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The main event features Cris Cyborg defending her women’s featherweight championship against Yana Kunitskaya. In the co-main event, in featherweight action, former lightweight champion and two-time featherweight title challenger Frankie Edgar (21-5-1) fights Brian Ortega (13-0, 1NC). While UFC 222 has a new main event that isn’t expected to be close, it does have the greatest female fighter of all-time in the headlining position. The card now has a better co-headliner with an undercard mixed with veterans and young prospects....

Woodley returns to action following a year long injury lay-off to make his fourth title defence against brash Brit Till, who gets his first stab at UFC gold. After shutting out Stephen Thompson (twice) and Demian Maia, Woodley faces an entirely different puzzle in Till, and ‘The Chosen One’ will need to be on his A-game if he’s to keep the 170lbs belt firmly wrapped around his waist. The undefeated Till, who landed his first crack at a UFC title following back to back wins over Donald Cerrone and Thompson, will have a height, reach and overall size advantage....

Name: Sijara Eubanks Record: 3-2 overall, 1-0 UFC Division: Flyweight Team: Team Ricardo Almeida / Iron Army MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year This week is everyone’s chance to get closely acquainted with Sijara Eubanks. The former TUF finalist – who never fought for the title and came under fire for no fault of her own earlier in October when she saw her opportunity at a world title granted and ripped away in less than a week – is no longer fighting for the belt, but will indeed step into the cage at Madison Square Garden....

In case you didn’t know… Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson first met way back at UFC 165 in one of the best fights of all time in UFC history. Jones and Gustafsson went back-and-forth, with the former eventually winning via split decision. The heart of the matter For the first time since UFC 214, former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones made his return to the Octagon and his first fight back in the cage, he faced-off against ‘The Mauler’ Alexander Gustafsson in a rematch from their first classic fight in 2013....

Alexander Volkanovski put together an impeccable performance, complete with spurts of explosive offense that combined leg kicks and powerful striking, to claim the 145-pound title via unanimous decision over arguably the greatest UFC featherweight champion of all time. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year The fight was a high-energy chess match. Volkanovski stalled Holloway’s attempts to gain momentum whenever it appeared the Hawaiian was prepared to turn up the volume on his striking....

According to several reports on Saturday — including from The Athletic and Hartford (Conn.) Courant — the University of Connecticut is expected to be announced as the latest member of the Big East, joining the conference in all the sports it sponsors. The move not only would grant the Huskies better security and opportunity for its men’s and women’s basketball programs, it would help renew some storied rivalries with old Big East basketball foes, including DePaul, Marquette, Providence, St....

RELATED: How Co-Op Works in Darksiders Genesis Darksiders Genesis is the first game in its series to feature co-op gameplay as Strife and War, two Horsemen of the Apocalypse, attempt to stop a plot by Lucifer in the time before the events of the rest of the series. The cooperative elements of Genesis, as well as its gameplay and art style, elevate it somewhat beyond a number of technical issues that were present at launch and its short 10-hour campaign....

Atletico Madrid, Monaco and Borussia Dortmund have struggled so far this season and risk elimination. Harry Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo top the goalscoring charts with 5 goals. Let’s take a look at the 5 things we have learned from UEFA Champions League campaign so far. #5 PSG have Europe’s best front three MSN is history now. Paris Saint-Germain were clear about their ambitions when they swooped in for Neymar and Kylian Mbappe this past summer....

In case you didn’t know… Porto has been drawn with favourites Liverpool in the quarter-final fixture of the Champions League after establishing a spirited comeback against Roma in the second leg of their Round of 16 fixture. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool famously knocked the Portuguese outfit out of the European competition on their journey to the finals in Kiev. Porto has not lifted the Champions League trophy since they won it with Mourinho back in 2004....

