Live in the present
[ad_1] Hope springs eternal during the MotoGP pre-season. Riders don their freshly coloured overalls and mount their newly minted machines brimming with optimism for the campaign ahead. Anything seems possible in the pre-season. But in 2024 the hope spring is running dry. Watch selected NRL & AFL games, along with every F1 race live in … Read more
[ad_1] Initially, Viliami Liavaa was going to be a rugby star. But that dream? Well, it was over by age eight. “I was just too much of a hothead,” cackles the now promising New Zealand super welterweight. A fighter who, still only 22, has in the past 24 hours been catapulted from hopeful undercard fighter … Read more
[ad_1] Tim Tszyu is set to be sensationally stripped of the WBO super welterweight title if he loses to American superstar Keith Thurman in Las Vegas this month – yet has also just firmed, should he win, for a hyped showdown against the world’s greatest fighter. Speaking with Main Event’s Ben Damon on Friday morning, … Read more
[ad_1] Brian Ortega has taken the surprising step of saying he’s willing to wait for Alex Volkanovski to rematch Ilia Topuria, rather than demand an immediate title shot following his win over Yair Rodriguez this weekend. Ortega fought through a bizarre pre-fight ankle injury to score a brave third round submission win over Rodriguez in … Read more
[ad_1] Visits to Bathurst rarely disappoint, and the 2024 Supercars opener at Mount Panorama was no exception. Triple Eight teammates Will Brown and Broc Feeney have immediately established themselves as title protagonists one weekend into their first season as teammates to set up the mouth-watering intrateam duel so many had hoped for. But some older … Read more
[ad_1] First time Tim Tszyu ever fought in Las Vegas, he wheeled out a Bautitisa Bomb Which back in the early 2000s, he says, was his WWE finishing move of choice. “That and John Cena’s FU,” the champ grins, kicked back now in the lounge room of a sprawling, two story Las Vegas home which, … Read more
[ad_1] If this week’s press conference is anything to go by, Sunday’s main event between Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis is certainly going to deliver fireworks. Strickland is well known for his outlandish commentary and certainly didn’t disappoint earlier in the week, taking things one step further as he threatened to “f***ing stab” his … Read more
[ad_1] If Englishman Arnold Allen were having a bet, he says it would be Alexander Volkanovski he backs to eventually fight him for the UFC featherweight crown. But still, he remains “worried” for the champ. Same as he says Volkanovski’s aura has undeniably taken a hit, stating: “There’s no way your stock goes up after … Read more
[ad_1] Jason Moloney still remembers the punch that could’ve cost him a world title. And likely would have too, were he made of something less than he is. “Fractured the hand in Round four,” Moloney starts, recalling that gutsiest of WBO bantamweight title triumphs over Filipino Vincent Astrolabio last May. When despite busting his power … Read more