Tyson Fury’s brother, Shane, has revealed the contingency plan for if Anthony Joshua withdraws from their showdown and leaves ‘The Gypsy King’ without an opponent.

As things stand, the two British heavyweights are expected to finally collide on December 11, with Cardiff’s Principality Stadium being discussed as the likely destination.

Initially, fans were told their long-awaited clash would be heading to New York’s Madison Square Garden but, now, it appears the pair are set to square off on British soil.

Regardless of the location, though, Fury is likely to be considered a sizable favourite following his seventh-round stoppage of Mariusz Wach in July.

Prior to that, he had unanimously outpointed Arslanbek Makhmudov and, while neither performance particularly set the world alight, it could at least be said that Fury encountered minimal danger on both occasions.

Joshua, on the other hand, was made to survive two knockdowns before scoring a second-round finish over Kristian Prenga on the same weekend as Fury-Wach.

Even aside from that rather shaky performance, Fury has maintained his belief that ‘AJ’, despite the considerable sum of money up for grabs, wants no involvement in their all-British encounter.

As such, brother Shane has told Boxing King Media that the 38-year-old is guaranteed a replacement opponent if the Joshua fight falls through and it will be on the same night and in the same venue as the planned AJ bout.

“Tyson’s put on his [new] contract that if, for any reason, this fight don’t happen … he will be fighting on the same date, [in the] same arena.

“Tyson don’t think Joshua will fight.”

Regardless of whether he thinks Joshua will fight, both two-time world champions have ultimately signed contracts in order to do so, and an announcement is expected imminently.

Man Utd announced their end-of-year financial results on Wednesday, which confirmed the cost of Ruben Amorim’s sacking.

Manchester United have confirmed their exceptional items for the financial year were a cost of £8.2million, primarily comprising costs for sacking Ruben Amorim and the departures of his staff.

In January, Amorim was sacked by United after just 14 months in charge. The Reds faced a hefty compensation bill of £16.7m to cover Amorim’s departure, along with his staff, but the Portuguese’s contract stipulated that the figure would be reduced if he landed a new job.

Amorim was appointed by Milan in the summer, saving United from paying out more compensation, and the full cost of his sacking has now been revealed in the club’s end-of-year financial results, published on Wednesday.

United have confirmed their exceptional items for the year were £8.2m, which is largely down to the sacking of Amorim, and pay-offs for coaches Carlos Fernandes, Adelio Candido, Emanuel Ferro and Jorge Vital.

A small portion of the exceptional item cost is attributable to final costs related to the club’s restructuring programs, and to additional contributions the club expects to pay to pension schemes.

When United announced their financial results for the prior year, their exceptional items were a cost of £36.6m, primarily due to the sacking of Erik ten Hag and various members of his coaching staff.

Amorim was sacked amid rising tensions with the United board. He called out the club’s decision-makers when he spoke to the media after facing Leeds at Elland Road, suggesting others should focus on their jobs.

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In the Premier League, Amorim had the worst win ratio (32 per cent), the worst goals conceded per game ratio (1.53) and the lowest clean sheet ratio (15 per cent) of any United manager in history.

Omar Berrada still praised Amorim shortly after he was sacked, saying: “Ruben Amorim deserves a lot of credit. In a very difficult season he helped raise standards in the dressing room. I am sure he will go on to be a successful coach.”

Amorim reflected on his United tenure over the summer, saying: “The first thing is that it doesn’t matter anymore. That is the feeling. There’s a history, then something happens, the context changes, and you focus on the next challenge.

“I learned a lot. It would be hard to point to one thing, but the important thing that I clearly know is that I made a lot of mistakes. When you do this kind of reflection, and you understand that it was not just their fault, but also my fault, I think you can be a better coach and a better man.”

Group 1 races are becoming a regular fixture for champion trainer Chris Waller.

In the six Group 1 races held so far this 2026-27 season, Waller has emerged victorious in four.

Waller has five runners entered for the Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday, and his sole participant in the Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Sunday will be Beiwacht.

Beiwacht, a Group 1 winner for Waller already this season having claimed the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last month, was at Caulfield on Tuesday morning for a gallop in preparation for Sunday’s contest.

Former jockey Steven Arnold, now a trusted work rider for the Waller stable, partnered Beiwacht in his hit-out.

