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Jesus is back! Arsenal striker in line for Europa League return

Gabriel Jesus (Photo by Rob Carr / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Nigeria loses bid to host World Association for Sports Management congress

The World Association for Sports Management (WASM) executive board, yesterday, at its fourth yearly general meeting (AGM) at the College of Education Auditorium, Doha campus of Qatar University, picked North West University, Cape Town, South Africa, as host of the fifth edition of its congress.

Manchester United takeover news: Process to 'enter next stage' as Liverpool create boost

Manchester seems set to welcome several representatives as soon as this week as the Manchester United takeover process progresses.

Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity?

LAS VEGAS: The competitors stand rigidly upright with their hands behind their backs, waiting to absorb a brutal slap to the face. When the open-handed blow is delivered, there’s a sharp report and the reaction can be dramatic. Some fighters barely move, while others stumble backward or fall to the floor. Some are knocked out. UFC President Dana White is selling slap fighting as the next big thing in combat sports, putting his money and the resources of one of the world’s foremost mixed martial arts organizations behind the Power Slap League. The Nevada Athletic Commission has sanctioned the league for competitions in Las Vegas. “It’s a home run,” said White, who is among several UFC officials involved in the league. Some slap-fighting beatdowns have gone viral, including a video from eastern Europe showing a man who continues to compete even as half of his face swells to seemingly twice its size. Such exposure has led to questions about the safety of slap fighting, particularly the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head. A former chairman of the commission, which regulates combat sports in Nevada, says approving the league was a mistake.