High drama as Crushers GC wins 2023 LIV Golf Team Championship
MIAMI: Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC won the Team Championship of the 2023 LIV Golf League in dramatic fashion here on Sunday.
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Fury and Ngannou both lay claim to ‘baddest’ crown ahead of Riyadh showdown
Tyson Fury, the reigning WBC heavyweight boxing champion, and Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion, have been ratcheting up the psychological warfare ahead of their showdown on Oct. 28 at Boulevard Hall, Riyadh, that has been dubbed “The Battle of the Baddest.”
Bayern Munich addresses Moroccan star’s pro-Gaza Instagram post
RIYADH: German football club Bayern Munich says it will hold talks with star player Noussair Mazraoui in light of the Moroccan defender’s Instagram post expressing support for Gaza.
Unbeaten UFC prospect Muhammad Mokaev relishing Abu Dhabi return
ABU DHABI: Unbeaten flyweight Muhammad Mokaev returns to Abu Dhabi on Saturday for UFC 294: Makhachev vs Volkanovski 2, looking to build on the win he enjoyed on his last trip to the UAE capital.
Palestine’s Abdul Kareem Al-Selwady set for inaugural Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship
ABU DHABI: The inaugural Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship is set to attract the attention of MMA and grappling fans in the Middle East with a No-Gi Welterweight bout between Abdul Kareem Al-Selwady of Palestine and Islam Reda of Egypt.
Yemenis at Asian Games divided by war, united by sport
HANGZHOU, China: One delivered gas cylinders in government-run Aden for a living and the other cooked meals in Houthi-held Sanaa. Now the two athletes from war-torn Yemen find themselves on the same team at the Asian Games. Yemen has been in the grip of a war since 2014 pitting forces loyal to the internationally recognized government against the Iran-backed Houthis. The conflict has cost hundreds of thousands of lives. The Yemeni team at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China is the only sign of the country’s unity, according to delegation chief Abdel Sattar Al-Hamadani. “We marched behind a single banner at the opening of the Games,” Hamadani told AFP. “Sport has paid a heavy price for the war,” added Hamadani, who heads the Yemeni Basketball Association, pointing out the absence of any material support, apart from that provided by the International Olympic Committee and Asian bodies. Said Al-Khodr, a judo fighter from Aden, worked in the morning and trained in the afternoon to make the Games team. “The love of sport runs through my veins and I toil from dawn until 3:00 p.m.
Former MMA star Sapp praises Saudi Arabia’s fighting ambitions
TOKYO: Bob Sapp, one of the most famous foreign MMA fighters in Japan, has praised Saudi Arabia for its sporting ambitions, which will be highlighted at the end of October when WBC Heavyweight Boxing Champion Tyson Fury takes on UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou in an exhibition match in Riyadh.
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