Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury To Make £100m Each In ‘Battle of Britain’ Mega-Fight In The Middle East Next Year

Anthony Joshua’s comfortable victory over Kubrat Pulev over the weekend has accelerated talk of a Tyson Fury clash next year, a fight that would unify the heavyweight division and be one of Britain’s great sporting moments.

According to Joshua’s Promoter, Eddie Hearn, talks between his camp and Fury’s camp will start today, Monday, December 14 and the deal could be arranged within two days .

Hearn also revealed that both fighters would pocket £100million each with the winner of the rematch fight going home with 60 percent of earnings while the loser makes 40 percent.

He also stated that the first fight could be in Dubai, Qatar or Saudi Arabia in late May 2021 as a fight in the UK would not make even up to half of the amounts.

Both fighters have all the belts in heavyweight boxing, so a winner of the fight is not just guaranteed 100million but also all 6 belts/titles.

Hearn said: ‘We are all in for that fight. The only thing that needs to be resolved is where it is going to be and a couple of TV issues. That is it.

‘Everyone (on both sides) is completely in on the finances — 50-50 first fight, 60-40 to the winner, two fights.

‘We can sign an agreement and then go to a conversation about the various sites, to see where we can get the money. There is no reason we cannot complete the deal in a couple of days and then move on and solve the other problems.

‘We need to write to the governing bodies and say we have a deal and we will talk to the various sites and confirm the dates shortly for what I suppose will be the end of May.’

Breakdancing added as new sport for Olympics 2024 to be held in Paris

Breakdancing, a type of hip hop dance that involves side steps, stunts, acrobatics and choreography to music, has been added as an Olympic sport for the 2024 games to be held in Paris.

The decision was confirmed today, December 7 by the International Olympic Committee, as it seeks to attract a younger audience to the competition.

Other newly added sports by the IOC include skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.

Unlike break dancing, the above three Sports will debut at the coronavirus delayed Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.

The idea was proposed two years ago after trials at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, proved a success. Breakdancing will be called breaking when competitors take to the floor

In 2024, the dance-offs will take place at a downtown venue in the French capital, alongside sport climbing and 3v3 basketball.

According to a 2019 Olympic programme commission report, an estimated one million people take part in breakdancing.

Considering that the 2019 Red Bull BC One World Final had more that 50 million views across a number of online platforms, the Olympics committee see the addition of breakdancing as a positive one for the games

After the IOC announcement, Ronnie Abaldonado, a competitive breakdancer since 2004 who won the 2007 Red Bull BC One World Final said: “The biggest part is your stage presence and character and your rhythm, whether or not you’re really feeling it.

“People can hit the moves but if you’re not feeling what they’re doing then you just kind of look robotic and that’s what kind of separates it being a sport to it being an art form.”

Breaking pioneer Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon said: “This is true folk art from the music to the dance, to the DJ to the rapper.

“We’ve already legitimized ourselves so we’re not looking to the Olympics for legitimacy.”

Napoli To Rename The SAN PAOLO Stadium After Late Diego Maradona

Napoli are set to rename the San Paolo stadium after the late Diego Maradona. 

The Argentina football legend, who was the manager of Argentinian club side Gimnasia passed away aged 60 on Wednesday, November 25th, after suffering a cardiac arrest in his home country. 

An autopsy report said he died in his sleep after suffering heart failure, only two weeks after leaving the hospital following surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain.  

Medics also detected dilated cardiomyopathy, a medical condition in which the heart muscle becomes weakened and enlarged and cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body.

Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, was the inspiration for Argentina’s World Cup success in Mexico in 1986, winning the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player.

He also led the country to the final of the 1990 tournament in Italy although his international playing career ended in shame when he failed a drug test at the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

He played club football for Boca Juniors, Napoli, and Barcelona among others, and was adored by millions of fans for his football talent.

During his time with the Italian side, Napoli, he won the Serie A title in 1987 and 1990, along with an Italian Cup in 1987 and a Uefa Cup in 1991 during a six-year stint in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 

Speaking with French sports channel RMC Sport on Thursday, November 26, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis said: “We can consider the idea of calling our stadium San Paolo-Diego Armando Maradona’ after the Argentine legend, who scored 115 times in 259 appearances for the club. 

“We can consider the idea of calling our stadium San Paolo-Diego Armando Maradona,” De Laurentiis told French sports channel RMC Sport.

“We are already putting it together this morning, taking the first steps to dedicate Naples stadium to Maradona,” De Magistris said.

“Its a process but it will be a quick process, because when there is such a strong desire there’s nothing that will hold us up.”

The Mayor added: “We’re hoping to make it coincide with the resumption of games with fans.”

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Shaquille O’neal Just Voted For The First Time

“I’m honest, I’ve never voted in my life. This is my first time voting.”

That’s Shaquille O’Nealdropping a Shaq-sized bombshell — confessing he’s NEVER voted in an election!

… UNTIL NOW!!

“I’ve never voted before, America,” Shaq said this week on Wednesday on The Big Podcast… “But, now I’m doing all these voting campaigns and ya know one thing I never like to do, is be a hypocrite.”

Yep, the 48-year-old NBA legend says he felt weird pushing voting initiatives like his #MyStartingFive challenge — which helps people register to vote for Election Day 2020 — while sitting on the sidelines.

So, he decided to actually vote this year — by absentee ballot!

“In other words America, I voted for the first time and it feels good.”

Shaq’s co-hosts were in complete shock — especially after Shaq was virtually sitting next to his buddy President Barack Obama, at Game 1 of the NBA Finals — who obviously didn’t get Shaq’s vote back in the day!

Election Day is Nov. 3 — make sure you get out there!!!

