AEW’S former WWE superstar Jon Moxley has lost his New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship – without even defending it. The 33-year-old, real name Jonathan Good, caused headlines in May when he rejected a new contract with Vince McMahon’s company after a successful run performing as Dean Ambrose. He wasted little time in finding a new home, signing […]

Lebron James’ China comments are ‘dead wrong’: Former NBA player Columbia University Sports Marketing Lecturer Len Elmore discusses how he was ‘flabbergasted’ over Lebron James’ recent statements on the Hong Kong and China controversy. When Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James warned Monday of financial ramifications related to Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet supporting pro-democracy Hong Kong protestors, […]

Chris Gayle, Steve Smith, David Warner and Mitchell Starc are among the six top-priced overseas players in Sunday’s inaugural The Hundred Draft. West Indies opener Gayle and Australia trio Smith, Warner and Starc have a reserve value of £125k, alongside Sri Lanka seamer Lasith Malinga and South Africa paceman Kagiso Rabada. Gayle has scored a record 13,051 runs in 394 […]

The XFL has TV deals with ESPN and Fox and eight franchises with spiffy new team logos. It has name coaches like Jim Zorn, Bob Stoops, June Jones and Kevin Gilbride, a respected administrator in commissioner Oliver Luck and a famous owner in WWE CEO Vince McMahon. Now the XFL finally has players.  The fledgling league, scheduled to start play […]

SPAIN can book their place in Euro 2020 with victory over Sweden in Stockholm. Following a dramatic 1-1 draw with Norway at the weekend, the Spanish remain in pole position to qualify for next summer's finals – but Sweden are yet to lose at home in the campaign. Kick off at 7.45pm (BST) from Friends Arena, Stockholm Spain will qualify […]

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has called on football to escalate the “war on the racists” after the shameful scenes that blighted England’s Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria. Ceferin and Uefa have come under sustained fire for their “weak” response to incidents of racism throughout Europe. But after England’s match in Sofia was twice stopped by the referee after racist chants […]

At long last, LeBron James has spoken on the NBA’s China controversy. And what he said Monday sounded a lot like what what the league’s other thought leaders have had to say — which is mostly nothing critical of the NBA with a side of pleading ignorance. Except unlike Steve Kerr, Stephen Curry and Gregg Popovich, James saved a special shot for Houston […]

The PGA Tour starts a three-week swing through South Korea and Japan with The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges this week on Jeju Island, South Korea. The early 2019-20 trend of first-time Tour winners is all but sure to be bucked again this week with many of the world’s best in attendance as part of the condensed 78-man field. The […]

Former NBA player Al Harrington: Houston Rockets GM was in a ‘tough situation’ Former NBA player Al Harrington on Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey’s tweet about China and NBA players refraining from condemning Chinese human rights abuses for the sake of their own wallets. San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich fired back at President Trump’s criticism on Sunday over […]

THE rain is falling in spades but one track that it won't affect is Kempton – and we head there for the race of the day. The 7.30 is a cracker of a contest and sees eight opponents battle it out for a first prize of nearly £16k. Top-weight Kuwait Currency is an obvious starting point, having won two of this three […]