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The Independent
18-06-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Anthony Joshua coach finally explains controversial ‘roll the dice' order in Daniel Dubois loss
Anthony Joshua 's coach Ben Davison has finally explained the controversial order to 'roll the dice' in September's defeat by Daniel Dubois. In a packed-out Wembley Stadium, Dubois dropped his fellow Briton four times and sealed a fifth-round stoppage, retaining the IBF heavyweight title in the process. Joshua, 35, has not fought since. While the former champion recovers from elbow surgery and considers shoulder treatment, 27-year-old Dubois is preparing to face unified champion Oleksandr Usyk. That bout will take place on 19 July at Wembley, where Dubois dealt Joshua a brutal KO in the fifth round, after 'AJ''s corner gave a surprising order after the fourth frame. With Joshua having been dropped once in each of the first, third and fourth rounds, many observers felt that the Olympic gold medalist needed to use the fifth round to recover. If successful, Joshua could perhaps have sought a finish later in the fight. Instead, Davison and his fellow cornerman encouraged Joshua to 'roll the dice'. Many fans and pundits interpreted that messaging as Davison and co urging Joshua to take an unnecessary risk. However, Davison has suggested that it was a specific reference to a combination: a double-jab and right uppercut. Responding to an observation made by Dubois's ex-coach Shane McGuigan on commentary, Davison told Talksport: 'It didn't [play out as McGuigan predicted], though. He's saying that Daniel's putting a right hand behind the double. So, he's saying Daniel Dubois throws a double-jab then a right hand. 'He would be 100 per cent correct; Daniel was throwing that throughout the fight. We've asked AJ to throw a double-jab and bring it up the middle. Daniel was defending AJ's right hand by ducking underneath it; therefore, if he's ducking underneath your right hand, the correct adjustment is to let him dip onto the right uppercut. ''Roll the dice' is like... that was something that he'd worked on throughout camp: double-jab, bring it up the middle. Because against [Filip] Hrgovic, again, he was so often – sorry, let me finish... He was regularly getting underneath Hrgovic's right hand. 'Hrgovic then started to throw an uppercut but wasn't bringing his feet in to be close enough to deliver the shot.' Moments before Dubois landed the knockout blow, Joshua appeared to stun the younger boxer, before seemingly over-committing to an attempt to finish the fight. In the ensuing moment, Dubois dropped Joshua for the final time, rendering AJ unable to beat the referee's count. Dubois was scheduled to defend the IBF belt against Joseph Parker in February but withdrew on two days' notice, citing illness. Parker went on to knock out Martin Bakole in two rounds. While Parker's next move is unclear, as is Joshua's, Dubois now bids for revenge against Usyk, who recovered from a controversial low blow to stop him in 2023. Dubois's team appealed the result, saying his low blow was in fact a legal body shot, but the appeal failed. Joshua has been linked with numerous potential opponents since losing to Dubois. A long-awaited fight against Tyson Fury has been mooted, although the latter claimed in January that he has retired from boxing – not for the first time. Meanwhile, a rematch with old rival Dillian Whyte was recently mentioned, only for Whyte to sign to face Moses Itauma.
