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Deontay Wilder has made a 10th successful defence of his WBC heavyweight title after a fearsome knockout win over Luis Ortiz in Las Vegas. Ortiz won the first six rounds of the bout with Wilder looking timid and uncomfortable before the champion produced a savagely fierce  right out of nowhere to drop the Cuban in the seventh. Wilder was rocked for the first time in his professional career when these two met in their first bout in New York in March 2018, with a devastating onslaught from Ortiz in the seventh round leaving Wilder on the brink of a first d efeat. Ortiz asserted his dominance earlier on this time around. His superior footwork troubled the champion throughout the opening two rounds, finding his range with his sharp left as Wilder struggled to land anything of note Wilder did connect with a solid right in the third but two stiff lefts from Ortiz early in the fourth backed the champion up. Another neat combo from the challenger saw Wilder ...

Hyperacid, hypersaline and hot ponds in the geothermal field of Dallol (Ethiopia). Despite the presence of liquid water, this multi-extreme system does not allow the development of life, according to a new study. The yellow-greenish colour is due to the presence of reduced iron / Puri López-García Living beings, especially microorganisms, have a surprising ability to adapt to the most extreme environments on our planet, but there are still places where they cannot live. European researchers have confirmed the absence of microbial life in hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia. The infernal landscape of Dallol, located in the Ethiopian depression of Danakil, extends over a volcanic crater full of salt, where toxic gases emanate and water boils in the midst of intense hydrothermal activity. It is one of the most torrid environments on Earth. There, daily temperatures in winter can exceed 45° C and there are abundant hypersaline and hyperacid poo...

The Red Devils are still looking to recover from their worst start to a league season for 30 years and are languishing in 10th in the Premier League Manchester United could make use of the loan market to strengthen their team in January, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United are still looking to recover from their worst start to a league season for 30 years, languishing in 10th in the Premier League and having lost four of their opening 12 games. The manager will be hopeful that a corner has been turned following the 3-1 win against Brighton with which the team signed off before the international break United still face a daunting task if they are to haul themselves into contention for qualifying for the Champions League, with the gap to make up to fourth-place Chelsea still 10 points. “It's not about X amount of money,” said Solskjaer when asked how big the club's transfer budget might be. “[Buying players] is about who we...

No French football player has more followers across social media than  Real Madrid  striker  Karim Benzema The 31-year-old, who is the 10th most followed player in the world, counts as many as 63.8 million fans on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Benzema  comes before  Paul Pogba  (52.5m),  Antoine Griezmann  (43.1m) and  Kylian Mbappe  (41.4m). The  Paris Saint-Germain  forward, however, has four million more admirers than  Benzema  on Instagram, with 35m in total. Meanwhile,  James Rodriguez  is the most popular  Real Madrid  player on social media with 94.8 million fans, with  Gareth Bale  coming second with 88.7 million. Sergio Ramos  follows with 75.9 million, while  Marcelo  (73.9m) and  Benzema  complete the top five.

Jay-Z          Colin Kaepernick's On Wednesday (Nov. 13) NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport claimed that Jay-Z influenced setting up of Kaepernick's upcoming combine-style workout exhibition for 32 NFL teams, which will take place in Atlanta on Saturday at 3 p.m. EST. "I am also told that Jay-Z—who has been working with the NFL on some social justice initiatives—was involved in this and pushed this idea to some extent," he said. Via his Twitter account, Rapoport that Colin's upcoming workout was not part of his settlement that he reached with the NFL back in February. Either way, this combine should give Colin the opportunity to prove to NFL teams that he is still in top physical and mental condition to play football in the NFL for the first time in three years. Since the announcement that Jay-Z was teaming up with the NFL, the Roc Nation mogul has been heavily criticized by Kaep's friend, fellow NFL player Eric Reid and Kaepernick's ...

Lagos office EFCC on Wedsnesday  November 13, 2019, arrested family fraudsters John Isang and his son ,Martins John Isang before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja on a revamped two-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain and obtaining by false pretence to the loud sum of $108, 000 (One Hundred and Eight Thousand United States Dollars) belonging to  Ikechukwu Eze.  The duo allegedly secured the said sum from the victim under the pretence of having a vessel for hire to transport Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) outside Nigeria and the rest of world.

New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns and personal trainer Joel Prouty. Annie Wermiel/NY Post That babe next to you at the gym pumping hundred-pound barbells? She’s a ballerina, not a bodybuilder. These days, top dancers can’t get by on grace and agility alone — which is why more of them are hitting the gym after they leave the barre. As New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns and other stars have discovered, dead lifts and squats lead to better pirouettes and pliés. Cross-training, says Mearns’ trainer, Joel Prouty, can prevent injury and increase a dancer’s endurance and strength, improving performance during a rigorous career. But it’s still a fairly new concept. “There was no cross-training when I was a dancer,” Prouty tells The Post. “There was this fear that it would take away from the aesthetic” and cause a “bulky” look — “but it doesn’t have to.” Prouty, 39, performed with several ballet companies and toured with Twyla Tharp before retiring in ...