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Daniel Cormier broke down the upcoming fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. It was recently made official that Jones would defend his heavyweight title against Miocic in the UFC 295 headliner taking place Nov. 11 in Madison Square Garden, New York. It’s arguably the biggest fight of the year and there’s no better person […]

Yair Rodriguez is down, but not out. The Mexican striker failed in his attempt to unify the featherweight titles and become the new undisputed champion after suffering a third-round TKO defeat to Alexander Volkanovski in the UFC 290 headliner this past weekend. It was just his third loss in the UFC as well as just […]

Andy Murray’s coach Jonny O’Mara provided an update on the Briton’s tennis future. Despite having a great grass-court season as a whole, Murray suffered a heartbreaking five-set defeat to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round of Wimbledon last week. Following the setback, the two-time Wimbledon winner was asked if he would return to play next […]

Stipe Miocic gave his first reaction after his heavyweight title fight with Jon Jones was made official for UFC 295. In what is a fight that was all but slated to happen since March, it was finally announced by UFC president Dana White that Miocic and Jones would collide for the heavyweight title on Nov. […]

Novak Djokovic is already known by many in the sports world as one of the most clutch tennis players of all time — and that was further highlighted in his latest Wimbledon win. Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals at SW19 following a 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-4 win over Hubert Hurkacz in their fourth-round […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has broken his silence amid the ongoing rumors involving Harry Kane and  a potential move to Bayern Munich. Kane has a year left on his contract and has been the subject of a move to Germany this summer with Bayern recently submitting a second offer after their first offer was […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama showed more of what he was capable of in his second NBA Summer League game — and his teammates were certainly impressed by what they’ve seen. After a less than stellar debut against the Charlotte Hornets, Wembanyama went off against the Portland Trail Blazers, scoring a team-high 27 points […]

Megan Rapinoe may be done with soccer later this year, but it won’t be the last we’ll see of her. Rapinoe recently announced that the upcoming World Cup in Australia and New Zealand would be her last as she plans to retire from soccer at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season. […]

U.S. women’s national team co-captain Alex Morgan had an epic response upon hearing the news of Megan Rapinoe’s retirement. Rapinoe made headlines last week ahead of the World Cup when she announced she would be retiring at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season. It came as shocking news as Rapinoe is […]

Boxing analyst Teddy Atlas revealed what he believes to be the reason for the decline of former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua has come under fire for his recent performances that saw him lose twice to Oleksandr Usyk in their title fights, while his unanimous decision win over Jermaine Franklin in April left much to […]

We now have more details on Kyrie Irving’s new contract with the Dallas Mavericks. Despite all the rumors leading up to free agency, Irving eventually decided to re-sign with the Mavs in a reported three-year, $126-million deal with a player option for the third year. And according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, the contract is almost […]

At UFC 290 last night, Israel Adesanya’s next title challenger was determined in Dricus du Plessis — and it’s exactly what the MMA scriptwriters ordered for. In fact, it should have been the fight right from the start, but the UFC decided to book Du Plessis against former champion Robert Whittaker with the winner set […]

Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman wants Khamzat Chimaev to take things seriously. The pair have been rumored to fight for months, but nothing has come to fruition as of yet. That’s despite the expectation being that Chimaev will return to action at UFC 294 which takes place October in Abu Dhabi. Recently, Usman claimed […]

Former Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet knows a thing or two about trying to stop LeBron James in the playoffs…and failing. On a recent appearance on The Pivot Podcast, the current Houston Rockets man was asked if he felt defenseless going up against James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs during his Raptors days […]

Going into Alexander Volkanovski’s title unification fight with Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290, the debate over who the featherweight GOAT was reignited once again. The choices ultimately come down to Volkanovski, Jose Aldo and Max Holloway, and there is certainly a case to be made for all of them. However, Alexander Volkanovski’s claim as the […]

Bayern Munich are stepping up their pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane. The Bundesliga champions have been linked with a move for Kane all summer and recently had a €70 million offer with add-ons rejected last week as Tottenham look to keep their star man. However, as per football insider Fabrizio Romano, the Bavarians […]

16-year-old tennis prodigy Mirra Andreeva made a bit of history at Wimbledon on Sunday. Making her debut at the All-England Club this year, the Russian qualifier defeated 22nd seed Anastia Potapova 6-2, 7-5 to reach the fourth round. As a result, she became the youngest player to reach the women’s fourth round at Wimbledon since […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama received advice from none other than a fellow No. 1 draft pick in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Wembanyama made his long-awaited debut Friday at the NBA Summer League when the Spurs took on the Charlotte Hornets. Wembanyama and San Antonio got off to a winning start as they eventually won the […]

Alexander Volkanovski’s win over Yair Rodriguez was made all the more impressive considering he needs surgery on his arm. Volkanovski earned the fifth defense of his featherweight crown following a dominant third-round TKO victory over Rodriguez at UFC 290 last night. Although he took Rodriguez to the ground the first two rounds as expected, Volkanovski […]

Alexander Volkanovski could find himself facing Islam Makhachev again this year. Volkanovski earned another defense of his featherweight title following a dominant victory over Yair Rodriguez in the UFC 290 headliner last night in Las Vegas. After taking Rodriguez down the first two rounds — and notably opening cuts on with some elbows in the […]