Arnold delivered a glowing report, suggesting that despite Beiwacht being a 1400m specialist, the drop back in distance to 1200m will present no difficulties.

“I was really happy with his work this morning,” Arnold said.

“We were not here to test his ability, just a training exercise to get him out of the box and stimulate him a bit.”

“He did it all perfectly. He’s been here before, he gets on his right leads around here and he felt amazing up the straight.”

“His fitness is perfect coming back to the six furlongs (1200m).”

“I was very happy with his work and he’s ready to go.”

Beiwacht has had only one start this campaign, which was a win in the Memsie Stakes, and the Waller team has had four weeks to freshen him for Sunday’s 1200m race.

“He hasn’t done a lot between runs and he’s a natural athlete,” Arnold commented.

“I think the six furlongs holds no fears for him, and he likes to dominate those seven-furlong (1400m) races.”

“It’s probably speed dependent and how much pressure there is in the race, but if he can get up on top of the speed and get into a good rhythm, which he does, then he’ll be highly competitive.”

Arnold mentioned that Waller excels at preparing his horses for top-level competition on the designated day.

“He’s very good at aiming them at races and getting them right on the day as we saw with Angel Capital on the weekend,” Arnold stated.

“He’s the boss.”

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Need to know

Manchester United have released their latest accounting figures

Everything you need to know about Man United’s accounts:

1. Record club revenues: Manchester United have officially posted record-breaking revenues for the 2025/26 season, reaching a staggering total of £677.6million. This impressive figure represents a 1.7 per cent increase from the previous year, which is notable given the lack of a training kit sponsor and European football during the campaign.
2. Non-current borrowing figures: The long-term debt levels hanging over the club have continued to rise significantly, partly due to changing interest rates and the active refinancing of some bonds in June. The latest results confirm that the club’s “non-current borrowings” now stand at £577.6m, which represents an increase from the £471.9m reported a year ago.
3. Operating profit: While the overall net loss widened over the past year, the club’s broader financial accounts did confirm an operating profit of £22.6m. This marks a significant turnaround from the operating loss seen previously, driven by structural efficiencies and rigorous cost-cutting measures implemented across the business.
4. Overall financial loss: Despite generating record revenue over the past year, the club still posted a net loss of £43m. This represents an expanded deficit when compared to the £33m loss recorded the previous year, highlighting the financial challenges still facing the club.
5. Revolving credit facility: In addition to the aforementioned figures, the club continue to have a revolving credit facility, which operates similarly to a credit card. By the end of June this year, the balance stood at £110m.
6. Other notable figures: Broadcasting income rose by £33.9m through United’s third-place finish in the Premier League, but commercial revenue fell by £16million due to the end of the Texos training kit sponsorship. Matchday income also decreased by £6.8million as a result of hosting 10 fewer games at Old Trafford last season.

