s like to take sides at the sharp end of boxing

In an extract from his new book, our correspondent relives in vivid detail being inside Isaac Chamberlain’s camp for a European title fight Donald McRae has met hundreds of fighters over 50 years watching and writing about boxing. Sometimes interviews have turned into friendships. In his new book McRae relives his time inside the camp

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