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Celtic twice lost a lead as they gained their first Champions League point in a 2-2 home draw with 10-man Atletico Madrid sports
Kyogo Furuhashi got Celtic off to a flying start with his second goal in two Champions League games and Luis Palma quickly restored Celtic’s lead after Antoine Griezmann scored following his own saved penalty sports
Celtic were deservedly on course for a first Champions League group-stage home win in 10 years following a first-half display full of pace and purpose but they started slowly after the break and Alvaro Morata levelled inside eight minutes of the restart sports
The Scottish champions never rediscovered their spark - even after Atletico went down to 10 men in the 82nd minute - and their run without a home win at this level is now at 12 games sports
Feyenoord’s win over Lazio left Celtic three points adrift of the Italians at the bottom of Group E, halfway through the campaign with trips to Spain and Rome to follow sports
The build-up to the game had been dominated by internal and external strife sports
Thousands of Celtic fans defied the club before kick-off by displaying Palestine flags, an act which will inevitably lead to UEFA sanctions sports
Atletico’s decision to dispense with their striped shirts and wear an all-red top based on the one worn by the team that beat Celtic in the 1974 European Cup semi-finals also opened old wounds sports
Two of the team that gained a goalless first-leg draw at Parkhead had travelled with the current side but the tribute did not go down well among the Celtic support given Atletico had three men sent off and seven others booked in that brutal encounter sports
Furuhashi ignited the highly-charged atmosphere inside four minutes following a one-touch move sports
The Japan international twice exchanged passes with Matt O’Riley before taking a touch and slotting home from six yards sports
There was a blow for Brendan Rodgers moments later when Reo Hatate went off injured sports
The Celtic manager brought on 21-year-old midfielder Paulo Bernardo, who is yet to start a game since his loan move from Benfica sports
The home side remained positive, roared on by the crowd as they pressed Atletico high up the park, but the visitors levelled in the 25th minute after Greg Taylor was penalised for a trip on Nahuel Molina sports
Joe Hart saved Griezmann’s penalty at full stretch but the France international dispatched the rebound sports
Taylor atoned three minutes later when he played a searching ball beyond right-back Molina which sent Daizen Maeda in behind sports
The resulting cross found fellow winger Palma and the Honduran took a touch and rifled a shot in off the post sports
Luis Palma gave Celtic the lead for a second time (Getty Images)Palma had been denied a late goal against Lazio three weeks ago by a marginal VAR ruling and an offside decision soon went Celtic’s way after Axel Witsel headed home from a set-piece sports
O’Riley had earlier threatened with a first-time strike which was met with a diving save as Celtic continued to attack with verve sports
Diego Simeone made two half-time changes and substitute Marcos Llorente vindicated his introduction within eight minutes as he crossed for Morata to equalise with a diving header sports
Morata and Llorente both threatened and Rodgers responded by bringing on centre-back Nat Phillips for Palma and changing formation sports
Atletico continued to boss possession and Celtic were contributing to their difficulties with some slack passing sports
Hart saved well from Morata after the Spain international turned Cameron Carter-Vickers sports
Celtic got a lifeline when Argentinian midfielder Rodrigo de Paul received a second yellow card following a sliding tackle on Bernardo sports
Substitute James Forrest shot not far over but Celtic could not seriously trouble the 10 men sports
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It’s a joyous circus sports
This Saturday in Saudi Arabia, the first trick will be the ring emerging from a 26-foot hole in the ground and then the real magic will start sports
Tyson Fury, the unbeaten heavyweight champion of the world, will then appear inside a giant neon beam and, wearing a crown, he will bow to the crowd and the dignitaries sports
In the opposite corner, as the magic continues, will be Francis Ngannou, a man who has never once fought a sports boxing match, and under this giant canopy of created rivalry, one of the biggest fights in history will take place sports
If that is not a ‘Hey, Presto’ moment, then I don’t know what is! In front of 20,000 people, including a dozen former heavyweight world champions, and some of the wealthiest men on Earth, the best heavyweight in the sports boxing world will fight the best heavyweight in the MMA world to see who is the Baddest Man on the Planet sports
It is a genius, simple and lunatic idea sports
It is not the first and it will not be the last circus fight involving a legitimate heavyweight boxer sports
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I need to point out that the octopus was actually deceased before the first bell sports
Fury also has a massive advantage in his fight, which will be conducted under the rules of the British sports Boxing Board of Control, because kicks, chokeholds, headbutts, flying elbows and knees to the head will be banned sports
In short, Ngannou has had all his tools withdrawn sports
However, Ngannou has been trained by Mike Tyson, had a crash-course in sports boxing’s darkest arts by the dirtiest fighter in the world, and his punch has been registered as the hardest in history sports
The science is available to prove just how lethal Ngannou’s right hand is, but even I draw the line somewhere sports
Ngannou knocking out Jair Rozenstruik inside 20 seconds (Getty)Fury is a genuine sports boxing giant and will tower over Ngannou once the anthems, introductions and pleasantries have been conducted by Michael Buffer, the suave voice of sports boxing sports
Ngannou will, trust me, shrink once he takes up a traditional sports boxing pose and his stated height of 6ft 4in will be in the permanent shadow of Fury sports
And then the beating will start; Fury is a truly vicious man inside the ropes sports
There are stupid claims that Ngannou has a “puncher’s chance”, which is like saying that any car, on any street, driven by anybody, could have won the F1 in Texas last weekend sports
Ngannou has no chance of winning and that is fine, but this is still a real fight, it’s just not a competitive one sports
It is an event and, as I said, we have had hundreds of sanctioned fights like this sports
The lovers and believers in the MMA dream will be praying to the fighting lords for a miracle; they are both delusional and out of luck sports
Fury celebrates his stoppage win over Dillian Whyte in 2022 (AP)In 2000, Mike Tyson knocked out British heavyweight Julius Francis and the promoter, Frank Warren, who also promotes this fight, spent two months telling people: “This is not a fight, it is an event sports
” Warren was right and it was a great event sports
Francis, incidentally, sold the advertising space on soles of his shows to a national paper to make a few extra quid sports
The paper got a bargain sports
Fury will hold court in a country where the ruling elite know how to hold court sports
He will be draped in traditional clothing, sip tea from gold urns, have giant kestrels rest on his giant fists and bow respectfully each time he is honoured sports
It will be a fun circus and Ngannou, with the other Tyson in his face, will prepare like Rocky did in the first movie sports
It will be a wonderful carnival sports
There is bold talk of a rematch with Ngannou under MMA rules and that will never happen sports
On Saturday night, as Mike Tyson tends to Ngannou’s blood-stained face, there will be a cameo in the ring by Oleksandr Usyk, the other heavyweight champion, and a new carnival will start for Fury v Usyk sports
What a business sports
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