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  AJ given offer he simply couldn't refuse 00:38 Media caption, Frank Warren on Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua fight Boxing expert Steve Bunce says Anthony Joshua was given an "offer he simply couldn't refuse" to fight Jake Paul. Britain's Joshua, the former two-time unified heavyweight champion,  will take on YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul  at Kaseya Center in Miami on 19 December. The fight will consist of eight three-minute rounds, and both fighters will wear regulation 10-ounce gloves. Joshua, 36, weighed more than 250 lbs during his previous three fights but must come in at under 245 lbs for the bout. Bunce said that the fight is "ridiculous" and 28-year-old American Paul is nothing more than a "novice," but added he can understand the financial appeal for Joshua who is  reportedly , external  set to earn £36.9m ($50m). "Last November  Jake Paul fought Mike Tyson  and nearly broke the world," Bunce told BBC Radio 5 Live. "They had s...
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  Bournemouth's Semenyo has £65m January release clause Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Antoine Semenyo joined Bournemouth from Bristol City for £10m Publishe Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo   has a £65m release clause in his contract that can be activated during the first two weeks of the January transfer window , BBC Sport has been told. The Ghana international attracted interest from several clubs including Manchester United and Tottenham in the summer only for the 25-year-old to  sign a new five-year deal  at Vitality Stadium on 1 July. However, BBC Sport has learned that his new contract contains a release clause of £65m that can be triggered in the first two weeks of the winter transfer window in order to allow Bournemouth enough time to replace their star player. The winter transfer window opens on Thursday, 1 January 2026 for Premier League and English Football League (EFL) clubs and closes at 19:00 GMT on Monday, 2 February. Semenyo has ...
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  Live Reporting Edited by Neha Gohil, with Steve Rosenberg reporting from Moscow and Tom Bateman reporting from Jeddah Ukraine says it hit Moscow oil refinery in drone strike published at 13:58 Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Damage has been reported around Moscow this morning after overnight drone strikes As part of its drone attack on Russia overnight, Ukraine's military says it struck "a number of strategic objects", including "a production capacity of the Moscow oil refinery". The armed forces says the refinery is capable of processing "11 million tons of oil per year" and provides "40-50%" of Moscow's diesel and gasoline. In a statement, it adds that it also hit a production station in Orlov, which it says is important in managing an oil pipeline supply to a seaport in St Petersburg.
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One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says

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One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says EPA One person has been killed and four injured in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital overnight. Kyiv's mayor said a nine-year-old girl was among the injured in the strikes which took place early on Wednesday. The Ukrainian military said it had shot down six of seven ballistic missiles and 71 drones launched by Russia, which sparked several fires throughout the city. It comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Ukraine would be prepared to swap land with Russia in potential peace negotiations. The strikes had caused damage in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Obolonskyi districts, mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, officials in the city of Kryvyi Rih also reported damage to residential buildings and infrastructure after the city was also targeted in Russian strikes on Tuesday night, the Dnipropetrovsk regional governor said on Telegram. On the Russian side, the governor of...
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