BBC News
14-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Derry season comes to an end with Dublin defeat
Derry's championship season came to an end with a 0-22 to 0-20 defeat to Dublin in their Group Four finale at Pairc Esler. The Oak Leafers failed to win a league or championship match across their 11 outings in 2025, mustering just two draws from that period but despite that fact, they entered Saturday's clash with a chance of reaching the last 12. The Dubs also entered their meeting with the Ulster county needing a win to progress and they did just that to secure passage from the 'Group of Death' alongside Armagh and Farrell's side emerged sharpest from the blocks, hitting four rapid fire scores in the opening two minutes to take an early lead, the last of those coming from the boot of Paddy Small who fired over when aiming for the back of the net. The Oak Leafers eventually settled with their first score on six minutes from captain Conor Glass. Despite a desperate start, Derry led midway through the half mainly thanks to two two point frees from Shane McGuigan. The sides were locked at 13 points each after a breathless end to the half with Cormac Costello and McGuigan trading two pointed efforts. Like the first, Dublin hit the ground running when play restarted, Con O'Callaghan firing over just 15 seconds after the restart. Killian McGinnis, John Small and Sean Bugler were amongst the scores as the Dubs outscored Derry 0-5 to 0-1 in seven minutes midway through the half, the second four point burst which probably tipped the scale in Dublin's favour. The men in blue led by four entering the final 10 minutes and with both sides' championship seasons hanging in the balance, the game grew frantic. McGuigan kicked his 10th score of the night alongside an Ethan Doherty effort to cut the gap back to three. Paddy Tally's side could have levelled as McGuigan slipped Brendan Rogers through on goal but his effort went right across the face of Stephen Cluxton's goal and wide of the target. From almost the very next play of the game, Dublin broke and Bugler rounded Ben McKinless and looked destined to slot the ball into the empty net only for a spectacular goal-line clearance from Ruairi Forbes. Niall Loughlin and Rogers added two late scores to cut the gap to two but Dessie Farrell's men would hold onto the ball for the remaining seconds and seal a home preliminary quarter-final and with it end Derry's campaign. Dublin: Stephen Cluxton (0-2 2ptf); Sean MacMahon, Theo Clancy, David Byrne; Brian Howard, John Small (0-1), Lee Gannon (0-2); Peadar O Cofaigh Byrne, Killian McGinnis (0-3); Ciaran Kilkenny (0-1), Sean Bugler (0-2), Niall Scully; Paddy Small (0-2), Con O'Callaghan (0-5), Cormac Costello (0-4 1 2ptf).Subs: Cian Murphy for Clancy (49), Eoin Murchan for McGinnis (49), Ross McGarry for Scully (54), Tom Lahiff for Gannon (60), Nathan Doran for P Small (68)Derry: Ben McKinless; Diarmuid Baker, Eoin McEvoy, Patrick McGurk; Conor Doherty; Brendan Rogers (0-1), Padraig McGrogan; Conor Glass (0-2), Dan Higgins; Ethan Doherty (0-3), Paul Cassidy (0-1), Ciaran McFaul; Shane McGuigan (0-10 3 2ptf), Niall Loughlin (0-2 1m), Niall Toner (0-1).Subs: Lachlan Murray for Toner (45), Conor McCluskey for McGurk (49), Ryan Mullholland for McFaul (59), Ruairi Forbes for Cassidy (62), Cahir McMonagle for Loughlin (68)Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
RTÉ News
14-06-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Dublin outlast Derry in Newry classic to emerge from 'group of death'
Dublin secured a home tie in the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals after edging a thrilling final game encounter against a luckless Derry side in Páirc Esler on Saturday evening. With Ciaran Kilkenny superb and the returning Con O'Callaghan helping himself to five points, it was the Dubs' third quarter which gave Dessie Farrell's men the platform for victory - but this was a game of the finest margins. Paddy Tally's Oakleafers left everything on the pitch but it was a game that summed up a season of near misses for a Derry team who probably deserved more than they got. They can point to a series of near misses, Shane McGuigan, who finished with 0-10, seeing a two-point effort strike the post late on before Brendan Rogers watched an even later goal chance fly past the far post. Lachlan Murray also watched a goal chance slide inches the wrong side of the post; but ultimately they didn't do enough. And with Galway claiming a single point victory over Armagh at Breffni