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Adam Azim scored a dominant victory over Sergey Lipinets to win their Wembley Arena clash inside nine rounds. Azim was taking a key step up against the Kazakh, the first former world champion the Briton had fought in his career. Lipinets has held the IBF super-lightweight world title and boxed elite operators like Mikey Garcia, Jaron Ennis and Lamont Peterson. …

Luke Littler won every available leg as he cruised to a 4-0 routing of James Wade to book his spot in the quarter-finals at the World Masters darts as Dimitri Van den Bergh hit a nine-darter on the way to victory over Michael van Gerwen. The 18-year-old was at ease from the first dart in the contest with Wade and …

Luke Littler made light work of James Wade, wining every leg to secure his quarter-final spot at the World Masters. Source link

Callum Simpson picked up another win by stopping Elvis Ahorgah in round five. Source link

Aurel Ignat stunned Scott Forrest with a first-round TKO but was it an early stoppage? Source link

George Groves’ boxing protégé Lucas Roehrig picks up the knockout win! But was the first knockdown controversial? Source link

Fakhar Zaman plays a shot. — AFP/File LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday revealed the much-awaited squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 and the tri-nation series, with sole specialist opening batter Fakhar Zaman.  Fakhar returned to Pakistan’s ODI team after the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India and now he faces the void …

Arne Slot says he would be “surprised” if Trent Alexander-Arnold featured in Liverpool’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Tottenham, live on Sky Sports, after the defender limped off injured against Bournemouth on Saturday. Alexander-Arnold was forced off with a muscle injury during the second half of Liverpool’s 2-0 win at the Vitality Stadium. Liverpool host Tottenham on Thursday, looking …

Abdoulaye Doucoure netted Everton’s fastest-ever Premier League goal as their David Moyes-led resurgence continued by thrashing Leicester 4-0 at Goodison Park. Doucoure brought down Jordan Pickford’s long clearance before finishing across Mads Hermansen with just 10 seconds on the clock at Goodison Park as Everton went on to blow away their visitors and register a third win in four under …

Jack Wilkinson @jacktwilkinson Scotland make winning start to 2025 Six Nations; Huw Jones hat-trick and tries from Rory Darge and Ben White repel spirited Italy fightback; Scotland host Ireland and Italy entertain Wales in second round Last Updated: 01/02/25 4:24pm Huw Jones scored a hat-trick as Scotland came through a testing Six Nations opener against Italy Scotland survived an almighty …