Shakur Stevenson is currently plotting his next move but if he could step into the ring with any boxing legend, he knows who it would be.

Stevenson became a four-weight world champion back in January when he defeated Teofimo Lopez by unanimous decision to win the WBO super-lightweight belt.

Since then, he has been linked to a number of opponents, including the likes of Devin Haney and O’Shaquie Foster, but as of yet no announcement has been made on an upcoming fight.

Stevenson himself has now revealed the one man he wishes he would have got a chance to fight though, telling the Ball In The Family Podcast that he would have loved the chance to test himself against Floyd Mayweather.

“Floyd Mayweather. No question. Only reason why I say him though is because to me he was one of the smartest fighters I ever seen. I feel like my pedigree of IQ, me in front of him, who would be able to out-think each other. To me that interests me.”

Mayweather’s incredible career speaks for itself, retiring with a perfect 50-0 record having claimed world honours in five divisions.

During that time he picked up victories over fighters such as Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo Alvarez and Manny Pacquiao, with the bout against the Filipino smashing the gate and pay-per-view records.

Nearly a decade on from hanging up the gloves, Mayweather was set to meet Pacquiao again in a rematch in September, but the bout was postponed and now may happen in early 2027.

Uefa is in something of a pickle as it tries to get rid of Infantino.

The easiest route to success was the slow turning of the vice throughout this week, hoping to exert enough pressure to force him to quit.

Yet the Swiss appears to have no intention of walking away.

European football looks like an outlier, struggling to gain enough support to topple him.

On Thursday, Lamin Kaba Bajo, the president of the Gambia Football Federation, praised Infantino’s “courage” and for the U-turn, and said he was “willing to give him my support more than ever”.

Only Jordan, one of the few countries which did not back Infantino before last week, has publicly stated it will not vote for his re-election in March.

Concacaf, which oversees football in North and Central America and the Caribbean, also issued a public statement after the proposal was aborted but, unlike Uefa, it did not go as far as to say it had lost confidence in the Fifa president.

Conmebol, the South American confederation, said on Thursday it would not support “any action or procedure that disregards” Fifa’s mechanisms before the presidential election.

Similarly, the Mexican Football Federation shared a statement to X expressing their support for Infantino, saying it would not recognise or approve any process convened outside of Fifa’s institutional framework.

The Argentine Football Association also published a letter in support of Infantino and the Fifa board, which it said had provided “institutional solidity” with its current “stable and transparent” business model.

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) said its executive committee “unanimously reconfirmed” its support for Infantino and thanked him for his support for African football over the years.

Ideally, Uefa would force an emergency meeting of the Fifa Council, to provide what it would consider to be a true chance to hold Infantino to account.

But getting the necessary 19 of 36 confederation and football association heads to support it has proven to be exceptionally difficult.

Uefa has also kept on the table the option of a vote of no confidence, which it can trigger via an extraordinary congress any time it wishes.

However, it would need a majority of Fifa’s 211 member associations – 106 votes – to pass the motion. It would be a de facto presidential election without a second candidate.

If Uefa does not think it can get to 106, which looks a stretch, then there is little point in triggering the vote.

The other option is to try to find a unity candidate to stand against Infantino in the election next March. The favourite would be Concacaf president Victor Montagliani.

Any option which takes time gives Infantino space to build bridges, and with Fifa due to announce new funding to member associations by the end of the year he could dangle another carrot for his re-election.

Unless Uefa sticks by the nuclear option – and goes through with its threat of a boycott.

This has issues, and it is not a lever you can pull very often, otherwise it gives the impression of riding roughshod over the rest of the world.

It is one thing to use it to jettison the FFE proposal, another entirely to effectively dethrone the president with it.

Uefa’s stance will soon be tested, with the Fifa Women’s U20s World Cup kicking off in Poland on 5 September. Six European countries are due to take part, including England.

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar remains one of India’s most influential celebrity brands, ranking among the country’s top five in the Kroll India Celebrity Brand Valuation 2025 report with a brand value of USD 125.9 million (Rs 1,189 crore). The former cricketer is also the only retired athlete to consistently feature among India’s top 10 celebrity brands, with his value continuing to grow year after year. His enduring reputation, trust, and authenticity have kept him highly attractive to brands across various industries.

Tendulkar was the most complete batter of his time, the most prolific run-maker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known.

He holds the record for the most centuries in both Tests and ODIs, a remarkable feat, especially considering he didn’t register his first ODI hundred until his 79th match.

With a staggering 34,357 international runs, Sachin Tendulkar stands as the most prolific batter in cricket history. Throughout his illustrious international career, he rewrote the record books time and again, setting milestones that remain unchallenged to this day.

