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British boxer Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46, the BBC reported on Sunday. Former world champion Hatton won titles at light-welterweight and welterweight, before retiring in 2012. He had been due to make a comeback for an event in Dubai later this year. Greater Manchester Police said in a statement that a body had been found on Sunday morning at an address in Hyde in the northern English city. A police spokesman said: “Officers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45am (0545 GMT) today (Sunday) where they found the body of a 46-year-old man. There are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances.” Hatton had 45 wins in 48 bouts over his career but in the years after he retired he said he had tried to kill himself several times and had been open about his struggle with depression, drink and drugs. “I was coming off the rails with my drinking and that led to drugs. It was like a runaway train,” he told BBC radio in 2016. Hatton’s best performanc...

KARACHI: Former cricketers have raised questions over the fitness of Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah following his expensive spells during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches in which he was looking reluctant to bowl yorkers in the last overs. Speaking during ARY News’ sports programme, former wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal said that Islamabad United’s Naseem Shah struggled […]