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On wishing whether her fights lasted longer than a few seconds Rousey thinks her fights are good being small in duration as she can have more fights. She admits that her total fight time is limited and the faster she finishes her opponents off, the longer career she can have. On having recovered from an eating disorder and having Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) growing up “It feels very liberating to free of the guilt that used to come with every meal....

Rondo tore ligaments in his right knee last January. Two weeks late he was done for the season. Dr. James Andrews repaired the joint and estimated recovery time at 10 months. Rondo has been in non-contact drills awaiting approval to step up his activity to five-on-five and scrimmages. Andrews cleared Rondo on Friday. "He won't play in games, is what I've been told, until after the first of the year," Stevens told The Boston Herald....

Originally an alternate, Beckham will be the first Giants rookie to play in the NFL’s all-star event since tight end Jeremy Shockey in 2002. MORE: Pro Bowl rosters, reserves “It is definitely awesome,” Beckham said. “It is something that means a lot to me, and I am definitely going to cherish the moment. I’m very excited to be going to the Pro Bowl.” Beckham quickly became a household name Nov....

Rooney became only the second player to reach the milestone in Premier League history after opening the scoring in Everton’s 1-1 draw with City on Monday. Everton 7/1 to beat Chelsea The former Manchester United captain — second to Newcastle United great Alan Shearer’s record of 260 goals with 183 for the Old Trafford side and 17 for Everton — side-footed Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s cross in the 35th-minute before substitute Raheem Sterling equalised in the second half....

Rose sprung to prominence as an amateur at Royal Birkdale in 1998, famously holing a pitch on the 18th to tie for fourth on Open debut at the age of 17. Somewhat surprisingly given his many achievements, including a U.S. Open victory in 2013 and victory in the Olympic Games last year, Rose has yet to better that finish when contending for the Claret Jug. Asked at a news conference what it would mean to finally win the event, he replied: “Obviously, that’s the dream....

The comedian, 50, took to her TikTok account on Tuesday to make the announcement, before posting a series of follow-up videos to explain how she achieved the weight loss and how the medication has made her feel. Former The View co-host O’Donnell told her followers: “I needed to let you know I lost 10 pounds since Christmas. Ten pounds! I’m very happy.” When a follower asked how she was able to shed the weight, the TV personality explained: “Two months ago, my doctor put me on—not Ozempic—Mounjaro… and Repatha....

They said the 38-year-old rider, a nine times world champion and currently third in the top class, had been diagnosed with “mild thoracic and abdominal trauma” in a hospital check-up after the accident in training in eastern Italy. “No fractures have been detected in any part of the body and no serious traumatic pathologies were found,” the team added. Rossi’s home grand prix at Mugello is the next round of the MotoGP championship on June 4....

Both the teams made two changes. While KKR brought in pacers R Vinay Kumar and Morne Morkel dropping Piyush Chawla and Pat Cummins, Royal Challengers replaced Varun Aaron and Parthiv Patel with Ashok Dinda and Yogesh Takawale. Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa (wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar Yadav, Morne Morkel, R Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Yogesh Takawale (wicketkeeper), Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Rana, Mitchell Starc, Muttiah Muralitharan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Abu Nechim, Ashok Dinda....

Born more than eight years after his franchise’s previous trip to the playoffs, the 21-year-old rookie stabilized the Kansas City Royals bullpen with a brilliant performance in extra innings of Tuesday wild-card game against the Oakland Athletics. Finnegan, a lefty, retired the A’s in order in the 10th, and then struck out two — including Brandon Moss, who already had two home runs on the night — in a scoreless 11th....

Having won the Qatar Open last week, Rublev maintained his stunning start to 2020 in South Australia and Harris, playing in his first Tour-level final, was no match for the Russian. Rublev had come through three-setters with Dan Evans and Felix Auger Aliassime en route to the final, the latter contest lasting just shy of three hours. No such epic was needed for Rublev in the tournament showpiece, however, as he moved to 8-0 for the season with a 6-3 6-0 win....

