The stable of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr has gone with an unconventional tactic, allowing On Display a display gallop at Caulfield Heath to prepare for her re-entry to racing.

On Display prepares for her opening run of the campaign in the Group 3 Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Price commented that a Wednesday gallop before Saturday’s events is commonplace, although bringing the mare to a Wednesday city race meet three days before her comeback was deemed unusual.

The co-trainer detailed how On Display is packed with condition and will derive major benefits from the journey from Cranbourne.

“I would gallop, at home, on a Wednesday, no trouble, but she has plenty of condition on her and after that she should be pretty right for Saturday,” Price said.

“She came into us and has been there at Cranbourne the whole time, and there was the opportunity to stimulate her, and adrenalise her, by bringing her here which was fantastic.

“It just sparks her ahead of Saturday and it was exactly what I wanted, along with a gallop on a beautiful surface.”

On Display faces her first race on Saturday since placing third in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington last spring.

Seamus Mills, major stakeholder in On Display, stated the mare’s itinerary depends on her effort at the next appearance.

Projections call for On Display to contest the Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield on March 21 before tackling the Anniversary Vase (1600m) at Caulfield on April 11.

“If she wins the Sunline, she may get weighted out of her next start, the Anniversary Vase at Caulfield, a Listed race against the boys,” Mills said.

“Then the plan is to go back to Adelaide for the race she should have won last year, the Group 2 Queen Of The South Stakes (on April 25).

“But if she wins the Sunline, then we’ll probably have to readjust that program.”

Ben Melham, who guided On Display in Wednesday’s session, holds the ride for Saturday.

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The comeback of Floyd Mayweather sent shockwaves throughout the world of boxing. Now, one of his former opponents has followed suit and announced his return to combat after hanging up the gloves four years ago.

Mayweather walked away from the sport after halting UFC icon Conor McGregor, in what seemed to be his 50th and final professional contest back in 2017, ending on a stoppage after seven consecutive decision wins.

Since then, ‘TBE’ has fought solely in exhibition bouts, continuing to earn huge amounts of money while keeping his undefeated record protected. That ends in September, as Mayweather rematches Manny Pacquiao in a must-see professional showdown at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

The two icons are not the only ones looking to prove that they still have what it takes to compete for belts, as former world champion, Victor Ortiz, has today announced a move to BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing.

Ortiz trumped Andre Berto to get his hands on the WBC welterweight world title back in 2011, but controversially lost the belt to Mayweather five months later – Mayweather’s most recent stoppage win against a recognised boxer.

Now, the Kansas-born southpaw is eyeing up another title, in what he called ‘the purest, most intense version of the sport’, in a press release that confirmed his signature.

“I’ve accomplished so much in gloved boxing – from winning a world title to battling the best in the world.

“Now, bare knuckle is the next challenge. It’s the purest, most intense version of the sport, and I’m pumped to bring my power, heart, and experience to BKB.

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“I’m coming to win another world title and prove I’ve still got it. All glory to Jesus Christ.”

Ortiz retired from boxing in 2022, off the back of a super-welterweight triumph. If he can still make that weight, Filipino Rolando Dy is the titleholder that he will be eyeing up, following his BKB super-welterweight title win against Liam Rees back in December.

However, Dy is first scheduled to take on two-division boxing world champion Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday, May 16, in Manchester.

England’s Sam Curran, right, and captain Harry Brook (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India piled up a huge total of 253/7 against England in the T20 World Cup semi-final at Wankhede, thanks mainly to a brilliant knock from Sanju Samson. The wicketkeeper-batter smashed 89 off just 42 balls, hitting eight fours and seven sixes, after already scoring an unbeaten 97 in the previous match. He built strong partnerships with Ishan Kishan (39 off 18) and Shivam Dube (43 off 25), putting England’s bowlers under pressure early in the innings.

England captain Harry Brook had won the toss and chose to bowl first, but India started aggressively. Samson attacked from the first over, taking on Jofra Archer and other bowlers with powerful shots across the ground. He also got a lifeline early when Brook dropped a simple catch at mid-on. After that, Samson continued to dominate and reached his fifty in just 26 balls, adding 97 runs with Kishan for the second wicket.The momentum slowed slightly toward the end as England picked up a few wickets. Samson fell while trying to reach his maiden T20 World Cup century, caught by Phil Salt off Will Jacks. Suryakumar Yadav scored only 11, and Dube was run out after a mix-up with Hardik Pandya, who contributed a quick 27 off 12 balls. Tilak Varma also chipped in with a late cameo, hitting 27 off just seven balls.During England’s fielding struggles, former England captain Michael Vaughan joked on social media about their poor catching. “My fielding academy might have to open again,” Vaughan said on X.Despite the late wickets, India’s massive total left England with a very challenging target in the high-pressure semi-final clash.

