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Motherland 9pm, BBC Two Fresh from her star turn as the menacing Patricia Carmichael in Line of Duty, Anna Maxwell-Martin dons an altogether more empathetic guise as harried working mother Julia for the third season of the hit sitcom about the trials of middle-class motherhood. Finding herself cut off from the other mums, Julia tries to win back their favour by hosting a nit treatment party. While the combs are out, Amanda (Lucy Punch) gossips about Kevin’s potential divorce and Liz (Diane Mo...

Who is next for Conor Benn after knocking out Samuel Vargas? Benn called for a showdown with Khan after Vargas stoppage Conor Benn will look forward to a big 2021 after retaining his WBA Continental Welterweight title with a first round stoppage of Samuel Vargas Photo Credit: Dave Thompson/Matchroom Boxing After an arduous training camp, Conor Benn barely broke a sweat on Saturday night as he blew away Samuel Vargas in 82 seconds at the Copper Box Arena. Vargas (31-7-2, 14 KOs) was perceived as...

Conor Benn makes his loudest statement yet Conor Benn trounces gatekeeper Samuel Vargas inside 90 seconds. Steve Bunce reports from ringside CONOR BENN sent out an old-fashioned message during a night when legitimacy was a backdrop to the action. Benn left Samuel Vargas helpless and hopeless on the ropes, forcing the referee, Michael Alexander, to intervene after just 80 seconds of the first round. It was the end nobody predicted, not even the gushing patriots in the Benn business. Vargas was s...

Dont show me this message again✕ Conor Benn celebrates his win over Samuel Vargas (Dave Thompson) Conor Benn destroyed Samuel Vargas inside a round with an electric display to claim the WBA continental welterweight title. ‘The Destroyer’ was sensational from the outset with crisp combinations that dazed the experienced Colombian-Canadian at the Copper Box in a statement performance. After a thudding straight right was swiftly followed up with a clever uppercut, Benn immediately pinned a ...

Samuel Vargas is a fighter whos accustomed to hard nights. On Saturday night he anticipates that Conor Benn will provide another one. Samuel Vargas knows all about facing boxing’s hot prospects. In 2015, Vargas was in the opposite corner to Errol Spence as the talented Texan was in the middle of his journey from 2012 Olympian to one of the sport’s most dominant fighters.   Almost six years to the day he took on Spence, Vargas tackles another fighter on the up in Britain’s Conor Benn, a f...

Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Welterweight prospect Conor Benn returns Saturday on DAZN and Sky Sports, facing veteran battler Samuel Vargas in a 10-round main event. Does Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KO) pull the upset this time, or will Benn (17-0, 11 KO) roll on to another win? Scott Christ (18-6-1) I like Vargas fine in this role, he’s tough and scrappy, he brings the fight. Tough dude. Warrior. And so on. But unless he catches Benn cold, I think this winds up another fight Vargas valiantly loses,...

Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images Samuel Vargas isn’t new to the sort of role he’ll be in on Saturday against Conor Benn, taking on a top prospect with high hopes. He faced Errol Spence Jr in 2015 and Vergil Ortiz in 2020, and otherwise, Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KO) has been in the ring with some really good fighters over the years. He is being brought in as a test for the 24-year-old Benn (17-0, 11 KO), who seems to win over a few skeptics basically every time out. But while Benn has certainly ...

The Lions have set up a series of both live and pre-recorded Zoom mentoring sessions, which see players and coaching staff focus on fitness, nutrition and mental health as well as integrating back into peer interaction and re-engaging with sport. Research commissioned by the club during the pandemic found 35 per cent of people aged 18-24 currently feel displaced and outside of the norm, with these figures increasing to 38 per cent in the BAME community. The ‘Getting Back to Your Team’ Zoom ...

Paris to stage rescheduled Tokyo 2020 European boxing qualifier Wednesday, 3 March 2021 Paris has been chosen to stage the rearranged European boxing qualifier for the postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Boxing Task Force (BTF), which is organising the qualifiers, confirmed the French capital had replaced London as the host city for the event. The BTF said it had selected Paris "as part of its initial commitment to organise its events in the host countri...

Thursday, 25 February 2021 Budapest in Hungary has emerged as the likely replacement for London as the host city for the rearranged Tokyo 2020 European boxing qualifier. insidethegames understands the International Olympic Committees (IOC) Boxing Task Force (BTF), which is organising the qualifier, is in talks with Hungarian officials regarding staging the European event in June. Sources with knowledge of the situation said the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena has been provisionally booked ...