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On one hand, the 22-year-old is just 19 months and five fights into his professional career in the cage. On the other hand, the Bellator MMA featherweight has earned four straight first-round stoppage victories and capped his 2018 campaign by settling former bantamweight title challenger Leandro Higo in just over three minutes. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Heralded as the future of the sport when he signed with the mixed martial arts promotion in November 2014, expectations were through the roof for Pico when he finally transitioned from the wrestling mats into the cage....

Edinson Cavani scored twice and Angel Di Maria netted the other as Unai Emery’s side kept pace with Monaco at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Ronaldinho: PSG can test Barcelona Despite picking up the victory to keep them three points off first place, Ben Arfa was unhappy with Carcedo’s approach, criticising him in the tunnel after the game. The Spanish coach attempted to talk to the former Newcastle United winger, but was cut short, with Ben Arfa snapping “You hurt my head....

PSG 8/5 to beat Metz -3 handicap The France attacker was signed on a free transfer from Nice last summer but failed to win over head coach Unai Emery and has been consigned to PSG’s reserve team after turning down the opportunity to move to Nice or Saint-Etienne at the end of the transfer window. While there have been numerous cases of clubs criticising players for not respecting their contracts in recent weeks – Ousmane Dembele striking to push through a move to Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund, for example – Jean-Jacques Bertrand says Ben Arfa’s case shows where the balance of power remains....

So why did the Dallas rookies keep their cool while the Pittsburgh players surrendered a late lead? Ben Roethlisberger has some ideas, and they aren’t very kind to his team. MARVEZ: What we learned about Steelers, Cowboys “We are undisciplined and not accountable,” the Steelers quarterback said after the game. “That’s why (the Cowboys) are one of the best in the business and we’re not right now.” Big Ben was then asked how the team got to that point, and he responded, “I don’t know....

No, Roethlisberger is not injured, according to media reports. Blame a technicality for his listing. Roethlisberger left Friday’s practice early for personal reasons, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Those sticklers at the NFL made it mandatory for Roethlisberger to be placed on the weekly scroll. The Steelers have enough other injury problems to ignore Roethlisberger. Plus, they must be aware of history. This week’s opponent, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, figure to make this a classic trap game....

But the pain appears to have caught up with him. The Steelers quarterback is questionable to return against the Seahawks with a right elbow injury, the team announced, adding backup Mason Rudolph would start the second half. But things got off to a rought start for Rudolph as he was quickly picked off, though the error falls to wide receiver Donte Moncrief for tipping the pass. The Steelers eventually fell to the Seahawks, 28-26....

The news comes after the 2019 Cricket World Cup winner made his return to the international game following his announcement that he was taking an indefinite break from the sport in July 2021. But why did Stokes, who has 174 wickets and more than 5,000 runs to his name from his 79 Tests, make the decision to temporarily quit? And what was the story behind the other times he spent time away from the England set-up?...

Epstein said he’s “been in constant touch” with Zobrist, who has been on the restricted list since May 7 for what was initially described as personal reasons. He and his wife, Julianna (whose maiden name is Gilbert), filed for divorce the following week after 14 years of marriage. “I think he’s got an idea in mind how he’d like this to go,” Epstein told reporters Thursday (via the Chicago Sun Times)....

That fall, Michael Morris was a 20-year-old sophomore at Washington, D.C.’s Catholic University. He’d never seriously considered becoming a priest, but after watching John Paul II visit a group of disabled children at nearby Trinity College, Morris was so moved by the pontiff that he decided the priesthood was his true calling. “I remember that a child in a wheelchair had said, ‘Bless me father,’ and that he bent down and said, ‘No, you bless me....

Will that breathe new life into a franchise that slipped to the bottom of the AFC North last season? 2019 NFL RANKINGS:QBs | WRs | TEs | Defenders | Coaches Cincinnati earned just one win in the division last year, and the season crumbled after quarterback Andy Dalton and wide receiver A.J. Green suffered season-ending injuries. The Bengals did not make any big offseason moves other than keeping some key players in-house, and they had a solid showing in the 2019 NFL Draft....

