Former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has announced he will return to boxing in 2026, bringing an end to his latest spell of retirement. The 37-year-old Briton last fought in December 2024, when he was beaten for a second time by unified champion Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight rematch. Fury confirmed his retirement a month […]
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Dad pays tribute to ‘wonderful family’ killed in Stroud Boxing Day fire
Alexandra BassinghamWest of England Facebook Fionnghuala Shearman and her daughter Eve and son Ohner died in the fire on Boxing Day A man whose wife and two children died in a Boxing Day fire has paid tribute to his “wonderful family”. Tom Shearman escaped the fire after it engulfed their home on Brimscombe Hill in […]
Stroud Boxing Day fire victims named as bodies recovered
A mother and her two young children who died in a house fire on Boxing Day have been named locally. Seven-year-old Eve, four-year-old Ohner, and their mother, Fionnghuala Shearman died after a fire engulfed their mid-terrace Cotswold home on Brimscombe Hill in Stroud, at about 03:00 GMT on Friday. Their father, a serving police officer […]
Premier League to only have one Boxing Day game ‘because of Uefa competitions’
The calendar for Uefa’s club competitions now stretches across 10 midweeks, rather than the six as it did two seasons ago, with the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League each given a standalone week for exposure. The Conference League is also held on consecutive weeks in December, with the final round of games scheduled […]