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TOM UTLEY: The day I stabbed myself with a chandelier and why I won't miss foreign holidays one jot

TOM UTLEY: I'm quite content to stay here in my South London suburb -with perhaps a trip to Norfolk, Scotland or Wales when the lockdown eases.




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Kaz Crossley and Anthony Joshua don their glad rags to attend Krept's 30th birthday celebrations

Caz Crossley and Anthony Joshua donned their finery on Saturday night to attend rapper Krept's 30th birthday celebrations in London.




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Joseph Parker will face Shawndell Winters in Texas later this month

Former world champion Joseph Parker will face Shawndell Winters in Texas on February 29 - his first fight since pulling out of a contest with Dereck Chisora after being bitten by a spider. 




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Tyson Fury gives subtle nod to AJ during Wilder fight as he wears gum-shield with NIGERIAN flag

The Gypsy King defeated Deontay Wilder in their rematch in Las Vegas on Saturday night to claim the WBC Heavyweight title after a seven round blitz of the American.




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Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren reveals Deontay Wilder's camp likely to invoke TRILOGY fight

After their first fight was a split decision draw in December 2018, Fury dominated Wilder on Saturday night in Las Vegas, with the American's corner throwing in the towel in the seventh round.




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Tony Bellew backs Anthony Joshua to come out on top of potential unification battle with Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder via TKO in their much anticipated rematch to win the WBC world title belt. There has since been talk of a future unification bout with fellow Brit Anthony Joshua.




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Anthony Joshua believes Tyson Fury's previous turmoil gave him mentality to defeat Deontay Wilder

Anthony Joshua believes Tyson Fury's battle with depression and mental health issues has improved his mentality as a fighter. 




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Kubrat Pulev is the seasoned, world-level operator in the way of Anthony Joshua fighting Tyson Fury

JORDAN SEWARD: Anthony Joshua can forget about the treasure trove of riches a mega-fight with Tyson Fury would bring if he does not deal with his immediate business first.




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Dereck Chisora vows to get revenge for Tony Bellew when he fights Oleksandr Usyk on May 23

Chisora and Usyk were initially pencilled in to fight later this month but a deal was re-agreed back in February and promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed the fight is now official for May 23.




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David Haye tells Anthony Joshua to emulate Tyson Fury's spectacular knockout of Deontay Wilder 

David Haye has told Anthony Joshua to ditch his newfound caution because he will be expected to emulate Tyson Fury's spectacular knockout of Deontay Wilder this summer.




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Fight fans could welcome back action with a bumper schedule in July

Fight fans could welcome back boxing and MMA action with a bumper July schedule if the coronavirus crisis is quelled in time. It comes after news Joshua's title fight could be moved from June.




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Robert Helenius promises to bring a 'Viking invasion' to the UK to defeat Anthony Joshua

The 'Nordic Nightmare' is on a high after his devastating stoppage of previously undefeated Adam Kownacki earlier this month, and is now just one win away from a potential fight with AJ.




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Coronavirus: Fears for the future of boxing as cancelled shows leave grassroots level in crisis

This week the British Boxing Board of Control pulled all fights until the end of April, with Anthony Joshua's June 20 clash with Kubrat Pulev also under threat of postponement.




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Jarrell Miller SLAMS Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn over his failed drugs test

Jarrell Miller has taken a swipe at Eddie Hearn blasting the promoter for not 'playing by the rules' as well as painting him as a 'scapegoat' following his doping violation.




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Heavyweight boxer Martin Bakole delivers grovelling apology for sharing vile child sex abuse video

The heavyweight fighter, who has previously acted as Anthony Joshua's sparring partner, posted the video at the weekend to his 7,000 followers.




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Harry Kane is at a crossroads after angering Daniel Levy, as Manchester United wait to exploit rift

Given Spurs' financial circumstances, it's no wonder Daniel Levy was furious over Harry Kane's off-script message on cancelling the season. Tension is increasing and a move is looming.




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Frank Sanchez lines up shot at WBO title though his manager says Anthony Joshua will vacate the belt

Undefeated Frank Sanchez burst into the top ten of the WBO rankings after beating Joey Dawejko on points last month and is now lining up a title shot for Anthony Joshua's WBO title.




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UK fights featuring Anthony Joshua, Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora could be held abroad

The Matchroom Boxing chief has seen his business severely affected due to the escalating pandemic, after the British Boxing Board of Control put a halt to fights amid concern for safety.




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Anthony Joshua insists long-awaited rematch with Dillian Whyte won't end well for old rival

There is no love lost between the London-born pair who first fought as amateurs in 2009 before a feisty first professional encounter in 2015 in which Joshua claimed the British title in round seven.




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Frank Warren believes Tyson Fury will easily beat Anthony Joshua

Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren is confident that he will defeat Anthony Joshua when they finally have their bout, in the same way he beat Deontay Wilder in February. 




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George Foreman believes Tyson Fury will come out on top in a unification bout against Anthony Joshua

The two-time former world heavyweight champion believes Fury is boxing at such a high level at the moment that he cannot see the Gypsy King losing his crown if he went toe-to-toe with AJ.




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Donald Trump was told to cancel flights from Europe by deputy national security adviser in February

National security adviser Robert O'Brien's deputy, Matthew Pottinger, pushed to shut down air travel from the then-coronavirus epicenter Europe in February but Trump did so March 11.




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Chinese state media insult Australia as diplomatic relations crumble amid coronavirus crisis

Australia is standing firm in its calls for an independent probe into the origins of COVID-19. China has dismissed any potential investigations, describing the proposal as a 'political manoeuvre'.




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Head of Australia-China relations committee RESIGNS amid rising tensions

Warwick Smith has resigned as chairman of the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations as government officials clash over China's response to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Men who catch coronavirus are more than twice as likely to die from the disease as women

The virus hits men harder as they suffer more severely and have a death rate that is around 2.5 times higher, researchers from China found.




