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Silva managed to defend his middleweight title for seven years. During that time, he defended it ten consecutive times. Even though he is 40 years old now, he still craves to become the UFC champion once again. If anyone can do it, he can, and it would be worth putting free bets on him achieving this feat. It was back in 2013 when Silva lost his title. He was knocked out by Chris Weidman and in the rematch, he shattered his leg during the second round....

“The Spider” made his MMA debut in in 1997 and joined the UFC in 2006. A former Cage Rage middleweight champion, Silva won the UFC middleweight title in 2006 and held onto it until 2012. During that period of time he defended the belt ten times. Since he left the UFC in 2020. Silva has returned to boxing, where he was 1-1. He beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Tito Ortiz, and faced Bruno Machado in a non-scored bout....

Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Thursday announced a cash award of Rs.50 lakh for Indian badminton champion Saina Nehwal for her victories in the Swiss Open, Thailand Open and Indonesia Open. The chief minister also hoped that Saina will win the gold medal in the forthcoming London Olympics. He said Saina has become pride of the nation by winning many championships. According to a statement from the chief minister’s office, the cash incentive announced for Saina is the highest given to any sports personality in the state’s history....

Drummond is a big, strong dude, but being able to hit a shot sitting down on the floor like that takes so much more skill than people realize. He isn’t known for having a great shot — in two seasons with Detroit, Drummond has shot an astoundingly bad 33 percent on shots outside 3 feet, according to Basketball-Reference.com — so being able to knock one down from halfcourt is doubly impressive....

The Warriors made the announcement Wednesday, after Bogut was cleared by his Australian team, the Sydney Kings. The Warriors are without Damian Jones, who needed surgery after injuring his left pectoral muscle in December. “He’s still got something to offer,” coach Steve Kerr said. “Whatever role that means, he’s ready to accept and take on the challenge and we’re excited to have him.” Golden State has struggled defensively, losing in embarrassing fashion at home to Boston 128-95 on Tuesday night, so Bogut’s 7-foot presence in the paint could be timely....

McCarthy was dismissed last December after nearly 13 seasons as head coach of the Packers. And the 55-year-old was not impressed with the manner in which he was told his services were no longer required. “The timing surprised me. Actually it stunned me,” McCarthy told ESPN. “But time provides the opportunity for reflection and clarity and that’s where I’m at now. And it’s clear to me now that both sides needed a change....

Randall Cobb had issues separating and getting open while getting attention like a No. 1 wideout. Davante Adams disappointed with his hands and routes in a bigger role outside. James Jones had to save the day with several big plays and scores. A few months later, with Nelson back on track to blow the top off defenses, Cobb is ready to re-assume No 2. Adams is now fighting for a spot on the roster and Jones is no longer on it....

Of course, a 37-20 loss to San Francisco in that title game provided a reality check, and the Packers were the center of 2020 NFL Draft drama when they traded up to get Utah State quarterback Jordan Love in the first round. How much pressure does that put on two-time MVP Aaron Rodgers heading into the 2020 season? Green Bay’s schedule is tougher this time around with the AFC South and NFC South, and that inconsistency on the road will be tested again....

So what is this total telling us? Well, the first part is obvious – Green Bay (10-3 SU and 7-5-1 ATS) has a tremendous offense. What’s more, 10-of-13 Packers games have gone OVER this season. If you want on this bandwagon now, you’re going to have to pay the price. But here’s what the total also tells us: the Bills (7-6 SU and ATS) are going to be under pressure throughout this contest to keep up....

Mandelson won’t be the only loser. For Blair, he was much more than just an efficient minister handling a tricky brief. Mandelson was Labour’s master tactician. His political skills proved crucial in helping the party regain power in 1997. Along with Blair, he invented the socialism-light “New Labour” that ended 17 years of Conservative rule. Now Blair must face the next election, likely to be held in early summer, with his key aide in political exile....

Tatis, who was suspended 80 games for testing positive for a banned substance and subsequently tried to explain the positive test with ringworm and a haircut, sat surrounded by reporters and apologized to seemingly everyone for the indiscretion that will cost the Padres an entire season of their $340 million star. “There is no one else to blame but myself. I made a mistake,” Tatis said in his statement....

The Padres have gone all-in to compete not only against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West but also challenge for that elusive first World Series championship in the franchise’s 52-year history. But a funny thing happened on the way to Padres’ rise to perennial prominence, namely the Dodgers, who once again have flexed their muscle and left San Diego in their dust. Los Angeles has won the first two games of their crucial head-to-head series in San Diego, including a 5-3, 16-inning epic Wednesday that was the longest in the majors this season and left Padres fans feeling downright despondent....

Pahang manager Dato Che Nasir Salleh has apologised for a comment he had made, and accepted the punishment handed by the club to him. Following their victory over Negeri Sembilan in the FA Cup semi-finals on May 13, Nasir told Astro Awani that Tok Gajah’s Gambian-born player Mohamadou Sumareh will be naturalised as a Malaysian citizen, making him eligible to play for Malaysia, and as a local player for Pahang....

Pahang will face JDT with a two-goal lead after a 3-1 first leg win at the Darulmakmur earlier this month, and Davies told Goal that they will not go JDT with a defensive mindset. The defender said: “I don’t know if we can go there with the attitude to only defend. I don’t think the two goal lead is enough especially at Larkin. I think we need a goal at Larkin if we hope to go through....

I felt uncomfortable, but not for the reasons you might expect. It wasn’t because of the surprise of seeing women in abayas accessorized with wrap-around Chanel sunglasses, going about their business. I had no issue with being woken by the predawn call to prayer, from one of the many mosques that dotted the desert landscape. I felt uneasy because it was all so shiny and new, scrubbed clean of history and open for business....

Did he ever. And now it’s paid off. Last week, Huang, Ciochon, Gu and six other scientists reported in the journal Nature that the little jaw in Huang’s pocket, plus three teeth and two fist-size stone tools from the caves, are the strongest evidence yet that the ancestors of modern humans began their out-of-Africa odyssey cons earlier than the textbooks say. The Longgupo fossils are 1.9 million years old, according to three dating techniques; they come from an era when our ancestors supposedly lived only on the continent where they originated–Africa....

I’m only kidding about the publications’ causing the market swoon. At least I think I’m kidding. But the fact that for two years publications have thought that it’s fine to morph from drama critic to playwright symbolizes the market euphoria that may now be going away. The most recent example of publications-as-investments came last week when Fortune magazine announced that it was licensing the venerable Fortune 500 list and its recently created e-50 “New Economy” index to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which will soon trade them in various forms if all goes as planned....

What Can a Database Do? If the database is relational, which most databases are, cross-references records in different tables. This means that you can create relationships between tables. For example, if you linked a Customers table with an Orders table, you could find all purchase orders from the Orders table that a single customer from the Customers table ever processed, or further refine it to return only those orders processed in a particular time period – or almost any type of combination you could imagine....