Belfast Premier League winner Stephen Bunting says Northern Ireland’s 9-dart hero Josh Rock has the flexibility to turn into a world champion sooner or later. Bunting noticed off Dutchman Gian Van Veen within the closing to win the fourth evening of competitors of this yr’s sequence however needed to share the limelight with County Antrim…
Golden Ace got here through a racecourse gallop with flying colors ahead of her Unibet Champion Hurdle defence at Cheltenham in 11 days’ time. The Jeremy Scott-trained mare memorably got here through to choose up the items and land the Festival’s day-one characteristic at odds of 25/1 following falls for Constitution Hill and State Man…
Conor Benn‘s next fight has been officially announced. Benn caused shockwaves last week when it was announced he had joined forces with Dana White and Zuffa Boxing, bringing his decade-long relationship with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing to an finish. Matchroom had promoted Benn since his debut in 2016, going by way of loads of trials…
Daniel Dubois refused a fist bump from world champion Fabio Wardley because the pair got here face-to-face at a lively news conference in London. The world title struggle between two of Britain’s greatest punchers takes place at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena on 9 May. After some long-winded bickering between the 2 camps, the fighters –…
When Taylor hangs up her gloves, she is going to accomplish that as one of many biggest boxers of all time and, maybe, as the best athlete Ireland has ever produced. Taylor has been boxing for extra of her life than she hasn’t, taking on the game aged 12 and making her novice debut in…
After Luke Littler’s emphatic victory at the Polish Darts Open, Josh Rock believes the Warrington ace continues to be “the man to beat” in this 12 months’s Premier League. Littler, who has struggled in the first three weeks of the Premier League, was in devastating kind and averaged a touch over 108 and hit seven…
Tuesday’s fixtures & outcomesprinted at 08:45 GMT 24 February 08:45 GMT 24 February First Round Morning Session outcomes: Shaun Murphy 0-4 Chang Bingyu Xiao Guodong 4-3 Long Zehuang Afternoon Session outcomes: Zhao Xintong 4-3 Fan Zhengyi Jack Lisowski 4-2 Louis Heathcote Ryan Day 3-4 Bulcsu Revesz Zhou Yuelong 4-0 Alexander Ursenbacher Jimmy Robertson 0-4 Stan…
Former Sauber Formula 1 protege Theo Pourchaire is a shock new addition to Mercedes’ development driver ranks for 2026. Pourchaire put collectively a powerful case for being one of many strongest drivers on the junior ladder in the early 2020s not to attain F1. He got here up simply three factors wanting stealing the 2020…
Michael VoepelFeb 23, 2026, 12:14 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior author who covers the WNBA, ladies’s faculty basketball and different faculty sports activities. Voepel started masking ladies’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Multiple Authors Kara Braxton, a two-time WNBA champion with the Detroit Shock, has died at…
The small discuss of a taxi trip is the beating coronary heart of British chit-chat – a soundtrack to hundreds of journeys throughout London and past. On Sunday, a passenger would possibly look on the driver within the rear view mirror and ask the standard: “Good weekend, mate? Get up to much?” For 37-year-old Bilal…