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Russia’s Khabib Nurmagomedov has defended his UFC lightweight title in a fight against interim champion Dustin Poirier of the United States in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Virgil van Dijk, a Dutch defender of English club Liverpool, was named the UEFA Men's Player of the Year on Thursday.

European football's governing body UEFA will launch the 2020 UEFA Champions League final's logo on Thursday as Istanbul is set to host the football event in May.

Barys HC officially announced signing of American left winger Eric Tangradi.

Minsk will host the European Athletics Team Championships Super League in 2021, President of the European Athletics Association Svein Arne Hansen told a press conference at the press center of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus on 13 August.

Dutch football star Wesley Sneijder has retired from football at the age of 35.

The Asian Junior Boxing Championship came to an end in Kuwait.

The play-off round draw of the UEFA Europa League has been made on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland.

Kazakhstani wrestlers hauled nine medals at the Vaclav Tsiolkovsky Memorial International Free Wrestling Tournament in Warsaw, Poland last week.

Over 1,000 participants are taking part in the international chess festival, Eurasia Open, which kicked off in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday.