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The Sun
9 hours ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois 2: Get either fighter at 50/1 to win the fight with talkSPORT BET
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The Sun
12 hours ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois 2: Get £30 in boxing free bets with bet365
OLEKSANDR USYK and Daniel Dubois renew hostilities in Saturday's undisputed heavyweight showdown at Wembley Stadium. And bet365 are celebrating the epic fight by offering brand new customers a fantastic £30 in free bets when you sign-up and stake a tenner on boxing! No bet365 account? No problem! We'll get you set up in no time! To claim bet365's amazing welcome bonus, simply visit the website HERE* Register an account, and deposit between £5 and £10 to claim the offer and receive three times your first bet as bet credits. Place your first bet equal to the qualifying deposit amount of between £5 and £10 on any qualifying Sportsbook markets. Your Free Bets will be available shortly after your qualifying bets have settled. You can then place your Free Bets, just select 'Use Bet Credits' in the bet slip. OLEKSANDR USYK and Daniel Dubois meet again in a blockbuster heavyweight unification fight at Wembley Stadium THIS SATURDAY! Usyk won the first fight in August 2023 via a ninth round KO - but only after Dubois knocked him to the canvas with a body blow that was ruled a low blow. Dubois, 27, has improved massively since that first meeting, reeling off stunning wins over Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua. Watch Usyk vs Dubois 2 LIVE on DAZN Here's everything you need to know ahead of the big fight... INFO All the info for Usyk vs Dubois 2 Ticket availability and price LATEST NEWS & FEATURES Inside Dubois' camp - fuelled by Ascot wins and ancient Greece Tyson Fury announces shock trilogy with Usyk Usyk makes change to camp for first time in 12 YEARS *18+. Min deposit requirement. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of qualifying bets. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Time limits and T&Cs apply. Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who: For help with a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 or go to to be excluded from all UK-regulated gambling websites.
Irish Times
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
The Weekend That Was: A Kerry v Donegal All-Ireland final isn't the clash of styles you think it is
Styles make fights. The All-Ireland final looks like it will be billed as the best kind of showdown, a good old-fashioned ding-dong between two teams who favour different methods of skinning the cat. In the green and gold corner we have Kerry , keepers of the kicking flame, salty purveyors of it's-called-football-for-a-reason asides. And in the, eh, yellow and green corner we have Donegal , who would handpass their granny's coffin into the grave if they thought they could get it past the priest. That's presumably how it will be built up, at any rate. Watch out for a couple of weeks of very broad-brush painting of these two teams. It will be David Clifford v Michael Murphy ; Jack O'Connor v Jim McGuinness ; Shane Ryan v Shaun Patton. The smooth, slick footballing brilliance of princes of the Kingdom versus the systematic, relentless drive of the boys from the Hills. Some of it will ring true. But some of it will be the worst sort of guff too. The trick will be to separate the myths from the reality. READ MORE We have plenty to go on at least. Kerry and Donegal have played 18 matches between them in this year's championship to date so the sample size is bigger than it's ever been for a final. When these teams met in the 2014 decider, they had played a total of nine games between them to get there. There will be no secrets between them come 3.30 on Sunday week. The rest of us looking in from the outside will have no excuses for being ill-informed either. There are some obvious contrasts to be drawn. For one thing, Donegal tend to have a greater spread of scorers than Kerry. They saw a dozen players get on the scoresheet on Sunday, compared to seven for Kerry on Saturday. Ryan McHugh of Donegal in action against Meath's Jordan Morris during the All-Ireland SFC semi-final at Croke Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Kerry have averaged a shade under eight scorers per game in their eight matches, Donegal have averaged almost exactly 10 per game in their 10. As Ciarán Kirk showed in these pages last week, Kerry rely heavily on David Clifford and Seán O'Shea for over half of their scores. Donegal are a more varied threat. [ David Clifford and Seán O'Shea carrying big scoring burden for Kerry Opens in new window ] And there's no doubting the essential truth that the two counties think about the game in contrasting ways. McGuinness has often referenced the fact that Donegal teams have traditionally leant on a running, handpassing game because they play so many matches in the wind up in the northwest. Whether this rings particularly true is debatable – they get plenty of wind around the Ring of Kerry too. But one way or another, it's in the county DNA and McGuinness has never been of a mind to change it. Donegal's game is about high-running, fast breaks, up and down the pitch. That's who they are. Kerry do it differently – but as McGuinness pointed out yesterday, not THAT differently when it comes right down to it. 'I suppose when you're playing a running game and a support game, everybody needs to be able to do that,' he said, referencing the spread of scorers. 'I think today everybody did do that and we were able then to rotate fellas inside and give them a breather and let other fellas go back and hopefully they're going to be able to defend to the same level and attack to the same level as well. 