With his unwavering patience and resilience, the ‘Master Blaster’ has 200 Test appearances to his name, the most by any player in the format.

Tendulkar amassed 15,921 runs, 51 centuries, and 2,058 fours, the most by any player in red-ball cricket.

Revered as India’s “God of Cricket,” he also became the fastest to 15,000 Test runs, reaching the milestone in just 300 innings, a distinction he holds exclusively.

With a career that spanned over 22 years and 91 days, the 53-year-old has the longest career in ODIs. With a staggering 1,894 runs and nine centuries in 1998, Tendulkar holds the record for the most runs and centuries scored in a single calendar year in the format, a feat that still stands unrivalled.

During his run in the 50-over format, Tendulkar raised his bat to celebrate 145 half-centuries and found the fence for a four on 2,016 occasions, the highest by any player that the world of cricket has ever seen.

The undisputed icon, Tendulkar, became the fastest to 18,000 ODI runs, reaching the milestone in just 440 innings.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Deontay Wilder is expected to be the opponent for Oleksandr Usyk’s ‘Last Dance’ in either December or early 2027, but before that fight became available, the American was being mentioned for a fight with a British heavyweight this summer.

Wilder returned to fight in the United Kingdom for the first time in 13 years when he scored a split decision win over Derek Chisora back in April, stringing together consecutive wins for the first time since 2019, when he reigned as WBC heavyweight champion. 

Now, following Usyk’s decision to vacate his three heavyweight world titles, it seems as though the Ukrainian is targeting a showdown with ‘The Bronze Bomber’ in his final professional bout before hanging up the gloves.

Before Usyk unveiled plans for his career finale, Wilder was being discussed for a potential clash with Johnny Fisher in Istanbul, Fisher told About Boxing.

“They [Matchroom Boxing] made me a few offers with different things, they were trying to get fights to happen and, for whatever reason, they weren’t materialising. At one point it [the offer] was going to fight Wilder, of course I was up for that.

“There was talks, a couple of weeks before my contract was up, Eddie FaceTimed me with Turki Alalshikh and he said, ‘Wilder, Istanbul, end of August?’, so I was like ‘yeah, no problem’.

“That [didn’t happen because of the] politics of boxing. Sometimes Turki can say one thing and think that it’s going to happen, but through no one’s fault, other things happen in boxing that mean a fight, even when they are announced on social media, [collapses].”

Fisher was a rising star in the domestic UK scene but suffered a defeat to Dave Allen last May, before returning with a stoppage win against Ivan Balaz in December.

He has since signed with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing, and on Saturday, September 26, he will debut under his new promotional outfit and headline at the Copper Box Arena in London, for what will be Zuffa’s second event in the United Kingdom.

Southampton‘s sporting director has indicated the club is prepared for a potential Football Association ban for manager Tonda Eckert after the ‘Spygate’ scandal, while still hoping for a positive resolution.

The Saints have already faced severe penalties, including expulsion from the Championship play-off final and a four-point deduction for the upcoming season.

These sanctions followed the club’s admission of three EFL regulation breaches for illicitly monitoring semi-final opponents Middlesbrough and two other teams.

Eckert accepted full responsibility for the affair, a position publicly backed by Southampton owner Dragan Solak.

The German manager now faces three FA charges under Rule E3.1 for “misconduct”.

As the new season approaches, the outcome remains unknown, with a ban a distinct possibility, though Spors expressed the club’s readiness to handle any disciplinary action.

Saints’ group technical director Johannes Spors said: “There are so many uncertainties of how this could look like.

“At the moment I’m honestly very positive, looking into the next weeks.

“There was a little bit of discussion as Tonda watched the game from above (in the stands for Saturday’s friendly against Preussen-Munster). That was a bit of a training.

“We think into different scenarios but nothing too concrete at the moment. We really focus on the here and now, and if there is something we have to deal with then we will deal with it.

“It’s not that I don’t want to be concrete on answering it, it’s just that we can’t really.

“In my office with the people around me, we do speak about different scenarios to be prepared, and I still hope for a positive outcome.”

Saints chief executive Phil Parsons says the timeline for the FA hearing is unclear ahead of Saturday’s Carabao Cup tie at Colchester and the following weekend’s Championship opener away to Watford.

“We don’t know – it might be a September hearing,” he said. “The FA have listened to Tonda well, they’ve listened to everybody involved.

“I think it’s been OK process so far, but I’ve thought that before as well and things change.”

Parsons and Spors spoke alongside Eckert at Southampton’s annual BBC Radio Solent Fans’ Forum, where ‘Spygate’ naturally dominated the agenda.

