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Khabib Nurmagomedov wants Conor McGregor to put on a show against Dustin Poirier - but won't be there to see it.

Former Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has warned ­contract rebel Gini ­Wijnaldum that there is no better place than Anfield.

UFC president Dana White says he will attempt to convince Khabib Nurmagomedov into a rematch with Conor McGregor if the Irishman defeats Dustin Poirier next month.

Lewis Hamilton is reminiscing on the time when he was “kidnapped” by Will Smith.

Lewis Hamilton has shared a hilarious throwback to when he was kidnapped and tied to a chair by actor Will Smith.

straight to your inboxSir Alex Ferguson's famous dismissal of Manchester City as noisy neighbours didn't fuel Manchester United's nearest rivals as much as you might expect.The phrase, first used by the Old Trafford supremo after a derby in September 2009 when Michael Owen struck a late, late winner in a 4-3 thriller, came back to bite United as City turned Manchester blue with their first title win in 2012 and have rarely been pegged back since.At the time though, new signing Joleon Lescott and the rest of the recruits brought in as part of the significant investment from the Abu Dhabi United Group were more concerned with getting rid of the perception that they had only come for the money.Success did not come instantly, with the Blues

Romain Grosjean will miss the final race of the season and his Formula 1 career appears to be all but over.

Romain Grosjean wants to compete in Formula One's final race of the season in Abu Dhabi as he continues to recover from his horror fireball crash.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A pair of young Bothwell sisters have put their best foot forward and completed a charity walk for Alzheimer’s Research.Bothwell Primary pupils Evie and Zoe Ferguson decided to walk 6.7 miles every week for six weeks after their grandpa, Fred Hall of Bothwell, was diagnosed with the condition aged just 67.They were joined in the fundraising by their grandma Eleanor and cousins Freddie and Cameron Birse, who live in Banchory.And their other cousins Seren, Eilidh and Zara Jones, who are in Abu Dhabi, also took part.Together, the eight of them managed to raise £3637 for the charity.Fred’s daughter Jenny Birse, originally of Bothwell, is the proud mum of

straight to your inboxDespite a glut of trophies and unprecedented success for City in recent years, there have still been questions over the various iterations of the defence picked by the various managers who have been in charge under the Abu Dhabi Group's ownership on the club.Pep Guardiola, the latest man in charge, has delivered some of the most scintillating attacking football seen not just at City but in the history of English football, yet even he has had trouble building a completely reliable back line.The club has seen a huge turnover of players in defensive positions since the year of the takeover in 2008 and here we rank them all.27. Pablo Mari - No impact, never played, three years away on loan.

Damon Albarn has said he’s up for the prospect of playing more shows with Blur in the future.The Britpop icons last hit the road in support of 2015’s ‘The Magic Whip’ – with their final show coming at Abu Dhabi’s Grand Prix in November 2015.It was followed by a brief reunion last year at Damon Albarn’s Africa Express show in East London, which saw them performing ‘Clover Over Dover’ for the first time, alongside ‘Song 2’ and ‘Tender’.While further gigs are yet to materialise, Albarn told MusicWeek that he’s up for the prospect of reuniting with his bandmates once more.When asked if Blur have played their final show, he replied: “I really hope not. I love doing those gigs, they’re great, but it’s not something I need to do.

had is a strong word. No one forced me to sit down and watch Charlie's Angles: Full Throttle—but I went into it with foolish optimism.

The “Fast & Furious” franchise has been to Los Angeles, Abu Dhabi and Tokyo, but the next film could be out of this world, literally.

When the UFC announced it would host bouts on 'Fight Island', fans' imaginations across the world began to run wild.

The scale of Covid-19's impact on Emirates has been revealed for the first time with the carrier's president saying they will "probably" have to cut up to 9,000 jobs.

Before Manchester City were taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008, the club’s fans were forced to endure a succession of mid-table finishes in the top flight.

The Abu Dhabi-led takeover of Manchester City in 2008 changed the landscape of the Premier League forever as the oil billions of the Gulf state gave the club the resources to shop from the top shelf of the transfer market.

Former Manchester City star Pablo Zabaleta has revealed the dressing room reacted with both fear and excitement to the Abu Dhabi purchase of the club in 2008.

Manchester City have been transformed as a football club since being purchased by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008.

A mum has spoken about how her body felt like it "split in two" after a horrific roller skating accident on holiday left her paralysed from the waist down.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman is primed to prise Newcastle United away from owner Mike Ashley as a £300m takeover of the club inches ever closer.