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New York police are investigating an incident in which UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor allegedly caused chaos at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Thursday by gatecrashing a media event ahead of UFC223 on Saturday, April 7. McGregor is alleged to have entered the building through a side entrance together with his entourage before trying to attack […]

The head of the UFC confirmed stripping Conor McGregor of his lightweight championship belt. UFC President Dana White confirmed that he will strip McGregor of the belt so that a new lightweight champion can be determined at UFC 223. He made the announcement at a press conference on April 4, via MMA Fighting. The winner […]

GOLD COAST, Australia—A Commonwealth Games already blighted by high-profile withdrawals suffered a hammer blow on Thursday, when the hosts’ top track champion Sally Pearson was forced to pull out with a serious Achilles injury. The 2012 Olympic champion Pearson, who won a second world title in the 100 meters hurdles at London last year, had […]

GOLD COAST, Australia—Queensland police have said they are investigating allegations that an athlete at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games was sexually assaulted. Mauritius media reported that one of their athletes had been assaulted by an official from the nation’s delegation to the April 4-15 Games. The Mauritius Athletic Association was unable to provide immediate comment. […]

A Fox Sports reporter for Atlanta Braves games was hit by a baseball while reporting on the game from the press area. Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera hit a foul ball that connected with Kelsey Wingert’s eye and fractured the socket, in the seventh inning of a March 30 game, according to 11 Alive. She […]

Australia’s rugby sevens captain James Stannard was left with a fractured skull after being involved in a “one-punch” attack in Sydney early on Friday, March 30, following a farewell dinner for departing coach Andy Friend. New South Wales Police said in a statement that a 22-year-old man had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily […]

SYDNEY—Australia’s Magellan Financial Group Ltd canceled a naming rights sponsorship deal with Cricket Australia after it banned players involved in a ball-tampering scandal, the biggest blow to the country’s governing body reeling from the incident. Though some sponsors of Australian cricketers have pulled individual sponsorship deals, the decision by Magellan suggests the financial impact of […]

A Croatian soccer player died at the age of 25 after he was struck in the chest by a ball, according to reports. Bruno Boban was hit in the chest during Marsonia’s meeting with Slavonija Pozega in the Croatian Third Football League, ABC.net.au reported. After he was hit, he appeared to be fine but later […]

An MMA fighter has been disqualified after he won his first professional fight—for front flipping off his opponent’s back. Legacy Fighting Alliance competitor Drew Chatman was about to win his first victory on Friday, March 23 in Cabazon, California, after his opponent, Irvins Ayala, knocked himself out while attempting to pin Chatman. But after the […]

Zeke Upshaw, an NBA G-league player, died at the age of 26 just days after he collapsed on the court during a game. Upshaw, who played for the Detroit Pistons affiliate, Grand Rapids Drive, collapsed during the fourth quarter of a game against the Long Island Nets. He reportedly went into cardiac arrest. “After continued […]

HONG KONG—Coach pitch (Slow Pitch) baseball is a new starter league organized by the Hong Kong Baseball Association for children aged 6 to 11. It fills a gap between the Tealeaves baseball training for 4-5 year old children and the major league (8-11) which leads onto the Pony league (10-14) run by the Association in […]

Cricket Australia (CA) said on Sunday, March 25, they will conduct an investigation into a ball-tampering scandal during the third test against South Africa that has prompted calls for captain Steve Smith to step down. “From a Cricket Australia perspective, we regard this as an extremely serious issue,” CA chief executive James Sutherland told reporters in Melbourne. Smith […]

World number one Roger Federer suffered a shock 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) defeat by Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the Miami Open second round on Saturday. It was the second loss in six days for the Swiss, who was beaten by Juan Martin del Potro in the Indian Wells final and is set to lose his top […]

HONG KONG—Hong Kong marginally edged out Korea to maintain its dominance in the sport of lawn bowls for the disabled by lifting three of the five titles at the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Open Championship for the Disabled 2018.  Korea won the other two. The event, which is organized annually by the Hong Kong Paralympic […]

Meet 102-year-old “Hurricane Hawkins” who just broke her second world record—for sprinting. Born in Louisiana in 1916, Julia Hawkins shot to internet fame last year when a clip of her running the 100 meters in less than 40 seconds, at the age of 100, went viral. Hawkins explained to SC Featured how that race—which earned […]

Pipo Derani, Johannes van Overbeek, and Nicolas Lapierre brought the #22 Tequila Patron Extreme Speed Motorsports Nissan DPi across the finish line 12 seconds ahead of the nearest competitor after 12 hours of racing at the toughest road track in the world. The #22 ESM was quick all day. It ran flawlessly, and the drivers […]

The former ESPN president said the reason he abruptly resigned in December was due to attempted blackmail. John Skipper became president of the sports media company in 2012 and was president until his surprising departure in December 2017. Overall, Skipper had been with Disney for 27 years. Skipper said at the time of his resignation […]

Professional wrestling star Jeff Hardy was arrested for driving while impaired in Concord, North Carolina on March 10. CBS Sports reports that Hardy registered a blood alcohol level of .25 — well over the legal limit of .08 — when he was tested at the Cabarrus County Detention Center. CBS Sports says that a police […]

The Hong Kong Youth Squad achieved their best results at the World Youth Bowls Championship as both the men’s singles and the mixed pairs finished in fifth. The annual event was held at Broadbeach Bowls Club, the venue of next month’s Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.  Hong Kong joined the hosts Australia and other countries […]

LONDON—Roger Bannister, who has died aged 88, will live forever in the annals of athletics history as the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. A statement from his family on Sunday said: “Sir Roger Bannister, died peacefully in Oxford on 3 March, aged 88, surrounded by his family who were as […]