Andrade takes top spot in bantamweight rankings after world title fight with Lineker

ONE Championship star Fabricio Andrade was not able to bring home the ONE bantamweight world title in his main event matchup with former world champion John Lineker at ONE Fight Night 3.

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Jonathan Haggerty’s journey to the bantamweight muay Thai division

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Garry Tonon threatens to ‘break off’ Shamil Gasanov’s leg in response to callout

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Fabricio Andrade Believes John Lineker ‘Took The Easy Way Out’ At ONE Fight Night 3

ONE Championship star Fabricio Andrade looked to be moments away from becoming the ONE Bantamweight World Champion in his showdown with former divisional king John Lineker on Oct. 22 at ONE Fight Night 3.

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Former ONE bantamweight world champion John Lineker walks into the Circle ahead of title fight against Fabricio Andrade at ONE Fight Night 3 this past Saturday.

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Lineker anxious for rematch with Andrade after no-contest at ONE Fight Night 3

ONE Championship superstar John “Hands of Stone” Lineker’s mental and physical fortitudes were tested to their limits at ONE Fight Night 3 this past Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur.

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Barcelona's Spanish defender Marcos Alonso (center) and Barcelona's Dutch midfielder Frenkie De Jong react at the end of the UEFA Champions League 1st round day 5, Group C football match between FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on October 26, 2022.

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Liverpool ease into last Champions 16 as Barcelona exit with whimper

Much of the drama came elsewhere on a breathless night of action, as Porto became the 12th team to secure a berth in the knockout stage but Tottenham were forced to wait.

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Kade Ruotolo planning MMA debut after world title win at ONE on prime video 3

Newly crowned ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Champion Kade Ruotolo is having a banner year.

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ONE lightweight muay Thai and kickboxing world champion Regian Eersel.

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‘I will take any fight’: New double champ Regian Eersel already eyeing next challenge

ONE lightweight kickboxing world champion Regian Eersel added the inaugural lightweight muay Thai crown to his collection of gold on Sunday at ONE Fight Night 3: Lineker vs. Andrade.

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ONE Championship to air on Brazil’s prime time following mega deal with Globo

The world’s largest martial arts organization ONE Championship announced last week a broadcast partnership with Globo’s Combate as the exclusive distributor of its live martial arts events in Brazil.

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Badminton Denmark has apologized after mistakenly announcing that two Indonesian badminton pairs, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto (left) as well as Marcus Gideon, Kevin Sukamuljo, were from Malaysia. (Instagram/pbsibadminton ina)

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Badminton Denmark apologizes after calling Marcus Gideon, Kevin Sukamuljo Malaysian

The error occurred as Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo were going up to the podium.

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Eersel, Ruotolo make history at ONE Fight Night 3: Lineker vs. Andrade

Two new ONE world champions etched their names into the history books at ONE Fight Night 3: Lineker vs. Andrade at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, on Oct. 21.

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Jonathan di Bella became ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion after defeating Zhang Peimian at the main event of ONE 162 on Friday in Kuala Lumpur.

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ONE 162: Jonathan Di Bella claims kickboxing title as Eko Roni Saputra earns 50k bonus

Jonathan di Bella edged out Zhang Peimian in a five-round striking showdown to claim the vacant ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Title at ONE 162 on Friday.

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All-Indonesian finalists Kiromal Katibin (left) and Aspar Jaelolo (right) wave to the crowd as the two finish just a split second apart in the Jakarta leg of the IFSC World Cup 2022 on Sep. 26, 2022. Aspar defeated Kiromal to bring home the gold medal after clocking in at 5.39 seconds.

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Indonesian climbers in hunt for Olympic ticket as federation seeks financial support

Country keeps world record holder and world champions up its sleeves.

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Historic jersey: A football shirt worn by Argentina's Diego Maradona during the 1986 World Cup quarter-final match against England, is pictured during a photocall at Sotheby's auction house in London on Apr. 20, ahead of its sale.

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Soccer-Maradona's 1986 World Cup final shirt returns to Argentina

Thirty-six years after Diego Maradona helped Argentina beat Germany to lift the World Cup in Mexico City, the shirt he wore in the game has returned to his homeland.

