A veteran of 11 years in the UFC, Oliveira finally ascended to the top of the pile at 155lbs with a remarkable recovery from a first-round onslaught before finishing Chandler with a barrage of blows early in the second round at the Toyota Center. The Brazilian, 31, captured the title …
Read More »Russian high-roller Rublev continues sensational rise as he dumps out 11-time champion Nadal in Monte Carlo Masters
The Russian demonstrated nerves of steel to complete a surprising 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over the Spaniard. And while Nadal has won the competition on 11 occasions, the victory marks the first time that Rublev has made it to the semifinals. Seeded sixth, history was not in the 23-year-old’s favor heading …
Read More »Tough sledding: Russian European champion lugers endure disqualification for using their HANDS at World Championship event (VIDEO)
Kashkin and Korshunov, who are the European champions, were in action in the doubles event, which features two sliders on one sled as they race down the run at speeds approaching 80 miles per hour. The masterful duo’s fortunes in the first race of the day hit trouble as they crashed at …
Read More »Olympic swimming champion apologizes for role in Capitol riot, but leftists are still demanding that his medals be stripped away
“He apologized to me,” former US national team coach Mark Schubert told the New York Times. “He kept repeating, ‘You’ve done so much for me, and I let you down.’ He kept saying over and over, ‘I didn’t mean for any of this to happen.’” The 38-year-old Keller, who stands …
Read More »Twitter quitter? UFC’s BMF champion Jorge Masvidal hints he’s LEAVING Twitter after Donald Trump booted off social media platform
Trump’s personal Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, was permanently suspended on Friday, while Trump’s attempts to tweet from the goverment’s @POTUS account and his campaign account, @TeamTrump, also resulted in the messages being deleted. And, with Trump, plus his legal advisor Sydney Powell and recently-pardoned General Michael Flynn all being banned from …
Read More »‘Rest in peace, hero’: Armenian powerlifting champion ‘killed in fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh’
The federation issued a post on Facebook in which it shared the news of Harutyunyan’s death, without giving further details. “With great sorrow we inform that during Artsakh tense battles died a member of APF, multiple champion of Armenia and our good friend Tatul Harutyunyan,” the message read, sharing images of …
Read More »The former UFC heavyweight champion called Fedor a fake
Belarusian heavyweight Andrew Orlowski, acting in Absolute fighting championship (UFC), shared his opinion about the Russian Fedor Emelianenko. The athlete expressed his Instagram account. 40-year-old Orlovsky admitted that he believes Emelianenko “fake”. He also added that the team of the Russian fighter “was a bit tacky.” Probably, Orlovsky has in …
Read More »The inhabitant of the Vologda region became the world champion on a kickboxing
Last weekend in Antalya ended with the world kickboxing championship, organized by world Association of kickboxing organizations (WAKO). “Playing coach” of the center of martial arts, coach of the youth national team of Russia, master of sports of international class Roman Chizhov spoke at these competitions and won the “gold” …
Read More »Russian gymnastics all-around champion went to the team of Georgia
European champion in gymnastics and a bronze medalist of the world championship Maria Kharenkova decided to leave the Russian national team. The athlete has notified the International Federation of gymnastics (FIG) that will now play for the national team of Georgia. On the Executive Committee of the Federation in Nicaragua …
Read More »11-time world champion from Canada Lapointe were caught doping.
Its all support. She’s not from Russia. Doping is a delicate matter. It caught not only the desperate athletes who want to achieve the desired result, but has long been titled athletes. And here is a new story. Canadian canoisti Laurence Vincent-Lapointe in 27 years, have 11-time world champion and …
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