Jonny Clayton described as a “great honour” his impressive victory on night three of the BetMGM Premier League season in Glasgow.

In his quarter-final Clayton beat Gerwyn Price 6-3 – ending a run of 10 straight defeats against his fellow Welshman – then thrashed world champion Luke Littler 6-1, after the 19-year-old went straight into the semi-final due to the absence of Michael van Gerwen, who missed out due to illness.

Clayton was again in fine form in the final, comprehensively beating 23-year-old Dutchman Gian van Veen – playing in his second final in three weeks – 6-2 with a magnificent 156 checkout to go top of the table with nine points.

The 51-year-old said:  “Yeah, it’s a great honour to win one of these nights against these players.

“The first job was trying to get Gerwyn out…that little thing of losing to him 10 times. That was a big relief really because I’ve had a few chances against him before, but not taken them.

“It was nice to get that monkey off my back. It really was.

“You think, how do I beat him? I need to take my chances, what do I do to do this?

“So tonight it worked for me, I was quite solid against him and it was just my night and I am chuffed to bits with that. So tonight I took my chances and it just got better.

“I didn’t expect to beat the best darts player on the planet 6-1 and then to beat Gian in the end, you know, it’s my night. It’s my night, and that’s all that counts.

“I was nervous in that first game against Gerwyn, Luke didn’t play to his best but I took my chances and that is the game of darts.

“You need a bit of luck. Obviously you need to play well but if he doesn’t hit and I do, then the ball’s in my court and that’s what happened tonight.

“It put a smile on my face.”

Littler was blown away by Clayton in a one-sided last-four clash after levelling to make it 1-1.

In his quarter-final Clayton raced into a 2-0 lead over Price and kept his nose in front at 3-1, 4-2 and 5-3 before clinching it 6-3.

In the first semi-final, van Veen came from 3-1 down to beat reigning champion Luke Humphries 6-5 in a thrilling encounter.

Humphries led 1-0, 3-1 and 4-2 but van Veen kept chasing. Humphries missed the bull for 5-3 which allowed van Veen to draw level at 4-4 then hit a double 14 at the second attempt to go 5-4 ahead. Humphries levelled but van Veen came through in the end.

In his quarter-final, van Veen averaged over 104 to beat Stephen Bunting 6-3. Humphries had shown his class in his opener to win 6-2 against Northern Irishman Josh Rock.

Shakur Stevenson was stripped of his WBC lightweight world title two weeks ago, but he may still return to the division.

Stevenson schooled Teofimo Lopez in New York to get his hands on the WBO super-lightweight world title and simultaneously become the third-youngest four-division world champion in boxing history.

However, the 28-year-old was stripped of his lightweight title during the aftermath due to an unpaid sanctioning fee – something he disagrees with given the WBC were not involved in the Lopez fight. Despite now not holding a belt at 135lbs, he has not ruled out fighting at that weight in the future.

In an interview with FightHype.com, WBC super-featherweight ruler O’Shaquie Foster proposed an offer to pay Stevenson’s fee in order for the WBC to reinstate Stevenson as their champion, but only if Stevenson is willing to give him an immediate shot at the throne.

“It is most definitely the fight that I want and that is the fight that I am trying to actively make. So, as you know, he got stripped because he didn’t want to pay the sanctioning fee.

“So, we sent them an offer, I gave him my offer – that I would pay the sanctioning fee, the $100,000 that he didn’t want to pay for the last fight. He gets reinstated as the WBC champion at 135lbs, but he has to fight me next.

“That is the offer. I will take care of the fee, but he has got to fight me next. We are waiting, we will just see if he takes it, it is a great offer.”

Of course, the sanctioning body has the final word on whether late payment of the sanctioning fee would result in the reinstatement of Stevenson as their lightweight champion, and Stevenson himself seems to have held a grudge for how things unfolded, meaning he may actively avoid competing for any WBC belts in future. A fight with Foster does intrigue him however, mainly due to bad blood from past comments.

At Riviera Country Club, Tiger Woods says, you hear things. 

They usually come later in the day on Fridays and Saturdays. The 10th tee box, he said, is a popular spot for ’em. So are 17 and 18. 

“Beverages served, things done,” Woods said.  

But the most unexpected interaction the 15-time major winner has had at the historic course? 

That came when he was a kid. 

Woods told the story on Tuesday in a press conference ahead of this week’s Genesis Invitational, an event in which he’s the host. Woods knows Riviera well. He made his first PGA Tour appearance at the Los Angeles course, as a 16-year-old at the 1992 L.A. Open. (If you’re curious, Woods shot rounds of 72 and 75 and missed the cut by six shots.) Before that, he attended the tournament with his dad, Earl. 

It was in that stretch, Woods said, where he first heard some words. 

“Banter back and forth between the pros and the gallery,” he said. 

In retelling the scene, Woods then said he had “kind of a cool story.” It came at one L.A. Open, as Woods said he was watching the action on the 8th green.

“And this golf ball comes slamming in there,” he said, “I go running over to it, and it’s a Ram golf ball. I’ve never heard of Ram. What is Ram? I’m 8 years old, right? 

