MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: There were only a few hours between Trabzonspor stating that Sturridge's contract had been terminated, and the specific explanation.

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: The 30-year-old Gabon striker is in talks over a new contract and his demands represent more than a 30 per cent increase on his existing deal.

CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: Not since 2000 have the Magpies been to Wembley. Here, they were potentially 90 minutes away, albeit with Manchester City as an obstacle.

Jesse Lingard has had his fair share of detractors to deal with over the years, but even he would have been taken aback by the abuse he received trying to board the team bus at Derby County.

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: The FA Cup quarter-finals were postponed following the lockdown and will be played despite pressure to prioritise the Premier League.

EXCLUSIVE BY ROB DRAPER: The FA Cup Final has been pencilled in for Saturday, August 8, and is expected to be the last game of the season as part of the Premier League's Project Restart.

US boxing promoter Al Haymon has signed a deal with ITV to enter the British market - and he wants to kick-off with a fight between James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jr.

Ladbrokes gave the customer thousands of pounds worth of gifts over two years, including four tickets to see the Floyd Mayweather v Marcos Maidana boxing match in Las Vegas.

Floyd Mayweather is rich, and he wants everyone to know it - his nickname is 'Money', after all - however his latest show of wealth is remarkable by even his standards. His fleet of cars is worth more than £1.5m.

Mayweather, 41, a former five-weight world champion who retired from boxing with a perfect professional record of 50-0 last year, saw off an opponent 21 years his junior.

The American shared videos of his huge bundles of Japanese Yen inside his car after earning $9million dollars for his win over kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition match in Tokyo.

Adrien Broner has promised to beat up Manny Pacquiao, then have a drink with him afterwards and 'turn Las Vegas into a block party'. 

Manny Pacquiao showed age is just a number as he produced an impressive onslaught over Adrien Broner to retain his WBA 'regular' welterweight title by unanimous decision in Las Vegas.

Boxing fans were more concerned with any rematch between Floyd Mayweather and Pacquiao and the Filipino wasted no time in calling his American rival out during his post-fight interview.

Zahid Khan was jailed for 10 years for a £500,000 car registration plate scam. But the 31-year-old fled the UK before being jailed in his absence for ten years and is now boasting of life on the run

Floyd Mayweather said that Conor McGregor is the 'knockout version' of himself. The American boxing legend opened up to comedian Kevin Hart about his career whilst the pair soaked in ice baths.

In Floyd Mayweather's latest Instagram post, the 41-year-old shows piles of cash at his feet as he stands clad in gold, covered in diamond jewellery as he drinks from a golden goblet.

Floyd 'Money' Mayweather was once again flaunting the vast wealth he has accumulated from his boxing career on Friday night, including a special 50-0 jacket.

Tyson Fury versus Deontay Wilder II is being projected to eclipse the $600million (£476m) amassed in revenue when Floyd Mayweather Jnr fought Manny Pacquiao in 2015.

Floyd Mayweather has launched an attack on his critics while posing with $2m in cash on social media. Mayweather earned the moniker 'Money Man' during a glittering career in the ring.

Floyd Mayweather has dismissed talk of a rematch with Conor McGregor, saying: 'These kids are some circus clowns'. 

But Mayweather, who made £7million by out-punching Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa last year, is not running out of money if his recent Instagram activity is anything to go by.

Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard has called on Floyd Mayweather to come out of retirement and face Manny Pacquiao in the ring one more time. Leonard believes it would be a 'great fight'.

Tension has simmered between the pair ever since McGregor released pictures of him sparring Malignaggi in the build up to his boxing fight with Floyd Mayweather in 2017.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been accused of assaulting a man who asked for a picture outside a Miami hotel a day before the Super Bowl, but video of the incident does not show any physical contact.

The star, 45, showcased a very smooth complexion as she slipped into a monochrome jumpsuit at Floyd Mayweather's birthday party at the Boulevard 3 in Hollywood, California on Friday.

The mother of Floyd Mayweather's three children, Josie Harris, has been found dead in her car by police in the United States. According to TMZ , police are not treating the death as suspicious.

Josie Harris, 40, the mother of the boxer's three children, was found dead in her car by police in California on Tuesday night.

Roger Mayweather, who passed away on Tuesday aged 58, devoted his entire life to the sport of boxing. Undoubtedly, he will go down as one of the greatest trainers the sport have ever seen.

Floyd Mayweather's ex-girlfriend claimed she feared for her life as the famed boxer savagely beat her up in front of their children. Harris, who died earlier this month, shared thee kids with Mayweather.

Ever a man of the people. That was the key to that roaring following which it took time for the Americans to grasp as the tens of thousands hit Sin City for Mayweather fight week.

DANIEL MATTHEWS: Hamed won the WBO, IBF and WBC world titles and had his own boxing video game but since retirement, Prince has spent time behind bars following a high-speed car crash.

Earlier this month Mayweather revealed his desire to follow in the footsteps of his late uncle Roger and become a trainer.

The two men had traded verbal blows for six long years but this was the first time they'd met. Their eyes locked across a basketball court and they gave each other a nod that said it was time to do business.

The 21-year-old, who just finished his junior year at St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, was preparing a stack of old papers to be logged in a database and put into storage.

Andrew Milroy died from a single stab wound to the chest in Lloret de Mar during the early hours of yesterday morning.

Suzanne Cassidy, 26, (pictured) from Glasgow, only survived by grabbing the side of the boat as the razor-sharp blades hacked into her leg.

Police said the 23 year old victim Matthew Denice was still alive when he became trapped in the wheel arch of Guaman's truck.

A pilot onboard a plane flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in western Siberia died from a heart attack, transportation prosecutors said Friday.

Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of bird flu have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab.

Anthony Garcia admitted adding a sample of the bodily fluid to a sample of yoghurt while working at a grocery story in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Witnesses in Shenzhen, in the Guangdong province of China, said the 32-year-old father was walking with his naked son and four-year-old daughter on the street when he launched the sickening attack.

British citizens currently in Mali, in west Africa are being urged to leave after the Foreign Office has changed its travel advice.

The young wife of North Korea's leader has made her first public appearance in two months, bringing to an end what might have been a period of 'home detention' for being too carefree.

John Filipowicz, 51, and his son John, 20, were found still holding onto each other in their basement as they shielded themselves from the torrent which covered them in 12ft of water in seconds. Relatives said that the two had an 'incredible bond' and would never have been separated – in life or in death. John the elder stayed behind to watch over his house in Staten Island, New York, but his son refused to leave because he wanted to be by his side.

North Carolina man Jurgen Henn, who works in a nearby retail complex, said he heard so many crunches and metal grinding crashed over the years.

The 43-year-old suspect was taken into custody on Monday night in Wixom, the Detroit suburb where the shootings began.

The bizarre dating ritual takes place at People's Park in Shanghai, and the ads reveal everything from the child's age and height to their job and income.

The Indian and Irish governments have promised to do all they can for the parents of Savita Halappanavar, who died of blood poisoning after Irish doctors refused her an abortion.

Lydia Callis's larger-than-life facial expressions and dramatic gestures have provided a rare moment of pleasure during the unfolding natural disaster.