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The tournament attracts as many audiences as it does because of the number of stars who line-up in their nation’s colours every four years in this elite competition. The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Andres Iniesta (Spain) and Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) are among many other high-profile players who will go head-to-head against each other for the coveted trophy. Germany and Spain are the most successful teams on the European stage, both teams winning the competition thrice....

The build-up to the May 29 encounter has been mired in logistical and financial challenges for supporters hoping to reach the Azerbaijani capital. The Premier League heavyweights have been allocated no more than 6,000 tickets each, a small fraction of the 68,700-capacity Olympic Stadium and a number ridiculed by supporter groups of both sides. UEFA’s move to alleviate the stress on local airports led a “bitterly disappointed” Arsenal to brand the awarding of hosting rights to a venue with “such limited transport provision” as “quite simply not right”....

Thanks to their dominance of the UEFA Champions League over the past decade, Los Blancos have become a regular part of the Super Cup. In 2022, Carlo Ancelotti’s side topped Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 to win their fifth Super Cup, joint-most in history. David Alaba and Karim Benzema bagged the goals in what was a full team performance across the board. MORE: How many trophies has Carlo Ancelotti won? Real Madrid boss adds another with 2022 UEFA Super Cup...

Here are the review & result of entire UFC186 Fight Card. Main CARD (SONY SIX / PPV) Johnson def. Horiguchi by submission (armbar) at 4:59 of Round Five In the UFC 186 main event, Demetrious Johnson got his 6th consecutive UFC flyweight title defense by defeating Japan’s Kyoji Horiguchi, and he re-wrote the history books by getting the latest submission in UFC history. He finished John Moraga in the fifth, and now he has a record that will nearly be impossible to break - the latest submission in UFC history, at 4:59 of the fifth round at UFC 186....

Other top bouts on the card: John Makdessi stopped Shane Campbell by first round TKO. Thomas Almeida stopped Yves Jabouin by first round TKO. Here are UFC 186’s highs and lows: The Good Demetrious Johnson told Sporting News that if the fans want to tune in and see the best fighter in the word, they should watch this show. Johnson made a good case for that distinction as he dominated Horiguchi throughout the entire fight....

One of the most important rematches in MMA history is set to go down in the main-event of UFC 213, that’ll see the reigning UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes defend her strap against dangerous challenger Valentina Shevchenko. Additionally, the co-main for the evening will see two elite Middleweight KO artists duke it out for the Interim UFC Middleweight Championship, as young lion Robert Whittaker takes on one of MMA’s scariest athletes Yoel Romero....

The main event features a rematch for the UFC middleweight championship as Robert Whittaker defends against No. 1 ranked Yoel Romero. (Update: The fight will be a non-title affair since Romero came in at 185.2 pounds.) The co-main event features former lightweight champ No. 2 ranked Rafael dos Anjos battles No. 3 ranked Colby Covington for the interim welterweight championship. The card also sees the return of former WWE Champion CM Punk who faces Mike Jackson....

When Nicco Montano steps into the Octagon on Saturday night to defend her flyweight title against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228, she will do so as a massive underdog. While a champion not being favored isn’t anything new, few have made the walk to defend their title facing as steep odds as Montano will this weekend in Dallas, as many critics foresee Saturday’s bout as a fait accompli. From the moment the 29-year-old champion claimed the belt back in December, people have discussed her title reign as if it has an expiration date, believing that she is simply keeping the flyweight throne warm for Shevchenko....

Well, that’s a good question, and will be answered only at the event itself. Till that point, we have to focus on the event and on the fighters actually confirmed and participating in the event itself. [Also Read: Will Brock Lesnar be at UFC 230 or not?] Daniel Cormier takes on Derrick Lewis in a fight for the UFC Heavyweight Title but also partially about the Popeyes’ Chicken sponsorship....

