On the undercard, British heavyweight Delicious Orie started his professional career with victory over Milos Veletic. Orie, 27, won 40-36 on points in the four-round bout, showing glimpses of his promise at times but proving unable to land a telling blow on his opponent from Bosnia and Herzegovina to secure a knockout. Orie won gold...
When Ipswich won 2-1 at Wolves in December through Jack Taylor’s last-gasp header – which ended Gary O’Neil’s managerial reign at Molineux – they moved three points above Wolves. Town were still third bottom at the time, but just a point behind Crystal Palace, while second-bottom Wolves were four adrift of safety. Fast forward five...
We live in strange times. We would call them, once again, the times of monsters. The international bourgeoisie is joining forces against the interests of the lower classes in order to escape from the economic crisis that it has caused. After the pandemic, the big trusts of bosses in the West searched for a way...
Anne Soy BBC deputy Africa editor, Nairobi Lesotho’s garment workers face an uncertain future once President Donald Trump’s 50% import tariff kicks in Thursday was a “terrible” and “devastating” day for people involved in Lesotho’s textile sector as they digested the news that the country’s exports to the US would be hit by a 50%...
Tottenham manager Ange Postecolgou hopes Mauricio Pochettino returns to the club one day and said he did not “feel disrespected” by recent comments from the Argentine. Pochettino, who managed Tottenham from 2014 to 2019, said last month that he wants to reunite with Spurs in the future. He has had spells with Paris St-Germain and...
Manchester City keeper Ederson tells Shay Given how he ended up between the sticks, how goalkeeping has changed over the years and why this season hasn’t gone as planned. Available to UK users only Watch Football Focus, Saturdays, 12:00 BST on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app Get all the latest...
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says Jadon Sancho “could do better” but insists it is “not the moment” to discuss the player’s future. His comments follow reports the forward could return to Manchester United once his loan spell with the Blues is over at the end of the season. The 25-year-old winger joined Chelsea on loan...
A selection of fan responses after another action-packed weekend in the Scottish Premiership. Read full article at source...
Having to overcome two anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in the space of nine months would be enough to break the spirit of many sportspeople. But in the case of Ireland scrum-half Aoibheann Reilly, she is determined to use her experience of those setbacks to help her navigate her future rugby career and give her...
Kevin Shoesmith/BBC Kelly Christmas and Sean Robinson fear the closure of the blast furnaces would have dire consequences for Scunthorpe British Steel is launching a consultation that could result in the closure of Scunthorpe’s two blast furnaces, putting up to 2,700 jobs out of a total of 3,500 at risk. BBC News sought reaction from...
Universities could face multi-million-pound fines for breaches of freedom of speech rules, the Office for Students (OfS) said. The University of Sussex was fined £585,000 after the OfS said its equality policy – which includes rules to “positively represent trans people” – could prevent staff and students voicing opposing views. Sussex was investigated after Prof...
Northern Ireland will be without Liverpool star Conor Bradley, plus fellow injury absentees Eoin Toal, Dan Ballard, Ali McCann and Dion Charles for the visit of the Swiss to Windsor Park on Friday night and the trip to face Sweden in Stockholm four days later. “Conor’s always a loss, he brings great energy to the...
It means he will not follow in the footsteps of his father Gianluigi, who was part of the Italy side that won the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Buffon Sr played a major part in that success as part of a stellar 28-year professional career which saw him win 176 senior international caps, 10 Serie...