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Reinier de Ridder survives a brutal knockdown to win by split decision against Robert Whittaker in the main event at Etihad Arena in the UAE.Reinier de Ridder secured the biggest win of his Octagon career at UFC Abu Dhabi, narrowly securing a hard-fought split decision over former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at the Etihad Arena in the United Arab Emirates. De Ridder (21-2) earned his third win of 2025 by defeating the Australian by split decision; two of the three judges scored the 84kg (185-pound) bout 48-47 for de Ridder, while a third had it 48-47 for Whittaker. “I don’t…
Top Trump administration health officials are expected to bring tech companies to the White House this week to roll out a plan to encourage more seamless sharing of health-care data, according to people familiar with the matter. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz are expected to host executives at an event on Wednesday, said the people, who did not provide names of the attendees and asked not to be named because the details haven’t been made public. The plan was developed in coordination with the White House,…
Hulk Hogan’s dream of opening his bar opposite Madison Square Garden (MSG) remains a valid one.The former wrestler’s partner confirmed that, despite his sudden death, plans are underway to establish and launch his $7 million venture in no time.Hulk Hogan passed away on Thursday after emergency responders transported him to a hospital from his Florida home, where he had suffered a cardiac arrest.Article continues below advertisementHulk Hogan’s Bar Will Be Home To His Memorabilia And His Beer BrandMEGAHulk’s partner on the seven-figure bar project, which would be called “Slam,” affirmed that the plans had not changed from the wrestler’s initial…
World Cup winner Rodrigo De Paul has called Inter Miami “incredible” after joining the club on a loan deal from Atletico Madrid that will require Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba or Lionel Messi to leave in January. Midfielder De Paul is expected to join Miami permanently as a Designated Player (DP) – whose full salary does not count against the squad’s overall salary cap – before the start of next season, meaning one of their three existing DPs will have to make way. Center-back Busquets is most likely to leave because Alba signed a contract extension earlier this year and Messi…
Brittney Griner has written to President Joe Biden with an urgent plea: “Please don’t forget about me.”The message from the WNBA star was delivered via a letter she handwrote from the Russian jail where she has been held since being arrested in February at a Moscow airport on drug charges. She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.”As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I’m terrified I might be here forever,” Griner wrote.Representatives for Griner shared sections of the…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs.This week, Concord closed its largest-ever asset-backed securities transaction, raising USD $1.765 billion backed by over 1.3 million music copyrights.Meanwhile, the European Commission confirmed that it was opening an in-depth Phase II investigation into Universal Music Group‘s proposed $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings, citing preliminary concerns about potential reduced competition.Elsewhere, Warner Music Group…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is sharing his memories of working with the late Hulk Hogan. The wrestler turned actor, 53, took to Instagram in the early hours of Friday, July 25, to mourn the WWE icon, with whom he famously shared the ring in a memorable “icon versus icon” match at WrestleMania 18 in 2002. “Rest in Peace, Terry Bollea aka The Immortal Hulk Hogan 🕊️💐,” Johnson wrote alongside a video recap of his iconic match with Hogan, real name Terry Bollea. “To millions of little kids you were a childhood hero – myself included. In 1984, I gave you…
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China’s two biggest networks have deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, records show, a measure of how far they are falling behind Elon Musk’s company SpaceX for dominance in space communications.Satellites in low Earth orbit, up to 1,200 miles above the planet, are increasingly seen as essential for driverless cars, drone warfare and military surveillance. China regards Starlink as a military threat, and Chinese companies have invested heavily in two huge networks, with nearly 27,000 satellites planned between them.One reason for the unexpectedly slow pace is that the Chinese companies have not cleared a key engineering hurdle.The…
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