Park, it means Dublin's return to form has arrived at exactly the right moment to secure second spot and remind anyone foolish enough to write them off that rumours of Dublin's demise have been greatly exaggerated. With Odhran Lynch picking up a quad injury in Derry's final training session of the week, Tally named the same 15 that started the draw with Galway while Farrell made three changes from the team beaten by Armagh. O'Callaghan started despite being initially named among the substitutes. John Small and Lee Gannon also came in with Lorcan O'Dell and Alex Gavin dropping to the bench and Colm Basquel missing out. And it didn't take long for O'Callaghan to mark his return, taking a pass from Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne to split the posts within 10 seconds of throw-in as the Dubs started like a runaway train. The score was half a goal chance but Dublin didn't pause for breath, Killian McGinnis adding a second point before the opening minute had elapsed. Paddy Small added another with only 90 seconds gone before, seconds later, the same player burst clean through only to elect to fist over instead of going for goal. Four points up, two minutes gone, Derry looked shell shocked: they didn't respond like it though. With his team needing settling, Conor Glass stepped forward to take a pass from Shane McGuigan and get Derry on the scoreboard five minutes in. Dublin responded with a second O'Callaghan point but Derry had joined the party and the fireworks weren't long behind. Ethan Doherty fired narrowly over before Small's failure to hand back the ball for a free proved costly as the ball was moved with McGuigan range and his fired over for a crucial two point free to make it 0-6 to 0-4 on 10 minutes. That three points without reply would become six, Shane McGuigan drop-kicking one over before adding his second two-point free to edge the Oakleafers ahead for the first time after 15 minutes. The Slaughtneil ace would then add a free to leave it 0-08 to 0-06. But anything Derry could do, Dublin could do likewise, well almost as five in a row from McGinnis, Cormac Costello, from a free, Paddy Small and a Stephen Cluxton two-point free swung the pendulum back to the Dubs at 0-11 to 0-08. Yet in keeping with a half that couldn't quite make up its mind, Derry levelled once more though Niall Toner, Paul Cassidy and McGuigan but the half wasn't finished there. A two-point free from Costello after Ciaran McFaul had held up Brian Howard was cancelled out by McGuigan's third two-pointer of the half after a similar infringement. The sides level and Páirc Esler could finally catch it breath at the break. Points apiece on the restart from from O'Callaghan and Niall Loughlin brought the teams level for a fourth time but from there Dublin went through the gears to outscore Derry by 0-07 to 0-02 over the next 15 minutes to move 0-21 to 0-16 clear - though McGuigan had seen as superb effort at a fourth two-pointer strike the upright. A McGuigan free did reduce the deficit and the Oakleafers almost had it back to the minimum with 10 minutes left when McGuigan sent Rogers through coming in off the right, Rogers seeing his low shot flash across the face of goal and inches wide of Cluxton's far post. Derry were indebted to sub Ruairi Forbes for a breath-taking goalline clearance as the Dubs tried to wrap things up but even when Rogers' late point left only two between them, Dublin were winning enough of their own kick-outs to keep Derry at arm's length and edge over the line. The're plenty of life left in Dessie Farrell's team. Derry: Ben McKinless, Diarmuid Baker, Eoin McEvoy, Patrick McGurk, Conor Doherty, Brendan Rogers (0-01), Padraig McGrogan, Conor Glass (0-02), Dan Higgins, Ethan Doherty (0-02), Paul Cassidy (0-01), Ciaran McFaul, Shane McGuigan (0-10, 3tpf, 3f), Niall Loughlin (0-01), Niall Toner (0-02, 1m). Subs: Lachlan Murray for N Toner (44), Conor McCluskey for McGurk (50), Ryan Mulholland for McFaul (58), Ruairi Forbes for Cassidy (62), Cahir McMonagle for Loughlin (67). Dublin: Stephen Cluxton (0-02, 1tpf), Sean McMahon, Theo Clancy, David Byrne, Brian Howard, John Small, Lee Gannon (0-02), Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne, Killian McGinnis (0-03), Ciaran Kilkenny (0-01), Sean Bugler (0-02), Niall Scully, Paddy Small (0-02), Con O'Callaghan (0-05), Cormac Costello (0-04, 1tpf, 1f). Subs: Cian Murphy for Clancy (48), Eoin Murchan for McGinnis (48), Ross McGarry for Scully (53),Tom Lahiff for Gannon (59), Nathan Dornan for P Small (67).
