World number one Daniil Medvedev is gearing up for a defense of his US Open title after it was confirmed that players from Russia and Belarus will be permitted to compete at the Grand Slam event at Flushing Meadows later this year. The Russian star, who recently leapfrogged Novak Djokovic …
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The world of MMA is full of larger-than-life personalities. Up-and-coming young talents, battle-hardened legends, trash-talkers, eloquent promotion bosses, crazy stories involving crazy people. One man hailing from Russia has a history as wild as any other and is known as the ‘Red Tarzan’ – Viacheslav Datsik. Wild Tarzan To understand …
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Three-time high jump world champion Mariya Lasitskene has reportedly knocked back the chance to attend a meeting held by Russian Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin. On March 21, Matytsin will discuss measures of support for Russian athletes in the face of sanctions and their right to compete in international competitions being taken …
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At this particular moment, the Russian President is more interested in energy and “healthy conservatism,” than geopolitical wrangles. We can’t in all seriousness compare this address to his bombastic 2007 Munich speech, slamming NATO expansion, because he was significantly less emotional this time. The emphasis had shifted – we need to preserve and …
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Multiple boxing title holder Shields, who is one of the most successful boxers in US history, is known for her outspoken views, including a self-lionising theory that she is second only to Muhammad Ali. The 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist could not contain her criticism when she discovered that …
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The clip has been viewed almost 800,000 times on Twitter since it was shared by British youngster Alex Williams’s proud coach, former MMA fighter Alex Enlund, earlier this week. In the shaky footage, an unknown man is seen approaching a figure as he sits on a bench. After he appears …
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Ujah was handed the provisional suspension after testing positive for two banned substances following his participation in the 4x100m final, in which the Great British team finished with a silver – just .01 of a second behind Jacobs’ Italian team who took gold. If subsequent examinations cannot determine a legitimate …
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European flyweight champion in 2018, Soluyanova faced Fuchs, a former USA Boxing Nationals champion who took bronze at the World Championships in 2018, in the round of 32. Fuchs had battled OCD to travel to the spectacle, and she won on three of the five cards, with the other two giving Dimitrovgrad-born Soluyanova …
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EMG Access shared the footage as the two men met, having last fought in an April 2018 showdown which Adesanya won by split decision in the same city of Glendale. Back then, ‘The Last Stylebender’ was still a further four wins away from the title shot he won against Rob …
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George Floyd was killed a year ago on Tuesday, and the Black Lives Matter message has since become official diplomatic policy of the US. That’s according to a memo sent out to US embassies by Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week, and revealed by conservative magazine Human Events on …
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