Carl Froch has bit back at Andre Ward after the American taunted him from London last week.

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The former pound-for-pound king came over to the UK to be part of US broadcaster ESPN’s coverage of Vasyl Lomachenko’s victory over Luke Campbell and had some words for the absent Froch during his stay.

Following on from their bitter trash talk exchanged on social media earlier this year, Ward joked that he was ‘looking’ for the Brit on and discussed his desire to have a chat with him in several interviews.

However, Froch has now replied by writing in a column for Sky Sports: “I saw one little clip that my brother sent me while I was sunbathing next to the pool.

“I think he just said we had been exchanging banter back and forth on Twitter? ‘Let’s get together, let’s have a chat,’ I don’t know what he was saying?

“I’m just honest about what I see and I think his style is borderline cheating. Listen, he beat me fair and square, let’s get that straight, but it was one of the worst fights I’ve been involved in.”

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In 2011, ‘SOG’ beat the ‘Cobra’ by a wide points decision to win the Super Six tournament after a heated build-up – it would be the only loss the Brit didn’t avenge.

Despite seemingly burying the hatchet in the immediate aftermath, the pair have since exchanged words on multiple occasions and a proposed rematch never occurred.

Back in January following the retirement of George Groves, Ward slammed Froch’s critical reaction, calling him ‘old and bitter.’ This sparked a fresh feud.

Froch continued: “You have to admire him for going through his career unbeaten, but he’s not an entertainer, and in an entertaining sport, it’s good to entertain. Andre Ward’s style is effective, but it’s boring.

“You’ll never rewatch a Ward fight. He fought the most feared man in boxing, Sergey Kovalev twice. Let’s be honest, he beat him with low blows in the end.

“All I do is, I just tell the truth. If the truth hurts, you don’t like it, then do something about it. He can’t argue with me.”

“Ward barely leaves his home country. He only came to England, because he knew I was in Spain. I could see him looking at my Instagram stories, he knew I was out of the country.

“It’s all history and I’m grateful to Ward, because he made me the animal I became to beat Lucian Bute.

“From there, I sold 80,000 tickets at Wembley Stadium, and he could not sell out a phone box.”

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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The Southeastern Conference has postponed Vanderbilt’s men’s basketball game at Texas A&M on Wednesday night, the second game between the teams postponed this season.

The SEC says this postponement is because of a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and quarantining of people inside Texas A&M’s program. No make-up date has been scheduled.

The first game in Nashville between the teams on Jan. 20 was postponed due to COVID-19 testing, tracing and quarantining with Vanderbilt.

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The Buffalo Sabres are the latest NHL team to be shut down because of players in COVID protocol.

The league has announced the Sabres are shut down through at least Feb. 8 after two players were added to the COVID-19 protocol list. Buffalo played New Jersey twice over the weekend, and the Devils are off through at least Feb. 6 with 10 players on the list.

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Buffalo’s game at he New York Islanders scheduled for tonight was already postponed. This move postpones three additional games, bringing the NHL’s total to 18 so far.

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The International Boxing Hall of Fame is postponing its induction weekend for the second straight year due to the “many unknowns” of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Hall of Fame executive director Ed Brophy says next year’s ceremony is scheduled for June 12 and will be themed a Hall of Fame Weekend Induction Trilogy. The event will honor the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Brophy says it’s important to honor inductees in an environment where they can intermingle with one another and fans.

The Class of 2020 includes boxers Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Marquez, “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Frank Erne, Paddy Ryan, Barbara Buttrick, Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker.

The Class of 2021 includes boxers Wladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Andre Ward, Laila Ali, Ann Wolfe, Marian Trimiar, Jackie Tonawanda and Davey Moore.

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The National Federation of State High School Associations has revised its original guidance on how to conduct prep sports safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new guidance suggests community infection rates are a better gauge for transmission of the illness during athletic events rather than categorizing sports into high, medium and low risk. The organization also notes more recent data show transmission is relatively rare during athletic events.

The organization said the science shows infection rates in non-contact sports are lower than those in contact sports, outdoors sports have lower infection rates than indoor sports, and the use of face masks during indoor events produces similar transmission rates to outdoor sports.

The NFHSA also said new evidence reveals a majority of sports-related COVID-19 cases come from social contact rather than participation. It recommends continuing to emphasize social distancing, the use of masks, staying home when ill, proper hygiene in the locker room during contests, while traveling and with interaction in the community.

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The NFL had zero confirmed positive tests among players and one new confirmed positive among other personnel in its latest round of COVID-19 testing from Jan. 24 to Jan. 30.

Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 follow the joint NFL-NFLPA Treatment Protocol. They are immediately isolated, not permitted to access club facilities, or to have direct contact with players or personnel. Club medical staff are in regular communication with individuals who test positive to monitor symptoms.

From Aug. 1 through Jan. 30 the league has conducted approximately 957,400 tests to players and personnel. During that time, 262 players and 463 other personnel were confirmed positive cases.

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The NHL has postponed Tuesday’s game between the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders because of travel and weather-related concerns linked to coronavirus protocols.

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The snowstorm that hit the East Coast postponed the Sabres’ flight until game day, which altered COVID-19 testing and contact tracing and led to the postponement.

The Sabres played two games this past weekend against the New Jersey Devils, who were shut down through at least Saturday with 10 players on the league’s COVID protocols list.

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