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India’s Asian Games 2026 schedule for September 24 Time (IST) Sport Event/stage Indian participation/opponent News/status 5:10 am Rowing Men’s single sculls, Final A Balraj Panwar Medal event 5:30 am Rowing Men’s double sculls, Final A Satnam Singh/Salman Khan Medal event 6:10 am Wushu Women’s 60kg final Rohibina Devi vs Zhang (China) Medal event 6:15 am Shooting Men’s 10m air pistol qualification and team final Aakash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet, Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve Team medal event; individual qualification 6:30 am Athletics Women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles, Heat 1 Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil First heptathlon discipline 6:30 am Canoe sprint Women’s C1 200m, semifinal 1 Megha Pradeep Final subject to qualification 6:30 am Rowing Men’s pair, Final B Jaswinder Singh/Nitin Kumar Classification race; not a medal final 6:30 am Shooting Skeet mixed-team qualification Parinaaz Dhaliwal/Anant Jeet Singh Naruka Final subject to qualification 6:30 am Table tennis Women’s doubles, Round 2 Yashaswini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale vs Setayesh Iloukhani/Mahshid Ashtari (Iran) Round of 32 6:38 am Athletics Women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles, Heat 2 Pooja First heptathlon discipline 6:46 am Swimming Men’s 50m butterfly, Heat 5 Benedicton Beniston Final subject to qualification 6:50 am Canoe sprint Women’s K2 500m, semifinal 1 Phairembam Soniya Devi/Parvathy Geetha Final subject to qualification 7:01 am Athletics Mixed 4x400m relay, Round 1 Heat 2 India Final subject to qualification 7:10 am Athletics Women’s heptathlon high jump Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil, Pooja Second heptathlon discipline 7:10 am Rowing Women’s four, Final A Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam, Poonam Medal event 7:10 am Table tennis Women’s doubles, Round 2 Sreeja Akula/Syndrela Das vs Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh/Burenjargal Sanjaa (Mongolia) Round of 32 7:21 am Swimming Men’s 800m freestyle, Final B Aryan Nehra Classification final; not the medal race 7:32 am Swimming Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, Heat 1 India Final subject to qualification 8:00 am Canoe sprint Women’s C1 200m, Final A Megha Pradeep Subject to qualification; medal event 8:00 am Squash Mixed doubles, Round of 16 Suraj Chand/Shameena Riaz vs Joshana Chinappa/Velavan Senthilkumar All-Indian contest 8:10 am Canoe sprint Men’s K4 500m, Final A Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, Arun Singh Medal event 8:20 am Canoe sprint Women’s K2 500m, Final A Phairembam Soniya Devi/Parvathy Geetha Subject to qualification; medal event 8:30 am Canoe sprint Men’s C2 500m, Final A Raju Rawat/Gyaneshwor Singh Philem Medal event 8:35 am Table tennis Men’s singles, Round 1 Manush Shah vs Qi Shen Wong (Malaysia) Opening-round match 9:45 am Kabaddi Men’s Group A India vs Chinese Taipei Group-stage match 10:30 am Squash Women’s singles, Round of 16 Tanvi Khanna vs Wai Yhann Au Yeong (Singapore) Knockout match 10:30 am Squash Women’s singles, Round of 16 Anahat Singh vs Wai Iynn Au Yeong (Singapore) Knockout match 11:10 am Canoe sprint Men’s K1 500m, Heat 2 Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat Qualification heat 11:15 am Shooting Skeet mixed-team final Parinaaz Dhaliwal/Anant Jeet Singh Naruka Subject to qualification; medal event 11:15 am Squash Men’s singles, Round of 16 Abhay Singh vs Ravindu Laksiri (Sri Lanka) Knockout match 11:15 am Squash Men’s singles, Round of 16 Veer Chotrani vs Sanjay Jeeva (Malaysia) Knockout match 11:20 am Rowing Lightweight men’s single sculls, Final B Ajay Tyagi Classification race; not a medal final 11:30 am Esports Puyo Puyo Champions, Group B Paritosh vs Munkhzorig Ganbold (Mongolia) Group-stage match 11:30 am Hockey Men’s Pool A India vs South Korea Pool match 11:40 am Canoe sprint Mixed K2 500m, Heat 2 Parvathy Geetha/Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash Qualification heat Noon Rowing Lightweight men’s double sculls, Final A Rohit/Ujjwal Kumar Singh Medal event 12:10 pm Esports Puyo Puyo Champions, Group B Paritosh vs Mun June Justin Koh (Singapore) Group-stage match 12:15 pm Shooting Men’s 10m air pistol individual final Indian qualifiers Subject to qualification; medal event 1:00 pm Rowing Men’s quadruple sculls, Final A Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan Medal event 1:10 pm Esports Puyo Puyo Champions, Group B Paritosh vs Tzu-ang Kuo (Chinese Taipei) Group-stage match From 1:30 pm Boxing Women’s 65kg preliminary round, Bout 58 Parveen vs Malika Nozimova (Tajikistan) Follows five earlier bouts; exact start may vary 1:35 pm Swimming Men’s 50m butterfly final Benedicton Beniston Subject to qualification; medal event 2:10 pm Esports Puyo Puyo Champions, Group B Paritosh vs Tanarak Wongkitikun (Thailand) Group-stage match 2:48 pm Swimming Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final India Subject to qualification; medal event 3:35 pm Athletics Women’s heptathlon shot put Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil, Pooja Third heptathlon discipline 4:14 pm Athletics Women’s triple jump final Niharika Vashisht, Asha Ilango Medal event 4:15 pm Kabaddi Women’s Group A Japan vs India Group-stage match 4:38 pm Athletics Men’s 100m, Round 1 Heat 1 Animesh Kujur Qualification heat 5:02 pm Athletics Men’s 100m, Round 1 Heat 4 Gurindervir Singh Qualification heat From 5:30 pm Athletics Women’s heptathlon 200m, heats Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil, Pooja Heats at 5:30 pm and 5:40 pm; individual assignments pending 5:55 pm Athletics Women’s 10,000m final Seema Medal event 6:45 pm Athletics Mixed 4x400m relay final India Subject to qualification; medal event

Man Utd acquired a new plot of land to build a new stadium earlier this year, and the cost has now been revealed.

