BOXING
Mike Tyson hits out at Hulu
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has accused an unauthorized television drama of stealing his life story, comparing the streaming platform behind the upcoming series to a “slave master.” Mike, which premieres on Hulu on Aug. 25, is a scripted drama that re-enacts moments from the controversial fighter’s life, from his early childhood and through his 1992 rape conviction. “Hulu is the streaming version of the slave master. They stole my story and didn’t pay me,” Tyson wrote on Instagram. “I don’t support their story about my life. It’s not 1822. It’s 2022. They stole my life story and didn’t pay me,” he wrote. “To Hulu executives I’m just a n****r they can sell on the auction block,” he wrote, using asterisks in place of letters. Hulu is majority-owned by Disney.
FORMULA ONE
No ‘Top Gun’ for Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton said he had to turn down an offer to feature as a fighter pilot in Tom Cruise’s hit movie Top Gun: Maverick because of his Formula One commitments. The seven-time world champion told Vanity Fair that he had been desperate for a part. “Basically I’m a friend of Tom Cruise,” the Mercedes driver said. “He invited me to his set years ago when he was doing Edge of Tomorrow, and then we just built a friendship over time.” Hamilton said he had been a huge fan of the original 1986 Top Gun. “When I heard the second one was coming out, I was like: ‘Oh, my God, I have to ask him.’ I said: ‘I don’t care what role it is. I’ll even sweep something, be a cleaner in the back,’” he said. Offered a part as a pilot, Hamilton said he had to decline it in “the most upsetting call that I think I’ve ever had.”
SOCCER
Roma needs Olympian: Jose
AS Roma manager Mourinho left his fans wondering if sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs would have made a great soccer player in another life after jokingly showing off the signing of the Olympic 100m champion on Monday. While the Special One’s approach to fantasy football might seem unorthodox, Mourinho has no doubts Jacobs would be a perfect fit at Roma. Not only would the Italian be the fastest man in Serie A, but also the most versatile. “Super fast, dominant, technically perfect. Can play as a defender or striker...” Mourinho wrote on social media next to a picture with the 27-year-old athlete one day after Roma’s 5-0 friendly win over Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk. Roma superfan Jacobs, who was gifted the No. 12 shirt during his visit to the capital club, was ready to leave athletics behind to be Roma’s next big signing. “[I play] where do you want mister,” he said to Mourinho in a comment, sharing the post on his own profile asking Roma when he would start.
SOCCER
Sanchez, Inter part ways
Inter have ended the contract of Chile forward Alexis Sanchez by mutual agreement, the Serie A club said on Monday. Italian media reports said Sanchez is to join French side Olympique de Marseille on a free transfer. The 33-year-old made 109 appearances and scored 20 goals in all competitions after joining Inter from Manchester United in 2019, but rarely appeared in the starting lineup last season. “The club would like to wholeheartedly thank Alexis for these last three seasons ... and we wish him all the best for his future career,” Inter said in a statement.
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the head of the US drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA’s fiercest critics. WADA on Saturday said it was turning to legal counsel to address a statement released by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart, who said WADA and anti-doping authorities in China swept positive tests “under the carpet by failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.” The
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said the upcoming French Open would be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur. The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well, but eventually crumbled 7-5, 6-1 against the world No. 11 from Australia in the second round. Nadal, 37, who missed virtually all of last season, is hoping to compete at the French Open next month where he is the record 14-time champion. The Spaniard said the clash with De Minaur was
RALLY: It was only the second time the Taiwanese has partnered with Kudermetova, and the match seemed tight until they won seven points in a row to take the last set 10-2 Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix women’s doubles final in Stuttgart, Germany. The pair defeated Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel 4-6, 6-3, 10-2 in a tightly contested match at the WTA 500 tournament. Chan and Kudermetova fell 4-6 in the first set after having their serve broken three times, although they played increasingly well. They fought back in the second set and managed to break their opponents’ serve in the eighth game to triumph 6-3. In the tiebreaker, Chan and Kudermetova took a 3-0 lead before their opponents clawed back two points, but