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In the first episode, McGregor was spotted doing his regular workouts in the UFC Performance Center in Las Vegas and we also saw his opponent Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone going through an intense sparring session in the gym. With Cerrone now arguably set for one of the biggest fights of his mixed martial arts career (if not the biggest), he was seen enjoying his time in Las Vegas, whereas, his opponent McGregor showcased his knowledge of American football....

#1 Justin Gaethje The night’s biggest winner naturally has the most obvious fight lined up for him next. Now the holder of the UFC’s interim Lightweight title, Justin Gaethje should fight current UFC Lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov in a unification bout later in 2020. When will that be? Well, right now Khabib is observing Ramadan, which finishes later this month. He’ll need at least some time to prepare, while Gaethje will need time to recover from last night’s fight....

The two lightweight fighters will lock horns against each other for the third time in their careers. At the moment, they are tied at one win each. The first time The Diamond and The Notorious One met, still competing as featherweights, the Irishman emerged victorious after a first-round technical knockout. In the second, six years later, it was Poirier who sent McGregor to the canvas. A second-round technical knockout win to equalize the score....

Ubisoft’s annual autumn sale has kicked off and players looking to expand their Division 2 world are in luck! Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 went on sale alongside hundreds of other titles and will stay at its discounted price until October 13th, when Ubisoft’s sale ends. Players can also pick up the exciting DLC Warlords of New York. This expansion not only adds four new zones to take players back to New York, but also includes a new set of missions to track down Aaron Keener, the antagonist of The Division 1....

On Tuesday, the Knights unveiled the 2022 version of their “Space U” uniforms with a hype video that will give you chills. The limited-edition jerseys, which debuted five years ago, have quickly become a tradition for UCF. Once a year, the team breaks out special threads and holds a space-themed game to celebrate the school’s rich history of aerospace research. This year’s jerseys and helmets are designed to honor UCF’s contributions to the discovery of exoplanets, which are distant planets beyond our solar system that orbit their own stars....

UEFA’s disciplinary panel imposed a two-game ban on Friday for Mueller’s red card after a bad tackle against Ajax last month. The panel added one more game to the mandatory one-match ban for a straight red card. Bayern plays at Liverpool on Feb. 19 and hosts the second leg on March 13 in a clash of five-time European champions. Ajax’s Maximilian Woeber also misses the round of 16 games — against Real Madrid — for his red card in a separate incident during his team’s 3-3 draw with Bayern in the final group-stage game....

Also read: UEFA Euro 2016 fixtures: Dates, group, schedule, time and venues for the tournament, PDF Download How the teams got here Probably the biggest upset of the competition was Barcelona’s exit in the quarter-final stage itself. The Catalans were touted as favourites to win the competition and become the first team to retain the title since the European Cup was renamed its current name. But it wasn’t to be as Atletico Madrid under the leadership of Diego Simienoe gave us a tactical masterclass dumping the holders out of the tournament....

With Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid the equations have changed considerably with teams like FC Barcelona, PSG, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Atletico, Inter, United, City, and many more in the chase. Let us look at the 5 top contenders for this season’s Champions League. 5. Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F currently are the defending UCL champions. Not only are they the defending champions but they’ve managed to successfully win the UCL for 3 seasons in a row....

England beat Denmark 2-1 after extra time to advance to its first-ever Euro final. Harry Kane scored the game-winner, pouncing on the rebound after his 104th-minute penalty kick was saved by Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. The other semifinal was played on Tuesday and saw Italy oust Spain after a penalty-kick shootout. The teams ended regulation and extra time deadlocked at 1-1, requiring the spot kicks. The Italians, who are now on a team-record 33-game unbeaten run, advance to their fourth European Championship final and second in the last three editions....

“The war will be over by Christmas. It’s what we all hoped for. Well, it isn’t over.” These words, from a letter written by a British soldier near the beginning of World War I, are read by the great Sir Bobby Charlton in a haunting short film produced by UEFA to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Christmas Truce soccer matches. The truce that began on Christmas Eve was curious enough: Soldiers who’d been shooting at one another for months stopped to decorate, shout Christmas greetings across No Man’s Land on the Belgian plains, sing Christmas carols....