Irish Daily Mirror
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Dublin refuse to be written off as they end Derry's Championship dreams
DUBLIN 0-22 DERRY 0-20 Dublin's Championship dream lives on. Beaten twice in this year's Championship, every time they are pronounced dead and buried, they climb out of the grave. Even Lazarus restricted himself to just one comeback. This crowd can never be written off. Not when they have so many old stagers on song. Brian Howard was incredible here, so too Ciaran Kilkenny, while Con O'Callaghan reminded everyone why he is the closest thing The Dubs have to the Clifford Boys. He finished the day with six points. Derry finished it with a Championship exit. As the rain fell, their summer ended. They'll have regrets because they have the bones of an excellent side, Conor Glass, Brendan Rogers and Shane McGuigan among the best players in the country. Plus the support cast is decent. Ethan Doherty got three points from play, Niall Loughlin two. So how come they lost? Ultimately it came down to possession. The Dubs had more of it, mostly on the back of Stephen Cluxton's kick-outs, as he found Howard every time Dublin needed an outlet. At the other end, Ben McKinless wasn't quite as accurate, Peadar O Cofaigh Byrne decoding his kick-outs, Killian McGinness playing well off him. With all this in mind, the big question is how did Derry get to the break on level terms? That needs some explaining because they were outclassed and outscored in the opening 10 minutes, 0-6 to 0-2 in arrears, and fortunate not to be trailing by more. They should have been - Paddy Small firing over the bar when he had just keeper Ben McKinless to beat; O'Callaghan opting for a fisted point when he, too, had a chance to raise a green flag. Add in the point-blank save McKinless made from Sean McMahon's 24th minute shot and you get the picture. Dublin were on top, dominant in midfield, creating more chances, getting seven points from play in the opening half whereas Derry got just five. Still, they showed serious character, recovering from an awful start which saw Dublin score from their opening four attempts, to gradually find a way into the game, Shane McGuigan getting 0-9 in the first half, three two-pointers contributing to his tally. While he was on fire, no other Derry player got more than one score in the opening half, whereas Dublin shared the scoring between six players. One of those was McGinnis who had a superb first half, getting 0-2 from play in the first 35 minutes, his running game complemented by the bulk of O Cofaigh Byrne, who decoded the Derry kick-out. Yet the fact Derry clawed back four-point and then three-point gaps in the first half stems from their composure firstly and their efficiency secondly - Derry just hitting one wide in the first half whereas Dublin had three wides as well as a shot from Stephen Cluxton that ended up short. That set things up nicely for the second half when Derry fell short, scoring just seven points in the second half - McGuigan restricted to just one in this period. As they lacked composure, Dublin kept their heads, as well as the ball, O'Callaghan getting the first point of the second half straight from the throw in, Sean Bugler, McGinnis, John Small, Kilkenny, Bugler again and O'Callaghan once more getting six of the next eight scores. That left it a five point game with 20 minutes left. Credit Derry for never giving up. They altered their tactics but Dublin were wise to their Plan B, crowding the arc to prevent them getting two-point shots away - Derry missing three efforts from this range in the last quarter. As a result they never got closer than the two-point margin which separated the teams at the end, Kilkenny exercising all his power and control during this period, Howard getting on the end of Cluxton's kicks when he was most needed, Dessie Farrell choosing to empty the