A Look At Different Scoring Options – UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux By: Dan Velten [email protected] Before tonight’s column, which is part two on different scoring options, I’d like to mention a new weekly column I will be writing called, Reclaiming the Lapsed UFC Fan. Over the past five years, I have been …
The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Herald Sun reported today that UFC 193 will be taking place at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. The show, which takes place on 11/15 (it will air in the usual PPV time slot on 11/14 in North America) had been earmarked for Melbourne but the decision had not been …
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The following is from a third party: The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling takes a walk on the side of lunacy as we welcome WWE Superstar, “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose. Ambrose clawed his way to WWE with a fearless career on the independent scene, absorbing and dishing out punishment in equal measure. He …
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President Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for another six years in a lavish Kremlin ceremony days after police detained hundreds at protests against his continued rule. The 65-year-old Russian leader, who has been in power for 18 years, took the oath of office with his hand on a gold-embossed copy of the constitution in front of …
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The Trump administration has called on Qatar to stop funding pro-Iranian militias following revelations about the Gulf state’s dealings with terror groups in the Middle East. US security officials have expressed concern about Qatar’s links to a number of Iranian-sponsored militias, many of them regarded as terrorist organisations by Washington. It follows the disclosure of …
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Saudi Arabia has detained several prominent female activists who campaigned for women’s right to drive, taking them into custody just weeks before the decades-long driving ban finally comes to an end. Human rights groups said Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan and Aziza al-Yousef – three of the most prominent voices demanding women be free to drive …
The older brother of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, demanded that Pyongyang’s embassy in London use its influence to keep the HMV store in Oxford Street open late at night so he could go shopping during a visit to Britain in May 2015, according to the diplomat who defected in 2016. Kim Jong-chul flew into Heathrow …
Dior on Wednesday showed the first of the cruise collections via a bonafide, traditional runway show in Italy. In a town square in Lecce, Puglia, a carrousel housing an orchestra stood in the middle of the piazza, which staged the catwalk of some 90 looks. There was music, dancing and singing, much like a village …
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Mercedes principal Toto Wolff insists that despite a strong start to the 2020 season for the team, title success is far from cut and dried and that their rivals were far from down and out. The squad has won all three of the races so far this year, with Valtteri Bottas triumphant in the season …
Fitbit's wealth of personal data will be a boon for Google | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Opinion Europe must not rush Google-Fitbit deal Merger would put highly sensitive health data of millions of Europeans at risk. By Francesca Bria, Cristina Caffarra, Gregory Crawford, Wolfie Christl, Tomaso Duso, Johnny Ryan and Tommaso Valletti 7/22/20, 4:02 AM CET Updated 7/22/20, …