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Azerbaijan’s Baku to hold F-1 qualifying races

BAKU, The Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022 continues, Trend reports.The third practice session will take place at 15:00-16:00 (GMT+4) on June 11. The qualifying races are scheduled to be held at 18:00-19:00 (GMT+4).The six kilometer-long Baku track…

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Tom Brady Offers Bitcoin for Pain and Suffering

Published by The Street By Tony Owusu If your sports memorabilia investment lost 96% of its value overnight, how much bitcoin would it take to placate you? Retirement is one of the most personal decisions a person can make. Decades of routine and purpose are often left behind once a person decides, or is forced, to leave the workforce. Professional athletes often live in what seems like a parallel universe to us mere mortals and the rules of that universe are often different. Retirement isn’t a strictly personal decision to a star athlete. In addition to financial and familial considerations,

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The Weekly Takedown: Chael Sonnen Talks Eagle FC Return, Cain Velasquez Controversy

Published by Sports Illustrated By Justin Barrasso Plus news and notes on Kayla Harrison, Colby Covington, and Stipe Miocic, and best picks for this weekend’s slate of fights. View the original article to see embedded media. Welcome to The Weekly Takedown, Sports Illustrated’s in-depth look at MMA. Every Thursday, this column will offer insight and information on the most noteworthy stories in the fight world. Eagle Fighting Championship returns tomorrow for its next card, headlined by the great Diego Sanchez against Kevin Lee. The fight should be compelling–Sanchez wants to rewrite the final chapter of his career, while Lee…

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What Country Pays Their Olympic Athletes the Most for Winning Medals?

Published by InsideHook By Evan Bleier In addition to leaving the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games with Singapore’s first-ever gold medal after setting a new Olympic record in the men’s 100-meter butterfly with a time of 50.39 seconds, swimmer Joseph Schooling came home with nearly one million dollars. Singapore, which had only won two silvers and two bronzes prior to Schooling’s win since it joined the Olympic fold in 1948, rewards athletes who secure individual gold medals with one million Singapore dollars, about $737,000 in U.S. currency. (The prize money is taxable and the winning recipients are required to

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Olympics-Chinese tennis player Peng denies making accusation of sexual assault

Published by Reuters (Refiles to fix typo in byline) By Dominique Patton and Natalie Thomas BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has denied she ever accused anyone of sexual assault, adding that she herself had deleted her social media post in November that had appeared to make such a claim. The well-being of Peng, a three-time Olympian, became a matter of global concern when she appeared to allege https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-tennis-star-peng-says-ex-vice-premier-forced-her-into-sex-2021-11-03 on social media that a former Chinese vice premier, Zhang Gaoli, had sexually assaulted her i…

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