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Priyanka Chopra reveals she and husband Nick Jonas were quarantined immediately due to coronavirus

The actress, 37, said she first heard about the Covid-19 pandemic at the World Economic Forum in January as the outbreak was taking hold in China.




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Footage from 2018 shows scientists in Wuhan's virus lab studying 'a novel coronavirus'

Shi Zhengli, a lead researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said the pathogen in the report was different from the strain of coronavirus that has triggered the pandemic.




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Ex-FDA commissioner says Americans cannot rely on Europe and China for jab to prevent coronavirus

Dr Scott Gottlieb, who led the FDA between 2017 and April 2019, says its vital the US manufactures the first coronavirus vaccine because it will then be the first nation to recover.




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Celebrity London restaurateur tells of racist Chinese backlash over Covid-19 and slashed tyres

Geoff Leong, 43, who owns Dumplings' Legend in London's China Town, told how people had been assaulted, children ostracised at school and others spat at while they went about their lives.




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Coronavirus: Children just as likely to catch infection, study says

A study by the Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that the virus's attack rate among children was 7.4 per cent, on par with the 6.6 per cent seen in the general population.




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Hampshire bowler Chris Wood opens up on his gambling addiction in bid to help other athletes 

EXCLUSIVE BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: Chris Wood never quite considered killing himself, but he did wonder about the point of living. Cricketer by day, gambler by night.




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China censorship deleted critical coronavirus articles and social media posts written in Morse code

One deleted article about the situation in Wuhan (pictured) that caused particular outcry was typed out again and re-posted by dozens of social media users in 10 languages to test out censorship levels.




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China covered up the severity of COVID-19 and how contagious the virus was, say intelligence reports

Intelligence reports show China covered up the impact of COVID-19 to hoard supplies needed to battle the pandemic, which President Donald Trump says proves he wasn't late in addressing the crisis.




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Iranian airline 'fuelled Middle East's coronavirus crisis by continuing flights to China'

Mahan Air, a private company linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of lying about these flights after Tehran barred all flights to China on January 31.




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The Sage Files: UK scientists believe coronavirus cases in China are TEN TIMES higher than claimed

Documents released today from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) show that UK scientists believed that the number of cases was vastly higher than admitted by Beijing.




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Video shows middle-aged woman racially abusing Chinese woman in Melbourne

A middle-aged woman has been filmed telling a Chinese cafe worker to 'go back to China and keep your disease over there', in a vile racist attack in Melbourne.




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Trump says he believes the U.S. coronavirus death count but 'not China's'

President Trump said he believed the American coronavirus death toll was accurate - but not China's - amid reports that he planned to start sowing doubt about the U.S. totals.




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Australia's proposed 'coronavirus travel bubble' with New Zealand could be expanded

Neville Power, the chairman of the government's COVID-19 recovery taskforce, has suggested resuming travel ties with China. He used to run iron ore exporter Fortescue Metals.




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Man causes a pile-up in an expressway tunnel in China

CCTV footage shows the man stop his car in the overtaking lane of the Qinyuanling tunnel, Zhejiang Province, China, causing a three-car pile up and a near-fatal accident as he tries to escape.




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Coronavirus: Nations hit hardest had most international travel

Brazilian researchers found nations hit hardest by the killer disease were ones accepting the most international flights. It may explain why the US (73,431) and UK (30,150) have the most deaths.




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Manchester City owners buy NINTH club - Belgian second division side Lommel SK

City Football Group, who are majority owned by Abu Dhabi United and have involvement from China Media Capital, CITIC Capital and Silver Lake, will wipe out Lommel's debts of £1.75million.




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TikTok user finds a 'coronavirus cell' on the Australian $20 bank note 

The Royal Australian Mint began circulating the new note in October 2019, months before the virus was even identified in Wuhan, China - the original epicentre.




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Salomon Rondon 'desperate to return to Newcastle' as he eyes European switch after spell in China

Rondon spent the entirety of the 2018-19 season on loan at Newcastle from West Brom and scored 12 goals in 33 appearances, which saw him crowned the club's player of the year.




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Satellite images reveal fleets of empty cruise ships clustering together in Caribbean & Philippines

At least three groups of cruise ships, with 15 in total, are clustered together off Coco Cay and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas and about 12 are off the coast of Manila, in the Philippines.




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Cellphone location data analysis in Wuhan virology lab suggests 'hazardous event, October shutdown

The report, which was based on commercially-available cellphone location data - indicates that there might've been a 'hazardous event' at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in early October.




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Former Conservative minister Rory Stewart recalls his travel adventures

The politician recalls his travel adventures including nearly being arrested in Nepal when he was accused of being in Al-Qaeda just after 9/11 - and eating his most unpleasant meal, in China.




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Phil Mickelson left humiliated after missing shortest putt ever during first round of US Open

Phil Mickelson, looking to seal the career Grand Slam after finishing runner-up six times at the US Open, shot an opening round of one-over par to leave himself seven shots behind leader Justin Rose.




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Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy well placed for thrilling weekend at US Open

DEREK LAWRENSON AT PEBBLE BEACH: A thrilling weekend is in prospect at the US Open with Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy in contention behind leader Gary Woodland.




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Irish boys on the home run: Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell starring at the US Open

DEREK LAWRENSON AT PEBBLE BEACH: One month to go until the biggest sporting event the province has seen, and the boys from Northern Ireland are building up a head of steam.




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Gary Woodland edges Brooks Koepka US Open duel of power

MARTIN SAMUEL AT PEBBLE BEACH: Gary Woodland was born in Kansas, in the city of Topeka, which translates from the original Siouan as 'a good place to dig potatoes'.