Yahoo Sports MMA insider Kevin Iole spoke with the UFC interim flyweight title holder against his upcoming bout at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro – the fourth meeting between the two fighters.
Two of Napoli's most influential players have combined for what could be their most crucial win of this Serie A campaign. They also brought Juventus' revival to a juddering – and humiliating – halt.
US President Joe Biden has told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that the United States remained strongly committed to its alliance with Japan and praised Tokyo's "historic" defence reforms.Kishida is in Washington on the last stop in a tour of the G7 industrial powers and has been seeking to bolster long-standing alliances amid rising concern in Japan, and the United States, about mounting regional security threats from China, North Korea and Russia.
Half a century ago, Australian troops fighting in Vietnam finally put down their weapons after a long-fought, controversial war that cost the lives of more than 500 diggers.But 17 months after a similarly messy withdrawal from Afghanistan, Australian War Memorial Chief Historian Craig Tibbitts wonders if we have learned from our mistakes.
Singer Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland, the Memphis mansion she inherited from her father Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock 'n' Roll", a representative for her daughter says.Presley died on Thursday at the age of 54 after being rushed to a Los Angeles area hospital after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest at her home.
HOW CANE TOADS GOT TO AUSTRALIA:* Cane toads were deliberately brought into Australia in 1935 by entomologist Reginald Mungomery resulting in one of the worst examples of biological control gone wrong.* Mungomery, who worked for Queensland's Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, travelled to Hawaii and caught 102 toads.
A Queensland man has died after a two-car crash in Drinan in the state's Bundaberg region, north of Brisbane.An SUV collided head on with a 4WD on Wallaville Goondoon Road on Friday evening.
Air strikes by Myanmar's military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen has killed five civilians, including a mother and her two-year-old daughter, and destroyed two churches, two relief organisations say.The dead from the air strikes on Thursday also included the pastor of a Baptist church, a Catholic deacon and a church layman, according to the Karen Women's Organisation and the Free Burma Rangers.
A columnist can proceed with lawsuits alleging she was raped by former US president Donald Trump in a department store a quarter century ago, a federal judge has ruled, upholding a temporary New York state law letting adult victims of sexual abuse sue their abusers.Judge Lewis A Kaplan said lawsuits alleging rape and defamation and seeking unspecified damages by writer E Jean Carroll could proceed to trial because Trump's challenges were without merit.
Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli will play in a one-day international series against New Zealand this month but will miss the following Twenty20 series.India will play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches against the Black Caps from January 18, with Hardik Pandya again leading the side in the T20s while Rohit will be captain for the 50-over games.
Australia are set for a possible date with the white-ball sensation Suryakumar Yadav in the Test arena after he was selected in India's 17-man squad for the first two games of the eagerly awaited four-match series next month.Another limited-overs gun Ishan Kishan has also been brought into the squad but there's no place for injured pace bowling ace Jasprit Bumrah, who may also not be fit to play in the final two matches of the series either.
While conventional wisdom says an apple a day keeps the doctor away, more recent health advice suggests 10,000 steps will too.But what about just a casual stroll in the park.
A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia has been hit by an explosion but there is no immediate evidence of an attack, Lithuania gas transmission operator Amber Grid says.Video published by Lithuania's public broadcaster LRT showed a fire raging at the blast site in the Panevezys county in northern Lithuania.
Glenn Phillips has smashed a quickfire half-century to guide New Zealand to a two-wicket victory over Pakistan in a series-clinching third one-day international in Karachi.Phillips scored an unbeaten 63 off 42 balls, hitting four fours and four sixes, as New Zealand chased down a target of 281, headed by Fakhar Zaman's hundred, within 11 balls remaining on Friday.
Rescue teams are searching for missing people in central Alabama and the death toll is expected to climb, US local officials say, after thunderstorms and tornadoes damaged dozens of homes and knocked down trees.Seven deaths have been reported in Alabama's Autauga County, emergency management director Ernie Baggett said on MSNBC.
Wall Street's main indexes have dipped as remarks from major US bank executives deepened concerns about the Federal Reserve's monetary tightening slowing economic growth while Tesla slumped on news of price cuts.Major US banks stockpiled more rainy-day funds to prepare for a possible recession and reported weak investment banking results but said consumers remained healthy and higher rates boosted profits.
A Russian tribunal has found figure skater Kamila Valieva bore "no fault or negligence" in a doping case that rocked last year's Winter Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency has reported.The Russian skater, then 15, won Olympic gold in the team competition in February before it was announced a sample she'd given two months before had tested positive for a banned substance.
Queensland's north coast is on alert for potentially life-threatening flash flooding as a monsoon trough brings severe thunderstorms and intense downpours to the region.The Bureau of Meteorology says six-hour rainfall totals between 100 and 180 mm are likely and isolated 24-hour totals of more than 300mm possible along a 450km stretch of coast between Innisfail and Bowen and inland areas on Saturday and into Sunday.
Central Coast Mariners boss Nick Montgomery was left in unison with Macarthur manager Dwight Yorke as they expressed their concern at the disregard for "player safety" at A-League Men level.The Mariners nabbed a 2-1 win away to the Bulls on Friday, but while the victory moves them into second spot on the table Montgomery was keen to express concerns about the refereeing of Alireza Faghani.
A dejected Adam Zampa will weigh up his future in red-ball cricket after admitting he had been left flat at being overlooked for the Test tour of India.Zampa had believed he was a chance of a Test debut on the subcontinent next month, before selectors opted to stick with Mitchell Swepson as their touring legspinner.
Cardinal George Pell is to be farewelled in a mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the same church where the funeral for former pope Benedict was held last week.The most senior Australian member of the Catholic Church died in Rome this week at the age of 81 from heart complications after hip surgery.
