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The world called it an upset. He called it the result of everything his mother ever taught him. Samet Agdeve defends the ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Title against two-sport, two-division king Roman Kryklia in the co-main event of The Inner Circle 19 on Friday, June 19, streaming live for members from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The 22-year-old Turkish titleholder enters the rematch at 18-0 with 12 knockouts. Agdeve grew up in Izmir, Türkiye, where his father worked construction and his mother raised three boys through hardship that included her own battle with cancer. Watching her navigate the illness forced…
Riot Games just dropped the master plan for the 2027 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) season, and they are essentially adopting the motto “Everything is a Tournament.” If you are a Tier 2 team grinding in the open scene, Christmas just came early. If you are a comfortable, underperforming franchised partner team, it is officially time to sweat. The upcoming structural rework aims to create a much more intuitive and brutal competitive pathway. It opens the doors wide for open-bracket teams while introducing a mechanic that esports fans have wanted for years: actual consequences for the big dogs. No More Free…
Welcome to The Athletic’s daily World Cup Predictions.This article gives you the lowdown on all today’s games, but with the bonus of some friendly competition…Throughout the tournament, we will have two of The Athletic writers (either Andy Jones or Elias Burke — with help from our experts from each of the 48 competing countries) pitting our soccer knowledge against a different subscriber each day and ‘Algo’, the shiny new algorithm from The Athletic, which is making its computerised debut during the 2026 World Cup.Oh, and also a dog called Stanley and a six-year-old boy named Wilfred (who some of you…
Add as preferred source on Google Carlos Alcaraz continues to make progress as he bids to make his comeback to tennis in the coming months.However, for fans, it feels like he has been absent for an age.The absence of his enigmatic, magical brand of tennis has certainly left the sport in a worse place, but has allowed the competitiveness of the ATP Tour to flourish.At Roland Garros, we saw a brand-new Grand Slam champion crowned, as Alexander Zverev beat first-time major finalist Flavio Cobolli to secure that elusive title. Is it time to start panicking about Carlos Alcaraz? He’s out…
Grayson Wells battles Tyler Tremblett on June 19th as part of Havoc FC 22 for their heavyweight bare-knuckle boxing title. This is a belt that Grayson Wells never lost and previously vacated after a history-making win over Steve Roy. As the former Havoc FC MMA champ and bare knuckle champ explained why he came to vacate the latter crown, Grayson Wells said [via Bare Knuckle Bowker], “Yeah, man. I technically didn’t lose the title. I gave it up. I won the title and then they asked me to fight a couple times and I was working in film at the…
The logical place to start this week is England’s 4-2 win over Croatia. I thought they were outstanding in the second half, playing with a brilliant tempo. The first half was okay, but you could sense how disappointed assistant coach Anthony Barry was when he gave his half-time analysis to ITV.They then responded perfectly in the second half, and could have won by an even greater margin. It’s a good start from England, but the only worrying thing is conceding the two goals. Saying that, there’s still good quality in that Croatia team, and these things can happen.Clinton was speaking…
Falcons brought Vitality’s dreams of a third straight Major trophy crashing down in the quarter-finals of the IEM Cologne Major, surviving a scrappy series that saw all three maps go all the way to round 24. An “exhausted” Danny “zonic” Sørensen swung by HLTV’s microphone after the match to talk about the “special” moment, which denied his former teammates the chance to equalize Astralis record of four Major titles. “A little part of my Astralis heart was also happy that we maybe denied a little bit of the conversation about the GOAT status,” he said. “But I’m just happy, and…
Paraguay’s Miguel Almiron received the first red card for talking with his mouth covered.It happened during today’s game, in the first half after a VAR review involving referee Ivan Barton going to the pitch-side monitor.Play had been stopped for a foul on Paraguay’s Isidro Pitta and as players from both teams gathered around the striker, Almiron appeared to say something to Turkey’s Mert Muldur while covering his mouth with his hand. The sending-off was the first of its kind after IFAB — the body which sets the rules of the game — changed its laws in April to include players…
Add as preferred source on Google The Los Angeles Lakers have spent months trying to answer one question: how do you build a championship team around Luka Doncic?They may finally have their answer. According to ESPN reporting, Doncic has stayed in regular communication with Lakers decision-makers throughout the offseason and has made one priority abundantly clear. The Lakers need an elite center, and they need one now rather than at some point down the road. That reality may define everything Rob Pelinka and the front office do between now and the start of the 2026-27 season.This is the offseason everyone…
Brooks Koepka did the incredible at the 2018 U.S. Open, successfully defending his title at a punishing Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Facing one of the toughest course setups in recent major championship history, Koepka displayed composure and consistency, closing with a final-round 68 to finish at 1 over par, one stroke ahead of a surging Tommy Fleetwood. Check out the gear Koepka had in play eight years ago below. Driver: TaylorMade M3 460 (9.5 degrees)Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX SOUTHAMPTON, NY – JUNE 17: Brooks Koepka of the United States on plays his shot from the eighth tee during the…