bench as the clock ticked down. That helped. Eoin Murchan and Cian Murphy had big games when they came on; Ross McGarry also contributed well when replacing the influential Niall Scully and even though Derry had plenty of possession in the final five minutes, at no stage did they look like winning this. Perhaps they may have done so had Rogers converted his 61st minute goal chance. Instead he screwed his shot wide. The Dubs regrouped, nearly had a goal of their own via Bugler but his shot was cleared off the line by Forbes. And from then on it was just a case of watching the clock tick down. It ticked out on Derry. They go out. As for Dublin, it's a preliminary quarter final up ahead. Louth, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Mayo, Tyrone or Cavan are potential opponents. Their chances of glory in 2025 remain in place. Don't write them off yet. DUBLIN: S Cluxton (0-2, 2ptf); S McMahon, T Clancy, D Byrne; B Howard, J Small (0-1), L Gannon (0-2); P O Cofaigh Byrne, K McGinnis (0-3); C Kilkenny (0-1), S Bugler (0-2), N Scully; P Small (0-2), C O'Callaghan (0-6), C Costello (0-3, 1f, 2ptf) SUBS: C Murphy for Clancy 48, E Murchan for McGinnis 48, R McGarry for Scully 53, T Lahiff for Gannon (60) N Doran for P Small 69, DERRY: B McKinless; D Baker, E McEvoy, P McGurk; C Doherty, B Rogers (0-1), P McGrogan; C Glass (0-2), D Higgins; E Doherty (0-3), P Cassidy (0-1), C McFaul; S McGuigan (0-10, 2f, 3 two ptf), N Loughlin (0-2), N Toner (0-1) SUBS: L Murray for N Toner (44) C McCluskey for McGurk (50) R Mulholland for McFaul (52), R Forbes for P Cassidy 62, C McConagle for N Loughlin 69, REFEREE: B Cawley (Kildare)
Irish Independent
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
GAA: Cavan v Donegal, Derry v Galway and all the All-Ireland and Tailteann Cup action from around the country as it happens
Live | Today at 08:30 The bigger ball is where the GAA action is today as the SFC and Tailteann Cup continue with the clash between current All-Ireland champions Armagh and 2023 winners Dublin the pick of the games. We'll keep you up to date on all games in our GAA blog below. Live-scores: All-Ireland SFC Cavan 1-5 Donegal 0-10 (30 mins) Derry 1-9 Galway 2-5 (30 mins) Dublin v Armagh, Croke Park, 4.0 – RTÉ 2 Monaghan v Clare, St Tiernach's Park, 4.0 Tailteann Cup Leitrim 2-2 Tipperary 0-3 (half-time) Carlow 0-6 Longford 1-16 (half-time) Fermanagh 0-9 Wexford 1-8 (half-time) Antrim 0-6 London 0-10 (half-time) Kildare 3-8 Sligo 1-5 (30 mins) Just now Derry surge two clear again after successive points from Ciaran McFaul and Shane McGuigan Diarmuid Baker becomes the fifth man to pick up a booking. 3 minutes ago Two yellow cards apiece in the first half for Derry and Galway with the scores now level Galway's Rob Finnerty and Cein Darcy join Paul Cassidy and Conor Doherty in the book in a feisty game. Matthew Thompson draws the sides level. 7 minutes ago Shane Walsh scores a goal to bring Galway back into it Walsh's goal cuts Derry's lead back to one as the clock approahes the half hour mark. Donegal remain one clear of Cavan with Michael Murphy to the fore with 0-4. 14 minutes ago Derry surge six clear in Celtic Park, playing with the aid of a slight breeze It's a brilliant start for the home side who lead by 1-8 to 1-2 after 20 minutes. Paul Cassidy, Shane McGuigan and Brendan Rogers have all hit two pointers after Conor Glass' early goal. GAA+ on Twitter / X A sweeping move 🪄Conor Glass with a swift reply for @Doiregaa in what's been a breathless opening fifteen in Celtic Park 🔥Football Clips brought to you by AIB GAA#TheToughest GAA+ (@GAAPlusOfficial) June 1, 2025 18 minutes ago Early goal for Cavan but Donegal lead by one Brían O'Connell hits the net for the home side but Donegal lead by one after a Coalan McColgan point and a two pointer from Michael Murphy. 