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Keely Hodgkinson took silver at the European Athletics Championships, finishing behind Switzerland's Audrey Werro, but the British star isn't dwelling on the result. Hodgkinson says she's proud of her ability to keep fighting, and with a new rivalry now firmly established, expect her to come back sharper.
Shifting to the fight game, and Claressa Shields stepped into State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia tonight challenging Kaye Scott for the unified WBA and WBC middleweight titles. Shields came in at eighteen wins and zero losses with three knockouts, and as the pound-for-pound number one, the expectation was nothing short of a statement performance on home soil.
And in the transfer market, Arsenal are moving with purpose. The Gunners are leading the race to sign Brighton midfielder Jack Hinshelwood ahead of the two thousand twenty six to twenty seven season. The twenty one year old England Under-twenty one international is a major target, and Arsenal have already made direct contact with his representatives ahead of a formal bid.
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