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It's heartbreaking, but Lionel Messi says goodbye to Barca in tears

Lionel Messi in tears at the press conference at the Camp Nou, home stadium to La Liga's Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain, August 8, 2021. /CFP At 12 p.m. on August 8, 2021, in Barcelona, Lionel

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UFC 265: Gane smashes Lewis to become France's first ever UFC champion

A major factor in the UFC's meteoric success has been the company's deftness when creating storylines. Using the opaque ranking system as a basis, the UFC brass matchmake with the best fighters alway

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UFC on ESPN: T.J. Dillashaw wins hard-fought, long-awaited comeback

When the opening bell rang for the bantamweight main event of UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw, T.J. Dillashaw immediately came forward and forced Cory Sandhagen into the gap between the Octagon

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UFC 264: McGregor loses fight, story and trilogy against Poirier

Before Bruce Buffer could announce the result of Conor McGregor's KO loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 in January this year, the Irishman was already calling for a rematch. With the benefit of hindsi

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Euro 2020 Round of 16: Wales 0-4 Denmark

Kasper Dolberg (#12) of Denmark celebrates after scoring his second goal in the UEFA European Championship Round of 16 game against Wales at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jun

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Euro 2020 Round of 16: Italy 2 – 1 Austria (a.e.t.)

Federico Chiesa of Italy celebrates after scoring a goal in the UEFA European Championship Round of 16 game against Austria at Wembley Stadium in London, England, June 26, 2021. /CFP Knockout

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Euro 2020: Matchday 7 roundup

Ukraine 2 - 1 North Macedonia Ukraine's Andriy Yarmolenko scores against North Macedonia. /Getty "It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward"

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Euro 2020: Matchday 6 roundup

Finland 0 - 1 Russia Russia's Aleksey Miranchuk celebrates scoring against Finland. /Getty In the third minute, Russia clumsily tried to play out from the back and ended up having the ball int

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Euro 2020: Matchday 4 roundup

Scotland 0 - 2 Czech Republic Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall leaps into his own goal to try and save a shot by Czech Republic's Patrik Schick. /AP] What's worse, being bad or being unlucky

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Euro 2020: Matchday 3 roundup

England 1 - 0 Croatia England's Raheem Sterling and Mason Mount celebrate scoring against Croatia. /Reuters Three years on from the Russia 2018 semifinal comes a rematch that not even Floyd Ma

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Euro 2020: Matchday 2 roundup

Wales 1 – 1 Switzerland Wales' Kieffer Moore scores against Switzerland. /Reuters A game befit its booking as the early game of the day as it was a fairly boring duel between two mediocre side

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Euro 2020: Italy live La Dolce Vita with 3-0 win over Turkey

Nessun Dorma from the final act of Puccini's opera Turandot has been inseparable from international football ever since it was used in the BBC's iconic coverage of the Italia 90 World Cup. However, i

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Champions League: Havertz hero in second-ever Chelsea CL win

Going into this final, the pressure was on Manchester City and their manager Pep Guardiola. In the long term, the preceding decade, Pep had repeatedly failed to win the UEFA Champions League and even

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UEFA Champions League Final Preview: Manchester City vs. Chelsea

The UEFA Champions League trophy, nicknamed Ol' Big Ears, and a winner's medal. /CFP This year, the biggest game in club football is also one of the strangest. The UEFA Champions League, being

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UFC Vegas: Rob Font outpoints shell of ex-champ Cody Garbrandt

The impact that the coronavirus has had on the UFC is obvious to see. It's the reason for the mad scramble to establish Fight Island last summer, the weekly shows at the UFC Apex rather than in arena

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UFC Vegas: Marina Rodriguez gets breakout win over Michelle Waterson

Referee Herb Dean (C) raises Marina Rodriguez (L)' hand in victory following her unanimous decision win over Michelle Waterson in the flyweight main event of UFC Vegas: Rodriguez vs. Waterson at

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Champions League: Chelsea outclass mediocre Madrid to reach final

The second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal tie that took place last night at Stamford Bridge began with the score 1-1 on aggregate, with Chelsea having a slight advantage due to the away g