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Both fighters, world champions each, want the fight, the return fight, yet there is a difference of opinion as far as at what weight the fight should be fought at. We’re talking Dmitry Bivol- Canelo Alvarez II. Bivol as we know, decisioned Canelo last May, the Russian retaining his WBA light heavyweight title with the big win. Now, Canelo wants revenge, the return fight to also take place at 175 pounds.

Canelo called out Bivol after his 12 round decision win over a tough and durable John Ryder: “I want the same terms, the same everything as the last fight,” Canelo said. “The goal is to have the rematch with Bivol in the same terms.”

This is seen by all fans as an honourable move by Canelo. There was talk of Canelo “demanding” the rematch be at 168, this in an effort at “draining” Bivol. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. It is Bivol who wants the rematch to be down at 168 pounds: “We fought at 175 and I beat him,” Bivol said on social media. “So now I’m willing to take a risk and go to 168 because it’s a motivation for me to try to fight for all the titles at 168….Why should I even do the rematch at 175? What is the challenge or what is the motivation for me if I’ve already beaten him at that weight class?”

Nobody really saw this coming, did they? Could it be that the argument over which weight the rematch is fought at proves so troublesome that there is no rematch? Let’s hope not. But Bivol has made his position clear, as has Canelo.

Which reigning world champion will budge, if either? Bivol wants more belts, and Canelo holds the lot at 168, and this is clearly something that motivates Bivol. Yet Canelo, to his credit, wants no excuses in the rematch, with him wanting to get redemption by beating Bivol at his natural weight. So what gives? Who gives? At what weight do YOU think Bivol-Canelo II should be fought at? If the rematch does happen this year, it’s likely it will go down in Las Vegas in September. Will it be repeat or revenge?

The fifth NBA playoff games smiled on Golden State and the New York Knicks, who remain in the game to secure the finals of their respective conferences, shortening the score to 3-2.

The Warriors took advantage of the court factor and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers with the numbers 121-106. The best player on the floor was Steph Curry with 27 points.

Golden State managed to score 70 points in half of the game and it was easy for them to manage the advantage and exploit the spaces of the opponents.

Now the two best teams in the West will play a sixth meeting, with the games returning to Los Angeles, with the Lakers having the next chance for the ticket to the finals.

In the Eastern Conference, New York defeated the Miami Heat with a score of 112-103. Brunson scored a total of 38 points, as the home team perfectly controlled Butler. This semi-final challenge also went to the result 3-2, but like the Lakers, Miami also has the chance to win the duel in the next challenge at home.

Inter has taken a safe step towards the Champions League final, as it defeated Milan 2-0 in the first leg of the semi-final.

Zikaltri started the meeting at a high pace, while the Reds and Blacks were very sleepy and conceded two quick goals, first with Dzeko and then with the Armenian Mikitarian.

The following minutes, until the referee’s final whistle, were more or less the same. Inter defended well and tried to take a risk with a counterattack, while Milan almost never managed to risk the opponent’s goal.

Now, with a two-goal difference, Inzaghi’s team goes very quietly to the return match next Tuesday.

In the last few hours, numerous Greek media published the news that the Albanian Football Federation has accepted the request of the Greek Federation that the final of the Greek Football Cup be held in Tirana on May 24.

This development is said to have come after the new refusal of the Cypriot Police, and the Greek side has started looking for stadiums in neighboring Balkan countries, such as Serbia and Romania, and even Turkey. But Istanbul and Belgrade seem to have been removed from the list and more chances are given to Bucharest and Tirana.

Even according to published information, the first positive response to the Greek federation came from the Albanian federation, which is said to have expressed positively about the possibility that the match that will decide the trophy between AEK and PAOK will take place on May 24 in Tirana’s new stadium “Air Albania Stadium”), which has a capacity of 22 thousand spectators and hosted the final of the League Conference between Rome and Feyenoord last year.

The executive committee of the Greek Federation scheduled to discuss the issue of the final of the Greek Cup today was postponed to tomorrow (8/5), which leaves everything open in terms of the venue.

All the attention of Europe, but not only, is today on the “Santiago Bernabeu”, where the first semi-final of the Champions League will be played.

Real Madrid or Manchester City, only one of these two giants of European football will secure a ticket to the grand final in Istanbul.

The “Citizens” still haven’t chewed over that disastrous elimination from a year ago, when the Spaniards at the same stage eliminated them with a 3-1 upset just 2 minutes before the end of the meeting, so Pep Guardiola’s team is looking for revenge.

In the conference on the eve of the challenge, the Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, emphasized that it will be a difficult match, but the one who makes the least mistakes will win.

“We have our schemes and we can win. City is a more complete team. Last year they had a very dangerous striker like Gabriel Jesus, but very different from Haaland. Now they benefit from long balls. This does not mean that they have changed their style. They are very well organized in defense and play well with the ball. If you defend well, the worst result is a draw. That doesn’t mean we won’t attack. Let’s not forget that last year against City we conceded 5 goals and scored 6 in two games,” declared Ancelotti.

While Pep Guardiola said that they are not traveling to Madrid to take revenge, but want the final and ultimately the trophy: “We are not here for revenge. It’s another possibility. One day we will get the cup. We will go to the final and win it. It didn’t happen last season, as we played Real Madrid and in this competition they know exactly what they have to do. Seven years ago we wanted to win the Champions League. Last season it was like the end of the world, but here we are again. Being consistent is the most important thing. The important thing is that we are trying to improve every year.”

The Denver Nuggets-Phoenix Suns game produced a rare scene in American basketball that involved a Serbian player, a team owner and a famous former basketball player.

In the second period, one of the Suns players ended up in the spectators trying to catch the ball that was going out of bounds. The ball ended up in the hands of a spectator in the first row.

That’s when Serbian Nikola Jokic, of the Denver Nuggets, decided he was the one to get the ball. He tried to force it out of the hands of the fan, who happened to be Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia himself.

After taking it by force, he also elbowed the owner. At that moment, one of the legends of the NBA, Isaiah Thomas, intervened, who grabbed the Serbian basketball player by the shirt.From all this, Nikola Jokic escaped only with a technical foul.