England will be hoping 2024 is finally the year men’s football comes home as they go for European Championship glory. Boss Gareth Southgate probably has one final shot at becoming the first manager since Sir Alf Ramsay to win a major trophy after several near misses over the last few years.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk in a battle for the undisputed world heavyweight championship in Saudi Arabia in 2024 looks increasingly likely to happen. Fury is the WBC title holder while Usyk owns the IBF, WBA and WBO belts, with the winner set to become boxing’s first undisputed world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Katie Taylor is confident things will be different in her rematch with Chantelle Cameron when she looks to set the record straight back in Dublin on November 25. Taylor suffered the first defeat of her professional career in May when Cameron retained her WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO light-welterweight titles with an against-all-odds majority decision win at the 3Arena.
Liam Smith gave us a nice pay-day when beating Chris Eubank Jr back in January and is backed to come out on top again in Saturday’s rematch. The Liverpudlian stopped his opponent early in the fourth round when an 11/5 underdog and we’re convinced that was no fluke result.
Anthony Joshua remains on course for a future bout with Deontay Wilder after he produced a spectacular stoppage of Robert Helenius. Joshua claimed the 26th victory of his professional career with a first knock-out in three years, but all the talk was about what next for the British heavyweight.
Anthony Joshua is expected to enjoy an easy night when taking on late stand-in Robert Helenius at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night. AJ was set to face fellow British heavyweight Dillian Whyte, but the latter had “adverse analytical findings” in a doping test.
Terence Crawford is fancied to edge out Errol Spence Jr in this weekend’s mouth-watering welterweight unification clash in Las Vegas. This long-awaited showdown has been brewing for some time and should provide fight fans with a real treat now it is finally happening.
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki has announced her intention to return to tennis after a three-year retirement and is the latest athlete to plan a famous sporting comeback. Wozniacki, who won the 2018 Australian Open and was runner-up in two US Open finals in 2009 and 2014, is targeting her grand slam return at Flushing Meadows later this year.
Saudi Arabia and sport have become increasingly intertwined in recent years and the growing influence of the country took arguably its most significant step yet last week. The LIV Golf series, backed by the finances of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), is merging with the PGA and DP World Tours to create a new vehicle which will manage the commercial interests of top-level golf.
There are many ways to try to decide the greatest boxers of all time and plenty of debate about the best to ever step into the ring. Few would argue with our top selection but others may be less obvious as we pick out the top 10 boxers in history.
Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia will both put unbeaten records on the line for this weekend’s much-anticipated Las Vegas showdown. A bout billed as ‘It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This’ will attract huge attention across the Atlantic and Davis is rated a percentage pick.
Anthony Joshua will look to get his career back on track by beating Jermaine Franklin at the O2 Arena in London. AJ lost his WBA, IBF and WBO belts to Oleksandr Usyk in September 2021 and failed to gain revenge in last August’s rematch, leaving him at a crossroad here.
Jake Paul and Tommy Fury will attract plenty of betting interest for this month’s long-awaited grudge match in Saudi Arabia. Fury was originally a slight favourite when the pair were first scheduled to face off in December 2021, but is now rated the underdog to prevail.
Anthony Yarde looks to have bitten off more than he can chew by challenging WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight champ Artur Beterbiev. Yard will have home advantage at Wembley in London, but veteran title holder Beterbiev is rated a class apart and should wear down his opponent.