It is fair to say the first full season as a professional head coach for Mark Jones at the Ospreys has been a baptism of fire.

Results will show it has been a disappointing campaign.

Ospreys lie in 11th position in the United Rugby Championship (URC), out of play-off contention with two league games remaining. They were also knocked out of the Challenge Cup at the last-16 stage by Ulster.

That does not tell the whole story. Off the field the Ospreys have endured a torrid time, their very existence threatened.

There has been a turbulent three months which started with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) announcing Ospreys owners, Y11 Sport & Media, as the preferred bidder to buy Cardiff from the governing body.

Ninety days of discussions followed but came to nothing when the deal collapsed and Ospreys were told last week, along with the other three regions, their future was safe until 2028.

Throughout all that trouble and strife, Jones has been the one constant for Ospreys fans and staff.

He is the man who has had to answer the questions about Ospreys and Y11 and try and reassure his players, coaches and staff. More than just a rugby coach.

“It’s been a hell of a season just reflecting on it,” said Jones.

“I’m just doing my job as I see it and doing the best I can.

“Have I got everything right? No, I probably haven’t. But what I’ve tried to do is just be open and honest with things and as professional as I can.

“It’s been tough but it’s what the job is.”

When it comes to discussing the greatest British fighters of all time, Lennox Lewis and Joe Calzaghe are often the first two names that spring to mind.

Both of them defeated every man they faced in a professional ring, while also becoming dominant world champions in their respective divisions.

At heavyweight, Lewis was crowned the undisputed king in 1999 following his unanimous decision victory over Evander Holyfield, who many felt he deserved to outpoint earlier that year.

Calzaghe, meanwhile, made an astonishing 21 world super-middleweight title defences before moving up to 175lbs and ending his decorated career with a record of 46-0 (32 KOs).

But while many would place these two at the very top of an all-time British boxing list, there are others who argue that Prince Naseem Hamed deserves the No.1 spot.

The Sheffield stylist claimed his world featherweight title in 1995, dethroning Steve Robinson with an eighth-round stoppage on away soil.

Eight consecutive defences then led him to a six-knockdown thriller with Kevin Kelley, culminating in a stunning fourth-round triumph for Hamed at Madison Square Garden.

After that, ‘Naz’ halted the likes of Paul Ingle and Augie Sanchez with solid performances, before suffering his only defeat, against Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera, in 2001.

Still, it was a phenomenal career that is fiercely celebrated and revered among boxing circles, with Hamed telling talkSPORT that he should be regarded as the best champion in British boxing history.

“I honestly believe that I am the best fighter from this country and the best British boxer that’s ever lived.”

Most would argue that Lewis and Calzaghe deserve to be placed above ‘Naz’ in a list of such nature, though the three of them are certainly among the very best of all time.

Federal prosecutors on Monday said they were willing to seek additional charges against NBA player Terry Rozier in the gambling scandal that rocked the league during the 2025-26 season.

Prosecutors said they sought to file superseding charges of bribery in sports and honest services wire fraud during a hearing. Prosecutors said they had evidence that the former Miami Heat guard solicited and received a bribe amid the alleged gambling scheme.

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Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier arrives at Brooklyn federal court in New York on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

Rozier filed a motion to dismiss charges against him as his attorneys argued the wire fraud charge is based on a theory that the Supreme Court rejected two years ago and that the government failed to prove the money laundering conspiracy claims.

Prosecutors argued that the defendants lied and cheated to steal money and that it was a classic wire fraud case.

“Our motion to dismiss is based on the idea that they picked an invalid legal theory to prosecute Terry Rozier,” Rozier’s lawyer Jim Trusty told ESPN. “We’ll see what they do to try to fix that in the superseding indictment, but I expect we’ll have problems with it.”

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Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier arrives at Brooklyn federal court in New York on Monday, April 27, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

Rozier was arrested over his alleged involvement stemming from a game in 2023 in which he played less than 10 minutes, citing a foot injury. Multiple people placed high-stakes wagers on Rozier to perform poorly before the game, all of whom won.

Authorities alleged that Rozier told a childhood friend that he would remove himself from a March 2023 game between the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans. The friend allegedly shared the information to bettors for profit, who then made wagers on the under of certain Rozier statistics, according to an indictment.

Neither Hornets officials nor betting companies were made aware of Rozier’s plan, according to the Department of Justice. The Hornets later traded Rozier to the Heat.

Miami waived Rozier earlier this month.

Rozier was one of more than 30 people, along with NBA figures Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones, who were part of FBI probes into alleged illegal gambling with ties to organized crime families. Billups and Jones allegedly participated in rigged poker games, while Jones also allegedly leaked non-public information about NBA games so those close to him could place wagers with a competitive advantage.

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier looks on during the second half of an NBA game against the Washington Wizards in Washington on March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

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Damon Jones is expected to plead guilty to charges on Tuesday.

