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Games Done Quick (GDQ) found themselves in the hot seat after pulling the plug on a sponsored stream with gaming company SNK. The internet, as it always does, immediately split into factions, sparking a massive debate over ethics, charity funding, and where we draw the line with corporate ownership. Here is exactly what went down and why everyone is talking about it. The Announcement That Started It All We have canceled our sponsored stream with SNK.We have heard the concerns from our community regarding this partnership, specifically the company’s majority ownership by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and the human…
Four years ago, one teenager’s title dream ended in the final minute of a five-round war. On July 17, he gets it back. Zhang Peimian challenges Jonathan Di Bella for the ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Title in the main event of The Inner Circle 22 on Friday, July 17. The rematch streams live for members from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Their first meeting at ONE 162 in October 2022 was a genuine war, with Zhang matching the Canadian-Italian southpaw blow for blow until a fifth-round head kick knockdown proved decisive. Looking back now, Zhang has something to tell the…
France vs Spain is sure to be the toughest test yet for Didier Deschamps’ men at the 2026 World Cup, now in the semi-final.Spain possess the best defence at the tournament, while France boast the strongest attacking line-up of any side across North America.The Spaniards know what it takes to win against this bunch, having secured a memorable victory against them in the 2024 European Championship, which Spain went on to win outright.France vs Spain prediction France have been phenomenal, again, at the World Cup (Image credit: Getty Images)As always in games of this magnitude, it’s wise to look at…
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua’s ex-girlfriend, Hallie Aiono, publicly called out Ryan Clark and his co-hosts, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor from “The Pivot Podcast.” On Tuesday, Aiono reposted her TikTok video on Instagram and specifically criticized Clark, who played 13 seasons in the NFL as a safety. Thanks for the submission! “While I was trying to figure out how I was going to bring my son into the world, three grown men decided to use my life as entertainment,” Aiono said. “They painted me as this (expletive), this (expletive). They made jokes about how I didn’t know…
The last time Jordan Spieth was on top of the golf world was nine years ago when he strolled down the 18th fairway at Royal Birkdale with the Claret Jug in hand. That Sunday, Spieth joined Jack Nicklaus as the only player to win three different majors at age 23 or younger. Everything was in front of him.Things have been different for Spieth since that day at the 2017 Open when he painted his masterpiece. He has won only twice on the PGA Tour since and no majors. No longer golf’s wunderkind, Spieth arrives back at Birkdale changed by time…
UFC Abu Dhabi will move forward with a new main event. The UFC is set to make its annual return to the United Arab Emirates with an event on July 25 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The card was originally scheduled to be headlined by a pivotal light heavyweight clash between ex-champion Magomed Ankalaev and former title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. However, with less than two weeks remaining until fight night, the UFC Abu Dhabi main event has undergone a major shake-up. The promotion announced on Monday that Rountree Jr. has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled…
It’s time for another World Cup quiz from FourFourTwo and this one’s for the football historians.We’ve had the calculators out all morning and it turns out 22 World Cups’ worth of semi-finalists means a total of 88 semi-finalists for you to name. There are some duplicates, obviously, so we’ve trimmed your time right down to 8 minutes to name them all.Let us know your time below. We’re expecting some impressive performances on this one.FourFourTwo has a big bunch of tricky World Cup quizzes, all courtesy of Kwizly. We have a starting line-up quiz to begin with: Can you name Scotland’s…
HUASOPEEK becomes the first Chilean to claim a HLTV x 1XBET MVP award. Matias “HUASOPEEK” Ibañez Hernandez has been named the HLTV x 1XBET Most Valuable Player (MVP) of XSE Pro League Guangzhou, bagging his first HLTV MVP award as his team picked up their first international LAN trophy. Read more 9z sweep PARIVISION to win XSE Pro League The Chilean rifler led the way for 9z with a team-topping 1.19 rating across the tournament, posting plenty of notable peak performances throughout the event with nearly all of them leading to victories for his team. HUASOPEEK outperformed fellow MVP candidates…
Jordan Spieth woke up on just two hours of sleep. He had flown overnight across the Atlantic, passing around the Claret Jug full of booze with friends and family. He was a few days away from turning 23. He wouldn’t be married for another year. Being a father was still a dream. Golf’s next big thing had just won his third major championship in one of the most eccentric ways possible. Nothing but good times in front of him.So, lying in bed in his Dallas home, sleep was not in the cards. Not on adrenaline like this.He texted his caddie,…
Add as preferred source on Google Carlos Alcaraz’s absence from tennis has now reached three months, but in all honesty, it feels like years.To lose someone of his quality and cultural importance would be enough to see any sport suffer, and tennis has certainly been worse off for it.Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev have subsequently profited from this injury, winning the two majors played without him in the draw. And, there have been some fairytale stories to enjoy along the way.But, as Alex Corretja rather emotionally puts it, tennis without Carlos Alcaraz ‘is hell’.Carlos Alcaraz’s absence felt heavily by Alex…