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Ten years ago in Rio, Tony Yoka won the Olympic super-heavyweight gold medal, and he is still dreaming of winning the world heavyweight championship as a professional boxer. During the last 70 years, only six of 18 Olympic heavyweight champions have gone on to win the world title. It is an elite club, and it looked like Yokas hopes of joining it were finished four years ago, when he lost three fights on the spin. On Saturday in Paris, his hometown, he fights Lawrence Okolie, who also boxed at the Rio Olympics. It is a fight to decide both of their futures; Yoka must win, Okolie is expected to win, and that is what makes it so special. Former cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie is eyeing heavyweight gold (Getty)Yoka is only 33, a perfect age for a heavyweight to start winning real tiles, and the trio of losses now seems like part of the troubled journey and not a sign of his decline. There was a lot going on in my life back then and a lot going wrong, said Yoka. I have slowly been putting my life and my career back together. In the summer of 2024, with his home city gripped by Olympic fever, Yoka was fighting for his life at a leisure centre in south London. He had been invited to be a significant part of the spectacular opening ceremony, but instead fought for a just a few thousand pounds on an obscure show the same weekend as Paris was lit with the Olympic flame. It was the first win after the defeats, and it started this part of his boxing journey. The defeats initially looked devastating, but closer analysis reveals an alternative view: two of the three losses were against leading contenders in Martin Bakole and Carlos Takam, two were split decisions, and the third was a majority decision. Furthermore, Yoka had passed a series of good tests before the setbacks, stopping Dave Allen, Alexander Dimitrenko and Johann Duhaupas. Okolie, who is from Hackney, represented GB and lost early at the Rio Olympics, but after turning professional he was dominant at cruiserweight winning and defending the WBO version before a sensible move to heavyweight. There was a tiny stop to add the WBCs bridgerweight belt to his collection in 2024, too.Tony Yoka (right) won Olympic gold against Britains Joe Joyce in 2016 (Getty)Okolie is untested and unbeaten in three fights as a heavyweight and is ranked very highly. He is now 60lb heavier than in his cruiserweight days and looks like a natural heavyweight. Yoka is 6ft 7in and about the same weight. This is one of those crucial fights that slips under the radar: both boxers desperately need to win. There is a role in the grand heavyweight scheme available to Saturdays winner, while the loser becomes the latest test for the next kid on the block. On the same night in Las Vegas, Jarrell Big Baby Miller, last seen winning a fight but losing his toupee, continues his backyard ascent in the heavyweight division when he meets Lenier Pero, the unbeaten Cuban exile who also fought at the Rio Olympics. Jarrell Miller lost his hair in his last fight but must keep his head to become a world-title contender (Getty)It is a good test for both men and, once again, the winner gets an invite to the big party. Miller simply will not go away and Pero, who is the oldest looking 33-year-old on the circuit, has that Cuban pedigree to make this fight very interesting like the one in Paris on the same evening.The heavyweight season continues and, on Saturday, two men will get eliminated and two will enter the latter stages. With Okolie ranked in the top 10 by the IBF and WBC, he may yet emerge as an unlikely contender for unified champion Oleksandr Usyk, while Miller is a top-10 heavyweight in the WBAs eyes. Either way, Yokas overdue homecoming is the fight to watch.

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Nike has caused controversy in the days leading up to the race after a sign appeared in its Newbury Street store last week that read: 'Runners welcome. Walkers tolerated.'

