No friendly games as Britain’s best fight for their futures in Birmingham
The Commonwealth Games boxing tournament starts on Friday in Birmingham and leads directly to the Paris Olympics in 2024 for all of the English, Welsh and Scottish boxers.
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ITV Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard steps in to defend Ranvir Singh as Nadine Dorries hits back
Ben Shephard was quick to defend his co-star's line of questioning during the latest episode of Good Morning Britain. The presenter was back on the ITV news programme on Thursday alongside Ranvir Singh. Ranvir has been hosting Lorraine Kelly's self-titled show but has stepped in for Kate Garraway.
UFC legend Daniel Cormier reckons he’d beat Mike Tyson in a street fight
Former UFC champion Daniel Cormier has joked about how he’d beat Mike Tyson in a potential street fight between the pair.
'Heart says play-offs' - 12 Bristol City fans reveal their hopes and fears for the season ahead
A new season always brings fresh optimism but there is strong justification for the feeling of confidence emanating from south Bristol as the 2022/23 campaign approaches.
Lawrence Shankland and Liam Boyce to pair up for Hearts as Ross County league opener approaches
Readying players for domestic and European commitments inside six weeks is never easy. Preparations at Riccarton have been exhausting this summer but that is merely a portent of things to come as a result of group stage football on the Continent.
Jurgen Klopp laments 'too many mistakes' in Liverpool's pre-season defeat to Salzburg
Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool made "too many mistakes" in their 1-0 pre-season defeat to Red Bull Salzburg in Austria on Wednesday evening.
CWG 2022: To fulfill Lovlina's wish, team doctor's accreditation cancelled and head coach moved to hotel
To accommodate Lovlina's unjust demand to allow her personal coach, Sandhya Gurung, to stay with her at the Games Village, an accredited official team doctor's village card was cancelled, the women's team's head coach was moved to a far-away hotel accommodating the 'extra team officials' (ETO) with no full-time access to his boxers and an assistant coach and a physio were forced to share a common room. Not only this, for the eight member men's boxing team, just one coach - head coach Narendra Rana - and physio Subhash Rajpat Pal will be available round-the-clock at the village.
No Neeraj Chopra, but India hope to still pack a punch at Commonwealth Games 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG) ambitions have been badly hit by the last-minute withdrawal of Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, but they still have high hopes of gold in several sports including boxing and badminton. The Commonwealth's most populous country is not generally known as a global sporting powerhouse -- except for cricket -- but it has regularly performed well at the Games. India came third in the medals table behind hosts Australia, and England, at the last edition of the Games at the Gold Coast in 2018, and were in the top five at the previous four.