A three-year-old hasn’t taken out the Canterbury Stakes in ten years, though co-trainer Tom Charlton feels Napoleonic is primed during his preparation to snap that sequence.

The previous success story from that age division against elder sprinters was Holler in 2016, trained by Charlton’s partner John O’Shea.

Those two both took the Red Anchor Stakes (1200m) at Flemington the previous spring, arriving at this Group 1 after a 1400m effort, an element Charlton deems crucial for Napoleonic Saturday.

“That should leave him in good stead this weekend,” Charlton said.

“He’s got good form, he comes into this third-up and, we feel, ready to run the best race of his preparation, which should put him right among the chances.”

For Napoleonic, March 7 was long anticipated, with his second in the Hobartville Stakes (1400m) locking in his feature.

Though the Randwick Guineas (1600m) lingered as a possibility for O’Shea and Charlton, the 1300m proved more suitable.

“We always had this race day as a plan, and we were just going to work out whether it was Randwick Guineas or Canterbury Stakes,” Charlton said.

“His last run was excellent, but we concluded the best option would be coming back to the 1300, rather than try to stretch him to a Randwick mile.”

The Canterbury Stakes (1300m) lacks recent three-year-old triumphs, but Napoleonic runs alongside age-peers Beiwacht and Nepotism.

He bolsters O’Shea and Charlton’s lineup, joined by 2024 Randwick Guineas hero Linebacker and The Ingham scorer Yorkshire on return.

Doncaster Mile is their mutual goal, Yorkshire rebounding from a small knock that bypassed last weekend’s Liverpool City Cup, as Linebacker’s plan has centred on this race.

Juvenile Scintillation bypasses Randwick after barrier woes in the Reisling Stakes (1200m).

Charlton indicated she’ll contest the Group 3 Ottawa Stakes (1000m) at Flemington concurrently.

“She’s going to run in Melbourne. Just the draw was a bit tricky in Sydney on Saturday.

“She did a good job on debut. She’s a nice, racy filly and hopefully we can get some black type.

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Naoya Inoue is regarded by many to be the pound-for-pound king, but now there is a fellow multi-divisional world champion who is eyeing up a fight with the Japanese phenomenon, even targeting a clash with his brother first.

Inoue has ruled supreme in four weight classes but it is his recent efforts at bantamweight and super-bantamweight, where he became a two-division undisputed world champion, that have forced the world to take notice.

After claiming all four belts at 118lbs, he stepped up to 122lbs in 2023 and needed just two bouts to dethrone both unified titleholders and become the second multi-weight undisputed champion of the four-belt era.

Now, ‘The Monster’ is set for his toughest task to date, as he takes on unbeaten countryman Junto Nakatani on Saturday, May 2, at the Tokyo Dome in a historic event for Japanese boxing.

Should he come through that test unscathed, unified super-flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez told The Ring that he is willing to face both of the Inoue brothers in the near future, ahead of a move up to bantamweight.

“The best fight to make for Bam at 118 right now is against the WBC champion, Takuma Inoue.

“That would be very exciting, to beat Takuma and then face the brother, Naoya, in a big fight.

“That’s a great fight and a great plan to look forward to and very well could be a possibility.

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“The biggest challenge for Bam in the future is Naoya Inoue. He’s not going to hold back too long before going up against someone like him.”

Takuma Inoue won the vacant WBC bantamweight title with a victory over Tenshin Nasukawa in November, and a clash against Rodriguez could indeed pave the way to a future battle between ‘Bam’ and Naoya Inoue. Boxing News understands that Takuma is set to fight on the Inoue-Nakatani undercard against Kazuto Ioka.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are set to meet again, over a decade on from their fabled first encounter, and two-division world champion and former Mayweather opponent Zab Judah, weighing in on the surprise rematch.

Judah was touted to be one of the major threats to Mayweather during the early 2000s, but a loss to Carlos Baldomir scuppered their unification plans as the New Yorker lost his world title. Instead, he assumed the role of challenger when he collided with ‘Pretty Boy’ in 2006.

Mayweather dominated proceedings to defend his IBF welterweight world title and he would then go on to defeat stars such as Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Juan Manuel Marquez in the years to come.

