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Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov has called on New York City's large Russian-speaking community to support him at UFC 205.

While Sam Allardyce's sacking has sent shockwaves through the world of football, both the English Football Association and FIFA have been criticized for failing to investigate a series of high-profile transfers – some of which involved the former England boss.

The Serbian Football Association has submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Kosovo being accepted as a member of UEFA.

Zorya Lugansk's Europa League match against Manchester United on Thursday night will crown a remarkable journey for the troubled football club.

Tennis superstar Serena Williams has waded into the controversy over police violence against African Americans, with her latest Facebook post.

Khabib Nurmagomedov may have been frustrated in his attempts to face Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, but the Russian fighter will still be part of what promises to be a spectacular event.

Sixty-one-year-old Allardyce has been relieved of his duties as England manager after just 67 days, leaving the post by mutual consent on Tuesday evening after being the target of a newspaper sting.

Sam Allardyce has become embroiled in a scandal just two months after being appointed as England manager, with a British newspaper entrapping the veteran coach in a sting.

The Philadelphia 76ers have become the first North American sports franchise to purchase an eSports organization.

Conor McGregor has been handed the chance to write his name into the record books after it was confirmed he will face lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on November 12.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for football’s world governing body, FIFA, to give Israeli settlement clubs the boot. The group calls for FIFA to stop violating its own rules and “fulfill its human rights responsibilities.”

Russian ice hockey forwards Pavel Vorobyev and Evgeny Fyodorov are sparking a revival in the fortunes of one of Britain’s ice hockey clubs.