The head coach says he could not have blamed the club for sacking him at the end of last season but insisted the image painted about his set-up is “very far away from the truth”.

Eckert expressed gratitude for the backing of Saints’ ownership and fanbase, although one supporter felt last season meant nothing given how it ended.

“I understand it feels like there’s a page being ripped out of out of a book,” the 33-year-old coach said. “But I just hope we find that belief that the last chapter just takes 10 months longer.

“I do believe every club lives off memories. As much as we all want them all to be positive, I think it’s one of the toughest that the football club has had, especially in recent years.

“But when you take the book as a metaphor, for me the last page is not written yet, and for me there is much more to come.

“I just hope we’ll be sitting here in 12 months and talking about the Premier League.

“I can only tell you I’ll do everything to make you proud. I think we’ve given you some proud moments in the last season, and I will do everything to continue that.”

Fans of the Green Bay Packers are fortunate. An army of excellent beat writers cover the team, providing in-depth information and access during each and every training camp practice. In this post, we will gather the Infinity Stones of on-site Packers coverage all in one place so finding training camp information on your favorite football team is an easy endeavor this summer.

On Thursday, the Packers got a flipping good time from MarShawn Lloyd and an impressive play from a young receiver, plus a new absence due to injury.

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A roundup of the training camp practice recaps coming out of Thursday, Aug. 6:

Mike Spofford, Packers.com

Five things learned: Jordan Love and his offensive line facing the blitz, an injury to Josh Jacobs, the big day from MarShawn Lloyd and Family Night on deck.

Bill Huber, Packers on SI

Play, player of the day: On MarShawn Lloyd’s impressive day, and a big play from ascending receiver Isaiah Neyor.

Rob Demovsky, ESPN

Latest intel, updates: More on MarShawn Lloyd, plus insight on Skyy Moore, a big play from Isaiah Neyor, an opportunity for Jacob Monk and and J.J. Watt visiting practice.

Paul Bretl, Wisconsin State Journal

Three things that stood out: More on Lloyd, running backs in pass pro and an ascending inline tight end option.

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Aaron Nagler, CheeseheadTV

Day 7 notes: The practice was closed to the public, so the Packers ran a bunch of trick-type plays. Plus a few standouts and notables.

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Nico Gonzalez has become the latest Manchester City midfielder to commit his future to the club. The Spaniard has had a difficult first 18 months at City and last season went from the most valuable player for Pep Guardiola in the first half of the campaign to somebody who was barely used in the final months.

That opened doubts over his future as City look to refresh their midfield given the departure of Bernardo Silva and the possible exit of Rodri. With Enzo Maresca taking charge, Gonzalez was one of a number of players whose place in the squad for this season was not secure.

However, the former Porto player has followed Mateo Kovacic in declaring his intention to stay while on the summer tour. Speaking after the 3-1 win over K-League All Stars, he told reporters that he is happy to be a member of the group even if he doesn’t play every match.

Keyshawn Davis pulled out of his mandated fight with WBO welterweight world champion Devin Haney, and now two-division conqueror Tim Bradley has offered his thoughts on the situation.

Davis knocked out Denys Berinchyk to claim the WBO lightweight world title last year, but he went on to lose the belt on the scales when he missed weight ahead of a subsequently cancelled first defence against Edwin De Los Santos.

The Norfolk contender then moved up to super-lightweight for two outings against Jamaine Ortiz and Nahir Albright before announcing a move up to the welterweight scene in hot pursuit of Haney and the WBO crown.

Yet, after the fight was ordered by the WBO and went to purse bids won by his promoter Top Rank, ‘The Businessman’ decided to turn down a multimillion-dollar purse and pull out of the contest.

On his YouTube channel, Bradley branded it a ‘duck’, criticising Davis for wasting Haney’s time and telling him that he has not done enough in the sport to warrant more than the purse that he was set to make.

“This is [the] damn duck of all ducks from Keyshawn Davis. This doesn’t look good, at all – saying no to this particular fight right here, when you think about everything that he did.”

“[After] everything that he did to put himself in this position and then to all of a sudden say, ‘oh, it ain’t enough money on the table’. Are you kidding me? You are going to take ‘Deebo’ [Haney] through all of this and then you are going to back out of the fight because it ain’t enough money for you?

“Keyshawn, what have you done? You have got to understand, what have you done in the sport, bro? You had a belt for a few months, that is it. I understand that you have got elite skill, I get that, but you haven’t done anything to acquire anything more than what you just got [offered].”

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Haney seems set to move on from the bout and the Californian is believed to be in talks for a potential unification with newly-crowned IBF welterweight world champion, Liam Paro, according to Fox Sports Australia.