Fury stuns Klitschko to take heavyweight title
DUESSELDORF: Underdog Tyson Fury caused a huge boxing upset on Saturday, stunning Wladimir Klitschko with a points victory to snatch the champion’s four titles and become the first Briton to hold a world heavyweight crown since 2011.
Undefeated Fury, who improved his record to 25-0 and now has the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts, was never troubled by the 39-year-old Ukrainian who suffered his first loss in 11 years and has already demanded a rematch.
“He’s been a great champion, but every good dog has its day,” Fury said. WARRIORS EXTEND
WIN STREAK TO 18
LOS ANGELES: In-form Stephen Curry scored 19 points then sat out the fourth quarter off as the Golden State Warriors improved to 18-0 with a 120-101
RESULTS: Toronto 84 bt Washington 82, Cleveland 90 bt Brooklyn 88, Dallas 92 bt Denver 81, San Antonio 108 bt Atlanta 88, Utah 101 bt New Orleans 87, Portland 108 bt LA Lakers 96, Golden State 120 bt Sacramento 101 ‘NO REGRETS ON EXPOSING DOPING’ LONDON: The husband and wife who blew the whistle on doping in Russian athletics say they have no regrets about speaking up and exposing cheats despite being accused of betraying their own country.
Yulia Stepanova, an international runner who was herself suspended for doping offences, and her husband Vitaly, a former Russian anti-doping agency official, secretly recorded Russian coaches and athletes over almost two years describing how they used performance-enhancing drugs.
“In the sense that I believed in something that I thought was right, and I tried,” Vitaly told the Sunday Times newspaper in Britain.