“So I go running over there, and I’m just looking at it, and this caddie just pushes me out of the way. ‘Kid, get out of the way.’ 

“I look up, and I don’t know who he is at that time, and later find out it was Bruce Edwards caddying for Tom Watson. So I used to give him a lot of grief about that. 

“He said, ‘Yeah, you were in the way.’”

Woods then laughed. 

Only at Riv.  

“For me, that’s part of the neat things being here at Riv,” he said, “being able to go back in time as a kid.” 

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After a Minnesota Vikings win in 2024, head coach Kevin O’Connell greeted Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson at midfield, telling him to keep his chin up after a recent demotion. A year and a half later, Richardson has been suggested as the Vikings’ big offseason quarterback addition.

Richardson remains a volatile bet, but Minnesota’s QB situation keeps his name in the conversation as a swing-for-upside option.

Minnesota will add another quarterback next to J.J. McCarthy in the coming weeks, and according to Bleacher Report, the Vikings should be on a shortlist for a Richardson trade.

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BR’s Alex Kay sized up four destinations for Richardson, and in addition to the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota got a nod.

He wrote, “After going 14-3 with Sam Darnold at the helm in 2024, the Minnesota Vikings could be in the market for another rehabilitation project. Richardson would fit the bill as a promising talent who hasn’t come close to meeting the lofty expectations set by his first-round draft position.”

“While Minnesota will be working to build up J.J. McCarthy after a rough sophomore campaign, the No. 10 overall pick in 2024 has proved to be injury-prone early in his NFL career. He already missed his entire rookie season and seven games in 2025, making quarterback depth a priority this offseason.”

Richardson isn’t a dream fit for the Vikings’ current offense, but he does have the raw tools to mature into a long-term QB1 if nurtured properly.

Kay added, “O’Connell seems to believe Richardson has real potential to develop into a superstar despite the rough start to his career. After his Vikings bested the Colts midway through the 2024 season — a game Richardson spent on the bench backing up Joe Flacco — O’Connell went out of his way to heap praise upon the young QB.”

“Richardson could do far worse than landing in the Twin Cities this offseason. He’ll have a fantastic opportunity to develop his game and could even end up starting if McCarthy goes down with another injury in 2026.”

The IND Experiment Winding Down

Last offseason, the Vikings attempted to re-sign Daniel Jones, but he preferred the Colts as his free-agent destination because he figured he could win a starting job there over Richardson, while McCarthy felt like the preordained starter. Ultimately, Jones was correct.

He toppled Richardson somewhat easily during training camp and in the preseason, paving the way for Jones as the unabashed QB1, which he rewarded the Colts by starting the 2025 season white-hot.

Jones would later tear his Achilles tendon, but Richardson was battling an injury, too, so the Colts had to scramble and wound up mind-bogglingly signing Philip Rivers, who hadn’t played football in five years.

Every Colts quarterback outcome in 2025 involved a quarterback not named Anthony Richardson. Therefore, it feels like he’s the odd man out and must head elsewhere.

Just Another Version of McCarthy?

The problem with a Vikings trade for Richardson? He has two shortcomings: his performance shows extreme flashes of brilliance, followed by woeful inconsistencies. He also can’t stay healthy.

Does that sound familiar? It should — those are McCarthy’s bugaboos through two seasons. Finding a way to obtain Richardson would feel like onboarding another version of McCarthy. That is — he might eventually become consistent if he can stay healthy, but no one knows if either will occur.

Kay also noted on Richardson to Minnesota, “O’Connell is considered one of the league’s premier quarterback whisperers, coaxing some truly impressive seasons out of Pro Bowlers like Kirk Cousins and Matt Stafford in addition to maximizing the talents of written-off or unheralded talent such as Darnold and Josh Dobbs.”

“Daniel Jones, the passer who edged out Richardson for Indianapolis’ starting job last year, said the handful of months spent in Minnesota with O’Connell ‘made a big impression’ on him.”

Other Trade Options

Of course, Richardson isn’t the only trade option for the 2026 Vikings. If one assumes that established quarterbacks like Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, and Dak Prescott are not for sale — why would those players’ teams trade them? — a realistic list might look like this:

• Derek Carr
• Mac Jones
• Drew Lock
• Jalen Milroe
• Jameis Winston
• Justin Fields
• Will Levis
• Davis Mills
• Kyler Murray
• Spencer Rattler

Minnesota would also explore Malik Willis’s free agency; he’s the QB2 for the Packers, who is on the cusp of netting a handsome free-agent contract, with hopes of breaking out big in 2026.

Any Vikings trade for a quarterback like Richardson can happen at anytime. The team doesn’t have to wait until free agency begins on March 9th.

Richardson will turn 24 in May. Youth is his friend.

On a day which many expected to be dominated by one teenager, it was a different, former teen star with a very different story who took centre stage, winning Olympic gold with a dazzling performance at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Self-styled ‘alt girl’ Alysa Liu – a charismatic former teen star who retired from the sport after burning out before rediscovering her love of skating and returning to competition – set the stadium alight with her distinctive loose, free-flowing style and glitzy Donna Summer routine.

