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British number two Jack Draper was knocked out of the Miami Open in the second round with a 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-0) defeat by Reilly Opelka.
The 24-year-old lost two tie-breaks to the big-serving American, who wrapped up the win inside 93 minutes.
Draper had headed into the tournament after an impressive run to the quarter-finals at Indian Wells – featuring a win over Novak Djokovic – following nearly eight months out with an arm injury.
However, he struggled against the powerful 6ft 11in Opelka, ranked 67th in the world, who fired down 25 aces and 47 winners.
Defeat leaves Draper at risk of slipping further down the rankings going into the clay-court season having surrendered his spot as British number one to Cameron Norrie this week.
Elsewhere, Katie Boulter progressed to the third round at Miami Gardens when Denmark’s Clara Tauson retired during their match through injury.
The British number three let a 5-3 lead slip as Tauson won the first-set tie-break 7-4, before she battled back to take the second set 6-4.
Boulter won the first game of the third set only for Tauson to decide she could not continue.
“It was a complete battle – some ugly tennis and ugly conditions as well, but you have to find a way,” Boulter said.
Kevin Walsh produced a stunning upset of Michael Conlan with a split decision victory which put a dagger into the Belfast man’s hopes of securing a third world title opportunity.
The 33-year-old from the United States maintained his perfect record which extends to 20 victories in as many contests, while Conlan’s record now slips to 20-4.
While Conlan had high hopes of landing a shot at WBC featherweight champion Bruce Carrington later in the year, it was Walsh calling for that fight at the end of a 10-round battle which two of the judges scored 96-94 in his favour with the third scoring it 97-93 in Conlan’s favour.
It was a fight that never quite came alive despite some brief moments as Conlan sought to box rather than brawl and, while Walsh was never in full command, his moments were enough to see him take a career-best win.
“I was very confident I got the job done,” Walsh told DAZN afterwards.
“It was definitely a close fight. Shout out to Mick Conlan – I’ve always been a fan of his, but he couldn’t figure me out. He’s been a hell of a fighter, but his time’s up.
Getty ImagesWalsh danced to the ring, exuding the confidence of a man who had yet to taste defeat as a professional and despite being a long way from his home of Brockton, Massachusetts, he appeared right at home.
Conlan came out for the opening bell in the orthodox stance, but swiftly reverted to southpaw in what was an extremely cagey start from both, but a left hand from the Belfast man appeared to bring the challenger to life with Walsh getting through with right hands.
A gash had opened on Conlan’s forehead in the second – the result of a head clash – with blood flowing freely.
It remained cautious for the most part with Conlan seeking to find a home for the jab but they temporarily traded up close to close out the round and it was in this area where Walsh looked dangerous.
The American was feinting consistently and goading at times, seeking to draw Conlan’s lead but the Belfast man remained composed, refusing to over-commit as he sought a mistake from the American in a chess match of a fight.
Both appeared extremely respectful of the other’s power which meant the moments of note in the first half were fleeting and limited to single shots, but Conlan appeared to be having more of them as his footwork was leaving the American short during his sporadic raids, but he got an opportunity to work on the inside in the seventh from a brief exchange.
While the blood from Conlan’s earlier cut appeared to have stopped, a gash by his right eye was now a problem in the eighth which offered Walsh some encouragement, but still he didn’t fully press in the ninth aside from a brief moment towards the end of a round Conlan seemed to control with his movement.
It was a return to Belfast for the first time since his defeat by Jordan Gill in December 2023 which left him with much to ponder in terms of his career.
After a 16-month hiatus, Conlan returned in March 2025 under new coach Grant Smith, producing a points win over Asad Asif Khan in Brighton before stopping Jack Bateson in Dublin six months later.
However, the SSE Arena once again proved to be the scene of another night of disappointment and perhaps, his last one.
At 34, time is not on his side for another rebuild and perhaps this may be the last time he exits the ring with his bid to get back to a world title shot over for now.
Perhaps a big win could undo this damage as it was not quite a case of being outclassed or emphatically beaten, but this was Walsh’s night and the man from Massachusetts is now calling for a shot at top honours.
This victory will certainly propel his career forward and winning away from home proved to be a gamble worth taking.
