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‘Robocop’ has booked his first UFC headliner. According to a report from Alex Behunin of MMAMania.com, streaking Brazilian standout Gregory Rodrigues will return to the Octagon on Saturday, February 15 for a showdown with No. 8 ranked middleweight contender Jared Cannonier. The event is expected to emanate from The APEX in Las Vegas. Rodrigues goes into the bout riding a three-fight win streak with victories over Denis Tiuliulin, Brad Tavares, and Christian Leroy Duncan. Overall, ‘Robocop’ is 7-2 under the UFC banner with his lone losses coming against Arman Petrosyan and Bruno Ferreira. Five of Rodrigues’ seven wins have come…
World Aquatics Open Water World Cup to Open 2025 Season in Egypt World Aquatics on Tuesday announced the schedule for the 2025 Open Water World Cup, which will begin in February in Egypt. The first four stops on the five-event tour were released on Tuesday for the tour’s 19th season. They’ll start in Egypt’s Soma Bay on the weekend of Feb. 21-22. The tour will conclude in the fall, with an Oct. 10-11 stop in Golfo Aranchi, Italy, slated as the fourth stop before a culminating fifth spot still to be announced. Soma Bay was the location…
Remco Evenepoel has successfully undergone surgery after sustaining several injuries in a ‘scary’ training collision on Tuesday.The Belgian provided an update from his hospital bed in Herentals, with his arm in a sling, after Soudal-QuickStep confirmed that he had suffered fractures to his rib, right shoulder blade and right hand. After also sustaining ligament damage due to a dislocated collarbone, Evenepoel knows it will now be a long journey back to full fitness that will impact his winter training. Evenepoel reportedly rode into the door of a parked Bpost postal vehicle which opened in front of him while riding in Oetingen, Belgium…
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Northampton Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell says he has renewed “fire in the belly” and wants to lead club and country to new heights after recovering from a neck injury.Mitchell made his first appearance of the season from the bench in Saturday’s Premiership defeat by Gloucester after missing the start of their title defence and England’s entire autumn campaign.The 27-year-old, who is expected to start in Saturday’s opening Champions Cup game with Castres, wants to make up for lost time with next year’s Six Nations not far away.”The worst part to rugby is the injuries,” Mitchell told BBC Sport.”It’s been very…
by Keith Idec ISAAC CRUZ remains confident that public demand for his second fight against Gervonta Davis will eventually become more important than his close loss to Jose Valenzuela in Cruz’s most recent action. That process will begin for Cruz on February 1, when the ferocious fighter nicknamed “Pitbull” will meet countryman Angel Fierro in a Mexican showdown on the David Benavidez-David Morrell Jr. undercard at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Cruz and his manager, Sean Gibbons, are convinced an impressive performance from Cruz will put him back on track to secure a coveted rematch versus Davis. “Eventually, with time,…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 3, 2024, 10:35 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaTiger Woods said Tuesday that he’s not close to being physically ready to play in PGA Tour tournaments and has a “long way to go” before he’s able to compete against the world’s best golfers again.Woods, 48, is not playing in this week’s Hero World Challenge, an unofficial event he hosts in the Bahamas.”I’m not tournament-sharp yet,” Woods told reporters during a news conference in the Bahamas. “No, I’m still not there. And these are…
Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving is being sued for almost $400k after refusing to pay a health and wellness company for a family retreat over the summer. Irving refused to pay $390k bill for family retreat which involved a tragic death TMZ are reporting that the 32-year-old is being dragged to court by Elite Mind Solutions and their therapist Natasha McCartney for an unpaid bill of $390,710. The plaintiffs allege that Irving arranged a retreat for friends and family where he initially told them around 50 or 60 people would attend – but that number ended up being closer to…
2024 PFL Championship took place this past Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and it produced a massive update in the women’s rankings. Dakota Ditcheva stopped Taila Santos in the women’s flyweight championship bout in a stellar performance to claim the title and $1 million. Entering the week at No. 14, Ditcheva’s performance vaulted her to No. 5, replacing Santos. Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.
There are several layers to the landmark NCAA v. House settlement, and although it won’t be up for final approval until April, some of its effects are already been felt by prospective student-athletes. The impact of the proposed roster limits across all sports, which comes as the settlement removes caps on scholarships, was immediately felt last month during National Signing Day, with teams telling recruits guaranteed roster spots were no longer available. Although roster limits will surely be impacting swimming & diving in future seasons, are there other collegiate sports being hit harder by the new guidelines? Diving deep into…