Manchester United paid £63.5million to acquire land to unlock their 100,000-seater stadium project.

In June, United announced they had reached a deal with Indurent, a leading provider of industrial space and a Blackstone portfolio company, to acquire a 25-acre plot of land to push on with their stadium project.

United did not confirm the cost of the purchase when the update was announced, but the club’s end-of-year financial figures have revealed that £63.5m was paid.

United have financed the £63.5m purchase by refinancing a loan earlier this year. Club sources have claimed it will not impact spending in the transfer market, as the loan was refinanced specifically for land purchase.

“We have now completed the major milestone of securing the land which will form part of the proposed location of the new stadium,” Omar Berrada said as the financial results were published.

The land acquired is a large triangle, located between Wharfside Way, Europa Way and John Gilbert Way. There is still some land for United to purchase around the plot – but club sources have said no problems are expected.

United had been in talks with Freightliner to acquire land behind the Stretford End, but talks had stalled over cost, leading the club to look at alternative options for space around the current stadium.

Freightliner and United were locked in talks for over a year, with reports suggesting they valued the land at £350m.

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Club insiders were delighted when the deal to acquire the alternative plot of land from Indurent was announced, believing they had struck a fair deal.

United estimated that a new stadium alone would cost £2billion, but an updated estimate in 2026 could double costs, despite the club being saddled with a record level of debt.

The project will be financed privately, and “positive conversations” with potential investors and stakeholders are ongoing. United will sell the naming rights of the new stadium to raise capital.

Earlier this year, The Sponsor compiled a European stadium naming fair market value report, which outlined that United could bank around £15m per season, equating to £150m over 10 years.

Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli admits to feeling a “positive nervousness” before his first game in charge of the country, a Nations League tie against Slovenia in Ljubljana on Saturday.

The Belgian was appointed in August, replacing Steve Clarke, whose seven-year tenure ended after Scotland’s exit at the group stages of the World Cup.

Pocognoli starts with four Nations League matches across 11 days, with the trip to Slovenia followed by Switzerland at Hampden, a fixture in North Macedonia, then a return meeting with the Slovenes in Glasgow.

“If we talk about nerves, yes, but it’s a positive nervousness,” he told BBC Sport Scotland. “We have a job with responsibility. It’s excitement and I’m just passionate about being on the touchline.”

Scotland are currently at a warm weather camp in La Manga, Spain with a much-changed squad.

Pocognoli has picked a 19-year-old in James Wilson, four 20-year-olds – Findlay Curtis, Ben Gannon-Doak, Lennon Miller and Colby Donovan – and another three aged 22 – Kristi Montgomery, Luke Graham and Robbie Ure.

With Blackburn’s Montgomery replacing the injured Kenny McLean, there are now eight uncapped players in the squad.

“It’s a lot of new faces, so it’s a challenge to find the right balance, to keep the cohesion in the team,” Pocognoli said.

Germany is hoping to win the right to host the Olympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044. On Saturday, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) is to meet to vote on which of three bids (Munich, Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr, Berlin) to throw its support behind.

Munich: Political and public support

The motto of Munich‘s Olympic bid is “For Games with heart and soul.” The concept focuses on sustainability, with the 1972 Olympic Park serving as the centerpiece. According to documents published by the bid committee, around 90% of the competition venues are located less than 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from the Olympic Village. Most of the venues that would be used already exist, with only a few temporary facilities to be constructed.

In addition to existing infrastructure, other advantages include Munich’s experience in hosting major sporting events and its Olympic legacy from 1972. The organizers aim to offer an alternative model to the pricey Olympic projects of the past.

Political support for the Munich bid is strong: “In Munich, we have the perfect conditions to host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games,” Munich Mayor Dominik Krause is quoted as saying on the city website, “muenchen.de.”

