Sarah Shephard
Staff Writer at The Athletic UK
Writer @TheAthleticFC @TheAthleticBOX. Formerly @CoachesVoice, @Sportmaguk, @TimesSport. Dodgy knees, decent right hand. Author.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Sarah Shephard
Vasiliy Lomachenko has announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 37, walking away as a three-weight world champion and two-time Olympic gold medallist (2008 and 2012). His last fight came a year ago, in May 2024 when he stopped Australia's George Kambosos Jr in the 11th round, taking him to a professional record of 18-3 - Orlando Salido, Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney subjecting him to defeats.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Sarah Shephard
Chris Eubank Jr defeated Conor Benn by unanimous decision at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night in a fight that did the unthinkable and lived up to the hype and noise surrounding it. After 12 rounds during which both fighters unleashed everything they had physically, and used everything they had emotionally to try and leave victorious, all three judges scored it 116-112 in Eubank's favour.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Sarah Shephard
"Lying gives flowers but does not bear fruit," wrote Fenerbahce's on-loan winger Allan Saint-Maximin on an Instagram story last month after his manager Jose Mourinho accused him of being overweight. The words appeared beneath a screenshot of the former Newcastle United player's body composition measurements, which showed his weight (84kg) in March matched his weight in 2022 when he was a starter for Newcastle - and was 1kg lighter than when he was starting for Fenerbahce in 2024.
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Mar 17, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Sarah Shephard
If you've noticed players chewing gum during a game, you might have wondered why. Did they have a particularly potent chicken Kyiv for lunch? Are they using it to help ease nerves? Do they have a cunning plan to stick it to the sole of Mohamed Salah's boot in an attempt to slow him down? No. The most likely answer is they are chewing caffeine gum.
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Mar 7, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Sarah Shephard
Lauren Price scored a unanimous points victory over Natasha Jonas inside a raucous Royal Albert Hall on Friday night to become the unified welterweight champion and hold the WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight world titles. Before the fight, the 30-year-old Welshwoman said she would be "too good, too quick, too young" for Jonas, 10 years her senior, and so it proved on a night that could be Jonas' final outing as a professional boxer.
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‘How is it possible?’ was probably the question asked most frequently in living rooms around the world as Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz went head to head in Paris. Thanks @ElliNutrition @Jamil_Qureshi for their time and expert insights. https://t.co/OfKp5Gqi6c
Is there any other sport where you can be beaten on pretty much every metric, look as though you are moments from defeat and then pull out a victory in a split second? #boxing
That’s insane #WardleyHuni
