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17 year old Alireza Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters alone on 5.5/8 half a point clear of the field, he beat Pentala Harikrishna today. The headlines however were grabbed by Andrey Esipenko who defeated Magnus Carlsen in their first ever game together. Esipenko seemed to take Carlsen by surprise with a very aggressive variation of the Sicilian and soon Carlsen got a very suspicious position which was destroyed by the winning sacrifice 17.Ncxb5 which quickly won material. The remaining games were drawn... Читать дальше...

AMMAN — Two brothers were arrested on Sunday in connection with the reported beating of their 20-year-old sister almost a month ago in Amman, senior judicial sources said.

Michael Chandler and Julianna Pena were among those who name-dropped their preferred next opponents at UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi.

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4. Floyd Mayweather savages Conor McGregor in rant about racism, slams talk of McGregor boxing Manny Pacquiao  talkSPORT.com
5. UFC 257: Conor McGregor Post-fight Press Conference  UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship
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