However, the biggest rival of Mayweather’s career was Manny Pacquiao, who he was linked to fighting for a number of years before their eventual 2015 meeting, which came too late in the eyes of many fans.

Still, Mayweather outpointed the Filipino icon relatively comfortably and hung up the gloves two fights later, but now the pair are poised to run it back at the respective ages of 49 and 47 years old.

In an interview with MillCity Boxing, Judah was asked if Pacquiao ‘has an edge’ going into the fight given the fact he had a professional bout against then world champion, Mario Barrios, last year.

“I mean yeah you’re gonna give Manny an edge, because he has movement, he has fluidness and he has those good combinations. He is a combination puncher with speed and power, so he is always going to do good – and he is elusive.

“The only thing with Manny Pacquiao – his biggest problem is his defence, sometimes he slacks on the defence and gets caught standing straight there and allows his opponent to connect. Other than that, the guy is phenomenal.”

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Mayweather-Pacquiao 2 takes place on Saturday, September 19 at The Sphere in Las Vegas, for what will be Mayweather’s third outing of the year.

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TimesofIndia.com in Mumbai: 40 overs, 499 runs, 34 sixes, a last-over finish and the entire Wankhede Stadium on its feet singing “Maa Tujhe Salaam” in unison. One could not have asked for a more entertaining game of T20 cricket as India held their nerves to beat England by just seven runs and set a date with New Zealand in the summit clash of the 2026 T20 World Cup.The hosts had long yearned for a perfect game in the tournament. While this win too was far from it, it was enough for India to reach their fourth straight white-ball final. The bowlers had the cushion of runs and even when they leaked plenty, their early intent to look for wickets, something they could not do against the West Indies in Kolkata, was evident.Varun Chakravarthy was creamed for three sixes by Jacob Bethell but he responded by taking Jos Buttler’s wicket. Axar Patel was dispatched for back-to-back sixes by Tom Banton but the wily customer had the last laugh, taking the right-hander’s wicket off the third delivery. Before the emphatic response by the two spinners, India broke England’s back during the powerplay of the huge chase by picking three wickets: Phil Salt, Harry Brook and Jos Buttler.

Hardik Pandya struck off the first delivery of his spell and Jasprit Bumrah did the same. The two demonstrated their experience. The former achieved good movement in his first over while Bumrah stunned Brook with a slower ball, and then Axar took a blinder to dismiss the England skipper. When it looked like India were firmly in command, Jacob Bethell and Will Jacks, England’s best cricketer in this tournament, combined to put India under pressure. But even as England got close, it was wickets that kept India in control. Another one came just when they badly needed it and it again took a spectacular effort from Axar and Shivam Dube.Arshdeep was reintroduced to break the momentum after the spinners lacked control and the left-armer bowled three wides on the trot. His last legal delivery was set to go for at least a boundary before Axar pulled off another stunning effort, with Shivam Dube completing the relay catch to get the Wankhede roaring again.

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The pitch was a paradise for batting and while every bowler struggled to contain the batters, Varun’s meek surrender raised significant concerns. Throughout his four-over spell, the mystery spinner lacked control and penetration, consistently erring with shorter lengths. The true bounce allowed batters to comfortably sit back on the back foot and muscle deliveries into the stands without course correction. He leaked 64 runs from four overs, his most expensive outing in the format and the second most expensive in the tournament’s history.

Jacob Bethell of England celebrates reaching his century during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka 2026 Semi-Final match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium on March 05, 2026 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Prakash Singh/Getty Images)

With Bethell keeping England hanging by a thread, the required run rate boiled down to 61 from the last four overs. With two southpaws in the middle, India made the bold call to bowl Arshdeep early. While he kept things quiet initially, he conceded a six and a boundary off the last two deliveries, resulting in 45 runs needed from the last three overs.Arshdeep was reintroduced to break some momentum after spinners lacked control and after the left-armer bowled three wides on the trot, his last legal delivery was set to go for at least a boundary before Axar pulled off another stunning catch, with a neat assist from Shivam Dube, to get the Wankhede roaring again. The pitch was a dream to bat on and while every bowler struggled to contain the batters, Varun’s meek surrender raises significant concerns.Throughout his four-over spell, the mystery spinner lacked control and penetration, consistently erring with shorter lengths. The true bounce allowed batters to comfortably sit back on the back-foot and muscle deliveries into the stands, without course correction. He leaked 64 runs from four overs – his most expensive outing in the format and the second most in the tournament’s history. With Bethell keeping England hanging by a thread, the required run rate boiled down to 61 from last four overs. With two left-handers in the middle, India made the bold call to bowl Arshdeep early. While he kept things quiet initially, he conceded a six and a boundary off the last two deliveries, resulting in 45 runs from the last three overs.