Team gold medallist Ilia Malinin, another to bear the weight of expectation, was among those to cheer on his fellow world champion, who jumped for joy and beamed as she left the ice.

The 20-year-old set a season’s best of 150.20 points – nearly four points clear of her previous best – to lay down a marker to the final two skaters to go.

Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan missed a major combination, which cost her significant points in an otherwise powerful and elegant routine to an Edith Piaf medley.

The 25-year-old, competing in her final Olympics before retirement, waved to the crowd but was in tears as she entered the aptly named kiss and cry, knowing it wasn’t enough for gold.

Sakamoto finished just shy of two points behind Liu, while 17-year-old compatriot Ami Nakai, competing in her first Olympic Games, produced a peerless short programme and nearly matched that by finishing third overall on Thursday.

The teenager beamed as she took to the ice and the smile rarely left her face as she floated through a lyrical and beautifully executed programme – barring one underrotated jump – to take bronze.

She looked on the verge of tears of joy as Liu hugged her when her final score came in. “I love you both,” Liu said, the picture of happiness.

Liu has no triple axel and no quad jump in this routine, but her sheer vivacity and joy of skating shone through in a performance as glittering as her sparkling gold dress.

It was a far cry from the world of Russian teenager Adeliia Petrosian, who had been the one to dominate the build-up to this Olympic Games. But the 18-year-old finished well down in sixth overall.

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Petrosian’s very presence struck at the heart of a problem which has once again taken centre stage at the Olympic Games.

In four years’ time Petrosian may be able to compete under the Russian flag, without any pretence of representing nowhere in particular. The IOC has made noticeable overtures towards Russia in recent weeks; separately, the Paralympics have allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their own flags in just a few weeks time, much to the disapproval of hosts Italy.

Petrosian was widely expected to be the first ‘neutral athlete’ to win a medal, although earlier on Thursday Nikita Filippov took that dubious honour with a silver in ski mountaineering. Petrosian winning another was not out of the question, despite a short programme many believed was over-marked.

The 18-year-old has largely been shielded from the world; the only notice many had of her potential was in the ‘Skate to Milano’ qualifying event she won prior to the Games.

How she is welcomed by the figure skating world may be telling in the ongoing saga of where Russia finds itself in international sport in the coming years.

Petrosian is coached by the highly controversial Eteri Tutberidze, who achieved notoriety for publicly berating 15-year-old Kamila Valieva after she fell several times in her free skate in Beijing four years ago, days after the news of her positive doping test came to light.

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Tutberidze was found not guilty by Wada and avoided any sanction over the Valieva doping affair, and was granted accreditation for this Olympics as a coach of Georgian skater Nika Egadze.

Tutberidze is not officially registered as Petrosian’s coach – she would have had to go through the IOC’s vetting process, which she is believed to be likely to fail.

Wada president Witold Banka said earlier this month that Tutberidze’s presence made him “uncomfortable”, but the coach was approved nevertheless.

But she has been spotted at the 18-year-old’s practice sessions and has been loud about skirting around the regulations: she said in a documentary featuring pre-Olympics qualifying competitions: “I specifically moved away so that we wouldn’t cross paths anywhere, because they were really watching us.”

Her influence is all over Petrosian’s routines, from the non-traditional jumping technique, to the high-kicks and ragged transitions between sequences.

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And likely in Petrosian’s expiry date: Tutberidze’s charges have largely burned bright for one Olympic cycle, before retiring early, dogged by injuries.

Petrosian’s free skate was an improvement on a somewhat spiky short programme, aside from a fall on an under-rotated quad loop – the only quad any skater has attempted in the competition.

She fell repeatedly on the quad in practice and if rumours of a groin injury are true, perhaps it would have been the correct call from her coaching team – whatever it may be officially or unofficially composed of – to suggest she avoid it.

So it was for the better, for reasons both political and psychological, that Petrosian failed to make the podium on Thursday night: a win for less damaging methods of coaching, and for wider sport.

US national champion Amber Glenn made up for a heavily penalised mistake in her short programme – a triple jump that was awarded zero points as it was downgraded to a double – with an excellent free programme, bar a hand down on a triple loop.

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Glenn stood up and applauded for several of the competitors to go after her; it was interesting that she only smiled and blinked knowingly at the camera as the camera panned to her after Petrosian’s skate. The teenager went into second, less than four-tenths behind Glenn, but remained stone-faced as the scores came in.

Glenn was to finish just off the podium in fifth, with her compatriot Liu winning an individual gold to go with the USA’s overall team gold from last week.

Liu is the reigning world champion and among ice skating’s biggest stars. She retired at 16 – a similar age to when many of Tutberidze’s stars retire – after falling out of love with the sport and the restrictive nature of her training.

But a few years later she returned, having taken time away to be a regular teenager, going on holiday, learning to drive, spending time with her friends. By the time she came back to the ice she had reclaimed her agency and taken control of her own skating, from the costumes she wore to the way she approached the sport. “I’m older and I’ve learned so many lessons. I’m so much better at protecting my peace and knowing why I do the things I do,” she said last autumn.

As Liu jumped around and celebrated in Milan on Thursday, it was hard to argue that this wasn’t a victory for skating as it should be.