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Today's USMNT news includes the Stars and Stripes winning the Nations League, PSV are expected to make a move for Ricardo Pepi and Rangers have had a bid rejected for Malik Tillman.USMNT news: Nations League victoryThe USMNT won the Nations League after defeating Canada 2-0 in the final inL...

In 2023, there are at least three New England Patriots players who will feel unique pressure to take the next step at their positions.Even though the NFL is the world's premier professional gridiron football league, it takes time for its most talented athletes to develop into Hall of Fame l...

The trailer for Gal Gadot's "Heart of Stone" is out, Wyndham Clark won the U.S. Open, the USMNT won the CONCACAF Nations League and more in the Roundup.

The heavyweight division is a bad pantomime now with Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, a chorus of fighters, a few promoters and some hefty backers all trying to work out what part of the dancing horse they are. Moving away from the ugly sisters, there is every chance that the gap between the last championship fight and the next will be the longest in over 50 years. This break is not common, ignore people telling you that. Fury defended his WBC title last December against his old, old friend, Dereck Chisora, and Usyk beat Anthony Joshua for the second time last August in Saudi Arabia to retain his IBF, WBA and WBO titles. Fury has no date, just social media plans, and Usyk is due to defend in Poland in late August against Daniel Dubois. It is hard to find a solitary reason for the break and even more difficult to put the blame on just one single person. There are a lot of people on the stage, and they all have a role to play. And to be honest, during the last six months they have all said too much. Sure, greed, rivalries, stupidity, lies and ego are at the very core of the problem, but boxing at the highest level has always had the same flaws, the same fluid obstacles. The standard excuses are there to overcome - that is how boxing works. Fury and Usyk for all the tarnished marbles was meant to have been signed and sealed last September. It was scheduled for April and is now a plan for December. Both boxers have insulted the other, and the theme of their mutual abuse is simple: greed. Obviously, both deny they are the greedy, money-grabbing party in the sad affair. Actually, the righteous outrage from both sides is comedy gold at times. Fury’s father, the unstoppable “Gypsy John” Fury, has demanded that Usyk apologise for his criticism. He has warned that if there is no apology, there might be a straightener in a field somewhere, man-to-man. There is honour at stake. It is endless mirth, it really is. c. Some of boxing’s wisest, richest and smartest brains have been involved in this ongoing lunacy. The men and women in the Fury camp blame Usyk, and the men and women in the Usyk camp blame Fury. The two main players in the Fury business, Bob Arum and Frank Warren, have a combined total of 98 years of promotion; they are both battling this madness. There is, according to some insiders, a one-off offer on the table from the government of Saudi Arabia for Fury and Usyk to fight there at the end of the year. Usyk has signed his deal. This offer is non-negotiable, and we know this because the media flown out to Saudi by the Saudi government have reported it as fact. As a guide to the way boxing works, there are seldom any facts involved when deals are being made, broken and made again. The real insiders are furious that Usyk and Fury, the biggest fight in boxing, is not yet across the line. The sanctioning bodies, who get paid a fee for fights, have promised to get tough with their heavyweight champions, but have not said a word or done a thing; everyone is holding out for a slice of the Saudi cash pie. ‘Hey, it’s a business,’ they will say, but that little claim is wearing very thin. Fury, meanwhile, has mentioned 10 possible opponents in his social media rants in the last few weeks, including a plan to fight two UFC icons in one night. Usyk and Dubois went to purse bids, which is one of boxing’s ancient rituals, and Usyk’s team won. The fight is scheduled for August. Looking in from the side of the crowded stage is Joshua. His fight with Fury was announced by Fury on 10 June, 2020; it would have been a fight for the ages, for all the belts and all the bragging rights. It never happened and it has come close a couple of times since then. Joshua, meanwhile, will fight in August and it might be Dillian Whyte. There is a rumour that Whyte wants too much for the fight; the flip side of that rumour is that Whyte was offered too little. In America, Deontay Wilder, twice beaten in classics by Fury, has not fought since last October. There is a plan, under the Saudi deal, for Wilder to fight Joshua in Saudi Arabia on the same night as Usyk and Fury fight. There is, so the paid publicists insist, a total purse of $400million on the table for the four boxers to split. It must be a strong table. There are bold plans right now for the deadlock to be broken soon and some concrete dates and fights to finally be announced. The traffic, as they say in the world of espionage, is heavy. Let’s hope for some fights – the old game needs the best heavyweights back in action and out of the back end of that horse suit. Click here to subscribe to The Independent’s Sport YouTube channel for all the latest sports videos. 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The Miami Heat were four wins away from championship glory; how can the team add more star power to aid their title pursuit next season?The Miami Heat are never out of the contenders circle, no matter how much the regular season product leads one to believe otherwise. That's the lesson we a...

NBA rumors: Deandre Ayton doesn't have a lot of trade value right nowAfter trading for Bradley Beal, the Suns are really short on depth going forward. This will result in them attempting to move Deandre Ayton for depth.According to Adrian Wojnarowski, this may be hard to do due to the fac...

Lou Williams officially announced his retirement from the NBA on Sunday, June 18 after almost two decades in the league.Oh, the keen sting of a good lemon pepper wing and a triumphant sendoff. That's what we're feeling tonight after Lou Williams, NBA veteran of 17 years, announced his ...

The US Open has wrapped up and now we're three quarters of they way through the 2023 major championships.The final one is scheduled for next month. It's the Open Championship, formally known as the British Open, and it's set to be hosted at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.Ironically...

San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb did not mince words when talking about the disrespectful behavior of Los Angeles Dodgers fans after the game on Sunday.The San Francisco Giants cruised to victory, 7-3, over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon. That marks the completion of a series...

The NBA is feeling the aftereffects of the Bradley Beal trade to the Suns. One of those could allow the Lakers to end up with Kyle Kuzma.Now that Bradley Beal has been traded, Kyle Kuzma has no reason to return to a Wizards team that is not competing anymore. So the rumors about him returning to...

NFL Rumors: Tony Pollard, Cowboys mutually motivated on new contractThe Dallas Cowboys have already made Tony Pollard their running back of the future. Now they just have to pay him like one.Pollard signed his franchise tag earlier this offseason and is entering his fifth year in the NFL. The ...

The Bradley Beal trade has the All-Star going to the Suns, but a third team might get involved in order to facilitate Chris Paul landing with a contender.The Bradley Beal trade sent shockwaves throughout the league with the Wizards sending the All-Star to the Phoenix Suns. But it also might not ...