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UFC FIGHT NIGHT: IMAVOV vs BORRALHO airs at a special time! Prelim action begins at 12pm ET/9am PT on Saturday. Main card action gets underway at 3pm ET/12pm PT. The entire card can be streamed live on ESPN+ in the United States. MORE UFC PARIS: Main Card Results | Prelim Results | Watch Official Scorecards This page will be updated live throughout the day with official UFC scorecards following each fight. Shauna Bannon vs Sam Hughes

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 139th and 140th international goals as Portugal thrashed Armenia 5-0 in their first match since the death of Diogo Jota in a car accident in July.A minute’s silence was held before the World Cup qualifier in honour of Jota, who won 49 caps for Portugal, and banners were on display around the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan.João Félix opened the scoring in the 10th minute before Ronaldo doubled their lead when he converted Pedro Neto’s cross. João Cancelo celebrated his goal to make it 3-0 by mimicking Jota’s video game celebration.The 40-year-old Ronaldo extended Portugal’s…

BALTIMORE — Jackson Holliday homered with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to deny Yoshinobu Yamamoto a no-hitter, and the Baltimore Orioles weren’t satisfied with that, rallying for four runs in the inning to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in a delirious comeback Saturday night.Emmanuel Rivera won it with a two-run single off Tanner Scott, who also allowed a walk-off homer to Orioles rookie Samuel Basallo the previous night. But the Orioles did the bulk of their damage against Blake Treinen (1-3), who relieved Yamamoto after Holliday’s homer. He gave up a double to Jeremiah Jackson,…

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her US Open title with a thrilling 6-4 7-6 (7-3) win over Amanda Anisimova in New York.Sabalenka sealed a hard-fought victory against Anisimova at Flushing Meadows, making her the first woman to win the tournament in consecutive years since Serena Williams in 2014. The Belarusian picked up the fourth Grand Slam title of her career as a result, all on hard courts – having now added two New York triumphs to her pair of Australian Open trophies. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch how Sabalenka beat Anisimova to…

It’s been a minute, but welcome back. For those I haven’t met, Deepak Chona here. I’m an ortho sports surgeon, founder of SportsMedAnalytics and beneficiary of this awesome opportunity to collaborate for yet another year with the crew at FantasyPros. Every Saturday, we bring you our weekly fantasy football injury updates. During the week, you can find our content by searching for SportsMedAnalytics or my name on your social media platform of choice. You can sort/search/customize your injury news at sportsmedanalytics.com. Designed by fantasy football fans for fantasy football fans. We’ll be live on the Sunday night show with the…

USA Today Cam Heyward is getting his coveted pay raise just in time for the start of the 2025 regular season. The Steelers and Heyward agreed to a reworked contract that will add $3 million in incentives this year and allows him to earn up $18 million total, according to ESPN, on the eve of their season opener against the Jets.The seven-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro’s contract that had initially been extended last September. He signed last year’s extension after the Steelers had allegedly asked him to take a pay cut. But after having one of his best seasons in…

The Octagon returned to France for today’s UFC Paris event, and four fighters wound up taking home performance bonuses. The fight card was headlined by a key middleweight matchup featuring Nassourdine Imavov taking on fellow division contender Caio Borralho. The contest proved to be another strong showing from Imavov. ‘The Sniper’ used his forward pressure and quick combinations to smother and control Caio Borralho throughout the course of the fight. Although the Brazilian had some strong moments in round three, Nassourdine quickly turned the tables in round four and went on to cruise to a five-round unanimous decision victory. UFC…

Republic of Ireland fans had too dreamed of a “fresh start” as there was renewed optimism before the Hungary game that the squad under Heimir Hallgrimsson was capable of qualifying for a first World Cup since 2002 after an unbeaten start to 2025.That optimism had effectively dissipated by 20:00 BST when they trailed Hungary 2-0 after 16 minutes as poor defending allowed Barnabas Varga and Roland Sallai to score.Hope returned as Hallgrimsson’s side roared back in the second half, with Evan Ferguson pulling one back before Sallai was sent off.Then, in the 93rd minute, came Idah’s big moment. He was…

Davey Johnson, a longtime MLB manager who led the Mets to the World Series title in 1986, has died at the age of 82. Johnson’s wife, Susan, confirmed his passing to Mets team historian Jay Horwitz on Saturday.Johnson, who played in the majors from 1965-1978, began his managerial career with the Mets in 1984, enjoying instant success in the process. He became the first manager in Major League Baseball history to win 90 or more games in each of his first five seasons, and secured the aforementioned World Series title in his third year at the helm. Johnson’s 1986 Mets won 108…

Joseph Parker will fight British heavyweight Fabio Wardley on Oct. 25 at London’s O2 Arena.As reported by ESPN last week, the WBO interim title holder (36-3, 25 KOs) was keen to take on the undefeated Wardley amid a delay to a bout with undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk.The high-stakes heavyweight fight was confirmed on Saturday.”Neither Joe or Fabio wanted to wait about and protect their positions and credit to them both for this,” promoter Frank Warren said.”I believe this is a genuine even-money fight with a mesh of styles that I am sure will be eye-catching and highly crowd-pleasing.Joseph Parker hasn’t…