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Anthony Joshua will have the chance to claim back his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight belts after his promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed a rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr will take place in November or December. Joshua suffered a surprise seventh-round knockout defeat to the Mexican in New York at the weekend but the terms of their fight agreement contained a rematch clause. Joshua was floored four times by Ruiz Jr before the referee stopped the fight in round seven And Hearn confirmed that clause has been triggered following a meeting between AJ, his coach Rob McCracken and the management team. Hearn tweeted: “After meetings with AJ, Rob Mc and the management team in NY, we have today triggered the contracted rematch clause with Andy Ruiz Jnr. “The fight will take place in Nov/Dec at a venue to be confirmed shortly.” […]

Austrian tennis star Dominic Thiem blasted Serena Williams as having “a bad personality” over the weekend after being booted out of his press conference to make room for the American following her loss at the French open. Thiem was addressing the media following his win over Pablo Cuevas on Saturday to advance to the Round of 16 when the press conference was interrupted. When the 25-year-old learned he was being moved to a smaller room to accommodate Williams after her loss to American Sofia Kenin, he fumed: “It’s a joke.” https://youtu.be/9itbVpCRKRM “I wasn’t angry or frustrated,” Thiem, the No. 4 seed, said during a later interview with Eurosport Germany. “It’s the principle. It doesn’t matter if it is me who sits in there … every player has to wait. It also shows a bad personality in my opinion." “I’m 100 percent sure [Roger] Federer or [Rafael] […]

Pascal Siakam never dreamed of being an NBA hero growing up in Cameroon, but the lanky forward discovered in a youth basketball camp delivered a stellar performance in his NBA Finals debut. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=onebox&v=qPkX85yzlUc Siakam scored a playoff career-best 32 points and powered the Raptors over defending champion Golden State 118-109 in Thursday’s opening game of the best-of-seven championship final. Siakam, his homeland’s first NBA Finals player, sank 14-of-17 shots from the floor, attacking one of the NBA’s top defensive squads in moves unexpected when he was discovered in a Basketball Without Borders camp. “At that time I didn’t even know if I really dreamed of being at this level,” Siakam said. “I couldn’t even think about this moment because it wasn’t reachable for me. But I think once I got to the point where I felt like I had a […]

Despite a missed penalty at the stroke of half time, Nigeria was held by group leaders Ukraine to a 1-1 draw, a result good enough to see the Flying Eagles into the second round of the on-going FIFA U-20 World Cup. Nigeria needed a win to be sure of making the second round from Group D, but the draw sufficed as the Flying Eagles were adjudged as one of the best sides among the third-paced teams in the competition. The Flying Eagles finished third in the group behind Ukraine and the U.S., which defeated Qatar 1-0 in the other game played simultaneously with Nigeria’s match. Going into yesterday’s match played at the Bielsko-Biala Stadium, Coach Paul Aigbogun brought in some new players into his first team, with Igoh Ogbu replacing the injured Valentine Ozornwafor in central defence; Nnamdi Ofoborh taking over […]