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Kazakh Conor McGregor ‘double’, Islam Badurgov, has explained the moment he first decided to become the Irish MMA megastar's doppelganger after a simple street workout video.

‘Big’ John McCarthy, one of the most respected MMA referees, was in Russia again last weekend to officiate at ACB 67 in Grozny, Chechnya.

Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg have trolled FC Barcelona after the Catalan club’s official Twitter account was apparently hacked.

England's all-time top scorer Wayne Rooney has announced his decision to retire from international football.

Jon Jones has potentially failed a doping test collected after the weigh-in ahead of his victory over Daniel Cormier for the light heavyweight UFC championship title just over a month ago, it has been announced.

More than a dozen Cleveland Browns players staged the largest national anthem protest seen in the NFL so far, ahead of Monday’s preseason game against the New York Giants.

Floyd Mayweather has been filmed munching on a hamburger just five days ahead of his Las Vegas megafight with Conor McGregor, launching insults against the Irishman between mouthfuls.

Kazakh tennis player Yulia Putintseva has apologized to her coach after hitting him with a bizarre on-court rant during her first-round defeat at the Connecticut Open at the weekend.

Police in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk have launched a nationwide manhunt following the brutal local killing of Russian powerlifting world champion Andrey Drachyov.

Five Argentina internationals are among the latest list published by hacker group Fancy Bears of footballers using exemption forms at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Hamburg’s Nicolai Muller is facing seven months on the sidelines after his goal celebration resulted in a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament at the weekend.

Interest in chess has been growing in the US and Russia since the intense showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, says Russian grandmaster Alexander Riazantsev. He talked to RT about the future of the mind sport and the players to watch.