Rookie boxers Paul and Woodley came face to face for the first time in Cleveland ahead of Sunday’s scrap at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, confronting each other in a fiery staredown that left any remaining doubts about their hatred for each other comprehensively answered. The tension exploded into a potential mass …
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Former lightweight champion Nurmagomedov opened a martial arts school in his home city in Dagestan, Makhachkala, in December 2019, providing space for around 200 athletes at a time to train at a facility named after his father, revered MMA coach Abdulmanap, who died last year. Now the retired fighter, training enthusiast and businessman has …
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Mensah-Stock, 28, added to America’s gold medal haul in Tokyo with victory in the 68kg women’s final over Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria this week, becoming only the second US woman ever to win an Olympic wrestling title. While that achievement has made headlines, the interview which followed Mensah-Stock’s success has …
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden announced, with heavy hearts, the death of their 13-year-old German Shepherd on Saturday. Champ “passed away peacefully at home,” we’re told, so there’s that, but the news hit the press corps like a ton of bricks. Name the mainstream-media outlet – CNN, …
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While Ngannou was reported to have earned $730,000 for his stunning second-round win over Stipe Miocic that landed his title in March, celebrity-turned-boxer Paul claimed he would make up to $20 million for stepping into the ring with boxing icon Mayweather. The exact amount that Mayweather and Paul will have earned …
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Jones and Ngannou have been going back and forth in recent days despite UFC chief Dana White stating that a potential superfight between the pair is all but dead due to Jones’ financial demands. That has not stopped the former longtime 205lbs champion from talking up his chances against Ngannou …
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The UFC’s first fight card to take place in front of a capacity crowd in more than a year was worth the wait. From title changes, to upsets, to stunning one-shot knockouts… and, well, whatever it was that happened to Chris Weidman’s leg, but one element from the evening which …
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The 23-year-old claimed she had no expectations going into the final in South Carolina, where she won the world’s oldest professional all-women’s tournament in America with a 6-4, 6-2 victory to earn the top prize of around $565,000. Ranked at 38 going in to the tournament, Kudermetova beat former US …
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Former six-division champ De La Hoya revealed this week that he is to make his return to the sport in July for the first time since a 2008 shellacking at the hands of Manny Pacquiao, and Jones – fresh from his own ring comeback last November in a veteran matchup against …
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The video, which was recorded by one of the parents whose daughter attends the same school, shows the coach grabbing a little girl’s neck before savagely pushing her and sending her flying on the ice. READ MORE: From leader to outsider: Reports claim figure skating champ Kostornaia ‘wants return to Eteri …
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