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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has been named in two separate criminal investigations led by prosecutors in the United States.
The New York Times was the first to report the existence of the two probes on Friday, citing sources familiar with the proceedings.
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Media reports indicate that Petro is not personally the target of the investigations, which focus on drug-smuggling in Latin America.
But according to the Times, US attorneys in Brooklyn and Manhattan are looking into whether Petro met with drug traffickers and solicited donations from them for his 2022 presidential campaign. Al Jazeera has not independently verified the Times report.
By Friday afternoon, Petro had issued a statement denying the claims, which threaten to reopen the rift between the US and Colombia.
“In Colombia, there is not a single investigation into my relationship with drug traffickers, for one simple reason: I have never in my life spoken with a drug trafficker,” Petro wrote on the social media platform X.
He added that he told campaign managers to never accept donations from bankers or drug traffickers.
The investigations in the US, he argued, would ultimately exonerate him, and he blamed Colombia’s right-wing opposition for stirring controversy.
“So, the proceedings in the US will help me to dismantle the accusations of the Colombian far right, which is indeed closely linked to Colombian drug traffickers,” Petro said.
Petro has not been charged with any crimes, and the investigations are in their initial stages, according to the Times.
But experts say the timing of the report is significant, as it comes barely two and a half months before Colombia is set to hold a closely watched presidential election on May 31.
“If this would have happened a week before the first round, it would be election interference,” Sergio Guzman, director at Colombia Risk Analysis, a security think tank, told Al Jazeera.
“This seems to be more of a warning that shows how the US could influence the outcome of the election.”
Petro, Colombia’s first left-wing president, is limited to a single term in office, but the election is likely to be a referendum on his four years in office.
It will also be a test for Petro’s Historic Pact coalition, whose candidate, Ivan Cepeda, is currently leading in the polls.
But United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to boost the prospects of right-wing candidates in Latin America. He and Petro have been at loggerheads since Trump returned to office in January 2025.
Their feud came to a head in January after the US attacked Venezuela and abducted its president, Nicolas Maduro.
Shortly afterwards, a reporter asked if the US would take military action against Colombia. Trump replied: “It sounds good to me.”
To cool tensions, Trump and Petro held a call afterwards and agreed to meet.
Petro then visited the White House in early February to mend his often-combative relationship with Trump. While there, the Colombian delegation interacted with their counterparts, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, a longtime critic of Petro’s government, was also in attendance. Guzman believes the senator’s presence was significant.
“We don’t have a lot of straightforward answers about what were the commitments during that meeting, but Bernie Moreno did say that he wanted Petro not to be as involved in elections,” Guzman told Al Jazeera.
“And guess what? Petro is fully involved in the elections.”
The meeting also addressed collaborative efforts to combat drug trafficking, an issue core to Trump’s foreign policy.
Both presidents walked away from the meeting in good spirits, with Petro sharing a photo signed by Trump that read, “Gustavo – a great honor. I love Colombia.”
But Petro and Trump have long been at odds over how to tamp down on narcotics smuggling.
Colombia, the region’s largest producer of cocaine, has been criticised by the Trump administration for what it sees as soft-on-crime policies, including negotiations with armed groups.
Petro, meanwhile, has denounced the US for its lethal tactics, calling them tantamount to murder.
The US, for instance, has bombed at least 46 alleged drug boats and vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. Some of the 159 people killed were Colombian citizens.
The US has also floated the idea of conducting military attacks in Latin America against suspected drug traffickers, and it recently began joint operations against gangs in Ecuador, Colombia’s neighbour.
Analysts say actions like these have Latin American leaders on edge.
Trump’s aggressive manoeuvres suggest that the US president is willing to jeopardise “the sovereignty and peace of every nation” in his campaign against illicit drugs, according to Rodrigo Pombo Cajiao, a constitutional law professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Pombo Cajaio pointed to the US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3. Maduro was a longtime adversary of Trump, and he is currently being held in prison in New York on drug-related charges.
“Every political leader in the region has been put on notice” after that abduction, Pombo Cajiao said.
“As the world’s leading producer of cocaine, Colombia found itself at high risk of judicial prosecution” from the US, he added.
