Joshua signs deal to face Fury in all-British grudge match

London: Former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are finally set to lock horns later this year in a long-awaited all-British grudge match.

Joshua will make his ring return following a car crash that killed two close friends against Albania's Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia in July.

The 36-year-old's promoter, Eddie Hearn, said that a deal to then fight Fury had been agreed after years of speculation and false starts. newsbetting.club

"Signed, sealed, delivered! AJ v Fury is on!" Hearn said on Instagram.

"The biggest piece of business we've ever done but more importantly the one we've always wanted. Biggest year of AJ's career coming up, the comeback is on."

No date or venue has been announced but the bout is expected to take place in November and be shown on Netflix.

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Joshua escaped relatively unscathed after a collision that killed Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele in Nigeria in December, shortly after his most recent fight, a sixth-round knockout of YouTube star Jake Paul.

"It's no secret I've taken some time to consolidate and rebuild to be ready for stepping back into the ring and this is the next step on that journey," Joshua said, referring to the bout against Prenga in Riyadh on July 25.

Prenga has 20 wins -- all by knockout -- in his 21 fights as a professional, but has yet to face an opponent anywhere near the class of the 2012 Olympic champion.
Joshua, a former Olympic champion, and Fury are both two-time world champions.

Fury, 37, made his comeback after a 16-month retirement two weeks ago with a unanimous points victory over Russia's Arslanbek Makhmudov.

Both Joshua and Fury have lost twice to the current king of the heavyweight division, Ukranian Oleksandr Usyk.

Joshua has a record of 29 wins, including 26 by knock-out, and four defeats, including two KOs, in his 33 fights.

Fury's record is 35 wins, including 24 KOs, one draw and two defeats in 38 bouts.

New Delhi: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi says criticism fuelled his latest IPL heroics, in a rare insight into how the 15-year-old handles the pressure of being the outstanding young talent in world cricket.

The teenage Indian batsman smacked a 36-ball century to become the youngest and fastest to score 1,000 T20 runs, following a couple of rare flops including a golden duck.

His 103 off 37 balls for Rajasthan Royals against Sunrisers Hyderabad came after being dismissed on the first ball by their debutant pace bowler Praful Hinge on April 13.

Returning to face Hyderabad on Saturday, the left-hander launched Hinge for four consecutive sixes in the opening over, setting the tone for his second IPL hundred.

"After getting out in the last match I went back and checked my phone," Sooryavanshi, whose media appearances are restricted because of his age, said in a video released by Rajasthan.

"I saw a lot of things. I usually don't pay attention to those things, but when someone says something to me personally, it affects me a bit.

"I only wanted to answer with my bat."

His knock, laced with five fours and 12 sixes, ended in defeat but drew widespread praise, including from Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins, who called the teenager his "new favourite player".

"You know how important it was for me. I was just trying to do exactly what I did in practice," said Sooryavanshi. "I was playing with a free flow from the first ball."

The batting prodigy has been in red-hot form in the 2026 IPL, scoring 357 runs at a staggering strike rate of 234.86 across eight matches, including two 15-ball fifties.

His performances have sparked calls for him to be fast-tracked into the senior Indian national team.

استهلت بعثة أدعم ألعاب القوى للشباب مشاركتها في البطولة العربية الحادية والعشرين للشباب والشابات، المقامة حالياً في تونس خلال الفترة من 26 إلى 30 أبريل الجاري، بحصاد مميز في اليوم الأول، توجته بميدالية ذهبية وأخرى فضية، ليحقق أبطال الأدعم إنطلاقة مميزة للغاية في بداية مشوار التحدي العربي.
وحقق العداء مبارك سعيد لاعب الوكرة أولى ذهبيات البعثة، بعدما توج بالمركز الأول في سباق 3000 متر، مسجلاً زمناً قدره 8:15.43 دقيقة، وهو رقم شخصي جديد.
كما أضاف صالح محمود لاعب السد ميدالية فضية في مسابقة دفع الجلة، بعد أداء مميز، ليعزز رصيد الأدعم مبكراً في البطولة، ويمنح دفعة معنوية لبقية اللاعبين قبل استكمال المنافسات.
وفي سباق 400 متر، نجح العداء يوسف عبدالعزيز لاعب نادي قطر في التأهل إلى النهائي، ليبقي حظوظ الأدعم قائمة في إضافة ميدالية جديدة خلال منافسات اليوم الثاني.

Paris, France: Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique insisted Monday that no team in Europe could claim to be better than his right now as the French giants prepare for their Champions League semi-final showdown against Bayern Munich.

"These are the two best teams in Europe, even if Arsenal have also had a great season," the Spanish coach told reporters on the eve of the semi-final first leg at the Parc des Princes.

"In terms of consistency, maybe Bayern are a little bit above us. But we have shown that no team is better than us."

PSG are in the semi-finals for a third straight season since Luis Enrique became coach in 2023 and are hoping to claim back-to-back Champions League titles after winning the trophy for the first time last season.

They have reached this stage by defeating Chelsea and Liverpool in the last two rounds.

"It is a real pleasure and it is deserved. You need to be ambitious to get to this stage and I think we are. We still want to go that bit further," Luis Enrique said.

PSG and Bayern have already met three times since the start of last season: the Germans won 1-0 at home in the league phase in November 2024 and the Parisians triumphed 2-0 in a Club World Cup quarter-final last July in the United States, but Bayern won 2-1 in Paris in the league phase in November.

There have been concerns in the PSG camp about the fitness of Vitinha after the Portuguese playmaker sat out his team's last two games due to injury.

However, he was back in training on Monday in a big boost to the defending champions.

"Everyone is ready," said the coach, who also saw Spanish midfielder Fabian Ruiz make his first start in three months after injury last weekend as PSG beat Angers 3-0 in Ligue 1.