Khabib explained that it’s impossible to always remain undefeated as there’s a plenty of "young and hungry" challengers eager to take the champion down, so he has no intention to keep fighting past his prime.

The Bulgaria - England game in Sofia on 13 October had to be stopped twice as English players were met with racist chanting and Nazi salutes by Bulgarian fans. England went on to win the Euro 2020 qualifier 6-0.

The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship will be held in 12 cities across Europe next summer with the final at Wembley Stadium in London. England will be one of the favourites.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev on Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters title.

Meteorologists are comparing Hagibis to the powerful typhoon Ida, which hit Japan in 1958, claiming the lives of 1,269 people and causing massive damage to the country.

ULAN-UDE (Sputnik) - Russia's Ekaterina Paltseva on Sunday won a gold award at 2019 Women's World Boxing Championship in Ulan-Ude in light flyweight category (below 106 pounds), while another Russian boxer Liliya Aetbaeva became the winner in flyweight class (under 112 pounds).

The Dominance MMA CEO slapped First Round Management’s vice president in the face during the 11 October tournament. Why not let the fighters beat each other instead?

Tyson Fury isn't the first drop-in guest of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to participate in the organisation's events. Besides the former heavyweight champion, two other boxers - Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather, as well as US President Donald Trump, have taken part in WWE events.

The last time England lost a qualifier was during the 2010 World Cup. Still, the Friday defeat does not mean England's competition is at its end just yet.

The fighter also remarked that she previously didn’t feel comfortable in her “own skin”, but that changed when she entered the world of mixed martial arts.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian national football team on Thursday won a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Scotland at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with the final score of 4-0.

The moment when the man touched the footballer was caught on camera, and he has since been identified. Both clubs condemned the incident, with Mexican authorities now looking into the case.

New Delhi (Sputnik) - Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom assured herself an eighth medal at the AIBA World Women's Boxing Championship after making it to the semi-finals on Thursday.

If the Lingerie Fighting Championship did not exist, men would have to invent it. Fortunately for the fans of lingerie and mixed martial arts, the promotion does exist – and wants to strengthen its ranks with a boxing champ.

Iranian women were recently given the go-ahead to purchase tickets and attend the upcoming World Cup 2022 qualifier match between the country’s national football team and the Cambodian side at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Thursday.

The PSG forward said this summer he wanted to switch teams, but botched negotiations have Naymar staying in his team for the time being.

The announcement wraps up Schweinsteiger's 18-year professional football career. Bastian's older brother Tobias, also a professional footballer, retired in 2015.

Russia's UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated his Irish rival Conor McGregor a year ago in a long-awaited UFC 229 match. The fight resulted in a nine-month suspension for the Russian fighter for starting a brawl with the opposing team.

While Cristiano Ronaldo himself did not succeed in the match against Inter Milan, he found a way to congratulate his teammate following his first goal in the Italian championship this season.

Chinese criminal gangs are involved in a money-making scheme in which they buy tickets for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games from registered vendors and then resell them at much higher prices, according to the South China Morning Post, citing Japanese media.