Fox News’ Maria Paronich and Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

After the news that FIFA is set to allow domestic football leagues to play one game a season abroad, German football faces a familiar battle between tradition and growth.

English newspaper The Guardian exclusively reported that new FIFA proposals will allow domestic leagues to have one game a season hosted in a foreign country. The host country will reportedly be allowed to host a maximum of five games from other countries, with the US the favored target.

“I think the German members would object to that and there would be mass protests in the stadium,” Martin Endemann, head of policy at Football Supporters Europe, who advocate for fans on the continent, told DW. “Any football official who would try to do this would have a very, very hard time with those fans in the stadium as well as the members of the respective clubs.”

The discussion of playing domestic league games abroad is not new. Last October, UEFA gave La Liga (Spain) and Serie A (Italy) permission to play a game abroad, but the games were scrapped after local authorities raised concerns. The fallout was ugly.

The new FIFA protocol for moving a competitive game abroad would require approval from all major stakeholders, and FIFA would still have the right to reject the switch.

“It is the formalization of something that has been economically inevitable for years,” Dominik Schreyer, a professor of sports economics at Germany’s Otto Beisheim School of Management, told DW.

“Football has been shifting from a locally anchored product to a globally monetized media asset, and once that transition happens, geography becomes flexible,” Schreyer added. 

“FIFA is not leading here, it is reacting under pressure and trying to regulate a development that was already underway through preseason tours and earlier league attempts to stage games abroad. Framing it as one game per season makes it politically digestible, but economically it starts to normalize the idea that domestic competitions are no longer strictly domestic. You could say, the product has already gone global, now the matches are catching up,” he said.

German football structure different to rest of Europe

While many believe such developments have long been an inevitability for clubs in England, Spain and Italy, German club ownership structure differs to other major European leagues, presenting a more complex conversation.

The 50+1 rule essentially guarantees that 50% plus one share of a club’s total shares must be owned by members, ruling out ownership by rich individuals or even nation states. The power of German fans is not to be underestimated, as was recently seen by the failed attempt to secure investment from a private equity partner.

However, if domestic league games abroad become a reality for clubs in Europe, then the Bundesliga will likely return to walking along the familiar tightrope of tradition and growth.

“Financially, the upside exists but should not be overstated,” Schreyer said of playing league games abroad. The example of the National Football League (NFL) in the US playing competitive games abroad is proof of this. Ahead of the first league game in Germany in 2022, the head of NFL Germany said they could have sold over 3 million tickets. Business and finance source BNN Bloomberg explained that when the Jacksonville Jaguars play in London, the team generates roughly $35 to 50 million (€30 to €42.5 million) in revenue each time they play.

“A competitive match abroad carries more commercial weight than a pre-season game because it combines scarcity, sporting relevance and global media attention. As such, a club like Bayern or Dortmund could maybe expect a low double-digit million euro uplift for a match in the US,” Schreyer said, adding that an exact number is hard to come by. Figures released by Sport Bild in late 2025 suggest that Bayern reportedly makes around €5.7 million per home game in revenue.

“This is about positioning, not payday. That becomes even clearer once you factor in compensation for local fans, especially season ticket holders, who would miss out on a high-value fixture at their home stadium.”

Opposed to the idea, but for how long?

Herein lies the major challenge for German football. The tradition that many football clubs are rooted in in Germany, combined with the 50+1 structure, mean that maintaining the local market remains imperative even in the face of football’s global growth.

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The DFL (German Football League), the organization that operates the Bundesliga, have publicly spoken out against the idea, and have been as far back as 2018 when Christian Seifert was boss. More recently, Hans-Joachim Watzke, the chairman of the DFL supervisory board and a former Dortmund CEO, couldn’t have been clearer when speaking on the topic.

“As long as I am responsible for this league, there will be no match abroad, when it comes to competitive matches. Full stop,” said Watzke.

Bayern Munich’s CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen is also opposed to the idea, but what if these games become a regular reality for the likes of Manchester City, Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid?

“For German clubs, the real constraint is cultural,” argued Schreyer. “German football still defines itself through local identity, while competitors have fully embraced global market logic. In the short term, Bundesliga clubs will not fall behind simply by abstaining, because media rights still carry the bulk of revenues. But if others consistently monetize international demand through premium events and German clubs opt out, the gap in global relevance will widen, and the money will follow.”

For Germany, this possibility is only really a concern for a handful of clubs.

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“Fans are buying a spectacle, not a league fixture. Nobody will fill an arena in the US for Hoffenheim versus Augsburg. So, this will work for a handful of clubs, not for the league as a whole,” Schreyer said, with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund the obvious two candidates.

While Bundesliga games being played abroad remains extremely unlikely, pressure will grow if other major clubs do take the step.

Edited by: Matt Pearson

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