Kalle Sauerland was far from impressed with what he saw following Michael Conlan‘s defeat to Kevin Walsh.

Conlan suffered a split decision loss to Walsh at the SSE Arena in Belfast, despite many onlookers – notably the broadcast team of Tony Bellew, Carl Frampton and Barry Jones – believing that the Irishman had done enough to win the bout.

It was an uneventful contest which saw neither boxer get into a rhythm, but despite one judge scoring it 97-93 in Conlan’s favour, the other two judges scored it 96-94 to Walsh to hand the American a controversial upset win.

The fight headlined the first MFPro event, and promoter Sauerland spoke on the DAZN broadcast following the verdict, saying that he was ’embarrassed’ for the sport after Conlan didn’t get his hand raised.

“It’s times like this when you promote an event and you don’t know what to say. I’m embarrassed for the sport of boxing. I got in the ring and Mick said ‘how many rounds you reckon?’ I didn’t even count after round six, seven.

“Mick maybe gave up the first two, you could maybe give Walsh two more rounds in the entire fight, that’s me being kind. What on earth. It was a cagey fight yes, but it’s just incredible.

“It baffles me what on earth they’re watching. The swing of it between the one judge and the others. I’m lost for words. It’s embarrassing.”

Sauerland also confirmed that there is a rematch clause, but he sees no reason to activate it.

“You look at Conlan – he’s gone through a camp, he’s preparing for a world title shot, and you get two blind people scoring the fight. That’s all you can say. You cannot make it up.

“I don’t blame him for being [upset]. We’ve got a rematch option but quite [frankly] I don’t want to see the fight again. It was a very clear decision – what’s the rematch for?”

It’s currently unknown what is next for Conlan after the loss, with a decision on his future expected soon.

The Guinea Football Federation has called on the Confederation of African Football to reopen the final outcome of the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations, pointing to Morocco’s brief walkout during their decisive clash and a recent ruling involving Senegal.

Guinea’s demand comes after CAF controversially reversed the result of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, stripping Senegal national football team of the title despite their victory on the pitch. In that decision, CAF sanctioned Senegal for a walkout and awarded the trophy to hosts Morocco national football team 58 days after the tournament.

Reacting to the development, Guinea argued that the same disciplinary standards should be applied to past competitions. The federation specifically cited the decisive 1976 encounter between Guinea national football team and Morocco, played under a four-team round-robin format.

In that match, Guinea took the lead in the 33rd minute through Chérif Souleymane, putting them on course for the title, as Morocco only needed a draw. However, Moroccan players briefly left the pitch in protest over a refereeing decision before returning to continue the game.

Late in the match, Ahmed Makrouh scored an equaliser in the 86th minute to secure a 1-1 draw, a result that handed Morocco the title with five points, while Guinea finished second.

Guinea now insists that the incident should be reassessed using the same principles applied in the 2025 ruling. In a strong statement, the federation declared: “Give us back our 1976 AFCON trophy,” adding that sanctions should apply in any case where a team leaves the pitch during play, regardless of when it occurred.

The recent CAF decision to award Morocco a 3-0 win following Senegal’s walkout has reignited debate around historical fairness in African football. However, sports legal experts have pointed out that key regulations, including Article 84, were not in place in 1976 and are rarely enforced retrospectively.

CAF is yet to issue an official response to Guinea’s request, but observers believe the appeal could test the governing body’s readiness to revisit long-standing decisions in African football history.

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson has sued the LPGA and USGA for its policies that prohibit biological males who underwent male puberty from competing in women’s competition.

The LPGA said in a statement it was aware of the lawsuit and would “let that process play out on the proper forum.”

“The LPGA’s gender policy was developed through a thoughtful, expert-informed process and is grounded in protecting the competitive integrity of elite women’s golf,” the statement said.

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The USGA and LPGA changed gender policies for events in 2025 and beyond, declaring that players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to be eligible to compete.

