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Danish champions FC Copenhagen kick off the Champions League knockout stages with a daunting visit from the competition’s holders Manchester City on Tuesday night.Copenhagen have not played a competitive fixture since defeating Galatasaray in their final Champions League group game two months ago. The Danish top flight does not resume until next weekend but Copenhagen have tried to limit the rust with a series of friendlies in the new year.City, by comparison, have been crowned world champions and clicked into ominous form since the club’s last European fixture. Pep Guardiola’s side bounce into the Danish capital on the back of…

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MMA

Sean Strickland has had enough of influencers spouting stupid catchphrases and talking trash behind a keyboard. It’s been a busy weekend for the former middleweight world champion. On Friday, ‘Tarzan’ got his day started by beating the sh*t out of controversial Rumble streamer Sneako during an early morning sparring session. For lunch, he got into a flame war with Youtuber turned professional boxer Jake Paul after ‘The Problem Child’ took exception to Strickland’s treatment of his fellow influencer in the now-viral video. It was already a pretty full day for Strickland, but he was far from done. Making his presence…

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17. Wendell Gregory | Marietta (Ga.) Walton (Photo: Andrew Ivins, 247Sports) 247Sports ranking: 4-star | 92 rating | No. 185 overall Recruitment status: Signed with South Carolina Measurables: 6-2, 220 Scouting report: “Gregory, who has added a ton of good bulk in the upper half, still moves like someone that can cover, but he spent most of Saturday night crashing off the edge and found plenty of success, totaling 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a quarterback hurry. “Shane Beamer and the Gamecocks have assembled a strong 2024 recruiting class, but Gregory has never really been considered a headliner in the…

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NBA

The trade deadline captured everyone’s attention, yet NBA games continued with stars like Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard, Jalen Brunson, and Anthony Davis showcasing their latest sneakers. NBA: Toronto Raptors at New Orleans PelicansThe shoes of New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram are seen before a game against the…The shoes of New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram are seen before a game against the Toronto Raptors at Smoothie King Center.more © Matthew Hinton | 2024-02-05 NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Charlotte HornetsA detailed look at the shoes of Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) during the…A detailed look at the…

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Feb 11, 2024, 11:18 PM ETRecently, we examined which NFL teams have successfully defended their Super Bowl titles. Today, let’s take a look at which NFL franchises have won the most Super Bowl rings.New England Patriots, 6 (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII)The Patriots were perennial contenders for two decades, with all six of their Super Bowl victories occurring between 2002 and 2019. The Patriots have made an NFL-record 11 Super Bowl appearances. Their six wins came against the St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams. Their 34-28 overtime victory over the…

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Imagine sitting down to have your breakfast, expecting a nice quiet day, before being told you are making your international debut that afternoon against one of the world’s top sides.That was what happened to 22-year-old Harry Paterson on Saturday, thrust into Scotland’s starting XV to face France at Murrayfield having not originally been named in the matchday squad.Paterson, called upon after Kyle Steyn’s wife went into labour, made just his ninth professional appearance and only his seventh start, and went from a state of panic to delivering what head coach Gregor Townsend described as “one of the best debuts I’ve…

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Two matches down and two matches the team batting first has scored over 300. This isn’t common in Sri Lanka, and for it to happen in consecutive games is even rarer – in fact, there have been only 10 instances across 358 ODIs in Sri Lanka, prior to this series, where two consecutive games have seen a score of 300 or more.In terms of games where 350 or more runs have been scored by the team batting first, Sri Lanka’s 381 in the first ODI was the first such score since 2018 – in total there have been just nine…

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Real Madrid travel to Germany for the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against RB Leipzig on Tuesday evening.In terms of historical pedigree, there is no comparison between Madrid and Leipzig. When a certain energy drink company founded the modern iteration of RB – which stands for Rasenballsport (lawn sports) of course – in 2009, Madrid had already won Europe’s ultimate prize nine times.Madrid have claimed a further five Champions League trophies in Leipzig’s lifetime are gunning for a sixth. Here’s the lineup that Carlo Ancelotti may deploy to help the club extend its continental hegemony.Rodrygo (left) and…

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MMA

The Kansas City Chiefs are once again Super Bowl champions and the MMA world is reacting. On Sunday night, the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 22-19 in an overtime game for the ages. Patrick Mahomes threw for 333 yards and the game winning touchdown and the MMA world was watching, with several prominent figures rooting the Chiefs on and a few other notable fighters with a less charitable viewing of the event. Stockton native Nate Diaz was the most vociferous in his displeasure as his fellow California’s fell just short, but mostly fighters were just disappointed that the rumor…

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