A 3-1 win at Parc des Princes sent United into the quarter-finals on away goals following a 3-3 aggregate draw. The crucial goal came from the penalty spot in second-half injury time, with Marcus Rashford firing home after Presnel Kimpembe had been penalised for handball following a lengthy VAR review. The decision was slammed by injured PSG star Neymar, who was watching from the stands, and has been much debated in the days since, with some arguing Kimpembe could do little to prevent blocking Diogo Dalot’s shot with his arm....

The organizer said the lights were “a message aiming at a decision taken by the Hungarian national parliament.” “UEFA respects the rainbow,” the governing body of football in Europe said in a statement on Wednesday. “It is a symbol that embodies our core values, promoting everything that we believe in—a more just and egalitarian society, tolerant of everyone, regardless of their background, belief or gender,” UEFA said. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below:...

Less then two years ago, the sides met at the same venue in an international friendly that saw La Roja fight back from two goals down to hold the Three Lions in an entertaining 2-2 stalemate. Now with an added incentive of the Euro qualification, we can expect another thrilling affair despite a raft of squad changes in both camps. Ahead of the kick-off, let’s see how England and Spain stack up in a combined XI: (Only players selected in the 23-man squad have been included)...

So to break it down, UEFA have come up with the notion of Nations league in order to replace the (meaningless) international friendlies with a new format which will involve the strong powerhouses in Europe battling it out amongst themselves while also providing an opportunity for smaller nations to qualify for the coveted UEFA Euro 2020. The format: The tournament will be held in two separate phases: a league phase which will be played over three international breaks in September, October and November and the Nations league finals to be played in the summer of June 2019....

UEFA said on Thursday its disciplinary panel ordered the sanction to apply when Madrid visits the Polish Army Stadium on November 2. Legia was also fined 80,000 euros ($90,000), Xinhua reported. Fans clashed with stadium security staff, threw objects and lit fireworks and discrimination monitors reported anti-Semitic abuse during Legia Warsaw’s 6-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund two weeks ago. Legia lost 2-0 at Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday and is in last place in Group F....

Frank Mir versus Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 2 was every bit as anticipated as their first encounter. Like the first bout, it also had a decisive winner. Once again it was Mir. Although Nogueira staggered him early with a well-timed punch and came close to forcing a submission, Mir rallied to escape the mount and apply a tight kimura lock on “Big Nog’s” right arm. One sickening break of that same arm gave Mir the technical submission....

To begin the fight, neither guy touched gloves. Both guys came right out throwing kicks. Dos Anjos coming out sharp with hard left hands and kicks to the body to pressure Pettis. Pettis starts to come back with some body kicks and straight right hand. Dos Anjos kept good pressure on the champion by landing kicks and took Pettis down with about a minute left in the round and kept him there until the final moments when Pettis got up and Dos Anjos landed another left hand to end the round....

Andrade passed with flying colors Saturday night, defeating Calderwood by first-round submission (guillotine choke) at 4:38 of the first round at UFC 203. MORE: 37 ashtonishing UFC photos The fight began with Andrade setting the tempo and going right at Calderwood. Andrade had Calderwood against the cage looking for a takedown. A short time later, Andrade scored a takedown and controlled the native of Scotland. Andrade was looking for submissions and when she couldn’t get one, she would ground and pound Calderwood....

The main event features Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson squaring off one more time with the vacant light heavyweight title on the line. The co-main event has women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes moving up in weight to challenge featherweight titleholder Cris “Cyborg” Justino. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Originally, UFC 232 was set for the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. But on Sunday, it was revealed that Jones had what was deemed an “atypical finding” in a drug test administered to him earlier this month....

While winning nine consecutive contests and lording over the middleweight division might cause some to think more highly of themselves and develop a sense of entitlement when it comes to media attention, paydays and the way contemporaries and observers speak about them in general, the 28-year-old standout is even more about the “It is what it is” life than Max Holloway, his Hawaiian counterpart, who has turned the idiom into one of his signature phrases over the last few years....