The 34-year-old attacker, Rudolf Nikolli, entered the Dine Hoxha mosque in the downtown area of the capital city of Tirana at 2:30 p.m. local time, according to police. The Top Channel private television station showed footage of civilians blocking Nikolli before police arrived. Police said they reacted immediately after the attack began and took him into custody. The five men who were attacked were between the ages of 22 and 35....

Captains of nine of the world’s top 10 nations were among the players speaking on a conference call set up by the International Rugby Players (IRP) council to discuss the likely impact of the planned World Rugby Nations Championship. The competition would see 12 leading countries play each other once per year toward a playoff series that leads to the top northern and southern hemisphere sides meeting in a final....

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is eager for Alisson, who joined from Roma for a fee that could rise to £65million, to become familiar with the challenges English football presents. The club’s goalkeeper coach John Achterberg has utilised rugby equipment during training in an attempt to recreate scenarios the Brazilian may face in the division, while there has been a specific focus on set-piece situations too. “It is not rugby, it is goalkeeper training,” Klopp explained to reporters....

From a Globe and Mail story on the Ottawa Senators owner’s Ukrainian ties (h/t Travis Yost): Melnyk's parents were born in Ukraine, and he's active in the Ukrainian-Canadian community, so the situation in Crimea is close to his heart. The whole Globe story is worth a look. The helmet idea had come from HUHTC founder Ruslana Wrzesnewskyj, sister to former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj, who happened to be in Ukraine to disperse 35,000 donated shoes when the demonstrations erupted in Kiev....

The report comes from a prominent Apex Legends dataminer called Shrugtal, who claims that the files of the game’s 6.1 patch added code to support UI slots on the “Play” menu of this alleged Arena Mode. Moreover, Shrugtal speculates that it is possible that this discovery could mean the addition of a new smaller mode that would allow players to warm up and train before heading into the game proper....

To be clear, the Google tweet in question doesn’t overtly insinuate that Crystal Dynamics will be making an announcement at the press conference. It’s exactly that kind of ambiguity regarding Google’s press conference driving such rampant speculation. But it makes sense that if Crystal Dynamics is taking part in Google’s developer panel following the press conference, it likely has an interest in what Google will be showing. That Crystal Dynamics is working on a Marvel-licensed Avengers game is already officially known....

“So many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman. Fighting is not a man’s thing, it’s a human’s thing,” Rousey said to Roberts. “To say it’s an anti-woman I think it’s an anti-feminist statement, and the UFC. I’m the biggest draw in the sport and I’m a woman. How is that anti-woman?” For the last six years, MMA has gotten enough votes to be legalized in the Senate. However, it hasn’t even been brought to vote in the Assembly due to Speaker Sheldon Silver’s views on MMA....

“I understand that a lot of people use religion as a reason to be against gay people, but there was no ‘Thou shall not be gay,’” Rousey told TMZ on Tuesday when asked about Pacquiao’s comments. “God never said that, and I really think that our Pope now is boss. He was saying something the other day that religion should be all-encompassing and should be about loving everyone. And I think sometimes people take the wrong message....

UFC president Dana White confirmed at “The World Tour” to officially announce the UFC 189 main event of featherweight champion Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor that Ronda Rousey will defend her women’s bantamweight championship against Bethe Correia at UFC 190. That event takes place on Aug. 1 from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Correia. who is undefeated in nine fights last fought at UFC 177 in August when she defeated Rousey’s teammate, Shayna Baszler by second round TKO....

“I was just being honest,” Rousey told TMZ. “I didn’t know Ellen was going to ask that and I just gave an honest answer.” MORE: What’s next for Ronda Rousey? | Rousey gets emotional detailing suicidal thoughts Since her emotional appearance on “Ellen,” dozens have stepped forward to discuss her remarks and offer advice, including former UFC star Brock Lesnar and Holm herself. But Rousey, who lost her father and grandfather to suicide, stands by her comments, saying discussion of suicide should be “encouraged....