Magical Bumrah

Then came the over that could well have decided which way the match was headed as Surya threw his last roll of the dice and handed Bumrah the ball to bowl the 18th over. And he delivered.

Jasprit Bumrah of India celebrates the run out of Jacob Bethell of England during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka 2026 Semi-Final match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium on March 05, 2026 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Prakash Singh/Getty Images)

Six deliveries around the toes resulted in only six runs, making the equation 39 off the last two overs. Hardik was on top of his mark to bowl the crucial over. Even after conceding a six off the first ball, he took the wicket of Sam Curran and ended the over with a dot, leaving Shivam Dube 30 runs to defend off the last six balls.Wankhede was on its feet. A mini conference was underway between Dube, Hardik and Surya and the tension was palpable. Centurion Bethell was on strike and his first hit went straight to Pandya, patrolling the long-off. England needed Bethell at the strike and the youngster tried to steal a second but Pandya’s rocket arm caught the 22-year-old short, ending England’s hope. Archer kept the scoreboard interesting with three sixes but it was too late as England fell short by seven runs.

Another Samson masterclass

The 14th over of the Indian innings was the only one in which England did not concede a boundary. On an evening when many boundaries and sixes were hit, Will Jacks’ third over was an anomaly. Boundaries and sixes flew thick and fast in the overs bowled around the off-spinner as India, riding on another Sanju Samson masterclass, demolished England by posting a mammoth total, batting them out of the game before they even came out to bat.

Sanju Samson of India bats watched by England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka 2026 Semi-Final match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium on March 05, 2026 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Prakash Singh/Getty Images)

The bounce was true and with nothing happening off the surface or in the air, India feasted with a clinical batting display. It was Samson again who put on a real show of attractive strokeplay to score back-to-back half-centuries. If the unbeaten 97 in the stiff chase against West Indies at the Eden Gardens was a picture of calm, the 89 at Wankhede had domination written all over it. He never looked to slow down, even when Abhishek Sharma threw his wicket away to Jacks’ off-spin, and the manner in which he took down the predictable Jofra Archer was pure class.Samson did get a reprieve on 15 when Harry Brook dropped a dolly at mid-on off Jofra Archer’s bowling, but he made the most of it and from there onwards played a chanceless knock.England played the matchups card well but the bowlers’ execution was far from satisfactory. All of them had an economy rate in double digits, with Archer leaking 61 runs in his four overs.The 30-year-old kept digging in short to Samson, who came well prepared and stood deep in his crease to counter the extra bounce. The only occasion when the right-armer went a bit full brought an opportunity, but Harry Brook missed the sitter, handing the in-form Samson an early life. Samson then added 74 runs from the next 35 deliveries he faced.India were cruising and Wankhede was roaring. The chants of “Sanju Samson” grew louder with every big hit and Ishan Kishan ensured the momentum did not dip from the other end as he smashed an 18-ball 39. When the dangerous southpaw was dismissed in the tenth over, India controlled the situation at 117/2. Since spin was expected to play a part, they demoted Surya and sent Shivam Dube to pile on more misery on the opposition.

Dube did not disappoint. Even after Samson was dismissed 11 short of a well-deserved hundred, he aced his role to perfection by using his long levers to full effect and kept 250 within reach. For Surya, it was another ordinary outing in a knockout or must-win fixture of a multilateral tournament but Hardik Pandya covered up for the Indian skipper’s early departure as both he, and, later, Tilak Varma played strong cameos to push the side over the 250-run mark.India’s innings mirrored their training session two days before the match as the batters operated with significant intent. The Men in Blue hit 19 sixes and the sixathon made them the only side in men’s T20 history to have six totals in excess of 250 in the format. India have already hit 88 sixes in the tournament, the most in a single edition, and they are set to flirt with the century mark when they take the field in the title clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.Brief score:India: 253 for seven in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 89, Shivam Dube 43, Ishan Kishan 39; Will Jacks 2/40, Adil Rashid 2/41).England: 246 for 7 in 20 overs (Jacob Bethell 105; Jasprit Bumrah 1/33, Hardik Pandya 2/38).