21 minutes ago Derry and Galway exchange goals in Celtic Park Robert Finnerty rattles the net for Galway but Conor Glass responds instantly for Derry, who lead by 1-4 to 1-2 after 15 minutes. 26 minutes ago Early two pointer for Derry through Brendan Rogers, but Galway level it up through Paul Conroy and Sam O'Neill. GAA+ on Twitter / X Brendan Rogers gets @Doiregaa underway with a thumping effort from outside the arc 💨Football Clips brought to you by AIB GAA#TheToughest GAA+ (@GAAPlusOfficial) June 1, 2025 28 minutes ago Three points in a row for Donegal who lead Cavan by 0-3 to 0-1 after ten minutes, with Shane O'Donnell (twice) and Peadar Mogan raising white flags. 34 minutes ago Game on in Kingspan Breffni and Celtic Park. 34 minutes ago Eye-catching score-line in O'Connor Park from the early Tailteann Cup throw-ins, with Longford leading by 1-7 to 0-3 after fifteen minutes, with their goal coming from Oran Kenny. 41 minutes ago Frank Roche at Kingspan Breffni: Cavan v Donegal Welcome to the new Group of Death, following Mayo's night of redemption in Omagh. Donegal start as favourites, despite or maybe even because of last week's surprise defeat to Tyrone in their one-time fortress of Ballybofey. But Cavan will be buoyed, not just by their day-one victory in Castlebar but by the dynamic performance that underpinned it. First up, though, comes the obligatory 'last-minute' changes. Raymond Galligan makes two alterations from the Cavan 15 unveiled on Friday, with Cian Madden and Seán McEvoy promoted to the home team's starting attack at the expense of Jason McLoughlin (who drops out of the match-day 26) and Ryan O'Neill (who reverts to the bench). The big news from the Donegal dressing-room is that regular netminder Shaun Patton still hasn't recovered from the ankle injury that saw him miss out against Tyrone eight days ago, so Gavin Mulready deputises again. There are two other switches from the announced line-up, Caolan McColgan and Conor O'Donnell coming in for Dáire Ó Baoill and All-Star Oisín Gallen. If Jim McGuinness's charges can frank their favouritism and secure the win that their circumstances demand, it will set up a fascinating last-day finale in a fortnight, leaving all four teams deadlocked on two points apiece ahead of the meetings of Donegal/Mayo and Tyrone/Cavan. CAVAN – L Brady; N Carolan, B O'Connell, C Reilly; P Faulkner, C Brady, K Brady; E Crowe, O Kiernan; G Smith, C McVeety, C Madden; S McEvoy, R Donohoe, C O'Reilly. DONEGAL – G Mulready; F Roarty, B McCole, P Mogan; R McHugh, E Ban Gallagher, C Moore; H McFadden, M Langan; C McColgan, C Thompson, S O'Donnell; P McBrearty, M Murphy, C O'Donnell. 51 minutes ago Michael Verney in Celtic Park: The big news in Celtic Park is that Damien Comer is back in the Galway match-day squad for their crucial All-Ireland SFC clash with Derry. Comer hasn't featured for the Tribesmen since their Connacht SFC semi-final against Roscommon but this is a must-win for Pádraic Joyce's men. With both sides losing in the opening round, there are two big points up for grabs in what will be a tough day for football in demanding conditions. 54 minutes ago Crunch clash. Both Derry and Galway are feeling the pressure having lost their first round games, with both sides hoping to get back on track today. Shane Walsh. Sportsfile. Today 08:36 AM Colm O'Rourke: Armagh can highlight why they're champions against Dublin After Dublin were beaten by Meath in the Leinster semi-final, most of the Gaelic games journalists were expecting an early exit from the championship for Dessie Farrell's side. Today 08:30 AM It's a sunny summer Sunday, a perfect setting for Gaelic football. Derry-Galway (2.0) and Dublin-Armagh (4.0) are the big ones in the Sam Maguire today, with the final round of group games in the Tailteann Cup on the cards. Antrim-London (1.45) is knockout while Fermanagh-Wexford (1.45) is the curtain raiser in Croke Park. We'll guide you through it all.
