The 39-year-old achieved the biggest win of his career at UFC 209 on Sunday, defeating UFC legend Rashad Evans by split decision and adding to a growing army of admirers. Kelly has been the bookies’ underdog in all of his seven fights but, somehow, has kept defying the odds to build a 6-1 record.
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14-y-o USA-based Briana Williams in Carifta hunt
When the starter’s gun for the 2017 Carifta Trials goes off in Jamaica today, there will be at least one unfamiliar face to most Jamaican fans as the high school girls line up to represent the sprint capital in the girls U-18 100m and 200m. Travelling from Miramar, Florida, to Kingston this week is 14-year-old Briana Williams – the fifth fastest high school girl and second-fastest ninth grader in Florida at the 100m for 2017.
High profile gymnasts come forward, claim abuse by doctor
Three former elite U.S. gymnasts, including 2000 Olympian Jamie Dantzscher, have come forward saying they were sexually abused by a former doctor currently facing trial on a separate matter. Dantzscher, three-time U.S. rhythmic gymnastics champion Jessica Howard and former national team member Jeanette Antolin appeared on “60 Minutes” on Sunday , detailing what they have claimed is sexual abuse by Dr. Larry Nassar.
Legendary Judo Coach, Willy Cahill Co-Founder Of The Blind Judo…
The former US Olympic and US Paralympic Judo Coach had dreams of becoming a football coach growing up on Oahu, Hawaii and experiencing polio at the young age of seven. His doctors at the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital in Hawaii were not convinced Willy, after spending nine months in the hospital would be able to walk out on his own.
High profile gymnasts come forward, claim abuse by doctor
Three former elite U.S. gymnasts, including 2000 Olympian Jamie Dantzcher, have come forward saying they were sexually abused by a former doctor currently facing trial on a separate matter. Dantzscher, three-time U.S. rhythmic gymnastics champion Jessica Howard and former national team member Jeanette Antolin appeared on “60 Minutes” on Sunday , detailing what they have claimed is sexual abuse by Dr. Larry Nassar.
High Profile Gymnasts Come Forward, Claim Abuse by Doctor
Three former elite U.S. gymnasts, including 2000 Olympian Jamie Dantzcher, have come forward saying they were sexually abused by a former doctor currently facing trial on a separate matter. Dantzscher, three-time U.S. rhythmic gymnastics champion Jessica Howard and former national team member Jeanette Antolin appeared on ” 60 Minutes” on Sunday , detailing what they have claimed is sexual abuse by Dr. Larry Nassar.
High profile U.S. gymnasts come forward, claim abuse by doctor
In this July 15, 2008, file photo, Dr. Larry Nassar works on the computer after seeing a patient in Michigan. Nassar, the longtime physician for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, is accused of sexually assaulting multiple women.
Brain damage in former soccer players fuels fears about heading
… said the danger of head injuries had to be weighed against the game’s known benefits in improving cardiovascular health, which actually reduces the likelihood of developing dementia. The study, published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica on …
Watch Former WNBA Player Tamika Catchings’ Inspiring Life Story
ICYMI, American women are spreading some serious female power in 2017-did you see the incredible turnout and inspiring signs at the Women’s March in January after the inauguration? They’re standing up for what’s right, making their presence known, and voicing their opinions loud and clear. While there’s been a surge his movement certainly didn’t start overnight.
How athletes can avoid — or at least minimize — cramps
Cramps are terrible. Even the word is displeasing – it’s dismal and clunky – so it’s kind of a perfect descriptor for when your muscles tighten but don’t have enough fuel or spirit to relax back to their original happy state.
SWIMMING: – I’m still treading water,’ says Millward on funding dispute
STEPHANIE Millward says that she’s still no closer to discovering if she’ll be able to continue her medal-laden career. The 35-year-old, who has won nine Paralympic Games medals, including S8 100m backstroke and 34-point 4x100m medley relay gold at Rio 2016, had her future cast into doubt in November last year when she was left out of British Para Swimming’s ‘Podium programme’ for 2017 – a reduced list of 14 athletes who receive the highest level of funding from UK Sport.
SWIMMING: – I’m still treading water,’ says Millward on funding dispute
STEPHANIE Millward says that she’s still no closer to discovering if she’ll be able to continue her medal-laden career. The 35-year-old, who has won nine Paralympic Games medals, including S8 100m backstroke and 34-point 4x100m medley relay gold at Rio 2016, had her future cast into doubt in November last year when she was left out of British Para Swimming’s ‘Podium programme’ for 2017 – a reduced list of 14 athletes who receive the highest level of funding from UK Sport.
Let’s get some consistency into our attitudes on immigration
Mo Farah having been asked about his omission from the top three in the recent BBC Sports Personality of the Year during his eve of race press conference at Holyrood last weekend, a lively discussion ensued among a group of English journalists immediately afterwards. It is not unusual for those who spend too much time cocooned in any one sport to become a bit precious about their particular favourites and much hypothesis resulted, including the notion, which was by no means dismissed out of hand by those involved in the conversation who clearly did not care who heard what they had to say, that there was a racial element to it.
Legendary Irish athlete and former Olympian Frank Murphy has died aged 69
Murphy was a stalwart of Irish athletics and won a European silver medal in the 1969 European Athletics Championships 1500m in Athens with a time of 3.39.51, a then Irish record. He added another silver to his collection a year later in the 1500m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Vienna and represented Ireland at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico and the Munich games four years later.
OBE for paralympian gold medallist in New Year Honours
PARALYMPIC hero Anne Dunham has been made an OBE in the new year honours for her services to equestrian sport. Mrs Dunham, 68, from Worton, near Devizes, has won a total of 10 Paralympic medals in five different games.
A look at some of 2016’s most inspiring sports moments
In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin, left, and United States’ Abbey D’Agostino after competing in a women’s 5000-meter heat during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A look at some of 2016’s most inspiring sports moments
We watch sports to see who wins and loses, but also to be inspired – and 2016 offered plenty of examples of the latter, from a touching moment between two strangers on the Olympic track, to a little boy from a war-torn land who met his favorite soccer player, to a warm ovation fueled by empathy for a visiting NHL goalie. Moments and feelings that will be recalled more vividly than any numbers on a result sheet or etched in bright lights on a scoreboard.