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3 days ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
Liam Paro will fight on home soil for the first time in nearly three years when he takes on American Jonathan Navarro in Cairns on Wednesday night. Yet at Tuesday's weigh-in, talk about a potential grudge match against fellow Australian George Kambosos wouldn't go away. Paro will join two-time world title challenger Liam Wilson on the card (15-3), who will feature against Argentinian super featherweight Ayrton Gimenez (22-1).
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4 days ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
Doctors confirmed Japan fighter Jin Sasaki suffered memory loss after his brutal loss to Brian Norman Jr.Sasaki was handed the second KO loss of his career by Norman as the American defended his WBO welterweight title in a Tokyo last week. The punishing left hook that sent the Japan fighter to the canvas in the fifth round was deemed a contender for knockout of the year.
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4 days ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
Gold Coast Suns coach Damien Hardwick found out nothing goes unnoticed during an AFL game - especially if you're in the coaches' box. Late in his side's loss to the Giants on the weekend, Hardwick was left frustrated by a non-call that stopped his side from having one last chance at stealing a win. The coach laughed sarcastically at the umpire's reluctance to blow the whistle, then flipped the bird from inside the coach's box, in an act of defiance that did not make it to broadcast.
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4 days ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
Broncos great Gorden Tallis has questioned the club's decision to pay two veteran playmakers ahead of club junior Selwyn Cobbo. Cobbo, 23, was dropped from the NRL for the past two weeks and is without a contract for next season. The club is facing a salary cap squeeze after last week signing Adam Reynolds, 34, to a one year extension worth around $500,000 and centre Kotoni Staggs on a deal that finishes at the end of the 2028 season and is reported to be worth around the $700,000-a-year mark.
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1 week ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
It's under a month until Paul Gallen and Sonny-Bill Williams face off at Qudos Bank Arena on July 18 - and both men are doing their utmost to pump up the pay-per-views. The overriding narrative of this fight and pretty much every promoted fight is the mutual dislike the opponents share for one another. Speaking after Canberra's 16-12 win over Wests Tigers on Nine, Gallen threw the latest verbal jab.
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1 week ago | 
brnw.ch | Sacha Mirzabegian
It's under a month until Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams face off at Qudos Bank Arena on July 16 - and both men are doing their utmost to pump up the pay-per-views. The overriding narrative of this fight and pretty much every promoted fight is the mutual dislike the opponents share for one another. Speaking after Canberra's 16-12 win over Wests Tigers on Nine, Gallen threw the latest verbal jab.
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1 week ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
The Bulldogs have added more depth in a bid to claim their first premiership in 21-years, with rising forward Finau Latu joining the club before the June 30 deadline. Latu had already signed a three-year deal to join the Belmore-based club, but Canterbury negotiated an early relsease from the Dragons. Latu is a Dragons junior, taking the field for the Harold Matthews team in 2022 before playing a role their premiership-winning SG Ball side last year.
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1 week ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall said he's "not sure" if hooker Tallyn Da Silva will leave Concord before the June 30 transfer deadline. Ahead of the 16-12 loss to Canberra on Friday night, reports emerged the rising Wests hooker had been granted permission to speak with rival clubs immediately. Da Silva, 20, was named on the bench for the clash but did not get any game time, spending the entire night on the sidelines.
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1 week ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
He's the forgotten man of Australian boxing and there's no confirmed timeline of his return. Not since August last year have fight fans seen Nikita Tszyu, the formerly very active younger brother of Tim, in the ring for a fight of his own. And there's been no word of his return. He threw in the towel for his brother to stop the massacre against Bakhram Murtazaliev in October 2024, but apart from that, we have not seen hide nor hair of the younger Tszyu brother over the past 10 months.
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1 week ago | 
nine.com.au | Sacha Mirzabegian
Jannik Sinner's 49-match winning streak against players other than Carlos Alcaraz came to an end in Halle against Alexander Bublik. Sinner was 19-2 on the season and had barely raised a sweat against any player other than the Spaniard, who got the better of him at Roland-Garros the last two years. The world No.1 had not lost to anyone outside the top 20 since 2023 - 673 days - but the Kazakhstan star, the world No.45, willed his way to victory coming from a set down to take it 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
