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Glory be, the Games are going to have to go some to top their start at the Stade de France on Saturday night. France won their first gold medal of these Olympics in the most incredible style, with a ring-a-ding, rope-a-dope 28-7 victory in the men’s rugby sevens final against the two-time Olympic champions Fiji. It wasn’t only orchestrated by …

Andreas Hale Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Jul 26, 2024, 07:46 AM ET LONG BEFORE THE country of England could claim multiple UFC champions, there was once a time when only one English mixed martial arts fighter looked the part. In 2002, heavyweight …

A reminder coming up next week… Pound-for-pound contender Terence Crawford faces fellow unbeaten fighter Israil Madrimov on TNT Sports Box Office from 9.30pm. Thanks for watching the boxing with us tonight. Join us at 1am for the UFC – also live on discovery+. Chisora – It’s not my last fight “I haven’t boxed for a year, but I had to …

Yet again international matches end in utter chaos. When will they ever learn Next Post Coming Soon…   If you find advertisements creeping over the text on the site… just press “Ctrl” and “-” at the same time. By Bulldog Drummond Last summer Arsenal had 26 players leave the club.   Eight went for a fee, two went for free, and …

Belal Muhammad has never shied away from using his platform as a UFC fighter to support causes that matter to him. The UFC welterweight contender often walks into the Octagon carrying a Palestinian flag to highlight his family’s roots. Although Muhammad was born and raised in Chicago alongside his four siblings, his parents originally hailed from Al-Bireh in Palestine. Ahead …

For the first time in 20 years, Team GB has a medal on the first day of the Olympic competition schedule, as Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen secured Great Britain’s first ever medal in the Women’s 3m Synchro event. The British pair secured Great Britain’s Olympic quota spot in the Women’s 3m Synchro when they dived to a historic …

TV presenter Laura Whitmore alleges that she was subjected to “inappropriate behaviour” during her stint on Strictly Come Dancing. The former Love Island host, 39, was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice in 2016, and was the seventh celebrity eliminated. Whitmore, who battled through an ankle injury during the early weeks of the BBC One show, claims she “raised concerns” …

London, UK: Australian Ashleigh Gentle returned to winning ways at the London T100 Triathlon, to claim her second T100 race of the season and take her back to the top of the series standings. She finished ahead of Swiss star Imogen Simmonds and Britain’s Kat Matthews.    Gentle enjoyed the victory and said it put her performance at the previous leg …

Two days before Christmas in 2015 Russell Findlay went to answer his door in his pyjamas and found a postman asking him to sign for a delivery. He took the chit to scribble his name and suddenly felt cold liquid splash on his face. Its sharp sting told him it was acid. This was no postman. It was a hitman. …