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Reuters Tennis-Williams unlikely to equal slam record at Roland Garros, says coach Serena Williams is unlikely to win a record equalling 24th Grand slam title on the claycourts of Roland Garros, although her chance will come, the American’s long-time coach Patrick Mouratoglou told Reuters on Friday. The French Open, which starts on May 30, has

Showtime In May 2016, Leslie Smith didn’t manage to make it 90 seconds against the force of nature that is Cris Cybog. On Friday, Smith will hope that five years of growth will be enough to score a career-defining upset when the pair rematch for Cyborg’s featherweight title in the main event of Bellator 259.

Axios Black Lives Matter has inspired protests around the world The killing of George Floyd didn’t just lead to the massive Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. It inspired demonstrations against the ravages of racism and police brutality in other countries, too.The big picture: The movement raised people’s awareness of the problems, but hit

7:52 AM ET Four years ago, Cody Garbrandt delivered an all-time classic, five-round performance against Dominick Cruz to capture the UFC’s bantamweight championship. Garbrandt hasn’t looked the same since. Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Garbrandt (12-3) and Rob Font (18-4) at the Apex in Las Vegas (7 p.m. ET, prelims at

The Telegraph USPGA Championship 2021: Second round tee times, including Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau The second major of the year got underway at Kiawah Island Resort’s Ocean Course on Thursday at the longest course in championship history. Canada’s Corey Conners holds the clubhouse lead after shooting a fine 67 in round one while Rory

Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt takes on rising contender Rob Font in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt on Saturday. Their clash tops the main UFC fight card that is set to start at 7 p.m. ET, and the winner could be in line for a title shot in the top-heavy

11:01 PM ET There is a deal in place for a boxing match between boxing luminary Oscar De La Hoya and UFC legend Georges St-Pierre. But the fight cannot happen unless the UFC gives its approval, according to Ryan Kavanaugh, who is attempting to promote the bout under his Triller Fight Club banner. Kavanaugh told

The Telegraph USPGA Championship 2021: Second round tee times, including Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau The second major of the year got underway at Kiawah Island Resort’s Ocean Course on Thursday at the longest course in championship history. Canada’s Corey Conners holds the clubhouse lead after shooting a fine 67 in round one while Rory

LAS VEGAS — At first glance, it might seem that 2020 was a great year for Cody Garbrandt. The former UFC bantamweight champion not only ended a three-bout losing streak, but he scored a Knockout of the Year candidate. He also did enough in that victory over Raphael Assuncao to earn a shot at the

In the entire city of Houston, it’s hard to think of a worse person to catch you breaking into their car than UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis. For obvious reasons. And yet, that was apparently the turn of fortune an alleged car thief encountered on Tuesday, when Lewis, one of the UFC’s most feared strikers,

LAS VEGAS — Cody Garbrandt looked like he would be the next big thing when he defeated Dominick Cruz to win the UFC bantamweight championship in 2016. He was 11-0 with nine KOs and seemed to have everything to rule the division for a long time. But then Garbrandt dropped three in a row, twice

Getty Images The lightweight division has a new champion. Charles Oliveira scored a comeback second-round knockout of Michael Chandler to capture the vacant title in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 262 from Houston. Oliveira was badly hurt in the first round but won the first striking exchange of the second round, rocking Chandler with

7:49 AM ET Charles Oliveira sits atop the UFC’s lightweight division after a thrilling second-round TKO of Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 262 on Saturday, but did the new champ do enough to surpass Dustin Poirier as the No. 1-ranked fighter in the division? Oliveira wasn’t the only one to make an

Conor McGregor has yet another reason to celebrate in 2021. Less than a week after being named the highest paid athlete in the world, McGregor celebrated the birth of his newborn son, Rían. McGregor made the announcement on Instagram. He said both his wife and Rían were “doing great.” Rían is McGregor’s third child with

Win or lose, Shane Burgos always goes out on his shield. In the UFC 262 pay-per-view opener on Saturday, Burgos (13-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) was knocked out by Edson Barboza (22-9 MMA, 16-9 UFC) in the third round, in what was a rather peculiar ending. Barboza landed a right hand, but it took Burgos a

2:04 AM ET Charles Oliveira‘s last defeat came in December 2017, a loss to Paul Felder via second-round TKO. That was his fourth loss in a six-fight stretch. He had missed weight four times in the previous five years and started his UFC career a pedestrian 10-8, with one no contest. I asked Felder on

Getty Images Charles Oliveira is leaving Toyota Center in Houston with a shiny new championship belt and a $75,000 bonus. Oliveira, who won the vacant lightweight championship with a second-round knockout of Michael Chandler in the UFC 262 main event, took home a Performance of the Night bonus for his career-changing victory. Joining Oliveira as

The Patriots once trailed 28-3 in the third quarter of the Super Bowl and came back to win. The Clippers were down 31 points to the Warriors in the third quarter of a 2019 NBA playoff game and came back to win by four. It’s been done before. But rarely in sports history has there