The 29-year-old had taken Anderson’s belt in Irvine last November and proved too strong again at the Kelvin Hall.After a spirited start by Anderson, McIntyre took the third round and more of his punches found the target as the fight progressed.McIntyre avoided trouble in the 12th and final round to retain his title.The champion said [...]
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Sinfield took over at stand-off after a shoulder injury to Danny McGuire as the Rhinos saw off the Aussies 11-4.
“I hope we keep the ball-playing lock in the English game. Had we not had that we’d have been in trouble,” McClennan told BBC Sport.
“Because Kevin Sinfield has the skills of a stand-off he was able [...]
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Parks 3 Connor 2Dan Parks converted the winning penalty with nine minutes remaining in a game where he and Shaun Connor were the only scorers with a series of penalties.Two quick Connor scores in succession before the interval looked to have Ospreys on course for victory.But Parks, who spurned a couple of chances to [...]
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Horgan Contepomi Contepomi (2), HealyConnacht had claimed an interval lead thanks to a try by Keith Matthews.But Leinster, now playing with the wind, were ahead inside the first 10 minutes of the second half.Felipe Contepomi landed a 35-metre penalty and replacement winger Shane Horgan beat off [...]
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Despite facing a strong wind in the first half, Ulster led 5-3 at the break after Isaac Boss had sneaked in on the blindside in stoppage time.
A try by Rhys Priestland brought the Scarlets level in the 64th minute.
But lock Matt McCullough then got over [...]
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Fussell. A Thomas. A Thomas. Cairns. Godman. Godman.Ben Cairns gave Edinburgh a great start with an incisive run after eight minutes that took the 22-year-old over the try line, Phil Godman converting.A Godman penalty gave the Scots a 10-0 lead, but the Dragons then took charge.Richard Fussell replied with a try and [...]
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The world number 139, who plays mainly on the challenger circuit, was found guilty of gambling on 836 matches.
Luzzi, 28, has been suspended for 200 days and fined US$500,000.
Fellow Italian Giorgio Galimberti was banned earlier in February, following compatriots Potito Starace, Daniele Bracciali and Alessio Di Mauro.
Luzzi was found by the ATP to have “wagered [...]
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Birmingham-based Yafai, 19, fought back from seven points down to beat Moldova’s Igor Samoilenco in Italy.
Degale had been floored in the second round against Istvan Szili, but the Londoner shrugged it aside for a 17-9 win over the Hungarian.
The pair bring the number of British boxers qualified for the Games to six.
Yafai is hoping to [...]
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The nine-year-old, trained by Nicky Richards, has damaged a fetlock and will not run again this season.”He’s given his fetlock a bit of a twist,” said Michael Meagher, racing manager to owner Trevor Hemmings.”It’s a pity as we were hoping to run him in the Gold Cup again. He won’t run again this season.”However, Hemmings [...]
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