BODOG, the largest online betting brand in the world*, have been confirmed as the new title sponsors of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix darts championship.
REIGNING Premier League Snooker Champion Shaun Murphy begins the defence of his title on Thursday at the Southampton Guildhall.
Prizefighter returns in October with the fourth edition of the Heavyweights division as eight men hope to follow Audley Harrison in lifting the title and gate-crashing the heavyweight scene.
tchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Wyldecrest Park Homes is the title sponsor of the 2010 Premier League Bowls.
MATTHEW Evans continued his fine form in the PGA EuroPro Tour as he shot the best round of the day for an early lead.
Audley Harrison has told David Haye to "man up and sign" to fight for the World Heavyweight title in a Battle of Britain bout in November.
MATTHEW Evans will be playing on the Challenge Tour next season after he won his second PGA EuroPro Tour event of the year.
ZANE Scotland has clinched an incredible victory on the PGA EuroPro Tour after a last-hole horror show from leader James Busby handed him the title.
Matchroom Sport’s Poker commentator Jesse May and regular tournament director “Mad” Marty Wilson have been nominated for the Best Contribution to Poker Award at the first ever British Poker Awards.
Legend Wayne McCullough set for Prizefighter shot
PRIZEFIGHTER returns later this month with former WBC bantamweight world champion Wayne McCullough among the entrants.
Barry Hearn’s latest eight-man, one-night tournament will be at super-bantamweight and held at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London on Saturday, May 29.
Belfast-born McCullough, 39, who now lives in Las Vegas, USA, becomes the third world champion to enter a Prizefighter event in the last few months.
He follows in the footsteps of ex-WBA light-welterweight champion Gavin Rees, who won Prizefighter at the same weight, and former WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide, an entrant in Cruiserweights II last week.
Matchroom Sport Managing Director Eddie Hearn was delighted McCullough had agreed to be in Prizefighter.
"Last time out Prizefighter Cruiserweights II was packed with drama when number 2 WBC ranked Herbie Hide failed in his bid to take the crown,” said Hearn.
“This time boxing legend Wayne McCullough joins the action as he looks to re-ignite himself into the boxing mainstream in the sport’s most popular event.”
A successful night in Prizefighter sees the winner claim the £32,000 top prize and can revitalise a fighter’s career.
Audley Harrison would have retired from boxing if he had not won Prizefighter Heavyweights III but won the event and is now European heavyweight champion.
McCullough, who won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, also fought for world titles at super-bantamweight and featherweight.
Four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final take place in an action-packed three hours and the rest of the Prizefighter contenders will be announced shortly.
The York Hall is expected to be sold out and tickets are now on sale from Matchroom Sport on 01277 359900. Tickets cost £35 (unreserved), £60 (ringside) and £100 (VIP).
Once again, the whole show will broadcast live and in high definition on Sky Sports.
Date posted: May 6, 2010
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