Author: Alex Maschino

For years, fans have criticised Canelo Alvarez for not facing former super-middleweight rival David Benavidez, and now Alvarez has revealed why the fight never took place. Canelo became the super-middleweight division’s first undisputed champion back in 2021, dethroning each of Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant within 12 months in one of modern boxing’s most impressive runs. After an unsuccessful challenge for Dmitry Bivol’s light-heavyweight crown, Alvarez returned to 168lbs and defended the belt against Gennadiy Golovkin, John Ryder and Jermell Charlo – ignoring a fight with the physically imposing Benavidez, who was his WBC mandatory challenger. Speaking…

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new video loaded: W.H.O. Chief Visits Ebola-Struck Region: ‘It’s Time to Move Fast’transcriptBacktranscriptW.H.O. Chief Visits Ebola-Struck Region: ‘It’s Time to Move Fast’Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, told The New York Times on a flight to the Democratic Republic of Congo that swift international support was necessary to contain the Ebola virus, which is spreading rapidly there.“Of course there are different scenarios, but it’s in our hands. We move fast, we will catch up. If we don’t, it will be a very serious problem. So it’s time to really move fast.” A dire warning…

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Celebrate the last weekend of May by traveling around the world in style or even going to the moon. Impossible? Not if you are subscribed to Netflix or Apple TV. Those streamers just dropped new seasons and shows that will allow you to travel thousands of miles without leaving the comfort of your own home. Watch With Us highly recommends streaming the latest season of The Four Seasons, Netflix’s hit dramedy starring Tina Fey, Colman Domingo and some of the world’s most beautiful destinations. In need of something more adventurous? Swing to Prime Video’s new Spider-Man series, Spider-Noir, with Nicolas…

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The Minnesota Wild will continue their search for a center The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston on the Minnesota Wild. ** NHLRumors.com transcription “I mean, you take a team like the Minnesota Wild, you know, obviously, they’re looking for and were before the deadline. I mean, they had talks on (Vincent) Trocheck, for example, at the trade deadline, or before it. You know, how does Bill Guerin solve that problem? I think he’s gonna have to get pretty creative. It’s, you know, he’s, he’s been a GM who’s made a lot of big trades, so you know, I think there’s…

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The U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked on a deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but reports indicate that some ships aren’t waiting any longer and are instead crossing the contested waterway with guidance from the U.S. military. The strait has been effectively shut for three months, keeping one-fifth of the world’s pre-war oil supplies as well as 2,000 ships trapped in the Persian Gulf. While the U.S. and Israel have decimated Iran’s conventional military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has retained the ability to keep the strait closed with the threat of missiles, drones,…

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A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after his 3-year-old daughter fatally shot her 21-month-old sister with his gun. The incident took place on an evening in February 2025 when Michael Tejeda left his gun unattended while he was watching his two daughters at their home in Wichita. Tejeda’s older daughter took the gun when he was in another room, according to The Wichita Eagle. While playing with the gun, the girl accidentally shot and killed her younger sister, Myla. Following the shooting, Tejeda, 26, called the children’s mother –  who was getting a tattoo from a friend…

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Scotland head coach Steve Clarke had just finished his playing career with Chelsea when his country qualified for the 1998 World Cup, proving their last appearance at the finals before the former defender guided them back to the tournament by beating Denmark last November. Clarke has particular reason to sense the feelgood factor before Scotland’s pre-finals swansong on home turf at Hampden Park against Curacao on Saturday, having signed a new deal on Thursday to stay in charge until 2030. “It will be nice for the fans to give us a send-off,” Clarke told the Scottish FA. “We want to…

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The charges stem from the January 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge.An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent charged with shooting a Venezuelan man during a controversial immigration raid in Minnesota has been arrested in Texas, according to United States authorities.Agent Christian Castro, 52, was taken into custody on Friday after investigators from Minnesota tracked him down in the southern state, where he was arrested with assistance from the Texas Rangers and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general’s office. He faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting…

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