The 33-year-old Davidson didn’t transition until after puberty. Davidson competed in a U.S. Open qualifier and LPGA Qualifying School under a different policy in 2024, falling short in both efforts.

Davidson claimed in the lawsuit that the new policy effectively bans transgender women from competing in USGA women’s events or the LPGA because many states prevent children from taking hormones or blocking puberty.

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When the USGA denied Davidson entry into the qualifier, Davidson claimed the Hackensack Golf Club violated the law by saying the USGA controlled all decisions regarding eligibility. Davidson began hormone treatments in Davidson’s early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGA’s previous gender policy. 

Davidson also filed a lawsuit against the women’s golf tour NXXT in December after it changed its policies to prevent biological males from competing against females. 

NXXT and its attorneys from America First Legal filed its motion to dismiss in February, and believe the suit will be thrown out. 

“We are asking the courts to dismiss the claims, and we’re addressing the matter,” NXXT Golf CEO Stuart McKinnon told Fox News Digital.

“This was about simply protecting women’s sports. So the goal was really clarity and competitive integrity, and, as a professional tour, we believe it was our responsibility to define those categories.”

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NXXT was one of the first women’s tours that stepped up to make a policy change. The LPGA then changed its own policy to bring about more restrictions to protect the women’s category in December 2024.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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It’s about that time. The 2026 NCAA Tournament is through its first two days, and the bracket is sure to deliver some bangers across the first and second rounds of competition over the next four days. The field of 68 teams has already shrunken to 64 as the roller coaster continues with 16 more teams set to be eliminated by the time Thursday’s action concludes.

As the home of March Madness, CBS Sports will track every game and score, keeping you apprised of notable developments in our continuously updating live NCAA Tournament bracket with matchup analysis for every game. Sometimes, though, you want to visualize the entire bracket in a schedule format, which is precisely why we are here — so you can follow not just your team but those it may compete against on its journey to the Final Four.

Follow live scores and updates from the first round of 2026 March Madness.

Don’t forget to follow along with your printable bracket as first-round games begin Thursday. A stellar 8-9 matchup of the tournament kicks off the madness as (8) Ohio State meets (9) TCU in the opening first-round showdown. There’s a bevy of top-tier teams and showdowns set across the 12 hours that games are played Thursday, and prognosticators believe a few notable upsets are in store.

Below you will find a March Madness schedule that features viewing information for each game on the slate broken down by region. It will be updated with scores, analysis and much more — all the way through the national championship.

2026 NCAA Tournament bracket, scores

All times Eastern

East

FIRST ROUND

Thursday — Greenville

Thursday — Buffalo

Friday — San Diego

Friday — Philadelphia

SECOND ROUND 

Saturday — Greenville 

• (1) Duke vs. (9) TCU | 5:15 p.m. | CBS

Saturday — Buffalo 

• (3) Michigan State vs. (6) Louisville | 2:45 p.m. | CBS

Sunday — San Diego 

• (5) St. John’s vs. (4) Kansas/(13) Cal Baptist

Sunday — Philadelphia 

• (7) UCLA vs. (2) UConn/(15) Furman

West

FIRST FOUR

Tuesday — Dayton

FIRST ROUND

Thursday — Portland

Friday — San Diego

Friday — St. Louis

SECOND ROUND 

Saturday — Portland 

• (3) Gonzaga  (11) Texas | 7:10 p.m. | TBS
• (4) Arkansas vs. (12) High Point | 9:45 p.m. | TBS