'Listen, the game has changed dramatically over the last number of months. We just felt that it was important to see how those changes would grow, if you like, and then bring our own template to how we want to play the game to that. And it's served us well. I think Kerry have done the exact same thing. 'I don't think Kerry have done a huge amount differently. They have their own way of playing as well. They play with their head up, they're looking for dink balls, they're looking for third-man runners, they're looking to support. In the same way we support off the shoulder, they're looking to do it the exact same way, only with a different kick or whatever it is beforehand. 'So, yeah, everybody's got their own principles and how they see the game. For me it's important just to keep what it is to be from your county very close to the centre, and then move with the rules. And I think we've done quite a good job on that front.' Kerry's Kieran Donaghy celebrates scoring a goal with James O'Donoghue during the 2014 All-Ireland final against Donegal. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho Though it may be a slightly self-serving point to make, McGuinness isn't entirely wrong. Kerry do like to let the ball do the work, it's true. But the basic thrust of both teams' game is the same – organised zonal defence, a manic zeal for breaking ball around the middle, get it up to the forwards. Kerry are not dogmatic about kicking at all costs. They indulge in plenty of handpassing too – and you can be sure they'll do so in the final. Kerry football is about winning, first and foremost. Never forget that. Go back to their last great coup, the 2014 final against Donegal. It was billed as a clash of styles all the way from the semi-finals onwards but Eamonn Fitzmaurice was adamant behind the scenes that Kerry weren't going to fall into Donegal's trap. Instead, they mimicked Donegal's low block and waited for a mistake, Kieran Donaghy pouncing on a botched kick-out for the killer goal. So yes, styles make fights. And in the new game, there isn't room for an old-style Donegal to sit back and turn a final into trench warfare. But this is Jack O'Connor's eighth final. As he pointed out on Saturday night, it's a fourth final for most of his Kerry team – or indeed a fifth, including the replay in 2019. They won't be taking any more chances with the ball than they need to. One thing feels pretty obvious after the weekend – the two best teams are in the final. Can't ask for much more than that from a championship.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Paul Gallen labels Sonny Bill Williams 'a disgusting human being' and accuses him of shocking act during fiery press conference
Paul Gallen has taken aim at Sonny Bill Williams during a fiery press conference ahead of the pair's highly-anticipated heavyweight showdown. After years of back and forth, the former NRL stars will finally get to settle their differences at Sydney 's Qudos Bank Arena on Wednesday night. Williams, 39, goes into the fight as the favourite despite being knocked out in his last bout and having less experience than the 43-year-old former Blues skipper. On Monday, the pair came face-to-face to trade verbal barbs at an emotionally charged press conference in North Sydney. 'People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones,' said Gallen. '...this bloke has said he really dislikes me because of my cushy job - we've got the same job, we are employed by the same people, you idiot. '...then he wants to talk about drugs. This bloke is an admitted drug user, you admitted to using drugs to cope. 'Then you want to make up a lie about a $10 barbecue... don't you do food reviews Sonny? Do you charge people for your food reviews? 'Me asking blokes to tip in $10 - which isn't true by the way - is frowned upon. You are worth millions of dollars, do you charge people for food reviews? Do you charge people to do food reviews? Yes or no? 'You go to small business, you're supposed to help people in the community, you go to small businesses but you charge them between $2000 and $3000, I've been told. 'I've got a recording in my phone right now from someone who told me you charge... you are a scumbag, you are a disgusting human being. 'You walk around like you help the community and do this and that for people when you go and charge small business thousands to "help them" - you're a piece of s**t.' The former All Black, who says he has a strategy to win, fired back at Gallen by making reference to alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. Gallen said he expected that response from Williams. 'I said to media people in this room, the only thing this bloke is going to go on about is drug testing because he's a stupid prick, he's got nothing else to say,' he said. 'He's an idiot.' Williams last fought in 2022, suffering a shock knockout loss to MMA star Mark Hunt. Despite the setback, his athletic pedigree and star power make him a huge draw. Gallen retired from the sport in 2022 after a win over Justin Hodges, but has always said he'd like to take on Williams. The only two blemishes on Gallen's pro record were in Australian heavyweight title bouts against Justis Huni and Kris Terzievski. Aussie boxing legend Danny Green said he's looking forward to Wednesday night. 'It's going to be intense when the bell goes. These boys both really want to win. Sitting next to these blokes, I'm even more excited,' he said. 'I can see how attuned they are to what they want to do – and they want to knock each other out. I can't wait to sit ringside and watch these two belt each other.' The pair will see each other again on Tuesday for the weigh-ins.
Fox News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Dems Are Going All-Out For Illegals
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