Fury must wait as AJ heads to Tottenham
JOE ROOT believes his young guns have what it takes to build on their stunning win in South Africa and meet their Sri Lanka challenge head on.
The England captain was delighted by the performances of Dom Sibley, Ollie Pope and Zak Crawley with the bat and Dominic Bess with the ball as they triumphed 3-1 in the Test series against the Proteas.
All four will be tasting international cricket in tricky subcontinent conditions for the first time later this month.
Ahead of England’s departure, Root said: “As well as they did in South Africa, this is another test for them and they will need to use other skills and manage different things over long periods of time to score runs and take wickets.
“There will be more expectation on their shoulders to keep improving and putting in big performances.”
ANTHONY JOSHUA’S next fight will be against Kubrat Pulev at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20, disappointing the fans desperate to see him faceTyson Fury. bring the boxing community from all over the world to witness us make history with the stadium’s first heavyweight world title fight.
“The belts go back up in the air and nothing will stop me from being victorious.” Negotiations between Matchroom chief Eddie Hearn on behalf of Joshua and Pulev’s promoter Bob Arum, who also works for Fury in the US, were difficult and they reached agreement just hours before today’s IBF deadline. Arum had insisted Pulev would not travel to the UK because “we don’t get a level playing field” and claimed the fight would go to purse bids. Pulev was due to face Joshua in Cardiff in October 2017 before he withdrew at short notice due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by 1928: Ronnie Dix became the youngest player to score in the Football League. He was 15 years and 180 days when he netted for Bristol Rovers in a 3-0 win over Norwich in a Third Division match. 1991: Runcorn Highfield’s record of 75 matches without a win ended when they beat Dewsbury. Their run – the worst in rugby league history – went back 28 months, during which time they had five coaches.
Carlos Takam. His only loss in 29 fights was a fifth-round knockout by Wladimir Klitschko in 2014 when the Ukrainian ruled the heavyweight division. Bulgarian Pulev earned his shot by beating Hughie Fury in a final eliminator in Sofia.
“I’m very happy to have the opportunity to show the world just how strong I really am,” said the 38-year-old Pulev.
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
2000: More than 100,000 suspended after failing a people lined the streets of drugs test. The Ivory Coast Stoke as Sir Stanley international was later Matthews’ funeral cortege banned for six months. passed through the city. 2014: South Africa captain 2005: Former Holland Graeme Smith retired from coach Rinus Michels, who international cricket, while pioneered ‘total football’, Andy Flower was named died at the age of 77. technical director of elite 2011: Manchester City coaching at the England defender Kolo Toure was and Wales Cricket Board.