Conor McGregor names his dream bare-knuckle opponents
Conor McGregor expresses his interest in joining Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, naming Mike Perry, Jeremy Stephens, and ...
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
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On the Chess Circuit
On​ the morning of 18 April 2023, the chess grandmaster Ding Liren was discussing tactics with his coach. He was ...
Federica Brignone wins ski worlds giant slalom; American Paula Moltzan snags bronze by .01
Moltzan snagged bronze by one hundredth over Thea Louise Stjernesund of Norway combining times from two runs. Moltzan, a 30-year-old who has spent summers as a whitewater rafting guide, extended the U ...
Brignone finally snatches the skiing gold medal she’s always wanted by winning the GS world title
“This was my dream, to be a gold medalist in GS. I have been dreaming of this moment for many, many years. I was always ...