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The Money Fight - live on DStv Having taken trash-talking to record levels of excess, top fighters Floyd Mayweather jnr and Conor McGregor now must back up their wild boasts where it counts – in the ring. This weekend, the pair will do so amid a wave of hysteria and Las Vegas shtick, with DStv’s SuperSport broadcasting the action in the early hours of Sunday morning (from 3am CAT) on SuperSport 2 and SS Maximo 1. Mayweather will be aiming for a record 50th successive win as a professional. McGregor, for all the hype, will be engaging in just his first pro contest. Yet this fight has more to do with marketing smoke and mirrors than boxing. Both will cash in like never before with their superstar status guaranteeing millions of eyeballs on televisions around the world. Unlike many other broadcasters around the world, such as the US, where viewers must may $99 to watch the fight, SuperSport’s Premium customers will receive it at no additional cost. M...

mbele signs for Barcelona Ousmane Dembele brought an end to protracted transfer talks by agreeing a five-year deal with Barcelona worth €105 million plus add-ons, the Spanish giants announced on Friday. Dembele, 20, moves from Borussia Dortmund, where he has been suspended since he boycotted training on August 10 in protest after the German club rejected Barca's first bid. The add-ons amount to a maximum of €42 million according to Dortmund, which would make it the second biggest transfer in history after Neymar's move From Barca to Paris Saint- Germain earlier this month. "FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund have reached an agreement for the transfer of Ousmane Dembele for €105 million plus add- ons," Barca said in a statement. "The player will sign a five-year contract and his buy-out clause is set at €400 million." Benvingut @Dembouz ! ¡Bienvenido Dembélé! Welcome Dembélé! Bienvenue Dembélé! #BeBar...

McGregor vows Mayweather knockout Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor vowed to knock out boxer Floyd Mayweather on Friday as a horde of Irish fans descended on Las Vegas for the trash-talking rivals' cross-combat super-fight. McGregor, 29, will carry a substantial weight advantage into Saturday's 12-round boxing contest at the T-Mobile Arena after a raucous weigh-in that saw him face-off with Mayweather for the final time before fight- night. With waves of green-shirted fans in a crowd of around 6 000 roaring their support for the Irish superstar, McGregor tipped the scales at 153 pounds, well inside the 154-pound limit. Former welterweight champion Mayweather, 40, who has emerged from a two-year retirement to take on MMA star McGregor, weighed in at 149.5 pounds. The naturally bigger McGregor – who screamed into Mayweather's face as the two men went nose-to-nose – said he expects to enter the ring at closer to 170 pounds. Saturday's one-off b...

Transfer news live: Shkodran Mustafi linked to Inter Milan as Liverpool make push for Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain Follow all the latest transfer news and reports from the world of football If you are not automatically redirected, click here. Click to follow The Independent Sport More about: | Premier League | Football transfers There's a little under one week to go until the closure of the summer transfer window but already the Premier League has set a new spending record. England's top 20 teams have the shattered the previous record of £1.165bn which was set last year. Fuelled by global broadcast rights deals totalling £8.4bn, 12 Premier League teams have broken their transfer record since the end of last season. Manchester City have been the biggest spenders, with an outlay of £222m that has seen them bring in the likes of Kyle Walker and Bernardo Silva. Elsewhere, Manchester United have splurged £145.8m on three players, including marqu...

Barcelona complete the signing of Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund Category: News , Football News - French superstar Ousmane Dembele has reportedly joined Barcelona - He was said to have completed a move to Spain from Borussia Dortmund - Dembele is expected to fill the space left by Brazilian star Neymar Spanish club Barcelona have reportedly completed the signing of Frenchman Ousmane Dembele for whopping sum of £110million from German club Borussia Dortmund. Since the departure of Brazilian star Neymar, Barcelona board have been under severe pressure to replace him before the close of the transfer window. Dembele has also signified his interest to join the Spanish side thereby going on AWOL in Germany as he wants to force a move to Spain. Barcelona complete the signing of Ousmane