Nike has been compelled to remove a controversial sign from its Boston store following fierce criticism from marathon participants ahead of today's race.The sportswear company displayed the message "Runners welcome. Walkers tolerated" at its Newbury Street location last week, intended to motivate competitors in the world's oldest annual marathon.Images of the sign spread rapidly across social media platforms, triggering an angry response from the running community.Competitors accused the brand of "pace shaming," while disabled athletes condemned what they described as tone-deaf messaging from the global sportswear giant.TRENDINGStoriesVideosYour SayOver 32,000 participants are set to complete the 26.2-mile course through eight Massachusetts towns today.The company issued a statement acknowledging the error, saying: "We want more people to feel welcome in running - no matter their pace, experience or the distance."Nike admitted that during race week in Boston, they had erected several signs to encourage participants, but conceded that one particular display had "missed the mark."The brand confirmed the offending sign had been taken down and pledged to learn from the incident."We'll use this moment to do better and continue showing up for all runners," the statement added.The apology came as the Boston Marathon prepares to welcome thousands of competitors with varying abilities and finishing times.LATEST SPORTS NEWS:Roy Keane snaps at Gary Neville and Micah Richards after seismic Man City win over ArsenalMatt Fitzpatrick makes feelings clear on hostile American crowd after RBC Heritage winSnooker chiefs respond after Barry Hawkins complaint at World ChampionshipRobyn Michaud, competing in the adaptive division for a fifth time today, responded sharply on Instagram: "Due to a spinal cord injury I HAVE to take walk breaks."Even with a cyst in my spinal cord, I still regularly break 5 hours in Boston and plan to again this weekend. Thank you for TOLERATING me, @Nike."She suggested the company visit the adaptive and para staging area to witness "what true grit is all about."Nicole Homerin, running her ninth marathon despite a heart condition, told WGBH the sign failed to acknowledge alternative forms of movement such as rolling or using mobility devices.She criticised the messaging as "hierarchical," suggesting running was somehow superior to walking.Tina Zhu Xi Caruso highlighted broader issues within the sport, stating: "The running community is just very ableist like you need to run fast, you need to run hard, you need to have dedication, you need to just do everything that a disabled person might not be able to do, or an older person."Another competitor wrote on Threads: "The elitism in running is absolutely ridiculous."No matter the speed, forward is a pace. If you run, you're a runner. Period."The same runner, who finished in 6:01:37 while raising over $21,500 for charity, added: "I am not 'tolerated.'"The Boston Marathon remains notoriously difficult to enter, requiring men aged 18-34 to achieve qualifying times of 2:55 and women 3:25.Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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Park rangers in Canada have uncovered a centuries-old shipwreck in a region known for many maritime disasters.The shipwreck, which dates back more than 200 years, is believed to be the Swift, a civilian vessel that sank on Sept. 27, 1812.En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.WINTER STORMS REVEAL POSSIBLE 17TH-CENTURY SHIPWRECK TIED TO ARMED CARIBBEAN VOYAGESThe discovery of the ship fragments and the research that followed was two years in the making.The discovery was announced by Parks Canada officials last month. The group was first alerted to the site in February 2024 after team members found a pulley wheel with a mark of the British Royal Navy."AnotherParks Canadateam member later found a piece of copper sheathing with multiple broad-arrow stamps and an Admiralty stamp dated January 1810 from Portsmouth, which supported the likelihood that we'd unearthed a small fragment of theBarbadoes we know from historical accounts that the ship had a refit at Portsmouth in 1810," the statement said.Additional pulley wheels and copper sheathing were uncovered until officials eventually found a sloop-sized shipwreck section made of Bermudan cedar.The artifacts appeared to belong to Barbadoes while the shipwreck section pointed to the Swift.2,000-YEAR-OLD ROMAN SHIPWRECK DISCOVERED WITH TREASURES STILL CLUSTERED WHERE IT SANK"Initially, only three bits of wood were sticking out of the sand," the statement said. "We believe the wreck to be that of theSwift."Sable Island has a reputation as the "graveyard of the Atlantic," a Parks Canada spokesperson told Fox News Digital.The official cited over 350 recorded shipwrecks since 1583.Many shipwreck fragments, however, can't be traced back to specific events unless they have "sufficient distinguishing features."TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZThe official said, "Sometimes, it takes luck."The spokesperson added that the dig was difficult due to Sable Island's windy, challenging weather and unusual terrain.Officials worked with Mikmaw archaeological technicians alongside both underwater and terrestrial archaeologists to excavate and document the wreck, adapting their methods to Sable Island's shifting sands."Sable Island is an unusual site to excavate, because it's composed mostly of loose sand," said the spokesperson.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER"We used sandbags to stabilize the banks and then peeled the sand back from the wreck site. We also used a skid steer to help remove the overburden of sand, then switched to hand tools to avoid damaging the wreck."When the documentation process was done, archaeologists covered the shipwreck with sand in order to protect it.What stood out most to archaeologists, the official said, was the scale of the wreck."Most shipwreck pieces on Sable Island are usually small fragments lying on the surface or in the intertidal area," the spokesperson noted. "This wreck was unusual both in its completeness and its condition."CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIESThe official added, "This wreck discovery is especially exciting for us, because if we can verify it, it's one of the rare occasions that anyone has been able to correlate a physical shipwreck on Sable Island with a documented historical wreck event from before the 20th century."Parks Canada's statement noted that there are "still plenty of unknowns about the ships, how they ended up on Sable Island and what their crews time was like on the island while they waited to be rescued.""The shipwreck we found was quite far inland from the current shoreline, so were also still piecing together how it got there, as the island moves considerably over time," the announcement said.The news comes a year after another archaeological discovery was made at Sable Island though far more modern.Last spring, officials announced that a message in a bottle from 1983 surfaced on Sable Island's shores and still smelled of gin.

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Plusieurs fois interrog pour son implication dans l'affaire Negreira, potentiel scandale d'arbitrage au cur duquel est plong le Bara depuis plusieurs mois, l'ancien prsident catalan Josep Maria Bartomeu a une nouvelle fois clam son innocence en s'appuyant sur les pratiques du rival madrilne.