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Dua Lipa has turned down the opportunity to perform ahead of Anthony Joshua's boxing match with Tyson Fury - with Turki Al-Sheikh making outlandish claims prior that the two will only fight if the singer plays. As per the BBC, Lipa declined the offer when approached.

A venue for the highly anticipated bout has yet to be confirmed, though Wembley remains the frontrunner. Fury, meanwhile, has instructed his team to arrange a further warm-up fight before he squares off against Joshua. The Gypsy King ended a 16-month absence earlier this month when he edged past Arslanbek Makhmudov on points at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, before exchanging verbal volleys with a ringside Joshua.

The encounter stoked excitement ahead of a long-awaited domestic clash that has been years in the making, and this week Joshua put pen to paper on a contract to finally face Fury.

Yet another potential obstacle has now emerged. Joshua was already scheduled for a tune-up bout on July 25 against Albanian heavyweight Kristian Prenga - a fight that Queensberry promoter Frank Warren warned could "kill" any contest with Fury later in 2026 should an upset occur.

However, Warren has confirmed that Fury also intends to return to the ring before facing Joshua, a development which raises further doubts over the bout and heightens the risk of injury for either British heavyweight.

"I think he will probably want to be doing something in between, let's see," Warren said, adding: "AJ has got his fight. Tyson, I'm quite sure, will have a fight in between. That's what he's asking for and we'll see where we go from there."

Warren had previously told the BBC: "If he loses to this guy, it kills the fight." When pressed on Wembley as a potential venue, Warren added: "That's where everybody would like to see the fight.

"It's the national stadium - that is where it belongs. We've had some great nights there in the past and that makes a lot of sense."