Brandon Kochkodin Two of the most talked about boxing matches in 2020 — the return of a 54-year-old Mike Tyson to the ring and an exhibition fight between social media personality Jake Paul and former NBA player Nate Robinson — left boxing purists wincing. But for former world champion and current mega-promoter Oscar De La […]

Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Professional wrestler Jon Huber, known in the ring as both Luke Harper and Mr. Brodie Lee, died this week at the age of 41, according to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Huber wrestled for WWE and more recently for All-Elite Wrestling (AEW). His wife, Amanda Huber, said on Instagram that her husband “passed […]

Tumaini Carayol The pandemic forced the 33-year-old German to step away from the treadmill of being a top-20 player and announce an unexpected retirement “I can feel it now on my body,” says Julia Görges. “It’s less tension, less pain because the mental stress which affects your body and affects your mind a lot, this […]

Andrew Reid Mexican boxer Julian Fernandez has been given a painful lesson in what can go wrong when your confidence doesn’t match your ability. Fernandez (14-3) was destroyed in his fight with Frank Sanchez 17-0 (13 KO’s) over the weekend, with his Cuban opponent punching him out of the ring in a devastating seventh round […]

The Badminton World Federation announced details of the sport’s calendar for the first half of 2021 season, including the reopening of world rankings and qualification plans for the postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo.The qualification period will be extended until the Indian Open 2021, which will be the last tournament to earn points that count toward […]

Pete Thamel The shotgun football kicking career of Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller appears to have come to a close, as the Commodores’ game at Georgia on Saturday has been canceled. Vanderbilt has been dealing with COVID-19 issues, and the game is the last one on its schedule. The Commodores will finish the season 0-9. For Fuller, […]

West Indies are expected to tour Bangladesh from January to February, with the teams set to play three ODIs and two Tests as part of the Cricket World Cup Super League and World Test Championship respectively.Cricket West Indies (CWI) have approved in principle the tour of Bangladesh, subject to the finalisation of medical and logistical […]

Cathy Kushner On National Signing Day last month, JMU’s women’s tennis program signed four-star recruit Hope Moulin. Hope — who’s ranked No. 1 in her division in Florida — is the sister of Kylie Moulin, a redshirt sophomore on the team.“[JMU] has a great tennis team,” Hope said. “I love all the girls on the […]

Mike Tyson could be set for a rematch with Evander Holyfield after the 54-year-old former heavyweight champion’s contest with the 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr generated $80m. According to the fight’s distributer, Triller, more than 1.6m pay-per-view purchases were made for the Tyson-Jones fight, making it one of the biggest PPV events of all time. Tyson […]

After practising for the first time since having hip surgery a year ago, former British number one Laura Robson says she feared she would never “make it back on court”. Robson, 26, first had hip surgery in June 2018 and then again last December. The 2008 Wimbledon junior champion has not played since retiring from […]

The ICC is looking for an experienced sport-focused partner who can provide both the platform and the services required to build, enhance, and support the ICC’s suite of digital products. The ICC would like to invite interested and qualified applicants to express their interest in developing the ICC’s digital publishing platform comprising a content management […]

Lahore: Pakistan cricket team’s bowling coach, commentator, former pacer Waqar Younis celebrated his 49th birthday on November 16 and received love and prayers from friends and fans on social media.Younis began his cricketing career in 1987/88 by playing for several first-class cricket clubs. His international career kicked off in 1989 till 2003. Being a talented […]

Purav Joshi New York: Everybody knows about the American tennis sensation Serena Williams, but not many know about her business off the court. Apart from being the former World No. 1 tennis player, the 39 years old American is a genius investor. With her diversified portfolio of businesses, she has gained the reputation of being […]

Lahore: Pakistan has named Babar Azam as their new Test captain, putting him in charge of teams across all formats.Babar’s tenure as Pakistan’s captain in the longest format will start against New Zealand in December.World No. 5 Babar Azam has been appointed Pakistan’s Test captain, confirmed PCB on Tuesday, adding that Azhar Ali has stepped […]

Lahore: Alia Zafar has been named as one of the independent directors on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), becoming the first female to have been appointed to the post in the cricket-crazy South Asian nation.Zafar, a human resources executive, was included among four new PCB directors. The others are finance executive Javed Kurieshi, economist Asim […]

John Gunning It’s been a rough 14 months for Kakuryu since the passing of his former stablemaster resulted in the closure of Izutsu Beya and the yokozuna’s relocation to Michinoku stable. The Mongolian veteran went into the September 2019 tournament as defending champion, with his 14-1 title winning performance in the previous meet seemingly the […]

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board have announced a revised itinerary for the upcoming white-ball series against Zimbabwe, which comprises of three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 Internationals.The three ODIs, which were originally scheduled to take place on 30 October, 1 and 3 November in Multan, have now been shifted to Rawalpindi, due to logistical […]

London: Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden accepts there is a growing sense of frustration at the ban on live crowds at sporting events, but insists there can be no change until the spread of coronavirus is curbed.Speaking at an appearance in front of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, Dowden was asked by Conservative MP […]

John Etheridge England cricket chiefs spread COVID-19 on cricket balls to help prove it was safe for the game to return.London: Lord’s boss Tom Harrison has revealed the extent to which the ECB went as it feared for the very survival of cricket earlier this year.Harrison had forecast an eye-watering $700 million loss for the […]

Covert Report World tennis No.1 Novak Djokovic has called for line judges to be replaced with technology after “a very awkward situation” when he hit a ball into a judge’s face for the second time in weeks.The 33-year-old Serb was knocked out of the US Open in September when he hit a line judge in […]

Covert Report WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s brother, Tommy Fury, will return to action soon. He is eyeing a possible date in November for his upcoming fight.Although the date is still not final, Fury vows to confirm it shortly. While he is still fresh from his latest victory against Przemyslaw Binienda in 2019, Tommy Fury […]

Covert Report Courtney Walsh has been named head coach of West Indies’ women’s team and, according to a Cricket West Indies statement “will lead the preparation and development of the women’s team at least up until the end of 2022.”Walsh, who is West Indies’ leading wicket-taker in Test cricket with 519 scalps, had worked with […]

Covert Report Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey can order all the pizzas he wants for himself, and his teammates too. His dad probably isn’t going to be happy about it though.In a news conference after Humphrey signed a $98.75 million extension with the Ravens, making him the second-highest paid cornerback in the NFL, he said […]

Covert Report Rafael Nadal is wearing the ‘most expensive watch ever worn on a tennis court’ at this year’s French Open.The world No2, 34, received a brand-new custom timepiece from his sponsors at luxury watchmakers Richard Mille worth a staggering £780,000.The watch, with “RAFA” embossed on the side, has a black case and face with […]