Errol Spence Jr. believes it would have been a dent on his and Terence Crawford‘s legacy if they didn’t fight. After years of trash talk and build-up, Spence and Crawford will finally collide when they battle each other in a welterweight title unification fight July 29 in Las Vegas. Spence puts up his WBA, WBC, […]

Brandon Moreno looks for the first defense of his title as flyweight champion when he takes on Alexandre Pantoja in a rematch in the UFC 290 co-headliner Saturday night. Moreno will be looking for revenge as he not only lost to Pantoja in their only professional meeting back in 2018, but was also submitted by […]

Nick Kyrgios provided some interesting answers when asked to describe the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in one word. When the name of 23-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic came up, the 28-year-old — who is notably the only player to defeat the Big Three in his first encounters against them — […]

Shawn Porter gave his prediction for the upcoming super-middleweight title clash between Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo. Despite initially appearing as if he would face Jermall Charlo following the announcement of his three-fight PBC deal, Alvarez would end up booking a Sept. 30 date with his brother Jermell as he defends his super middleweight titles […]

Otto Wallin believes Tyson Fury is the one preventing his fights from coming to fruition. Fury hasn’t competed since December when he TKO’d Derek Chisora in their trilogy fight. The WBC champion was expected to fight Oleksandr Usyk in a title unification bout since with plans for it to take place earlier this year. Once […]

Alexander Volkanovski returns to the featherweight division when he battles the always-exciting Yair Rodriguez in a title unification clash in the UFC 290 headliner on Saturday night. Will the Aussie put on another masterclass like he did against the likes of Max Holloway and The Korean Zombie? Or will Rodriguez shock the world and inflict […]

UFC 290 takes place Saturday night in Las Vegas for International Fight Week with a number of intriguing matchups on the main card. In the headliner, we have Alexander Volkanovski battling Yair Rodriguez in a featherweight title unification fight. The co-main event, meanwhile, features a flyweight title fight as Brandon Moreno defends his crown and […]

Arsenal could be raiding Manchester City again. According to Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo (via FourFourTwo), Gunners manager Mikel Arteta has informed the club that out of favor City defender Aymeric Laporte is his top defensive target. Laporte is currently low in the pecking order with the Premier League champions with manager Pep Guardiola preferring the […]

It’s fair to say there’s some fatigue from the MMA community when it comes to Conor McGregor and his UFC return. McGregor is expected to return to action later this year, but there’s plenty of doubts and uncertainty as things stand. For one, he’s still yet to enter the USADA drug testing pool. Given that […]

Novak Djokovic‘s dominance at Wimbledon was further highlighted in his first-round matchup on Monday. Djokovic got his Wimbledon defense off to a routine start as he easily dispatched of Argentina’s Pedro Cachin with a 6-3, 6-3 7-6 (7-4) win. The only hitch for the Serbian superstar was the match getting delayed for nearly an hour […]

It looks like Elon Musk actually took up UFC legend Georges St-Pierre’s offer. With rumors of a Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg fight heating up, St-Pierre offered to train with the Twitter owner to help him in preparation. Musk accepted the offer on Twitter and it didn’t take long for them to collaborate. On Monday, St-Pierre […]

Carlos Alcaraz knows he’ll have to win the mental battle if he is to defeat Novak Djokovic at a Grand Slam. Alcaraz recently suffered defeat to Djokovic in their French Open semifinal contest last month. Despite evening things at one set apiece, the Spaniard started cramping in the third set and would eventually lose as […]

Arsenal legend Paul Merson believes Kai Havertz is a good signing for the Gunners. Havertz recently completed a big-money move from Chelsea last week for a fee of £65 million ($82 million) as the German international is set to boost Mikel Arteta’s offensive options next season. However, many — including Arsenal fans — still remain […]

Carlos Alcaraz won’t find it easy to get a Wimbledon showdown with Novak Djokovic according to former World No. 2 Alex Corretja. Alcaraz is the top seed at Wimbledon and is also coming off a victory at the Queen’s Club Championships — the first grass title of his career. Despite recently losing to Djokovic in […]

Errol Spence Jr. will have an excuse ready when he loses to Terence Crawford. That’s according to Crawford’s trainer Brian McIntyre who was recently previewing the matchup. At long last, Spence and Crawford will finally battle each other when they compete in a welterweight title unification clash July 29. The winner of the fight will […]

After missing out on the Premier League last season, Arsenal are doing all they can to go one step further in the 2023/24 season. They’ve already completed the signing of Kai Havertz from Chelsea and look set to finalize further big-money deals for Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice. Bukayo Saka signed a new long-term deal […]

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping doesn’t expect Alexa Grasso to lose her title to Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso defends her women’s flyweight crown against Shevchenko in a rematch set to headline the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night event taking place Sept. 16 in Las Vegas. Their first meeting took place in March at UFC 285 and […]

Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder claims Oleksandr Usyk ducked him multiple times. Usyk is expected to defend his WBO, IBO, IBF and WBA titles against mandatory Daniel Dubois in August. He was expected to face Tyson Fury in December soon after, but as has been the case for a while, things remain uncertain with […]

Grant Dawson believes there’s no tougher weight class than the UFC lightweight division. Dawson earned arguably the biggest win of his career after outpointing Damir Ismagulov in their lightweight bout at UFC Vegas 76 this past weekend. In the process, he became just the third fighter to defeat Ismagulov — who now holds a 24-3 […]