“Hosting the Olympic Games in Munich would be an investment in the future — not only because of the immense social value but also due to the resulting acceleration of key urban development and infrastructure projects. Munich is ready for the Olympics!”

Munich residents also appear to support the bid. In a city referendum held last October, just over 305,000 residents cast their votes, with 66.4% voting in favor of an Olympic bid.

Berlin: Political opposition and a the weight of history

The situation is different in Germany’s capital. The Left Party (Die Linke) won the most votes in Sunday’s election in Berlin, meaning Elif Eralp, its chairperson, could become the city-state’s new governing mayor. She is on the record as opposing the idea of bringing the Games to the capital, describing the bid as a “waste of taxpayer money.” The Green Party, a potential coalition partner for Eralp, also opposes an Olympic bid.

The prospect of hosting the Games in 2036 has sparked further debate. Critics point to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were exploited by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime as a propaganda tool. Proponents, however, argue that the 2036 Games could showcase the values ​​of a democratic and cosmopolitan Germany.

Berlin’s bid also envisages mainly using existing sports facilities for the Games.

“Ninety-seven percent of the required sports facilities already exist. Apart from one privately financed arena, we do not need to build any new venues,” said Kaweh Niroomand, Berlin’s Olympic commissioner, told the “Die Welt” newspaper.

“The Games should fit Berlin — not Berlin the Games.”

Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr: Sustainability and public support

Unlike Munich and Berlin, this third bid encompasses an entire region, featuring numerous venues that are widely dispersed. Cologne would serve as the “lead city” in the bid that features 15 municipalities in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Cologne would host the Olympic Village and a temporary athletics stadium.

Organizers highlight the fact that all of the venues either already exist or would be temporary and to the fact that 66% of those who voted in lasts April’s referenda in the affected municipalities voted in favor of the bid.

Apart from sustainability, the Rhine-Ruhr region’s dense sports infrastructure is considered a key strength. A potential drawback is the location of competitions across many cities in Germany’s most densely populated region. Traffic jams are a daily occurrence and many trains run late or are cancelled altogether.

Munich with a slight edge

A total of 144 votes are up for grabs in Saturday’s vote. Eligible to vote are Germany’s 42 Olympic sports federations — including those for winter sports — along with the 10-member DOSB Executive Board and eight individual DOSB members. The individual sports federations each hold three votes.

If none of the three bids wins an absolute majority in the first round of voting, the last-placed bid drops out for the second round – meaning a decision will come after no more than two rounds of voting.

The final report by a DOSB evaluation commission makes Munich’s bid the slight favorite, with 87.03 out of  a possible 100 points, ahead of Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr (85.02) and Berlin (74.64).

This is just the next step in a long process of deciding who will host the next three Olympic Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee isn’t to decide on who will host the 2036 Olympics until 2029.

This article was adapted from German.

A former world champion who shared the ring with Devin Haney is taking his gloveless career on the road.

Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz Jr. has officially confirmed his next bout, signing to feature at BKB 60 on Saturday, October 10.

The contest marks a major travel milestone for the 2012 US Olympian. Despite a 45-fight professional boxing career that featured clashes with elite operators like Gary Russell Jr. and Regis Prograis – as well as an IBF super-featherweight world title victory over Tevin Farmer – Diaz has never competed on UK soil.

The 33-year-old southpaw – who lost to Haney in 2021 – transitioned to bare-knuckle boxing earlier this year, making an immediate impact with a blistering first-round knockout over Nate Williams at BKB 56 in Los Angeles.

Now, he heads across the Atlantic to face Brian Hyslop in a super-lightweight contest at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena.

“I’ve fought all over the States and in Mexico, but I’ve never stepped into a ring in the UK, not once in my whole career. Newcastle is going to be the first, and I’m doing it bare knuckle. This is a new chapter for me and I want the fans here to see exactly what a world champion looks like up close.”

BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing CEO David Tetreault added:

“Getting a genuine former world champion like JoJo Diaz to make his first-ever UK appearance at our first-ever Newcastle show says everything about where this sport is heading. This is a huge moment for Newcastle and a huge statement for BKB.”

The October 10 bill is headlined by a BKB super-welterweight world championship showdown between Filipino titleholder Rolando Dy and five-time champion Scott McHugh.