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News.com.au
14-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Sam Goodman v Cesar Veca: Live updates, results and how to watch
The Sam Goodman comeback card has been rocked with a fight day pull out, leaving rising Sydney star Ahmad Reda without an opponent for tonight's event at the Hordern Pavilion. The popular Reda was due to fight Newcastle's Patrick Lilly on the undercard, but Lilly pulled out of the bout late on Tuesday night after a disagreement over weight. Initially the bout was scheduled to take place at 60.5kg, but Reda's team informed event promoters No Limit that he wouldn't be able to get that low on short notice. Goodman vs Vaca | WED 14 MAY 7PM AEST | Australia's undefeated Sam Goodman makes his long awaited return to the ring where he faces Mexico's Cesar Vaca in Sydney | Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports > After missing weight by 1.2kg on Tuesday afternoon, Reda and Lilly's team agreed to fight at 61kg instead, with Reda to forfeit 30 per cent of his purse. In dramatic scenes, Reda used a sauna at the Sydney Football Stadium for two hours and eventually tipped the scales at 60.89kg. 'That was the best he could do,' Reda's manager, Pete Mitrevski said. 'We shook hands with the coach on 61kg, and he went to the Football Stadium and sat in a sauna for two hours. 'He came back looking like a jockey, but he made the weight. 'Then we found out at 10pm last night that they've gone back up to Newcastle.' As of Wednesday morning, No Limit was still searching for a replacement opponent for Reda to keep him on the card. A win over Lilly would have seen the 22-year-old lock in an Australian lightweight title fight with dangerous Brisbane-based boxer Billy Polkinghorn. The winner of that fight would have likely fought Harry Garside, who makes his professional boxing comeback tonight. The fight is a pay-per-view and can be bought on Main Event of Kayo Sports here. What time are Harry Garside and Sam Goodman fighting? Expect Harry Garside to step into the ring against Charlie Bell at around 9pm. Goodman will fight Vaca any time from 9:30 to 10pm.
The Age
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Amazing Gracie: Pop's new superstar kicks off her Australian tour
Not long before taking the stage for the first gig on her Australian tour, Gracie Abrams appears on my Zoom, frantically whirling around her Sydney hotel room like she's in a spin cycle. She's just after a power outlet for her laptop – 'My computer's at 2 per cent, and it's unacceptable,' she says – but as a visual metaphor for the pop star's past 12 months, the frenzied blur couldn't be more apt. The 25-year-old toured here last January with her debut album Good Riddance, performing at mid-size venues like Sydney's Hordern Pavilion and Melbourne's The Forum. On Friday, she returned as a megastar with a sold-out audience at Qudos Bank Arena hanging onto her every word. 'It's crazy because those rooms [on the Good Riddance tour] felt so big at the time,' says Abrams, dressed casually in a black hoodie, her trademark Jane-from- Daria bob in disarray. 'I can't believe any of these people know I exist, let alone spend their money to be here. To be playing these arenas, it's mind-blowing.' Since releasing her second album The Secret of Us last June, Abrams' profile has risen meteorically. Buoyed by hits Close To You and That's So True, a vicious kiss-off that shook the rafters as Friday's encore, the album has surpassed a billion streams and spent 45 weeks and counting near the top of ARIA's albums chart. 'It's just so f---ing bizarre,' Abrams laughs. 'I couldn't have ever anticipated this album doing what it's done. It feels like I've lived 10 lives in the past year.' Last year, Abrams supported Taylor Swift across 50 dates of Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour, where she clearly learnt how to handle her own ever expanding stages. At Friday's gig – dressed in a silver sequined gown, no shoes – her command was obvious, tilting between pained balladry, flirty dance-pop, and random chit-chat with fans who gifted her their own journals and scrapbooks. (Unlike other stan groups, Abrams' haven't yet settled on their own collective noun; Redditors keep trying to make 'Gracelanders' happen.)
Sydney Morning Herald
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Amazing Gracie: pop's new superstar kicks off her tour
Not long before taking the stage for the first gig on her Australian tour, Gracie Abrams appears on my Zoom, frantically whirling around her Sydney hotel room like she's in a spin cycle. She's just after a power outlet for her laptop – 'My computer's at two per cent, and it's unacceptable,' she says – but as a visual metaphor for the pop star's past 12 months, the frenzied blur couldn't be more apt. The 25-year-old toured here last January with her debut album Good Riddance, performing at mid-size venues like Sydney's Hordern Pavilion and Melbourne's The Forum. On Friday, she returned as a megastar with a sold-out audience at Qudos Bank Arena hanging onto her every word. 'It's crazy because those rooms [on the Good Riddance tour] felt so big at the time,' says Abrams, dressed casually in a black hoodie, her trademark Jane-from- Daria bob in disarray. 'I can't believe any of these people know I exist, let alone spend their money to be here. To be playing these arenas, it's mind-blowing.' Since releasing her second album The Secret of Us last June, Abrams' profile has risen meteorically. Buoyed by hits Close To You and That's So True, a vicious kiss-off that shook the rafters as Friday's encore, the album has surpassed a billion streams and spent 45 weeks and counting near the top of ARIA's albums chart. 'It's just so f---ing bizarre,' Abrams laughs. 'I couldn't have ever anticipated this album doing what it's done. It feels like I've lived 10 lives in the past year.' Last year, Abrams supported Taylor Swift across 50-dates of Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour, where she clearly learned how to handle her own ever expanding stages. At Friday's gig – dressed in a silver sequined gown, no shoes – her command was obvious, tilting between pained balladry, flirty dance-pop, and random chit-chat with fans who gifted her their own journals and scrapbooks. (Unlike other stan groups, Abrams' haven't yet settled on their own collective noun; Redditors keep trying to make 'Gracelanders' happen).
The Age
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Amazing Gracie: pop's new superstar kicks off her tour
Not long before taking the stage for the first gig on her Australian tour, Gracie Abrams appears on my Zoom, frantically whirling around her Sydney hotel room like she's in a spin cycle. She's just after a power outlet for her laptop – 'My computer's at two per cent, and it's unacceptable,' she says – but as a visual metaphor for the pop star's past 12 months, the frenzied blur couldn't be more apt. The 25-year-old toured here last January with her debut album Good Riddance, performing at mid-size venues like Sydney's Hordern Pavilion and Melbourne's The Forum. On Friday, she returned as a megastar with a sold-out audience at Qudos Bank Arena hanging onto her every word. 'It's crazy because those rooms [on the Good Riddance tour] felt so big at the time,' says Abrams, dressed casually in a black hoodie, her trademark Jane-from- Daria bob in disarray. 'I can't believe any of these people know I exist, let alone spend their money to be here. To be playing these arenas, it's mind-blowing.' Since releasing her second album The Secret of Us last June, Abrams' profile has risen meteorically. Buoyed by hits Close To You and That's So True, a vicious kiss-off that shook the rafters as Friday's encore, the album has surpassed a billion streams and spent 45 weeks and counting near the top of ARIA's albums chart. 'It's just so f---ing bizarre,' Abrams laughs. 'I couldn't have ever anticipated this album doing what it's done. It feels like I've lived 10 lives in the past year.' Last year, Abrams supported Taylor Swift across 50-dates of Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour, where she clearly learned how to handle her own ever expanding stages. At Friday's gig – dressed in a silver sequined gown, no shoes – her command was obvious, tilting between pained balladry, flirty dance-pop, and random chit-chat with fans who gifted her their own journals and scrapbooks. (Unlike other stan groups, Abrams' haven't yet settled on their own collective noun; Redditors keep trying to make 'Gracelanders' happen).
