Chris Billam-Smith became the WBO cruiserweight world champion in dominant fashion when he knocked down long-time friend Lawrence Okolie three times in May. The 33-year-old boxer pulled off the biggest win of his career in front of his home fans at Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium. It emerged later that he fought through an illness that left him unable to eat food during fight week, which he put down to being a

Arsenal legend Paul Merson believes that Tottenham’s newfound confidence could work against them when Chelsea come to town on Monday night. Mauricio Pochettino’s Blues will go into the game off the back of a disappointing defeat to Brentford, but a dynamite performance from Cole Palmer gave fans something positive to stew on. In years gone by, Chelsea routinely went into meetings with Spurs as the overwhelming favourites, but the two

Football Digest: Man Utd urged to give Ten Hag time he needs Zinedine Zidane has previously ruled himself out of accepting the Manchester United job despite renewed links with the position. Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag is fighting to stay in the role after a dismal run of form. United have suffered consecutive 3-0 defeats at Old Trafford. They were comfortably beaten by rivals Manchester City last weekend before

Dana White breaks silence on Fury vs Ngannou as the UFC president admits his former fighter going the distance was ‘CRAZY’ Ngannou dropped Fury before suffering a hugely controversial points defeat White has expressed disbelief that the ex-UFC heavyweight king went 10 rounds  DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news  UFC president Dana White has admitted Francis Ngannou running Tyson Fury close in the boxing ring was ‘crazy’ –

Barcelona fine for breaching UEFA’s financial rules UPHELD following rejected appeal after Spanish side fined £434,000… amid claims that they also made payments to former referee vice-president Barcelona’s appeal against 500,000 euro fine imposed by UEFA was rejected Club also under investigation for allegedly The nature of the wrongly reported profits was not specified by UEFA Barcelona is also under investigation by UEFA regarding allegations of making payments to a

Jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Paul Nicholls give insight into their horses competing at Ascot, Santa Anita and Wetherby on Saturday Jockey Ryan Moore reveals insight into his four horses racing at Santa Anita  Paul Nicholls has six horses at Ascot and Wetherby, including Cap du Mathan Jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Paul Nicholls will be hoping for success across the board as Saturday’s racing action gets underway at Santa Anita,

Marcus Rashford has told Erik ten Hag he is sorry after he was out celebrating his birthday just hours after Manchester United were dismantled by bitter rivals Manchester City. City put United to the sword on their own turf, and Rashford was then spotted attending an event at Manchester’s Chinawhite to celebrate his 26th birthday, which was on Tuesday. "I am aware of it, I spoke with him about it,”

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email Mainz 05 have terminated Anwar El Ghazi’s contract following the forward’s social media posts in connection with the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Bundesliga club said on Friday. The Dutchman was suspended in October following an earlier comment about the

Bookmark For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter Thank you for subscribing! For the latest from the pitch sign up for our football newsletter We have more newsletters Darwin Nunez has Jurgen Klopp terrified – because the Liverpool boss is scared about how good his striker can be. Klopp believes there’s no limit to the Uruguayan front man’s potential after his superb start to the

Kyler Murray is one step closer to returning as soon as Sunday against the Browns. The Cardinals quarterback appeared on the team’s Friday injury report with a questionable designation as he attempts to complete his return from ACL surgery. Coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters each of his quarterbacks had a good week of practice, but he wanted to see how they performed through Friday’s session before divulging any more information.