Oleksandr Usyk wants 'three more fights' before retirement
Oleksandr Usyk has revealed he would love to share the ring with Tyson Fury and Canelo Alvarez before he retires.
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PSG fear impact of injuries as they put Champions League title on the line
PARIS: There is the sense that the new season gets up and running for real this week for Paris Saint-Germain as they begin their defense of the Champions League title amid doubts as to how much longer their squad can handle being pushed to the limit by a crowded calendar. PSG host Atalanta on Wednesday for their first game in Europe, three and a half months after their stunning 5-0 destruction of Inter Milan in last season’s final in Munich. Luis Enrique’s team will also entertain Bayern, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United in the league phase, with trips to Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Athletic Bilbao and to Lisbon to face Sporting on the horizon too. Those are tough games, although PSG’s poor start in last season’s Champions League has shown that they might not need to be at their very best immediately. The French champions lost three of eight league phase games last season, but still won Europe’s elite club competition for the first time following a dazzling run of form from the turn of the year. The concern now, however, is that last season’s exertions could catch up with them and seriously jeopardize their chances of retaining the trophy. The Parisians played 65 games during 2024/25, in a season spanning 11 months.
Revamped Bayern face early test as Chelsea come to town
MUNICH: Bayern Munich’s revamped line-up faces an early test in their Champions League opener at home against Club World Cup winners Chelsea on Wednesday. A rematch of the 2012 final at the same venue, won on penalties by the English club, Bayern have little time to settle after a summer of upheaval, particularly up front. Forwards Leroy Sane, Kingsley Coman, Thomas Mueller and Mathys Tel all left in the summer.
Athletics-Holloway’s long reign as world champion ends in high hurdles semis
The 27-year-old American won the last three world titles over six yearsMason’s 13.12 was the top time of the three semifinals ahead of world leader Cordell TinchTOKYO: Olympic gold medallist Grant Holloway failed to get through the semifinals of the 110 meters hurdles at the world championships on Tuesday, guaranteeing a new champion in the event in Tokyo.The 27-year-old American won the last three world titles over six years but only finished sixth in 13.52 seconds in a highly competitive third semi won by Jamaican Tyler Mason.Mason’s 13.12 was the top time of the three semifinals ahead of world leader Cordell Tinch of the United States (13.16) and Japan’s Rachid Muratake (13.17), whose performance drew a rapturous cheer from the crowd at the National Stadium.American Ja’Kobe Tharp (13.19) and French young gun Just Kwaou-Mathey (13.22) went through to the final later on Tuesday as the two “fastest losers,” the latter by two thousandths of a second from Jamaica’s Demario Prince.
Abu Dhabi set for three-day NBA Academy Showcase
ABU DHABI: When Shai Gilgeous-Alexander capped off the 2024-2025 season by leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA championship and claiming both the regular season MVP and finals MVP awards, he became the latest alumnus of the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders program, part of the league’s global development pathway, to reach the pinnacle of the sport.
Canelo-Crawford fight was most watched boxing match of 21st century
LAS VEGAS: Netflix has announced that the bout between Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and America’s Terence “Bud” Crawford, held last Saturday under Riyadh Season 2025, attracted more than 41 million global viewers, making it the most-watched boxing match of this century.
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Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez takes on Terence Crawford in one of the most highly anticipated fights in recent memory on Saturday, as both fighters look to make a legacy statement at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (Netflix, 9 p.m. ET).
Three-time high jump champion Mutaz Barshim withdraws from worlds with foot injury
TOKYO: Three-time high jump world champion Mutaz Barshim has ruled himself out of the world athletics championships that open Saturday in Japan after failing to recover from a long-term foot injury. The worlds would have marked his return to Japan where Barshim memorably shared the men’s high jump Olympic gold with Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Newcastle’s new signing Wissa to miss Wolves match
NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United’s new recruit Yoane Wissa will have to wait for his debut after an injury suffered on international duty ruled him out of Saturday’s Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, manager Eddie Howe said on Friday. Wissa was signed for a fee of 55 million pounds ($74.43 million), following a protracted transfer saga in which his previous club Brentford repeatedly rejected bids from Newcastle for the forward, leading to a stand-off. The 29-year-old played in a pair of World Cup qualifiers for DR Congo this month, scoring against South Sudan and Senegal before suffering a knee injury. Asked if he would be fit to face Wolves in the home fixture, Howe told reporters: “Unfortunately not, no. He won’t make this game, I saw him for the first time yesterday. “He’s feeling the effects of the injury he sustained just before he came off. So we are going to have to see how he is... I think he will go away for tests and maybe see a specialist to see. Unfortunately I can’t give you that update.”