UFC A-listers Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo, and Justin Gaethje are currently in Chechnya, seemingly upon an invitation from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. The news was reported by investigative journalist Karim Zidan, who is associated with outlets like Bloody Elbow, The Guardian, and The New York Times, and often reports on news that overlaps combat sports…
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira couldn’t help but feel disrespected after a title bout between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev was made official. UFC 282 was supposed to feature a rematch between Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka for the light heavyweight title. Unfortunately, the bout was scrapped after Prochazka announced that he had suffered…
Football pundit Gabby Agbonlahor has questioned FIFA World Cup officials’ decision to hand Kevin de Bruyne the Man of the Match trophy in Belgium’s win over Canada. The English pundit has speculated that the winners are selected ahead of the match and not based on performance. Belgium edged out a 1-0 win over Canada on…
Conor McGregor has not completely recovered from his loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. The UFC made history with its blockbuster matchup between the two long-time rivals and broke the record for most pay-per-view buys when they scheduled this bout back in 2018. ‘The Notorious’ was soundly beaten by then-lightweight champion Nurmagomedov and was…
Manager Gareth Southgate has provided a positive injury update on England striker Harry Kane ahead of his team’s 2022 FIFA World Cup clash against the United States of America. The Three Lions ran out 6-2 winners against IR Iran on November 21, with Kane grabbing one assist each on either side of half-time. However, the…
Jiri Prochazka has been forced to pull out of his UFC 282 title defense against Glover Teixeira due to a shoulder injury. UFC President Dana White shared that the injury that led to the highly anticipated rematch of the UFC 275 main event was the worst in the history of the promotion. Speaking to Kevion…
AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho has asserted that Japan’s recent 2-1 win over Germany at the 2022 FIFA World Cup failed to surprise him. Japan opened their campaign in the quadrennial tournament with a shock Group E victory in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday (23 November). Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring from the spot in the…
Newly-crowned middleweight champion Alex Pereira has been repeatedly called out by the UFC’s most feared fighter, Khamzat Chimaev. Amidst reports of a potential first title defense for Pereira against Chimaev, veteran referee John McCarthy voiced his disagreement with the matchup on an episode of Weighing In. ‘Big John’ explained the stylistic differences that would prevent…
Michael Bisping explains why he doesn’t see Alex Pereira becoming a light heavyweight champion soon. Bisping recently did a live session on his YouTube channel where he answered various questions from his followers. At one point, Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka came up. ‘The Count’ said that although it could be an exciting scrap, it…
Spain hammered Costa Rica 7-0 in their opening game in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. La Roja entered this contest on the back of four wins and one defeat in their last five games across competitions. Luis Enrique picked a squad filled with youth as well as experience as he looked to take his side…
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