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It’s clearly a day for heartfelt apologies, so let me offer mine. I’m deeply sorry this blog post doesn’t end after the following sentence: Tiger Woods will not play at The Masters. Because really, from a golfing perspective, that’s all that matters. That’s the meat of what Woods said. Nothing else was worthy of a headline.… Read more

Ross Pearson, The Ultimate Fighter lightweight winner last year, joins us for the Telegraph Tipping Chart ahead of UFC 110, breaking down the main card. Pearson told Telegraph Sport that his next contest, against Dennis Siver, is one he is excited about, and is preparing for in earnest. Pearson breaks down the main card. Bisping v Silva.… Read more

CLICK HERE TO SEE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO WITH FREDDIE ROACH ON THE STYLE AND GREATNESS OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER AS A BOXER Alex Ariza, the head conditioning coach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, who overseas the programmes for Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, believes Floyd Mayweather has stepped in the wrong direction to meet Shane Mosley. “I… Read more

Major League Soccer, the United States of America's attempt at a domestic football league, is a farce. Everyone knows that. It's not scientifically proven, as Dr Fox might say, but it is fact. It is, at best, a retirement home for players in the autumn of their careers, looking for an easy life, an improved bank… Read more

CLICK HERE TO SEE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO FREDDIE ROACH ASKS WHY THEY SHOULD PLAY BY MAYWEATHER'S RULES Alex Ariza, Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach believes the Mayweather-Pacquiao axis could be irretrievably split. Ariza, for the past two and a half years the head strength and conditioning coach at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym, in Hollywood, told… Read more

Michael Bisping and Wanderlei Silva have notched their contest up a level this week – with the match-up of styles providing a major debate before the pair square off in Sydney at UFC 110. Bisping is likely to counter strike and attempt to take Silva down; the Brazilian – well – most MMA fans know only… Read more

Another week, another woeful Arsenal goalkeeping error. How much longer can Arsene Wenger ignore the gaping hole in his defence? How much longer are fans going to have to put up with Lukasz Fabianski palming the ball into his own net, or Manuel Almunia flapping at crosses? And how much longer can Arsenal really expect to stay competitive… Read more

Wanderlei Silva, UFC UK President Marshall Zelaznik and heavyweight contender Cain Velasquez set the scene for the first UFC event to be held in Sydney. Mixed martial arts legend Wanderlei Silva aims for a fresh start in the UFC middleweight division in the early hours of Sunday morning, aiming to unhinge Britain’s Michael Bisping at UFC… Read more

There are gay footballers playing in the English professional leagues. Not a single one of them has come out. Why? In an enlightening interview with Jim White, John Amaechi, the British basketball player who played in the NBA in the Nineties, says he has spoken to "10, 12 current professional footballers who are gay". Amaechi, who… Read more

It is the curse of every generation to cast themselves as the world's great innovators. Take swearing, or conflict between East and West. Both pre-date the modern age by thousands of years, and yet both are cast as something new and exciting, the former by children, the latter by sociologists. Much the same could be said… Read more