JANUARY JONATHAN GUIDRY EMERGES THE year began with British boxing locked down as the coronavirus pandemic that had threatened to decimate an entire planet continued to loom large over our sport. For Boxing News, a weekly boxing magazine largely reliant on some fighting actually taking place, it left us with pages to fill. Thankfully, the … Read more
Have you heard of Sophia the robot? She’s a social humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics, a Hon-Kong-based company, and now she’s also a gamer and member of the Esports team XSET. In this way, the robot that was activated in 2016 became the first humanoid to join an electronic sports organization, as well as … Read more
The New York Mets have company in the Carlos Correa bidding. Steve Cohen and his front office continued to negotiate on a revised contract on Thursday, more than two weeks after initially reaching an agreement on a 12-year deal worth $315 million, according to Jon Heyman and Greg Joyce of the New York Post, but … Read more
JULY THE RISE OF AYALA IN one of the most gripping and important interviews BN conducted in 2022, Alejandra Ayala detailed her recovery after falling into a coma following her defeat to Hannah Rankin in May. Back with her parents after a lengthy stay in hospital, Ayala said of the moment she woke up: “It … Read more
The charges involved a match in the Epulze Royal Southeast Asia Cup, part of the VALORANT Ignition Series (Photo: Getty Images) SINGAPORE — A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty in the district court on Friday (6 January) for concocting a plan for his creditor to throw a VALORANT esports tournament match. The Straits Times reported that … Read more
All the key details for every darts tournament in 2023; the Premier League returns in 2023 as the SSE Arena in Belfast hosts the first of 17 individual venues from February 2 with the Play-Offs returning to The O2 in London on May 25 Last Updated: 06/01/23 10:31am Please use Chrome browser for a more … Read more
AC Milan remains in the hunt to defend their Serie A title, but they will be aware that they will need to pick up victories in most fixtures that they play given the high standard Napoli has set. Roma will be the visitors to the San Siro this weekend, as they look to go four … Read more
Interview: Alex Steedman BN: Explain what you’ve gone through since the sudden collapse of your fight against Conor Benn. You can’t have a more frustrating experience than going through a whole camp, cutting weight, and then have the fight fall through 48 hours before you’re supposed to get in the ring. What’s even more crazy … Read more
The 2023 League of Legends ranked season is officially starting in a few days and the balance team revealed some of the changes that should be coming up in the first official patch of the year. While there aren’t many champion changes expected in Patch 13.1, Riot is hitting the champs that have been strong … Read more
Jamie Carragher hit out at Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella for his second-half display in the Blues’ 1-0 loss to Manchester City – claiming the Spanish full-back “doesn’t want to defend”. City struck the winner when Riyad Mahrez got ahead of Cucurella at the far post to tap home Jack Grealish’s cross as City cut the … Read more
