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An up-and-coming fighter died at age 18, and the combat sports industry is in mourning
Fast-rising MMA prospect Victoria Lee died at age 18. One Championship founder and boss Chatri Sity…
Alan Dawson
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Growing up, my dad and I didn't get along. Now that I have kids, I understand his faults.
The author shares how she and her dad didn't get along growing up, and it took her having kids to u…
Sydni Ellis
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Olympic athletes fleeing the Taliban rule in Afghanistan are finding new home in Australia
Matt Carroll, chief executive of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), called it "a proud moment …
Barnaby Lane
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Afghan paralympic duo make it to Tokyo games after being evacuated from Afghanistan
Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli will now compete at the Paralympic Games after a campaign to ge…
Bethany Dawson
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'People say Jake Paul is no good,' according to MMA great Anderson Silva, 'but every fight is dangerous'
Anderson Silva, an MMA great and former longtime UFC champion, wants to be the first person to defe…
Alan Dawson
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A pair of athletes have become the first to be ruled out of the Olympics with COVID after arriving in Japan
Instead of competing in their events over the weekend, the taekwondo athlete and skateboarder will …
Sam Cooper
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Tokyo Olympics: COVID-19 cases cross 100 with 19 new infections
The total number of cases directly linked to the Games stood at 106 on Friday with 11 of them a…
PTI
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Afghanistan's first female Paralympian gave a desperate plea for help to escape the Taliban and make it to Tokyo
Zakia Khudadadi was one of two Afghan athletes due to fly out, but has been unable to leave followi…
Sam Cooper
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Who is Ryan Salame, the FTX exec, Republican mega-donor, and New England restaurateur who blew the whistle on FTX?
The FTX exec who tipped off regulators also invested millions in New England restaurants and is dat…
Morgan Chittum
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Tonga's oiled-up Olympic flag bearer has raised over $340,000 in disaster relief for the country after it faced a volcano eruption and tsunami
Olympian Pita Taufatofua is providing updates about the country's condition and missing people on h…
Madison Hall
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UFC commentator Joe Rogan cracked awesome spinning back kicks in a new training video
Podcaster and UFC commentator Joe Rogan shows he's still a force to be reckoned with, and has the a…
Alan Dawson
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Tonga's famed oiled-up flag bearer says he passed on a chance to compete in the Olympics again to help tsunami recovery efforts
Pita Taufatofua has raised over $800,000 in relief funds to help the country to recover from last m…
Jake Epstein
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Photos show Trump has a Mount Rushmore sculpture with his face added to it in his Mar-a-Lago office
Recent pictures show that a 'Mount Trumpmore" sculpture he was presented with in 2020 is displayed …
Tom Porter
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Oiled-up Tongan superstar Pita Taufatofua once again stole the show during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
Pita Taufatofua of Tonga became an instant superstar four years ago at the Olympics in Rio, and he'…
Tyler Lauletta
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Afghanistan was meant to send its first ever female Paralympian to Tokyo, but she's trapped in the country by the Taliban's resurgence
Taliban forces took the capital city of Kabul on Sunday and the country's airports have been floode…
Sam Cooper
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'Sexiest doctor alive' puts his stethoscope down and picks up boxing gloves instead for a fight Saturday
Mikhail Varshavski, also known as Doctor Mike online, told Insider he's "about to prescribe a KO" —…
Alan Dawson
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The Afghan Paralympians trapped in Kabul by the Taliban uprising have now been evacuated to a secret location
The International Paralympic Committee said para-taekwondo athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Ras…
Sam Cooper
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Iran's only female Olympic medalist defected to Europe, citing the country's oppressive treatment of women in a goodbye Instagram post
21-year-old Kimia Alizadeh cited the country's oppression of women, including herself, as the main …
Kat Tenbarge
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From powerhouse to pariah, Russia given the cold shoulder across the sports world
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has spurred a concerted effort across the sports world to excise Ru…
Cork Gaines
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The hopes of Afghanistan's first female Paralympian dashed as she is unable to leave country
Zakia Khudadadi was supposed to make history as the first female Paralympian to represent Afghanist…