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Francisco Rodriguez Jr failed a drug test in America in December, six months before his fight with Galal Yafai in Birmingham.Rodriguez, 31, beat Olympic gold medallist Yafai in a points decision in June, with the British boxer suffering his first defeat as a professional.After the fight, Rodriguez tested positive for banned substance heptaminol and the Mexican is now under investigation by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) and UK Anti-Doping (Ukad).The test was conducted on fight night and administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada), as part of the WBC’s Clean Boxing Program.But it has now emerged that this…

The Cowboys hurt Trevon Diggs’ feelings for exercising the salary de-escalator in the cornerback’s contract. Team officials said they expected Diggs to be a better leader by participating in 84.375 percent of the offseason program at the team facility, which was stipulated in his contract. Diggs credited his rehab team in South Florida for having him ahead of schedule in his return from chondral bone graft surgery on his left knee. The back-and-forth continued Tuesday when executive vice president Stephen Jones responded to Diggs’ complaints about the team lowering his $9 million base salary by $500,000 for 2025. “I think…

Amir Albazi reveals he wasn’t medically cleared to headline UFC Vegas 108 on Saturday. Albazi was supposed to take on Tasturo Taira in an intriguing flyweight bout. Yet, less than a week out from the fight, it was revealed he was out of the bout, and Hyun Sung Park will replace him against Taira. After the fight was scratched, Amir Albazi took to Instagram to reveal why he was out of the fight. “I’m heartbroken to announce that I won’t be fighting on August 2nd. I finished my whole training camp and did everything I could, but I wasn’t medically…

Few football shirts stir nostalgia quite like Brazil’s early-2000s Nike Total 90 kit – a design synonymous with swagger, style, and pure footballing joy. Originally worn between 2004 and 2006 by a golden generation including Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Rivaldo, the iconic shirt has now returned as part of Nike’s growing T90 retro collection.Drenched in that unmistakable canary yellow, the reissued shirt stays true to the original blueprint: deep green accents on the collar, cuffs, and trim, the classic side-positioned Swoosh, and the all-important centralised Brazil crest that defined the era. It’s a visual time capsule from the golden age of…

Two weeks after he was the American League’s starting shortstop in the All-Star Game, Athletics rookie Jacob Wilson is on the injured list with a broken left forearm, putting a significant damper on his candidacy for AL Rookie of the Year.The 23-year-old was batting .312/.354/.439 with 10 home runs in 94 games this season, though he had only four hits in 38 at-bats since being hit in the left arm by a pitch on July 8. He last played on July 25. The A’s have recalled infielder Darell Hernaiz from Triple A to take Wilson’s spot on the roster.Wilson got…

As two of the top prospects in the 2024 recruiting cycle, former five-star recruits VJ Edgecombe and Cooper Flagg went viral prior to being one-and-done players at Baylor and Duke, respectively, during a meeting on the prep hardwood. The two eventual top-three NBA Draft picks exchanged words at the free-throw line in 2024.Edgecombe recently addressed the supposed beef between the two top draft picks and said everything was blown out of proportion. Edgecombe went No. 3 overall to the Philadelphia 76ers this summer while Flagg was the top pick of the Dallas Mavericks.”It’s a friendly rivalry; off the court we’re close,”…

India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is not expected to play in the final Test against England at the Oval as the tourists look to avoid a series defeat.Bumrah has already played three Tests in the series, the maximum workload the team management had targeted for the bowler after he spent three months on the sidelines with a back injury before returning to action in April. India snatched an unlikely draw in the fourth test at Old Trafford on Sunday but trail the hosts 2-1 in the five-match series. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch highlights…

PHILADELPHIA — Jahan Dotson was playing catch up all of last season. It wasn’t something the former first-round pick wished upon himself, nor wanted in just his third year playing in the NFL. Reality struck Dotson once he fizzled out in Washington. No longer was he the the focal point in the offense, contrary to his role at Penn State and in his first two NFL seasons. The numbers weren’t showing up in the box score, nor were the targets on the field. For any wide receiver, it’s a hard pill to swallow.”You know, younger me wouldn’t have handled that very well,”…

Eddie Hall has continued expanding his arsenal of combat sports as he took on close friend and fellow strongman Brian Shaw in sumo wrestling.Former World’s Strongest Man winner Hall is known for taking on various sports for challenges on his YouTube channel, and has competed in both MMA and boxing. Just this April, the Brit viciously knocked out the legendary five-time World’s Strongest Man winner Mariusz Pudzianowski in his KSW debut.In his latest post, Hall decided to take on sumo wrestling while his pal Shaw was in town for a visit. The pair headed to a gym in Derby to…

Match of the tournamentEngland seemed to have lost it once, twice, three times against Sweden on a night of nail-shredding drama that sharpened the sense that destiny had rich bounty in store for Sarina Wiegman’s side. It was also the first match, no doubt of many over the coming years, that made a hero of Michelle Agyemang. Nick AmesThe final between England and Spain was exactly what I expected from two heavyweights of the game. It was a gladiatorial tactical battle between Spain’s possession-loving football and England’s defensive diligence. A fitting ending to a brilliant tournament. Sophie DowneyFrance and Germany’s…