The Turkish government decided to prolong daylight saving by not changing the schedule till October 30, unlike in the rest of Europe, reports Efe. Turkey will be two hours ahead of Central European Time, or CET, instead of the current difference of one hour during this time. As reported by UEFA on its website, “the kick-off times of certain matches in the second half of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League group stages have been therefore impacted to accommodate the competition regulations requiring matches within a group to be played simultaneously on the last match day of the group stage....

Headlining the show is the biggest star in the sport today and perhaps the biggest of all time in Conor McGregor. The featherweight champion will challenge Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title. McGregor is looking to become the first fighter in MMA history to hold two titles at the same time. The only other fighter to have had that opportunity was B.J. Penn, who held the lightweight title when he came up short against then-welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre at UFC 94 in 2009....

They are the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the world heading into the biggest fight of their careers. It’s a crossroads bout for both. MORE: Jones says he beat Cormier “after weekend of cocaine” Cormier (19-1) has conquered things in life only a select few can only dream about. He’s a two-time Olympian (2004, ‘08) and won the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix in 2012, which featured the likes of former heavyweight champions Fedor Emelianenko, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett....

Start time: 8pm(Prelims - US time); Main card - 10pm(7:30AM IST) Operator: Good day and welcome to this UFC 218 Conference Call. Today’s call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I’d like to turn the call over to Dave Lockett. Please go ahead. Dave Lockett: Welcome everybody to the UFC 218 Conference Call. UFC 218 will take place next Saturday, December 2, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan....

“I had no intentions of it getting like this, but apparently it rubbed him the wrong way,” Sterling said of Muhnoz’s angry, profanity-laced reaction to the Long Island native bringing up his overturned victory over Jerrod Sanders from October 2014, which was ruled a No Contest after Munhoz tested positive for having “testosterone of exogenous origin” in his system. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year...

At the weigh-ins on Friday, McGregor looked better, healthier, and more confident than he ever looked as a Featherweight. His appearance now is a far cry from how he looked during his weigh-ins at 145 lbs. With his fight against Cerrone at 170 pounds coming up, let’s take a look at how the difference in the size and mass as a Welterweight and as a Featherweight reveals how much the Irishman’s body has undergone change over the years as a fighter....

It looked like ECU was going to beat UCF. With just one snap remaining, the Pirates led 30-26. Then Justin Holman threw a 51-yard Hail Mary to Breshad Perriman on the final play of the game. Watch No. 39 on the Pirates. he’s the one unbuckling his helmet while the ball is coming down. That’s a no-no. FOX SPORTS: Was DB unbuckling his chin strap during final play? The UCF win means the Knights will clinch a share of the AAC championship with Memphis and possibly Cincinnati, depending on the outcome of this weekend’s game....

In the 2016-17 college basketball season, Ike averaged 13 minutes and 4.7 points for a 30-win Bruins team that reached the NCAA tournament Sweet 16. And, directly off that spectacular success, he entered the NBA Draft. He has played 14 games over two seasons with the Indiana Pacers. MORE: UCLA could be in trouble, even in sagging Pac-12 “That guy should be one of the best players in the Pac-12 right now," an NBA scout told me as the Bruins absorbed a horrific defeat at Cincinnati on Dec....

Gianni Infantino, Ceferin’s counterpart at world football’s governing body, is reportedly keen on a 24-team event played every four years, involving the biggest clubs in an attempt to maximise revenue opportunities. But Ceferin, who was elected UEFA chief in 2016, feels FIFA’s plans will only serve the top sides, with little thought given to the remainder. “About the so-called Club World Cup. The players are at the limit. FIFA is behaving strangely here too,” he told Kicker....

Bayern won 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium last time round, but were made to sweat as Arsenal produced a comeback to win 2-0 in Munich, though the Bavarian side progressed on away goals. Bayern went on to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the final to end a streak of being beaten finalists in two out of the three previous seasons and are considered heavy favourites for the title again this season, with Pep Guardiola now at the helm....