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Would you idiots please stop blighting great soccer matches with your racism?

The Euro Championship did not go England’s way. After two hours of football ended locked in a 1-1 draw, England and Italy squared off in penalty kicks. Italy won after Marcus Rashford hit one off the post, Jadon Sancho’s attempt was stopped, and the final try, taken by 19-year-old Bukayo Saka, was s...

Poll: Most think Team USA should boycott World Cup

The World Cup in Qatar is a little more than a year from now, and according to a poll from RunRepeat, 59 percent of respondents believe that the United States should boycott the event, with 61 percent saying that FIFA should move its quadrennial showcase out of the Middle East nation because of abus...

SEE IT: Francis Ngannou brings UFC Heavyweight Championship home to Cameroon

Thirty-two days after knocking out Stipe Miocic and winning the UFC World Heavyweight Title in Las Vegas, Nevada, Francis Ngannou brought this gold back to the crib....

The U.S. should boycott the Beijing Olympics because it’s the Olympics

No one seriously expects the U.S., or any of its allies, to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing....

How many workers must die before FIFA moves World Cup?

Conor McGregor being sued by woman who accused him of sexual assault is latest in string of lowlights

He’s commanding in the octagon, but polarizing in real life. He’s also breakable and heavily flawed. And now, Conor McGregor is being sued by the woman who accused him of sexual assault back in 2018....

CONCACAF's New World Cup Qualifying Format Is Bigger (And Dumber) Than Ever

CONCACAF’s convoluted World Cup qualifying format has always been tilted in favor the big boys at the expense of the teams in the confederation’s bottom tier, making it so the dozens of small nations had essentially no hope of ever playing in the World Cup. It’s understandable why CONCACAF sought to...

MMA Fighter Penalized For Kicking Opponent In The Butthole Area

MMA rules allow fighters to use a rather comprehensive suite of techniques to knock out or choke their opponents into submission, but even in a sport this brutal, some parts of the body are off limits. I’m talking, of course, about the butthole area....

Head Of International Ski Federation Denies Climate Change, Says It's Easier To Work With Dictators<em></em>

In an interview with Tages Anzeiger ahead of the alpine world championships, Gian-Franco Kasper, the president of the International Ski Federation, forwarded some opinions about climate change, immigrants, and working with dictators. The interview amounts to an all-you-can-eat buffet of batshit thin...

Fighting Commission Punishes Fighters For Their Roles In Fight Outside The Designated Fighting Area<em></em>

The Nevada Athletic Commission has finally gotten around to handing out some punishments for the post-fight dustup that occurred at UFC 229....

Khabib Nurmagomedov Threatens To Quit UFC If His McGregor-Attacking Buddy Is Fired<em></em>

One of the guys who jumped into the octagon and attacked Conor McGregor during the post-match mayhem at UFC 229 was Zubaira Tukhugov, who himself is a fighter on the UFC roster. After the match, UFC president Dana White made it clear that Tukhugov would never fight in the UFC again, and now Khabib N...

Vladimir Putin To Khabib Nurmagomedov's Father: Please Be Nice To Khabib 

Khabib Nurmagomedov is back in Russia on a victory tour after defending his lightweight championship against Conor McGregor and then defending his honor against Conor McGregor’s entire team. After bringing the belt back to Dagestan yesterday, he and his father Abdulmanap met with Russian president V...

Everything That Happened After The Fight Was Great For Conor McGregor

When Khabib Nurmagomedov vaulted out of the octagon to try and beat up Dillon Danis for supposedly talking wild, racist shit on Saturday, he did more than cost himself a ton of money, earn a suspension, and line himself up to get “smashed” by his father. He also saved Conor McGregor’s ass....

Khabib Nurmagomedov's Dad On His Son Fighting In The Stands: "I Am Going To Regard This Severely"

In the build-up to UFC 229, Conor McGregor said, among many other wild provocations, that his opponent’s father was a “quivering coward.” Why? Because the father had not stabbed Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov when the two appeared together at a mosque, and had been “showing fake respect out of fea...

Derrick Lewis Followed Up His Shocking Comeback Knockout With A Legendary Interview

An hour or so before Khabib Nurmagomedov went ballistic at UFC 229, another Russian fighter was putting on a dominant performance. Heavyweight Alexander Volkov worked Derrick Lewis for 14 minutes and 40 seconds, using his superior length to tag Lewis whenever he wanted and staying out of range when ...

The Mess At UFC 229 Was Dana White's Own Making

Of all the insane and ridiculous things that happened in the immediate aftermath of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 229, perhaps nothing was more absurd than UFC president Dana White’s shock and disappointment....

Khabib Nurmagomedov Taps Out Conor McGregor, Attacks Conor Coach In Crowd, All Hell Breaks Loose [Updates]

After 15 or so boring minutes of complete control, Khabib Nurmagomedov ended Conor McGregor with a brutal rear naked choke in the fourth round of their highly anticipated title fight at UFC 229. Conor got his ass ground into the fence as Khabib talked shit to him for three-plus rounds, reclaiming a ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov Is Going To Fuck Conor McGregor Up, Unless Conor Fucks Him Up First (He Might)<em></em>

There’s a rather elemental question at the heart of mixed martial arts: who would win in a fight between a dominant wrestler and a fearsome striker? It’s a question the sport has been asking for two decades, and one that, by its nature, will never be convincingly answered, because it depends on the ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov Wrestled A Bear, Became A National Hero, And Is Ready To Smash Conor McGregor

On Saturday, Conor McGregor will return to the UFC for the first time in two years to challenge Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title. The highly anticipated matchup, which pits one of the most popular athletes in the world against an undefeated champion, has been billed as the biggest fight...

Conor McGregor Hypes Whiskey, Talks Wild Shit In Suitably Batshit Press Conference

Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov sat for a press conference Thursday afternoon, a little more than two weeks ahead of their October 6 showdown at UFC 229. You will be pleased to learn that settling in for this nearly hour-long video is very much worth your time, as an enjoyer of absurdity and ...