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Serhiy Sidey was happy to walk away from UFC Edmonton with a victory, although he didn’t think he was going to when the final horn sounded. Sidey faced Garrett Armfield in a preliminary bantamweight bout on Saturday’s Fight Night card at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada. After three rounds, Sidey was awarded the split decision win, which much of the MMA community didn’t agree with. Close fight but I felt Armfield took RDs 1&3. Another reason why judges should explain their ruling so that us fighters and coaches can assess the fights in real time to help us make decisions…

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Beryl Gastaldello Sets National 100 Back Record Among Golden Campaign At French Short-Course Championships The French Short-Course Championships wrapped up in Montpellier after four days of competition which featured standout campaigns by Beryl Gastaldello, Maxime Grousset and Mewen Tomac. The event served as a selection meet for the World Short-Course Championships that run from 10-15 December in Budapest with the France team set to be confirmed in the coming days. Leon Marchand is among those set for the Hungarian capital with the four-time Olympic champion having competed on the World Cup tour at which he was crowned overall men’s champion.…

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Image 1 of 9Jente Michels celebrates his win(Image credit: Getty Images)The riders prepare for the start of the men’s under-23 race(Image credit: Getty Images)Cyclocross legend Sven Nys watches on next to Belgian interim head coach Angelo De Clercq (Image credit: Getty Images)Kay De Bruyckere leaning in to a corner(Image credit: Getty Images)David Haverdings was strongest on the climbing sections(Image credit: Getty Images)The leading trio take on the barriers(Image credit: Getty Images)Late drama – David Haverdings wheels his bike over the line after a late mechanical(Image credit: Getty Images)Belgian Yordi Corsus crumbles after taking a valiant fourth(Image credit: Getty Images)Michels defended…

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Humbert produced a sublime forehand passing shot to hold his serve in the opening game but was soon overpowered by Zverev, who forced a break in the third game.A second consecutive break gave Zverev a 4-1 lead before he clinched the first set, making just four unforced errors to 17 from Humbert.A double fault handed Zverev another break at the start of the second set and the German continued to grind Humbert down with his serve and punishing groundstrokes.Humbert took just five points on return throughout and Zverev served out to claim his second Masters trophy of the season, after…

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IN an interesting development for the future of British and world boxing, Queensberry Promotions, headed by promoter Frank Warren, has entered into a multi-year media rights agreement with DAZN. The agreement makes DAZN the exclusive home of Queensberry’s boxing events. The deal kicks in on 1 April 2025 as Warren joins Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, Golden Boy Promotions, headed by Oscar De La Hoya, and any other of DAZN’s partners under a single umbrella. In theory, this should make the biggest fights and most anticipated match-ups easier to finalise. Time will tell whether this proves to be the case and…

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SHIGA, Japan — Nelly Korda clinched her first award for LPGA player of the year on Sunday when it became mathematically impossible for anyone to catch her in the points-based competition.Korda had to skip two tournaments during the Asia swing because of a minor neck injury that limited her practice. Ayaka Furue of Japan would have had to win the rest of the LPGA events to catch Korda. Furue tied for 10th in the Toto Japan Classic.Korda won six times this year, including a major championship. She won five straight tournaments earlier in the season to tie the LPGA record.This…

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The last time an American player conquered the NBA’s MVP award was back in 2018, when James Harden still played for Houston. Even though this league was first created by Canadian James Naismith, it has been a sport dominated by the United States, all the way from New York to Los Angeles.  However, the accolade has been dominated by European stars for the last six seasons, which is why this year a certain player hopes to be the one the returns the crown to an American athlete. We are talking about Anthony Edwards, despite the fact that three-time winner Nikola…

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While former heavyweight title challenger, Derrick Lewis vowed to clean up his act, strawweight challenger, Jasmine Jasudavicius could not help but channel the veteran knockout artist following her victory against Ariane da Silva at UFC Fight Night Edmonton overnight. Jasudavicius, the current number fourteen ranked strawweight contender under the banner of the promotion, returned to action on the main card overnight in her native Canada, landing an eventual third round D’Arce choke win over former KSW champion, da Silva to land her third successive victory. Adding to prior wins over both Priscila Cachoeira and Fatima Kline, Jasmine Jasudavicius is likely…

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