11 h. ago Player sent off and opponent in agony after flying headbutt in top rugby match

The incident happened on the stroke of half-time in the Top 14 match

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2 w. ago Steven Gerrard smashed me with a horror tackle but he was the best player in England

Steven Gerrard launched a two-footed horror tackle on an opponent only to meet the player and his wife on a plane afterwards, but the incident didn't change his rival's opinion

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3 w. ago Chess: Russian star and top Americans fall in World Cup but Adams wins 10

Ian Nepomniachtchi was a world title challenger, Wesley So is ranked No 8, and Hans Niemann has huge ambition, but all lost to unheralded opponentsThe ongoing $2m, 206-player World Cup in Goa, India, has a brutal format designed to maximise the chance of shock results. Its knockout matches consist of the best of just two classical games, followed by rapid and blitz tiebreaks at increasingly fast speeds, then a final Armageddon game where White has more time but is obliged to win. The major incentive besides the prize money is three places in the 2026 Candidates, the pathway to the world title.The Russia No 1, Ian Nepomniachtchi, who twice played for the global crown, the USA’s world No 8, Wesley So, and Hans Niemann, who has huge ambitions, were the high profile casualties in Thursday’s second round of 128, which was the first round for the top 50 seeds. After losing to the little-known Indian Diptayan Ghosh, Nepomniachtchi posted a laconic message: “There’s nothing to say about the...

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3 w. ago Cops called to high school football game after player's dad storms the field and tackles opponent

An assistant high school football coach and father of the team's quarterback is facing disciplinary action after allegedly trying to tackle an opposing player, igniting a melee and prompting a call to police.

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3 w. ago Arsenal's 'miracle player' leaves opponent stunned as rival coach given reality check

Arsenal defeated Slavia Praha 3-0 in the Champions League with goals from Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino as one Gunners star made history in the European competition

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3 w. ago How Mortal Kombat (and moral panic) changed the gaming world

On its release in 1993, Midway’s gore-filled fighting game ushered in a new era of hyperviolent gaming that continues to influence the industry to this dayOn 9 December 1993, Democratic senator Joe Lieberman sat before a congressional hearing on video game violence and told attendees that the video game industry had crossed a line. The focus of his ire was Mortal Kombat, Midway’s bloody fighting game, recently released on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System after a successful run in the arcades. “Blood splatters from the contestants’ heads,” he told the room. “The game narrator instructs the player to finish his opponent. That player may choose a method of murder ranging from ripping a heart out or pulling off the head of the opponent, with spinal cord attached.”Lieberman’s aim with the congressional hearing had been to force the US games industry into creating a formal ratings system, preventing minors from buying violent titles. He succeeded in that – the Ente...

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