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Youssef Assouik learned valuable lessons during his promotional debut and now plans to unleash a completely different version of himself. The Danish-Moroccan striker has spent months adjusting his approach after gaining crucial experience with ONE Championship’s unique 4-ounce gloves format. The 30-year-old former two-division ISKA World Champion faces Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong at ONE Fight Night 34: Eersel vs. Jarvis on Friday, August 1, inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Assouik earned a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over former world title challenger Sinsamut Klinmee in his October 2024 debut, establishing himself as a legitimate lightweight Muay Thai contender. The Denmark-based veteran admits…

Formula 1 heads to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix and the final round before its summer break.Oscar Piastri hit back in Belgium with a stunning performance on his way to victory in mixed conditions to extend his championship lead over Lando Norris to 16 points. Twelve months ago in Hungary, the McLaren duo were embroiled in a tense battle for the win where Norris was persuaded to let Piastri through and win the race after the team’s strategy put Norris in the lead.Norris obliged to give Piastri his maiden Grand Prix win and now the pair are in a…

Kodai Senga has been a bit up-and-down since returning from the IL. He put together four scoreless innings in his return in Kansas City, but then was knocked around and ended up being chased after just three earlier this week against the Angels. Sunday’s outing against the Giants was much of the same. The right-hander worked around trouble in each of his five innings of work, but was able to limit the damage to just two bad pitches — both of which were Matt Chapman home run's (solo and two-run shot). Overall, Senga allowed those three runs on four hits and five walks. “First…

The Miami Dolphins have signed Minkah Fitzpatrick to a revised contract, adding a $16.245 million signing bonus to the Pro Bowl safety’s deal, agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed to The Athletic.Prior to the restructure, Fitzpatrick, who was scheduled to receive a base salary of $15.5 million this season, according to spotrac.com, had no guaranteed money left on the remaining two years of his contract, which runs through 2026. No additional years were added. ESPN was first to report the deal.The Dolphins re-acquired Fitzpatrick and a 2027 fifth-round draft pick from the Pittsburgh Steelers last month in a trade for All-Pro cornerback…

Max Holloway’s BMF title could live on after UFC 318.The former UFC Featherweight Champion won his trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier, retiring his longtime rival in the main event of UFC 318. Holloway’s unanimous decision win marked the first successful BMF title defense in history.Following the fight, UFC welterweight Gilbert Burns suggested beloved former champion Charles Oliveira fight for the BMF title in a rematch against Holloway.UFC CEO Dana White said Ilia Topuria was now worthy of fighting for Holloway’s BMF title after knocking out Oliveira at UFC 317.In contrast, UFC commentator Jon Anik mentioned on Submission Radio that Dan…

Jul 27, 2025, 03:15 PM ETBASEL, Switzerland — England defended their Euro 2025 crown as they beat Spain 3-1 on penalties in Basel on Sunday.Spain had the best of the first half and Mariona Caldentey struck the opener with a powerful header. But Chloe Kelly changed the game for the Lionesses when she replaced an injured Lauren James in the 40th minute and sent in a perfect cross for Alessia Russo to head home the equalizer on 57 minutes.England had gone behind to every opponent in the knockout rounds, but couldn’t find a winner despite the arrival of super sub…

Jul 27, 2025, 06:56 PM ETBOSTON — Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman thinks he’ll be able to pitch in a couple of days after walking off the mound with a back spasm in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.”It’s just a spasm. It should be gone in a couple of days,” he said through a team translator after the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 for a series victory.In to face the top of the Dodgers’ order, his velocity was noticeably down to mid-90 mph on his fastball instead of the high…

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Dwight Muhammad Qawi, the Hall of Fame fighter who took up boxing in prison and became a two-weight world champion, has died. He was 72.Qawi’s sister, Wanda King, said he died Friday following a five-year battle with dementia.AdvertisementBorn Dwight Braxton in Baltimore, Qawi grew up in Camden. He competed in the boxing program at Rahway State Prison while serving a sentence for armed robbery, and turned professional at age 25 soon after his release in 1978.In December 1981, Qawi — who legally changed his name in 1982 following his conversion to Islam — stopped Matthew Saad…

We have some large slates today to choose from. The DraftKings DFS slate begins at 11:35 a.m. ET, as does FanDuel’s main slate. Sunday’s Top MLB DFS Picks & Player Props Sunday’s Starting Pitcher Rankings (7/27) MLB DFS Picks & Underdog Player Props: Sunday (7/27) | FantasyPros PLAYER DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary Paul Skenes $10,900 $10,900 Eury Perez $8,000 $8,900 Joey Cantillo $7,5000 $7,700 Paul Skenes is going against the best offense by wRC+ against right-handed pitchers in the Arizona Diamondbacks. I’m not sure it matters, though. For one, who knows what the Diamondbacks’ lineup will look like in a…

The Cowboys are way better at coming up with reasons for not timely and properly paying their key players than they are at timely and properly paying their key players.Amid training-camp chants from fans to pay linebacker Micah Parsons, Cowboys executive Stephen Jones said this, via Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of All City DLLS, “We want to pay Micah too. He’s got to want to be paid.”Obviously, he wants to be paid. Jones is saying that, at some point, he needs to accept our offer.The comment underscores my prediction that, before Week 1, they’ll offer him something significantly less than…