The poster for the first UFC pay-per-view card of 2024 has now been revealed, with a pair of title fights headed to Toronto, Canada on Jan. 20. The middleweight title will go up for grabs at UFC 297 when Sean Strickland clashes with Dricus du Plessis in the main event, while a new women’s bantamweight champion will be crowned when Mayra Bueno Silva takes on Raquel Pennington in the co-headliner. Check out the UFC 297 poster below. Strickland makes the first defense of his middleweight title after pulling off a shocking upset with a win over Israel Adesanya in September.…
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After the Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated from the NBA In-Season Tournament by the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, forward Bobby Portis passionately challenged head coach Adrian Griffin and teammates to be better, league sources tell Bleacher Report. The Pacers advanced to the IST Finals with a 128-119 victory. The Bucks offense collapsed in the fourth quarter as the Pacers won the final frame 37-25. -via Bleacher Report / December 8, 2023
NFL Nation, ESPNDec 10, 2023, 08:06 PM ETWeek 14 of the NFL season started Thursday night, when the New England Patriots downed the Steelers in Pittsburgh.On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons to create a three-way tie for first place in the NFC South, Zach Wilson led the New York Jets to a dominant performance over the Houston Texans, and the Baltimore Ravens survived in overtime. Quarterbacks Jake Browning (right hand) and C.J. Stroud (concussion protocol) left their games with injuries.The San Francisco 49ers continued to roll in the late window with a win over the Seattle…
Captain Alex Dombrandt scored Harlequins’ third tryRacing 92: (14) 28Tries: Le Garrec 2, Gibert, Diallo Cons: Le Garrec 4Harlequins: (17) 31Tries: Smith, Esterhuizen, Dombrandt, Walker Cons: Smith 4 Drop-goal: SmithMarcus Smith’s superb display helped Harlequins beat Top 14 league leaders Racing 92 in a thrilling Investec Champions Cup pool match in Paris.England fly-half Smith kicked a drop-goal from near the halfway line and scored a dazzling solo try to help Quins take a 17-14 half-time lead.Nolann le Garrec and Ibrahim Diallo put the hosts ahead before Quins skipper Alex Dombrandt gave his side hope.Hooker Jack Walker went over moments later…
Matthew Mott has called for patience with England’s new-era white-ball team as a work in progress, stressing that they’ve only had three opportunities to play together.England succumbed to a four-wicket defeat in Barbados to lose their first series following a difficult World Cup campaign 2-1.A group which featured just four players to have played more than 10 ODIs, found themselves in strong positions in all three matches against a West Indies side going through a similar reboot having failed to qualify for the World Cup.However, a late-innings onslaught from Shai Hope and Romario Shepherd in the opening match saw England…
By Peter Weis @PeterVicey Shocking news on the German Bundesliga beat this weekend saw German giants FC Bayern München demolished by upstarts Eintracht Frankfurt and loads of exciting developments in the race for the top-four. Our Sunday evening recap feature arrives, as always, with full coverage of all nine fixtures from the latest round of action. All of the most pertinent talking points are right here on Bulinews. The latest installment features draw ups for Frankfurt, Wolfsburg, Darmstadt, Union Berlin, Hoffenheim, Dortmund, and Leipzig. We’re pleased to factor some of the tactics of last week’s Pokal round in as…
Girona have gone back to the top of La Liga thanks to a famous 4-2 win over Barcelona at Estadi Lluis Companys.The City Group-owned club moved two points clear of Real Madrid and a whopping seven clear of Barcelona – who drop down to fourth following the defeat – thanks to goals from Artem Dovbyk, Miguel Gutierrez, Valery Fernandez and Cristhian Stuani. Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Gundogan got the consolation goals on what was an abysmal night for Xavi Hernandez’s side. How the game unfoldedAfter a frantic opening ten minutes in which both sides showed a capacity to hurt their…
According to Mirror, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has identified RB Leipzig striker Lois Openda as his top target for the January transfer window. The Red Devils have had a dismal campaign thus far and they suffered their 11 defeat on Saturday afternoon. Man United were second best against Bournemouth and convincingly lost by a 3-0 scoreline. The lack of cutting edge in the final 3rd was visible again and ten Hag may want attacking reinforcements in January. As per Mirror, United scouts were in attendance to watch Openda against Manchester City in the Champions League last month where he…