UFC: Penn versus St Pierre could rival any combat super fight of 2009
The news this week that Ricky Hatton will fight Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May has created a potential 1 million pay per view superfight. There will be huge interest in the UK.
But as big - in pay per view terms - as any fight this year is
Former Tory minister takes job as adviser to lobbyist firm
Former Conservative cabinet minister Monte Solberg has been hired by a multinational public-relations firm that lobbies the federal government on behalf of a large stable of corporate clients.
Solberg will work as a senior adviser at the Calgary office
Interview with Sam Sheridan, author of ?A Fighter?s Heart?
As part of a continuing series of interviews with top MMA writers & fighters, Gary Wimsett, Jr., attorney, agent, and president of the MMA Fight Council, LLC, recently engaged Sam Sheridan, author of A Fighter?s Heart?and an upcoming book about the
'UFC 2009 Undisputed' Gives a Look at B.J. Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre
Video games have come a long way since the days of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, when playing a boxing game was as simple as pressing one button to control the right hand and another button to control the left. But for all the advances video games have made,
UFC 94 St.Pierre vs. Penn: Preview and picks
St. Pierre is a huge welterweight that?s as strong as some of the middleweights out there. He may be the most explosive MMA athlete of all time.
On top of it all, St. Pierre is the best MMA wrestler in the world at this weight class, has ridiculous
French shut transit, schools in protest
PARIS ? A uniquely French day of public fury hit the country Thursday as hundreds of thousands of workers partly shut down the transport system and some schools to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy?s handling of the global financial crisis.
The
Over half of Zimbabweans need food aid: WFP
...defend his 170-pound championship in what could be the toughest match of his career. But in the mind of the Canadian mixed-martial-arts superstar, there will be another opponent he's trying to top. Seven-week festival hopes to attract 200,000 people to 400...
Sony's quarterly net profit tumbles
TOKYO - Sony Corp fell into the red in the latest quarter and reiterated its forecast for a record annual loss due to sliding demand and a stronger yen, while rival Nintendo Co cut its full-year outlook for the second time in three months.
Nintendo
Violence threatens Gaza truce as Obama envoy visits
GAZA - Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes threatened on Thursday to undermine efforts by U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy to reinforce a fragile Gaza ceasefire.
Palestinian militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip launched
Serbs halt parliament to protest TV tennis
BELGRADE - Serbia?s parliament stopped work for two hours on Thursday in protest at a decision by state television (RTS) to broadcast a tennis match instead of the latest episode of the legislative session.
Serbia?s tennis players have been very
