Getty ImagesMantej MannBBC Sport Journalist47 minutes agoJai Opetaia produced a fifth-round stoppage to beat Claudio Squeo and retain his IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight world titles.The Australian dominated the bout on the Gold Coast and landed a firm uppercut in the third round before connecting with some damaging combinations.Opetaia, 29, then floored Italian Squeo in the fourth round with a punishing shot to the body.Victory was delivered in the next round after a fierce right hook to the jaw forced Squeo to hunch over and take a knee as the home favourite extended his unbeaten run to 28 fights.Following the bout, Opetaia once again voiced his desire for a unification bout with Mexico’s WBO and WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto Ramirez.”We did what we had to do,” said Opetaia. “I’m chasing this unification fight and it’s frustrating.”Gilberto Ramirez – next fight, let’s get it on. I’m chasing the belts. The fight is easy to be made. Let’s do it.”Meanwhile, Japan’s Junto Nakatani overcame compatriot Ryosuke Nishida, who retired with an eye injury in Tokyo, to add the IBF bantamweight title to his WBC belt.Nakatani remains the number one fighter in the division after firing several punches towards the right eye of Nishida, which prompted an inspection from the ringside doctor after the sixth round.Victory for the three-weight world champion extends his unbeaten record to 31 wins, including 24 knockouts.Another Japanese rival, Naoya Inoue, was watching on from the stands and could be in line for a highly anticipated meeting with the 27-year-old next year.A bout between Nakatani and the unbeaten Inoue, who has 27 knockouts in 30 wins, would be the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history.Related topicsBoxing

Getty ImagesMandeep SangheraBBC Sport journalist21 minutes ago55 CommentsEngland captain Harry Kane says his side “got away with it” in their 1-0 win against Andorra in a performance that “wasn’t good enough”.In a disappointing display against a team ranked 173rd in the world, England won courtesy of a solitary Kane goal after 50 minutes in Barcelona.England were booed by some of their fans at half-time and full-time, while manager Thomas Tuchel said his side “lacked the seriousness and the urgency that is needed in a World Cup qualifier”.”It wasn’t our greatest performance,” said Kane, whose goal took his tally to 72 for England. “I don’t think it’s one many people are going to remember, that’s for sure, but it’s three points in the bag.”But, yeah, for sure we know we can play better in all aspects, both with and without the ball.”It’s down to us now to analyse it, look back and try and learn from it because condition-wise it’s going to be very similar to next summer – dry pitch, warm weather, humid.”He added: “It [the goal] was probably our best move and we just didn’t have enough of that, both with probably the runs and also the quality – a lot of balls kind of overhit, out of play, and it just kind of killed our momentum, especially there in the second half.”The 2026 World Cup will be held across Canada, Mexico and the United States.England beat Latvia and Albania in their first two World Cup qualifiers in March before the win against Andorra.They are top of Group K, with Albania second on four points, Latvia third with three points after two games, Serbia fourth with one point from one game and Andorra bottom.Kane added: “We were just lacking quality [against Andorra], looked a bit fatigued both physically and mentally and, yeah, we got away with it because we’re a good team and they had a couple of half-chances where we didn’t get punished. But ultimately, it wasn’t good enough.”England’s next game is a friendly against Senegal at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground on Tuesday (19:45 BST).Related topicsFootballEngland Men’s Football Team

Getty ImagesGeorge O’NeillBBC Sport Scotland22 minutes agoKLM Open final round leaderboard-11 C Syme (Sco); -9 J Lagergren (Swe); -4 J Schaper (RSA); -3 E Ferguson (Sco), J Senior (Eng), R Ramsay (Sco)Selected others: -2 A Sullivan (Eng), D Bradbury (Eng); -1 G Forrest (Sco), N Kimsey (Eng)Full leaderboardConnor Syme battled difficult conditions at the KLM Open to shoot a final-round 71 and win his first DP World Tour title.The Scot, 29, led the field by two shots after 54 holes and no player was able to chase him down as the rain fell and wind gusted in Amsterdam. Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren eagled the last to finish on nine under par, but playing partner Syme held his nerve to make a par of his own and win by two shots.The Kirkcaldy-born golfer took home the first prize of $467,500 (£345,000) and was congratulated on the 18th green by compatriot Ewan Ferguson, who finished on three under and made a hole-in-one at the par-three seventh earlier in the day.Richie Ramsay made it three Scots in the top 10, matching Ferguson’s score for the week.”I’m just so happy I managed to do it,” said Syme. “Everyone helped so much and I’m buzzing to do it with Ryan [McGuigan] on the bag as well, I’m overjoyed.”It’s so nice they stuck around. I’ve been really pleased for them and I’m delighted to have won myself, amazing.”Syme’s one previous title win since turning professional in 2017 came in the 2019 Turkish Airlines Challenge on the Challenger Tour.Related topicsGolf