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Kickboxing king Eersel keen to show muay Thai skills against Sinsamut

ONE lightweight kickboxing world champion Regian Eersel may have been focusing primarily on kickboxing over the last few years.

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ONE Fight Night 3, which is also known as ONE on Prime Video 3 in North America, will feature three world championship fights across different martial arts.

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ONE Championship to rock Malaysia with doubleheader martial arts spectacles

ONE Championship returns to Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur with a bang.

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino high-fives Indonesian Football Association, or PSSI, chairman Mochamad Iriawan in a football match in Jakarta on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Fury at Infantino''s kickabout in Jakarta after Kanjuruhan tragedy

More than 40 children were among those killed in the stampede on October 1, one of the deadliest disasters in football history.

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Three keys to victory for John Lineker at ONE Fight Night 3

ONE Bantamweight World Champion John “Hands of Stone” Lineker makes his first world title defense in the main event of ONE Fight Night 3 this Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur.

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Gianni Infantino (right), president of football's world governing body FIFA, presents a souvenir to President Joko Widodo (left) during a joint press statement at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on October 18, 2022.

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U-20 soccer World Cup to be held in Indonesia despite stampede

Jokowi said he and the head of the world soccer body wanted FIFA standards to be adhered to when the tournament is held and they agreed that the management of soccer matches in Indonesia needed to be reformed.

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A photo montage shows John Lineker (left) and Fabricio Andrade. The two Brazilian MMA stars will collide at ONE Fight Night 3 on Saturday.

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3 of the biggest storylines heading into ONE Fight Night 3

ONE Championship returns to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday with a martial arts spectacle that is stacked from floor to ceiling with World Champions and top-ranked athletes.

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‘Talk less, do more’: Lineker offers advice to Andrade ahead of world title showdown

ONE bantamweight world champion John Lineker has had to endure a relentless volley of barbs thrown at him by surging phenom Fabricio Andrade ahead of their world title matchup at ONE Fight Night 3, which goes down on Saturday at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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A general view show the Lusail Stadium, the 80,000-capacity venue which will host the FIFA World Cup final in December, on the outskirts of Qatar's capital Doha on March 2, 2022.

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Qatar beats Indonesia, South Korea to stage 2023 Asian Cup

The continental championships were awarded to China in 2019 but the world's most populous country relinquished the rights earlier this year as it pursued a zero-COVID policy.

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Ready to rumble: Indonesian mixed martial arts (MMA) athlete Eko Roni Saputra, of Singapore’s Evolve MMA, smiles in this undated photograph. He faces Thailand’s Yodkaikaew “Y2K” Faitex on Oct. 21 in Kuala Lumpur, which he plans to dedicate to his late father-in-law, his “biggest supporter”.

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Eko Roni Saputra trounces poverty through MMA

Having triumphed over childhood poverty through his successes as an Evolve MMA athlete, the flyweight fighter from Samarinda has big dreams of contributing to the sport’s development in his home country.

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Chatri Sityodtong, the founder and CEO of ONE Championship.

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2022 SBJ World Congress of Sports: Chatri Sityodtong reveals what makes ONE stand out

ONE Championship chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong spoke at the 2022 SBJ World Congress of Sports in New York, the United States, this week to highlight ONE’s journey to becoming a global mixed martial arts organization.

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International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino.

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FIFA, PSSI form taskforce after Kanjuruhan fatal stampede

Authorities in Indonesia are under pressure to take swift steps to overhaul soccer safety standards after more than 130 people died during a crowd crush at a match at the Kanjuruhan stadium in East Java on Oct 1, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.

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Indonesian mixed martial arts-fighter Eko Roni Saputra.

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Three of Eko Roni Saputra’s best performances in the Circle

ONE Championship star Eko Roni Saputra will be back in the Circle on Oct. 21 to face off Thai-sensation Yodkaikaew Fairtex in flyweight mixed martial arts action.

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Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe.

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Could Kylian Mbappe really be set to leave PSG?

AFP Sport looks at just why Mbappe might be unhappy, what PSG are saying, and whether a departure in January is a possibility.

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ONE Bantamweight World Champion John Lineker.

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Four exciting world title bouts scheduled for ONE Fight Night 3

An action-packed spectacle is guaranteed when ONE Fight Night 3: Lineker vs. Andrade goes down on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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