At UFC 241 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, Miocic managed to do both when he stopped Cormier in the fourth round behind a vicious body attack to reclaim the UFC heavyweight title that he lost to Cormier at UFC 226 in July 2018. Sporting News had the fight scored 29-28 for Cormier at the time of the stoppage. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year...

Ottman Azaitar made his UFC debut one to remember when he stopped Teemu Packalen with a punch that put the Finnish fighter down face first and left him twitching in a frightening scene at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. A knockout finish seemed inevitable once the fight started as Azaitar continuously tagged Packalen with hard punches whenever his opponent sought to clinch. But Packalen refused to alter his game plan and kept seeking to trap Azaitar in a Thai plum....

In the third episode, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone was seen having a good time with his family as he took his son to the museum, and also had an interesting exchange with Lightweight star Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis, ahead of the latter’s fight against Carlos Diego Ferreira. Meanwhile, Conor McGregor joined former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm at athlete check-in, as the two fighters signed their respective UFC 246 posters and had a brief conversation about their weight-cutting issues....

First of all, yes, I do feel bad for Gilbert Burns. He had earned his shot by beating Tyron Woodley. But Jorge Masvidal was always the first choice and if the negotiations hadn’t fallen off then this was the default fight that UFC was looking to make. So yes, Even though I feel sad for Burns I do feel pumped that Masvidal and Usman are going to fight for the title....

Announced back in June 2021 and released a week ago, Rocksmith+ builds upon the previous titles in the series to produce one of the most accessible, engaging platforms for learning guitar. However, as opposed to the last few games, buying Rocksmith+ isn’t just a one-time purchase. Instead, Rocksmith+ has a paid subscription model, with some live-service elements thrown in for good measure. And with Just Dance 2023 Edition set to do the same, it seems as though Ubisoft is about to enter a new live-service era....

Roller Champions released last week without much fanfare. Ubisoft provided little-to-no marketing for the game, and if it wasn’t for the streamers and content creators who got to play it around launch, most people likely wouldn’t realize it was available. As for the game itself, Roller Champions’ core gameplay is unique, but the current state of the game is too barebones to warrant a long-term commitment from players. RELATED: The Best Free-To-Play Games on PC (May 2022)...

However, that ended up not being the case. Fox got the better of the point guard matchup by dropping a 20-point, nine-assist, two-turnover game versus Ball’s 14-point, seven-assist, six turnover showing. But UCLA still came out on top, which meant the Bruins needed to get their production from somewhere else. The Bruins got just that from freshman T.J. Leaf. MORE: SN’s preseason All-Americans — freshman talent reigns For a McDonald’s All-American who was averaging 17....

All the teams are coming out of tough matches in their respective leagues as well and the Champions League will prove to be an even sterner test for them. Teams will be looking to solidify their places for the knockout stages while some weaker teams will be aiming to get the third place to ensure Europa League football. Here, we take a look at the 8 most important matches to look forward to on Match Day 2:...

Even though we’re still three weeks away from the final, it has been an absolutely rollicking season so far, rampant with high-profile clashes, golazos, shockers and of course, preposterous turnarounds. If anything, this season will go down as arguably the best Champions League season in the recent memory. However, even as we struggle to gauge the pandemonium that this competition has been, there are certain low-lights too that you may want to take notice: players who under-performed or disappeared without a trace....

Teams from the same group cannot be drawn together and they cannot be drawn with another club from the same country until the quarter-finals. The runners-up from each group will play their first game at home while group winners will have the advantage of playing the second leg at home. 0 votes

Other top bouts on the card: - Andrei Arlovski stopped Travis Browne by first round TKO. Joseph Benavidez defeated John Moraga by unanimous decision. MORE: Why Olympic hopeful Ed Ruth signed with Bellator over UFC Here are UFC 186’s highs and lows: The Good Daniel Cormier was under a lot of scrutiny heading into UFC 187. People felt he needed to wait for another opportunity to fight for the belt considering he lost his title fight to Jon Jones at UFC 182 in January....