Getty Images31 minutes agoUFC president Dana White says he cannot stop Jon Jones from retiring, despite the American having “agreed” to fight Tom Aspinall.White was responding to the social media activity of the UFC heavyweight champion, who suggested he was retired before calling out ex-UFC fighter Francis Ngannou.Speaking at the UFC 316 post-fight news conference, White said 37-year-old Jones had said nothing about retiring to him and that he was only interested in matching him with Aspinall.”Tom Aspinall is the guy. If the guy wants to retire and doesn’t want to fight, there’s nothing you can do,” White said.”I didn’t want Khabib [Nurmagomedov] to retire, I thought [Daniel Cormier] should’ve stayed in it longer, so it’s none of my business.”I’ll do what I can to make the fight, if we can, if he’s talking that crazy, I didn’t realise that.”With Ngannou fuelling speculation he might be open to a return to the UFC, White played down the chances even if it was to fight Jones.”It’s Aspinall’s fight,” White said.Aspinall, 32, has been the interim champion for 18 months and has publicly said he believes Jones is retired.White has been insisting since last November, when Jones last fought, the bout with Aspinall would happen next and clarified that – while Jones had agreed to the fight – he had not signed a contract.”John agreed to fight Tom,” he said.”Jon Jones agreed to do the fight. Jon Jones was offered the deal and accepted the deal.”What information do we collect from this quiz?Related topicsMixed Martial Arts

Lorena Wiebes wins the fourth and final stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain in Glasgow, with Ally Wollaston sealing overall victory by finishing third and taking bonus seconds to push overnight leader Britain’s Cat Ferguson into second place.WATCH MORE: Ferguson takes Tour of Britain lead with brilliant stage winAvailable to UK users only.

Rex FeaturesGemma StevensonBBC Radio Cambridgeshire at Roland Garros7 minutes agoAlfie Hewett says he is “extremely disappointed” with French Open organisers after his wheelchair singles final was moved to a different court less than an hour before the start “without really consulting the players”.The Norfolk player’s match against Tokito Oda on Saturday, which he lost 6-4 7-6 (8-6), was switched from Court 14 to being straight after the women’s wheelchair final on Suzanne Lenglen. They were only given about 35 minutes to prepare after being informed of the change at just past midday.”I understand the reasoning behind it because of the changeable weather this week but I think they could have communicated that the night before – like given us a heads-up and said ‘if this quads match goes on longer than the women’s final then you boys will be on Lenglen, if it doesn’t happen then you will stay on Court 14’,” he said. “None of that communication was had the night before, or even in the morning.”The BBC have approached Roland Garros and the International Tennis Federation for comment.As the wheelchair draw progressed there was a lot of discussion around the scheduling and last-minute changes, with different courts offering varied conditions for the players.”It’s a completely different environment,” said Hewett, who won his sixth consecutive Roland Garros doubles title with partner and fellow Brit Gordon Reid, and who – by also finishing with runners-up honours in the singles – improved on his 2024 performance at Roland Garros.”Gordy [Gordon Reid] was saying it when we were playing doubles. The ball was slower, the balls pick up more clay because there is more clay on those courts.”On the outdoor courts it’s slightly livelier, it’s slightly bouncier, there’s shorter back runs. It completely changes the tactical game of the match and usually you know that you’re going to be playing on a show court, so you practice on that court beforehand.”As elite-level athletes who are competing for the top prizes in tennis, a lot of thought goes into pre-match preparations for the wheelchair players – not just at the Grand Slams but every week they compete on tour.”I’m not one to come out here and criticise tournaments often because I know we are as players, and I am, incredibly grateful to be at events like this, to be celebrating wheelchair tennis and showcasing it on a big stage but what happened today was unacceptable,” said Hewett.”There are standards I believe that have got to be set and you know as players we weren’t listened to, we weren’t heard. “We tried to ask for the court to be pushed back, but unfortunately the priority was for fans to watch the women’s final on a screen rather than giving the wheelchair players more time to warm-up and prepare for a Grand Slam singles final.”This isn’t me making excuses for my performance, Tokito was in exactly the same boat as me. I’m very happy with the way I performed actually. “This is more about the players and our welfare, and actually treating us like professionals, because I can guarantee there’s no way Jannik Sinner or [Novak] Djokovic would get told ‘sorry you can’t have a proper practice, you’ve got to go on court in 30 minutes’.”He added: “You put everything on the line for these matches. It’s not the reason why I lost the singles final – Tokito was the better player in the bigger moments – but these are the things that people higher up have got to take into consideration – and which I know they are taking into consideration with the other players.”They didn’t take that into consideration with us and I feel really disappointed in that.”Related topicsTennisDisability Sport