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The World's Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, now has some serious competition in the form of an American high school senior. Eighteen-year-old student Matthew Boling, a senior at Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston, Texas, has dropped jaws around the world by setting a new record for the fastest American under…
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A powerlifter who is as wide as an industrial fridge has announced his MMA debut. The self-proclaimed "Iranian Hulk", who is also sometimes referred to as the "Persian Hercules" (although he could easily eat Disney's version), stands at 6'2" tall and tips the scales at a staggering 385 pounds. In…
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Ah, Cristiano Ronaldo. One of the greatest football players of all time. Legend of Real Madrid, Manchester United and the Portuguese National Team. All-time top scorer in the Champions League, the toughest football competition in the world. Owner of the worst bronze statue of all time. [caption id="attachment_12511912" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]…
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A man dressed as the iconic clock tower of Big Ben got stuck at the finish line at the London Marathon thanks to his immense spire, in one of the more amusing images to come out of the annual race around the UK capital. Lukas Bates, a quantity surveyor from…
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If you're like me, you go to the gym, and head directly to the treadmill or the elliptical machine for an hour of cardio. (Or maybe ten minutes. Still counts!) You pass the weightlifting section, full of jacked guys and swole gals, and hear the occasional CLANG, followed by an…
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An MMA fighter on the beach was forced to demonstrate her fighting skills to emphatically dispatch a man reportedly touching himself next to her. Joyce Vieira, a 27-year-old fighter from Brazil, was relaxing and taking photos at a beach in Rio de Janeiro with a friend when a man, now…
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Serena Williams truly is a legend: a tennis champion who has managed to achieve the Woman's Tennis Association's number one spot on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. But she's not just smashing it on the tennis court; Williams is also a champion at home, and that goes especially…
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The star gymnast who dislocated both her knees in a horrific fall has undergone surgery just months before her wedding. Samantha Cerio was forced to retire from her sport after she fell awkwardly while attempting a handspring double front flip with a blind landing at the Baton Rouge Regional in…
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MMA fighter Conor McGregor has dramatically announced his return to the Octagon, a mere nine days after saying he'd retired from MMA. Following the Irishman's fight, loss and subsequent brawl with Khabib Nurmagomedov, McGregor was banned from fighting for around six months, but appeared to have quit the sport for…
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We could say that thousands of fans were gutted when Conor McGregor "retired" from the UFC - but we'd be lying. Upon hearing the news, many of McGregor's dedicatees simply shrugged their shoulders, and said: "He'll be back." And they may have been proven right - if President of the…
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A boxer has been described as an "animal" after repeatedly biting his opponent in the ring. Twenty-seven-year-old Kash Ali was subsequently disqualified from his fight with David Price, 35. The incident happened on Saturday night at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena during a heavyweight fight and began with what the New…
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Conor McGregor has challenged actor Mark Wahlberg to a fight, and while that might sound like one of the strangest and out-of-nowhere headlines you've seen, there is some reasoning behind it. Less than a week after the Irish UFC star announced his retirement from Mixed Martial Arts, he's coming for…
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Conor McGregor is one of the biggest names (if not the biggest name) in the UFC. His fighting ability makes headlines, sure, but what has fans obsessed with him is the outlandish way in which he operates. If McGregor has something to say, you'll know about it, and he'll make sure…
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Heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev is being slammed on Twitter after a video emerged of him 'forcing' a kiss on a female reporter in a post-fight interview. The interview took place backstage following his victory over Bogdan Dinu, a fight which left the Bulgarian boxer with a bleeding cut above his…
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During yesterday's Miami Open, 19-year-old tennis star Nicola Kuhn collapsed two hours into his first-round match with German player Mischa Zverev, bringing the game to a heartstopping halt. Approaching a short ball, the Austrian-born Spaniard seemed to cramp up, unexpectedly falling onto the court as a result. This is the…
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If Conor McGregor has an amazing talent beyond his ability to fight in the octagon, it's setting up those fights in the first place. Not only does he throw himself fully into the trash talk in the lead-up to a UFC fight, but he is often teasing rematches or feuds…
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World famous pop star Jennifer Lopez and former MLB Third baseman and Shortstop Alex Rodriguez only announced their engagement two days ago, but already it would appear that a rather hefty spanner has been thrown into the works. J-Lo revealed the engagement news with an Instagram post of her stunning…
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It's been over five months since the now-infamous UFC 229, in which the real fight was upstaged by a chaotic scuffle inside and outside the octagon. Conor McGregor was decisively beaten by his opponent, Khabib Nurmagomedov, despite the months of trash talk he and his team had spread. It's part…
