10 iconic Roman Abramovich moments at Chelsea amid 1000th game as owner vs Spurs

In June 2003, Roman Abramovich’s arrival as Chelsea’s billionaire owner signalled a new era for English football. Chelsea had just finished the 2002/03 Premier League season in fourth, 16 points behind champions Manchester United. This, Abramovich felt, was nowhere near good enough. With his remarkably deep pockets, the Russian embarked on an ambitious, aggressive overhaul of Chelsea in an attempt to establish the Blues as a European heavyweight. Seventeen years and 16 trophies later, it is fair to say that […]

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Chris Lynn pummels explosive century in Queensland Premier Cricket masterclass

Former Australian batsman Chris Lynn has pummelled an explosive 154 off 55 balls during a Queensland Premier Cricket T20 match in Brisbane. Lynn struck 20 sixes and five boundaries to help guide the Toombul to a formidable first innings total of 6/266 against the Sunshine Coast at Oxenham Park on Sunday. Of the 154 runs he scored, 140 came from boundaries. Queensland Bulls batsman Matthew Renshaw also contributed 55 in the onslaught, the two combining for a damaging 149-run partnership. […]

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Tyson teases many more exhibitions with the next in France after Jones draw

Mike Tyson says he will be stepping into the ring again after his draw with Roy Jones Jr on Saturday night and he is eyeing up an exhibition in the south of France. The two former world champions fought to a draw in their exhibition bout at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with both men happy enough with the result. Iron Mike, 54, does not see this being the end of his boxing journey and wants to get the […]

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Fantasy Injury Updates: With Broncos QBs out, WR Kendall Hinton and RB Royce Freeman loom as potential Week 12 sleepers

Even by 2020 standards, this is a good one. On Saturday night, the NFL ruled all of the Broncos quarterbacks — Drew Lock, Brett Rypien, and Blake Bortles — ineligible after it was determined they were in close contact with Jeff Driskel, who had tested positive for COVID, while not wearing masks. Running back Royce Freeman had been tabbed as the “emergency QB,” but reports soon surfaced that former Vanderbilt quarterback and current Denver practice-squad WR Kendall Hinton would likely handle the […]

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What channel is 49ers vs. Rams on today? Time, TV schedule for Week 12 NFL game

San Francisco and Los Angeles square off for a divisional rivalry in what is arguably the NFL’s best division with playoff ramifications on the line. The 49ers (4-6) probably don’t stand much of a chance of making the playoffs this season, and have lost three games in a row by at least 10 points, but they already beat the Rams in Week 6. While San Francisco is fresh off a bye week, it has only won one game in the past […]

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Jake Paul KO’d Nate Robinson in boxing match, and people couldn’t believe it

Jake Paul is for real. The YouTube star moves to 2-0 as a professional boxer after a devastating knockout of former NBA star Nate Robinson. It only took two rounds for Paul to claim victory over Robinson as Paul continued to make quick work of his boxing matches. While Paul had been saying for months leading up to the fight that he was going to knock out Robinson, not many believed him. So when it actually happened, viewers were stunned. Not […]

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Australia vs India live: Moises Henriques shock inclusion for second ODI

The injured Marcus Stoinis has been replaced by a forgotten veteran, who has not represented Australia in over three years. Stoinis likely to miss the rest of the series Welcome to our live coverage of the second one-day contest between Australia and India at the SCG. Australia comfortably took care of business in the opening contest between the two sides and will look to win the series in what is a scorching Sydney day. The ONLY place to watch every […]

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49ers in limbo after Santa Clara County introduces ban on contact sports

The 49ers’ plans have been plunged into chaos after Santa Clara (Calif.) County banned all contact sports for three weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic. Santa Clara County, home of the 49ers and Levi’s Stadium, issued enhanced COVID-19 guidelines for professional, collegiate and youth sports on Saturday. The stringent new social-distancing measures have left the 49ers in limbo, with Kyle Shanahan’s side due to host back-to-back games behind closed doors — vs. the Bills on Dec. 7 and Washington on Dec. 13. […]

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Fantasy Injury Updates: Julio Jones, Adam Thielen, Hayden Hurst, more affecting Week 12 start-sit calls

We’ve already had some notable pass-catchers be ruled out for Week 12 (DJ Chark, John Brown), and several more (Adam Thielen, Julio Jones, Brandon Aiyuk, Hayden Hurst, Jerry Jeudy, Mark Andrews) are dealing with injury issues and COVID, putting their statuses in question. Fantasy football owners will need updates ahead of their start ’em, sit ’em decisions, and we’ll be here throughout the day on Sunday providing you with the latest. For news on banged-up RBs Austin Ekeler, Raheem Mostert, Myles […]

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Lampard insists he won't be 'throwing Hazard comparisons' at Ziyech

Frank Lampard insists he won’t be ‘throwing Eden Hazard comparisons’ at Hakim Ziyech after his impressive start to life at Chelsea but says there is more to come from the talented winger Frank Lampard has insisted he’s not comparing Hakim Ziyech to Eden Hazard Chelsea have struggled to replace the talents of Hazard since his departure  But Ziyech’s performances in recent weeks have been compared to the Belgian   Frank Lampard has urged Hakim Ziyech to ‘do it his own way’ […]

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