Following a devastating loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207, Ronda Rousey has been surprisingly more active than her first loss. Following UFC 193, the ex-bantamweight champion went in to full hibernation. The defeat against Holly Holm was the first time ‘Rowdy’ had ever been finished or took an ‘L,’...
Munich — Two more sponsors have backed out of supporting embattled Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher. That is the claim of Maquina do Esporte, a Portuguese-language sports marketing publication. Three years since his skiing incident It reports that at the three-year mark of seven time world champion Schumacher's...
Floyd Mayweather claims that Conor McGregor has a £12 million offer on the table to fight him in a boxing ring. Mayweather, whose current record stands at 49 wins and no defeats, hasn’t fought since his victory over Andre Berto in September 2015. McGregor, meanwhile, beat Eddie Alvarez in November to win the UFC...
J.R. Smith's newborn daughter is continuing to fight hard after her premature birth and we're told she's doing well … TMZ Sports has learned. The Cleveland Cavs star and his wife, Jewel, announced their daughter, Dakota, was born 5 months premature earlier this month. Now, we're told specifically...
On this day in F1 – 10th January 1971 Italian driver Ignazio Giunti died competing in the Buenos Aires 1000km race. Unsighted by another car, Giunti’s Ferrari crashed into the back of the Matra of Jean-Piere Beltoise which the driver was trying push along the track to the pits – it was only later that year...
Jones won the interim UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title at UFC 197 in April but was later stripped for failing a drugs test. The 29-year-old is banned from competition until July 7 but is determined to return. And Jones is hopeful that Ronda Rousey, who is considering her future in the sport, will also be back on a UFC...
There isn’t much to Canandaigua Motorsports Park. Located on the Ontario County Fairgrounds in Canandaigua, New York, the small track is flanked by pole barns. Racing is suspended for a week at the end of July every year so those barns can be filled with livestock to be shown and judged during the Ontario County Fair. The...
Last year three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart filed an appeal in his lawsuit against the family of Kevin Ward Jr. after his insurance company claimed he wasn’t covered for the incident that resulted in the death of Ward. This week Stewart has withdrawn that appeal. Bob Pockrass of ESPN was the first to report that the...
Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 32nd birthday in style as the F1 driver posed in what he called 'paradise'. The British driver attached a lengthy caption to his striking image, offering thanks to his supporters and speaking about the subjective nature of paradise. Hamilton wrote: 'Paradise is a completely...
Dale Earnhardt would roll over in his grave if he knew what was happening to his name, his family and his legacy. Earnhardt, who was killed in the 2001 Daytona 500, was one of the most successful drivers in NASCAR history. Not only did he win 76 NASCAR Cup races and a record-tying seven Cup championships, he built an empire...
Steve Smith is known primarily for two things. He’s maintained a surprisingly long Hall of Fame-caliber career. He’s also known to be one of the biggest loudmouth trolls in the game. He managed to parlay both these aspects of his career into his recent resignation letter, sent on Baltimore Ravens letterhead to...
We'd definitely watch this… Conor McGregor v Nate Diaz turned out to the a compelling rivalry in 2016 as both fighters earned victories over the other in two of the biggest fights of the year. Diaz submitted McGregor at UFC 196 but in their rematch at UFC 202, it was The Notorious who emerged victorious via a...