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Ajax star dazzles with 'never-seen-before' pass as club clearly move on from Antony
Ajax's 5-0 win over Heerenveen on Saturday the answer will probably be no, because we're pretty sure no one's ever done it before.Mohammed Kudus is the Ajax player charged with filling the shoes of £80m Manchester United signing Antony, and appears to have risen to the challenge after starting the season in absolutely blinding form, scoring five goals in eight matches - equalling his total tally for the previous two Eredivisie campaigns.READ MORE: Raging Ajax chief slams Man Utd over Antony transfer as 'timing was so bad'His brace against Heerenveen earned him the man of the match award, though it was his dazzling flick in the second half that got social media purring.Surrounded by opponents in the box, Kudus flicked the ball up before instantaneously knocking in another direction with the same foot, completely bamboozling a nearby defender and bringing the Yohan Cruyff Arena crowd to its feet.For the football nerds out there, it was a kind of mid-air reverse elastico (flip-flap), so it's little surprise comparisons to the elastico master, Ronaldinho, came flooding in.What is the greatest trick in the history of football? Let us know what you reckon in the comments section below."That is Ronaldinho levels of audacious," one user tweeted."Never in my life have I seen a pass like that," a second wrote, while another added: "Crazy skill; this guy will end up playing for a world class team."A fourth posted: "If this guy stays fit, top clubs will be all over him soon."22-year-old Kudus signed for Ajax from Danish club Nordsjælland in 2020. He's also a fully fledged Ghana international and has netted five goals in 16 games for the Black Stars.
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UFC 279 'made 10x better' after stars frantically swap opponents just hours before event
UFC 279 this weekend - but MMA fans have been thrilled by their new match-ups. Undefeated Chimaev, who was a huge favourite to beat veteran Diaz in the last fight of his UFC contract, missed weight by 7.5 pounds after Dana White cancelled the press conference due to a back-stage scrap.After a frantic few hours in which matchmakers went back to the drawing board in a bid to save the T-Mobile Arena card, Diaz will face a fellow veteran with Chimaev going up against Kevin Holland their own war of words. READ NEXT: Ex-Chelsea prospect tormented by Didier Drogba now fighting for heavyweight MMA title Stockton's Diaz (20-13) will take on former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion Tony Ferguson (25-7) who has moved up to welterweight after losing four consecutive bouts.Chimaev (11-0) will now face Holland (23-7), who was due to fight Daniel Rodriguez, at catchweight after their backstage feud spiralled out of control in the week.To complete the top three fights on the card, Ferguson's planned opponent Li Jingliang (19-7) will take on Rodriguez (16-2), despite him weighing in 10lbs less. Will Nate Diaz win in what might be his final UFC bout? Give us your thoughts in the comments section below. One fan wrote: "Card is now 10x better than what it originally was supposed to be!!" With a second adding: "This is one of the greatest events to ever happen in this sport."A third continued: "This is 10x better." With a fourth agreeing: "Circumstances aside this is quite an upgrade."Chimaev, who battled past former title contender Gilbert Burns back in April, is said to have missed weight by such a margin after advice to stop cutting came from a doctor.White said of the card changes: "Obviously, when something like this happens, you have
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Bob Mortimer got married only 30 minutes before life-saving surgery ‘I made a will’
“I found out I couldn’t get married to Lisa because you have to give 21 days’ notice or something.“My consultant said I was incredibly ill, so the registrar in London gave me permission to get married on the Monday.“So I got married at 9.30am on the Monday, and went to hospital at 10am to have my operation,” he told Teeside Live.The Would I Lie to You regular ultimately ended up having a small wedding when the ceremony took place in 2015.There were only two people present at the wedding, and they were the couple’s two children Harry and Tom.The star’s comic second half of the Vic and Bob duo, Vic Reeves, was unfortunately not present at the time to be his best man.In more recent times, the comedian has put himself at risk of severe illness.As seen in the latest episode of Gone Fishing alongside co-star Paul Whitehouse, he learned he was at risk of over 20 types of cancer.The pair had their waists measured in the episode and were shocked by the results.Bob explained his weight has contributed to him being more at risk of cancer and vowed to take action.He said: “We looked into it because we wondered a little bit.“But it was true 22 cancers come onto the table if, as a fella, your waist is over 102cm, and it’s less if you’re Asian, 96 If you’re Asian.”He learned his waist was measured at 104cm, and in a clip from the show he vowed: “I am going to make it my mission to get under 102!”Ahead of the new season, Bob spoke about how being heart healthy was an important theme of the show.“We struggle with it a bit during the series, because we do like to treat ourselves,” he explained.“We’re the sorts of people that on a holiday you can eat what you want - and it does seem like a little holiday these trips.” 
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