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‘I’ve been chased and shot at’: Denzel Bentley on trauma, street violence and brutal boxing politics

Stripped of his WBO world title and numbed by violent deaths of friends in Battersea, the middleweight is determined to press on in pursuit of fights and titles “I’ve been very reluctant to tell my story,” Denzel Bentley says as he sits upstairs at his gym in Essex and opens up about his testing life in and out of the ring. Before he addresses the latest maddening round of boxing politics, Bentley reveals how he has dealt with genuine catastrophe and trauma. This buried pain places boxing’s shenanigans into sobering perspective because so many of his friends have been murdered on the street. B

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Don’t call it a remontada: Emery’s Camp Nou comeback focuses European blur

The expanded Champions League is often shapeless, but Aston Villa’s manager returning to the scene of his greatest trauma stands out “One more match. Just one more match.” Sure, Unai. Sure. Just like all the other matches that generated a local tremor measured at 1 on the Richter scale when that seventh and final goal went in at the Camp Nou in March 2017. It was inevitable that Unai Emery would be asked about the Remontada game on the eve of Aston Villa’s Champions League engagement with Barcelona, his own first trip back to the Camp Nou in this competition since one of the most visceral and

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Melbourne Cup 2026: King Charles’ former horse Point of Law storms home to win

Jockey Ethan Brown salutes after chasing down Royal Supremacy Winning trainer Ciaron Maher fills top three places at Flemington Point of Law justified his favouritism at the 2026 Melbourne Cup after the three-year-old stallion that was owned by King Charles until earlier this year reeled in Royal Supremacy in a thrilling feature race at Flemington Racecourse. Jockey Ethan Brown guided the Ciaron Maher-trained horse to victory in the $10m race after Royal Supremacy – another in Maher’s stable – had led by about 20 lengths at one point. Continue reading...

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