Sunday — San Diego 

• (1) Arizona vs. (9) Utah State

Sunday — St. Louis

• (2) Purdue vs. (7) Miami (FL)/(10) Missouri

Midwest

FIRST FOUR

Tuesday — Dayton

Wednesday — Dayton

FIRST ROUND

Thursday — Buffalo

Friday — St. Louis

Friday — Tampa

Friday — Philadelphia

SECOND ROUND

Saturday — Buffalo 

• (1) Michigan vs. (9) Saint Louis | 12:10 p.m. | CBS

Sunday — St. Louis 

• (2) Iowa State vs. (7) Kentucky

Sunday — Tampa 

• (4) Alabama vs. (5) Texas Tech 

Sunday — Philadelphia 

• (3) Virginia vs. (6) Tennessee

South

FIRST FOUR

Wednesday — Dayton

FIRST ROUND

Thursday — Oklahoma City

Thursday — Greenville

Thursday — Oklahoma City

Friday — Tampa

SECOND ROUND 

Saturday — Greenville 

• (3) Illinois vs. (11) VCU | 7:50 p.m. | CBS

Saturday — Oklahoma City 

• (2) Houston vs. (10) Texas A&M | 6:10 p.m. | TNT
• (4) Nebraska vs. (5) Vanderbilt | 8:45 p.m. | TNT

Sunday — Tampa 

• (1) Florida/(16) Prairie View vs.  (8) Iowa 

2026 NCAA Tournament schedule

Sweet 16

Thursday, March 26 — 7:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS)
Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)

Friday, March 27 — 7:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS)
United Center (Chicago), Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.)

Elite Eight

Saturday, March 28 — 6:09 p.m. start (TBS)
Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)

Sunday, March 29 — 2:15 p.m. start (CBS)
United Center (Chicago), Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.)

Final Four

Saturday, April 4 — 6:09 p.m. start (TBS)
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)

National Championship

Monday, April 6 — 8:50 p.m. (TBS)
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)

“You… are… toxic!”, Kit Wilson spat at Jelly Roll last Friday, as around 1m viewers watched WWE SmackDown live. You may know Jelly Roll – a US music star with 21m monthly Spotify listeners at the time of writing, and the latest in a long line of celebrities to cross the divide into professional wrestling. Pertinently, though, he is also the latest perceived offender in Wilson’s crusade on toxic masculinity.

Wilson is a layered personality. One moment, he’s all gyrating hips, flexed biceps, and sparkly, sleeveless jacket, while his Charli XCX-inspired theme music plays; the next, he’s accusing his WWE colleagues of embodying a problematic hyper-masculinity.

The 31-year-old from Buckinghamshire (real name Samuel Stoker) has emerged as a captivating character in recent months, with fans frequently crediting him as one of the most entertaining parts of SmackDown. And Wilson is keen to stress that he is playing a character, to which he brings a quintessentially British satire, yet woven within these satirical strands are important issues.

While Wilson has been received by his fellow wrestlers as a kind of villain, his character would no doubt suggest he is a role model – the hero of the piece, perhaps, if such self-aggrandising was not an example of “TOXIC!!!” masculinity.

As we chat, though, he gets into the intricacies of his stance. “This is a TV show, it’s an exaggeration of who I am,” he tells The Independent over Zoom, seated by a window but leaning right up against the metaphorical fourth wall. “So, I do want to be a role model, but I’m not gonna be a martyr in saying: ‘You should follow everything I do.’

“However, I do want men to rise up together,” he continues, before adding three more “however”s: “Sometimes I’m gonna have beef with Jelly Roll, and I’m gonna talk some trash.”

As he speaks, he’s sporting a pearl necklace, a short-sleeved blue shirt over a white vest, and his hair is slicked back into a ponytail. “Even with pearl necklaces,” he says, “you see a lot of hyper-masculine wrestlers wearing gold chains, and I think that can be attributed to bravado. A pearl necklace leans slightly more feminine, but I’m gonna do it in my own, powerful, masculine way.

“I hope it can send a message. If there’s a boy or girl in the audience who wants to wear a pearl necklace and express themself… If I have a small part in someone feeling okay with expressing themselves, that’s what I’m here for.”

Our conversation feels especially timely given this month’s release of Inside The Manosphere, a Louis Theroux documentary on Netflix, which also streams various WWE shows.

The documentary has sparked ubiquitous debate, opening the eyes of some viewers and confirming what others already knew: there are countless disillusioned, angry young men worldwide. Some of these males are being manipulated by opportunistic members of their own sex, who push the narrative that women are to blame for their struggles.