Source: TMZ

Serena Williams Withdraws From 2020 French Open On Day 4 Due To Achilles Injury

Three-time French Open champion, Serena Williams has withdrawn from the 2020 event because of an Achilles injury.

Williams, 39, came into the tournament nursing an Achilles injury she picked up during her semi-final defeat at the US Open earlier this month.

She was scheduled to play her second-round match against Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova on Wednesday, and was aiming to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 before she pulled out from the event. 

Williams said in a statement: “After I warmed up – it was a very short warm-up – I talked to my coach and I was like, ‘What do you think?’ We both thought about it and we really realised that it likely wasn’t the best for me to play today.

“I love playing in Paris, I really wanted to give an effort here. My Achilles didn’t have time to properly heal. I’m struggling to walk so that’s kind of a tell-tale sign that I should try to recover.”

COLIN KAEPERNICK Added To MADDEN ’21 Video Game

Colin Kaepernick is back in the NFL — in the Madden ’21 video game … where he’s now a playable QB with a higher rating than Cam Newton and Baker Mayfield.

“Colin Kaepernick is one of the top free agents in football and a starting caliber quarterback,” EA Sports said in a statement.

“Our team at EA Sports along with millions of Madden NFL fans wanted to see him back in the game.”

EA Sports says fans can use Colin as a QB in Franchise Mode — and play with him starting Tuesday, Sept. 8.

We look forward to seeing Colin on Madden NFL teams.

We’re told Colin’s overall raying is an 81 — a number EA says is based on Kap’s “prior on the field performance, combined with our data-driven EA Sports rating simulations.”

The company says the rating takes into account “he has not taken the field since 2016.”

“When Kaepernick was a healthy starting quarterback he was rated 89, 89, 81 overall and known for his strong touchdown-to-interception ratio, mobility, and playoff performances.”

There’s more … Kap also has a signature TD celebration — a raised fist, which players can activate after a score.

EA also notes that Colin is the top-rated free agent QB in their game.

And, with his 81 rating, Kap ranks higher than Derek Carr,  Ryan Tannehill, Josh Allen and even Kyler Murray.

EA Sports also acknowledges a past issue with Kaepernick involving a song on the Madden ’19 soundtrack in which Kap’s name was edited out. The QB’s people worked with EA Sports — and now both sides say it’s been resolved and it’s all water under the bridge.

Lionel Messi returns to training with Barcelona since asking to leave the club

Lionel Messi was seen on Monday, September 7 returning to training with Barcelona for the first time since asking to leave the club following his fallout with the board over his future. 

Messi had wanted to activate a clause that would allow him opt out of his contract, but the club insisted the time had passed for the clause to be activated and that the player would need to pay the €700m release clause in his contract if another club wanted to sign him this summer.

Following a meeting between his father and the club, the play maker reversed his decision and committed his future to Barcelona, saying he could never go to court against the Spanish giants to secure a move

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Naomi Osaka Officially Becomes Highest-Paid Female Athlete Ever At 22

At 22, Naomi racked up $37 million in earnings in the past year, more than any other female athlete in history, according to Forbes.

That hefty bag from the past 12 months comes from prize money and endorsements, $1.4 million more than Serena earned, setting an all-time earnings record for a female athlete in a single year. Another tennis player, Maria Sharapova, previously held the record with $29.7 million in 2015.

As far as her standing for highest-paid athletes, including men, Naomi ranks No. 29 among Forbes’ highest-paid athletes while Serena ranks No. 33. It’s actually the first time since 2015 that two women have made the ranks of the 100 highest-paid athletes.

“To those outside the tennis world, Osaka is a relatively fresh face with a great back story,” says David Carter, a sports business professor at USC’s Marshall School of Business. “Combine that with being youthful and bicultural, two attributes that help her resonate with younger, global audiences, and the result is the emergence of a global sports marketing icon.”

Topping Serena was no easy feat for Naomi. Serena has been the world’s highest-paid female athlete for the past four years and has collected almost $300 million during her career from endorsers.

Naomi turned pro in 2014, a month before her 16th birthday. She won her first title in March 2018 at Indian Wells and in the 12 months that followed, she became the first Japanese player to win a Slam and the first Asian tennis player ever to be ranked No. 1 in the world.

Naomi held dual citizenship growing up, but chose to represent Japan ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, which has been postponed to 2021.

According to Forbes, tennis remains the only route for women to rank alongside the top-paid male sports stars. Sharapova, Li Na, Serena Williams and now Naomi Osaka are the only women to rank among the 100 top earners in sports since 2012. 

The highest-paid female athlete every year since Forbes started tracking the data in 1990 has been a tennis player.

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Jason Derulo reportedly getting down and Dirty with Lingard’s (ManUnited Player) ex!

American singer, Jason Derulo is reportedly dating Manchester United player Jesse Lingard’s ex-girlfriend, Jena Frumes.

The 30-year-old Talk Dirty crooner is said to be deeply in love with the 26-year-old Instagram model, who dated 27-year-old midfielder Jesse Lingard between 2017 and 2018.

Though  the pair are yet to confirm their relationship, they are also isolating together in Derulo’s Los Angeles mansion, and they have been sharing workouts videos together on their Instagrams since March. 

A source told The Sun: ‘Jason and Jena hadn’t been together too long before the lockdown started but they decided to take the plunge — and they are loving it.

‘They’re both outgoing, lively and spontaneous, so they’re a really good match.

‘For a while, Jason didn’t want to be stuck down in a relationship, especially when performing around the world. But this just felt right and he is seeing what happens.

‘They’re both outgoing, lively and spontaneous, so they’re a really good match.

The source added that it is ‘going well so far’ and the duo have a ‘really good connection’.

Back in 2016, Jason was linked to lingerie model Daphne Joy in 2016. Prior to this, he dated singer Jordin Sparks for three years until they split in 2014