According to a sheriff’s incident report obtained by the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W. Va., the undrafted cornerback from Marshall was robbed at gunpoint. MORE: Ranking NFL coaches | Watson offers insight on police, race According to the report, the incident took place during a poker game at a Super 8 Motel in Huntington when one of the members of the game stood up and yelled, “Lay down and give me all the money” while pointing a semi-automatic pistol....

Toon 9/4 to draw at West Brom Newcastle slipped down to 13th in the Premier League table following a limp 3-0 reverse at St James’ Park, leaving Benitez to issue a rallying call. “We have to realise – the staff, the players, the fans, the media – that the only way for us is to keep working harder and together, that’s it. Simple,” said the Spaniard. “For us, every game will be very difficult, as we have seen with Watford and we will see against West Brom....

“I tried,” Stars captain Jamie Benn told Sporting News. “He beat me to it.” “He,” in this case, is Tyler Seguin; “it” is striking a match with a hockey puck. Benn and Seguin, glued together on the Stars’ top line last season and ideally the next decade or so, teamed up with trick-shot kingpins Dude Perfect for a hockey-centric version of the videos that have, as of Wednesday afternoon, totaled a little less than 375 million YouTube views....

Benteke, who struck 15 Premier League goals for Palace last season, is reportedly a target to replace fellow Belgium international Romelu Lukaku after his £75million move to Manchester United. Everton have been one of the most active teams of the transfer window, with signings including Wayne Rooney, Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane and Davy Klaassen. Get Palace’s EPL title odds But Benteke is not planning to join Ronald Koeman’s revolution, as he is keen to stay at Selhurst Park and work with new Palace boss Frank de Boer....

Chelsea risking title implosion Hazard has reportedly emerged as a target for Madrid as he continues to star for Premier League leaders Chelsea this season. The Belgium international has scored 14 goals and assisted five in the league and Madrid forward Benzema would welcome him at the Santiago Bernabeu. “[Hazard] is a very good player, what can I say?” Benzema told Telefoot. “I have not seen the rumours, but it’s obvious that he would be a good signing....

Mbappe had long been expected to leave the French capital for Madrid as his deal expired this summer, but the 23-year-old opted to commit to PSG for another three years, sparking outrage among some figures in La Liga. The decision was shocking to many who expected Mbappe’s eventual deal to Real Madrid was a foregone conclusion. The tone around the decision was one of a “U-turn” which suggested a last-minute change of heart....

The French striker is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury and is not expected to return before October, yet he does not believe there to be any threat to his place in the Zinedine Zidane’s starting line-up. Madrid allowed Alvaro Morata to depart for Chelsea during the transfer window, leaving them particularly thin in the central attacking role, meaning even less competition for Benzema. And the 29-year-old is confident he will stay at the Santiago Bernabeu for the foreseeable future....

The former England Under-21 international has only played four times in the Premier League this season, with the forward struggling for fitness and unable to improve his form from last term when he scored just four goals in 31 appearances. Berahino has endured a difficult time since reportedly becoming distracted by transfer speculation at the end of the 2014-15 campaign, and now finds himself sent away for an intensive four-day boot camp in France....

There’s no longer any pretense about fighting inflation. In its statement the Fed said that financial markets “remain under considerable stress” and that recent economic indicators showed “a deepening of the housing contraction as well as some softening in labor markets.” As for inflation, it was expected “to moderate in coming quarters.” Well, it hasn’t yet. In general the Fed would like inflation in a range between 0 and 2 percent....

The Malaysia U-22 squad took the field for the first match of the 2017 U-23 Dubai Cup against big favourites China and came away with a creditable 1-1 draw, in a match played on Monday at the Police Officers Club Stadium in Dubai. Frank Bernhardt started the match with the likes of Khairil Anuar, Adam Nor Azlin and Syafiq Ahmad but Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) winger Safawi Rasid was only on the bench....