“I really enjoyed the documentary,” Wilson starts, “and it kind of rings true to something I’m diving into, when it comes to my character in the WWE. I talk a lot about toxic masculinity, and I have a lot of problems with my fellow roster members because they are…” – he suddenly emphasises the final word – “toxic!”

“Now, I don’t have a problem with masculinity and men in general,” he clarifies. “I think we should all rise up, but I do think there’s a certain problem that Louis highlighted massively. It could be due to a lack of education on the subject matter, naivety, maybe past trauma, but these men often enhance masculine personality traits.

“I don’t know if it was in this documentary or an article I read, but Louis said their projected strengths are just compensations for their weaknesses. I think he expertly showed that in the documentary. He interviews these guys, they have an answer for his initial question – it’s a very bravado-driven answer – but in classic Louis style, he leaves a pause and it creates an awkward bit of tension… and they often answer to relieve that tension. In that second answer, you get a much more honest, vulnerable answer.

“I view myself and the character I portray as very open to all aspects of personality – masculinity, femininity, vulnerability – and I think that openness makes us stronger as men. I think that’s true masculinity. The classic thing of ‘boys don’t cry’… You should cry; we should let these emotions out. These are healthy things. It’s like anger: I support anger, that’s a natural emotion; it’s aggression that I have a problem with.

“These men are a negative influence, but I don’t think they realise it.” Perhaps they could take a few tips from Wilson when it comes to figuring out who they are.

He has built his in-ring character with a meticulous approach, and in honing a catchphrase (“TOXIC!”), pose and look, he has ticked key boxes that make for a memorable wrestler. He also had granular input into his theme music, which charted on iTunes earlier this year, sending WWE’s production team not only songs but specific production elements as references.

“I’m trying to make every single aspect as big as possible, but I’m only one half of the decision-making process,” Wilson explains. “The company’s got so much input as well, but I think you see how much of an effect it has when it all comes together.

“I’m still trying to create a massive entity,” he concludes. Either way, this entity is a layered one.

Netflix UK & Ireland subscribers can watch Raw, SmackDown, NXT and all WWE Premium Live events as part of their subscription, including WrestleMania live from Las Vegas on 18 and 19 April. Tickets for the WWE European Summer Tour are available now from wwe.com/events.

Abi Burton’s try three minutes from time clinched Trailfinders’ 21-17 Premiership Women’s Rugby victory over Harlequins at the Stoop.

The visitors had gone in front through Tanya Kalounivale, but Harlequins hit back through Connie Powell before half-time.

Nicole Wythe then nudged them in front following the restart, but Brooke Bradley scored quickly for Trailfinders who soon found themselves with a player advantage as Wythe was given a yellow card for a series of penalties.

The home side managed to regain the lead thanks to Beth Wilcock, but could not keep Burton out late on from close range and another Niamh Gallagher conversion followed with her perfect record on the night proving crucial.

Harlequins, who claimed a losing bonus point, have not won at home since late January and sit fifth in the PWR table, one place and one point below Friday’s victors.

The real video that caused Tama Tonga to be fined by WWE has now been revealed. The video came out soon after the report broke earlier in the day.

Tama Tonga’s video that caused him to be fined has been revealed

Tama Tonga has been vlogging regularly on his TikTok and X account in recent weeks. The MFT star has been posting his day and what he has been doing behind the scenes as he prepares for another day in WWE. Given the existence of WWE Unreal, such behind the scenes footage along should not be grounds for any star to be punished or fined, but earlier today, news broke that thanks to his posting a video of a rehearsal, he had broken a long-standing rule.

The video has now emerged of the moment as well. Fans found the video that had shown the rehearsal, and it showed in-ring rehearsals before a WWE show as a lot of stars were present.

In the video, Solo Sikoa and other stars could be seen seated outside the ring, while rehearsals went down inside as well. The video showed the practice sessions of the stars before the show.

Unfortunately, given that this is against the rules, Tonga is losing out on a “significant” amount of money, as he will pay a fine.