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Many fans and fighters alike later questioned the authenticity of Bellato’s reaction, accusing the Brazilian of bluffing. Bellato addressed the accusations, detailing what exactly transpired in those final seconds. Bellato claims that while he initially recognized the illegal kick and protested, he started losing consciousness immediately afterwards. Bellato also notes that this was the second time he made weight after the outing was postponed from May, and it made no sense to knowingly bail out in the first round. The 29-year-old also thinks he would have won the first stanza on the scorecards.

“God knows about all things! To everyone cheering for me, I'm in good health and will be back soon, thank you so much!” Bellato wrote on Instagram (via translte). “And I saw some things on the internet, saying I was an actor there and stuff. The moment I was on the ground, I didn't expect to get kicked in the face (illegally). It was a strong kick, when I looked at the judge to complain, my whole body began to tingle and my vision disappeared. After that i dont remember anything.

“Anyone who's known me the longest knows I would NEVER do this. I've never run from war. I hit [weight twice] in less than 30 days, [two] trips in a row. Why would I fake something after all I been through and on top of that winning the first round? In the end ... I thank all the real ones for the positive messages. God is in charge.”

Craig also heard the rumors of Bellato faking the knockout, but he said wants to give the Brazilian the benefit of the doubt.

"It's my fault as much as it is his fault," Craig said at a post-fight media scrum. "We shouldn't be looking to persecute him if he's taking the knee. It was an illegal move."

Caitlin Clark scored a season-high 32 points and equaled a career-high seven three-pointers on her return from injury as the Indiana Fever defeated the New York Liberty 102-88 on Saturday.

It was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year’s first appearance in three weeks having missed the last five games with a left quad injury, but Clark wasted no time picking up where she left off, scoring 25 points in the first half.

Her eventual 32 points are the second most she has put up in a WNBA game, three fewer than the 35 she managed against the Dallas Wings in September last year. Her seven threes tied her career best, which she set against the Washington Mystics in June 2024.

“My most I’ve ever made in a game was 12, that was in high school!” she said of her three-point efforts after Saturday’s game. “That’s what they gave up tonight, is they were going to let us shoot threes.”

“We made 17 of them, so I think we really took advantage of what they were giving us, and that’s what you have to do when you play really good teams,” added Clark, who also put up eight rebounds and nine assists against New York.

Indiana, which went 2-3 without Clark and is now 5-5 overall, made a franchise-record 17 threes in 35 attempts (48.6%), with Kelsey Mitchell scoring 22 points and Lexie Hull, Aliyah Boston and Sydney Colson all also scoring double figures.

Simone Biles apologized to Riley Gaines on Tuesday for their online spat over trans-identifying males in women’s sports, the Olympic gymnast adding that she believes the current women’s sports system is “flawed.”

The two athletes clashed on Friday when Biles attacked Gaines seemingly out of the blue, calling the former University of Kentucky swimmer a “sore loser” and telling her to “bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.”

“I wanted to follow up from my last tweets,” Biles posted Tuesday on X. “I’ve always believed competitive equity & inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn’t adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn’t help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for.”

It's unclear what Metellus said to get the warning, but he captioned his post with "energy is a hell of a drug." The post also revealed what appears to be the laminated warning card issued to him, presumably by Target Center security.

Damian Lillard has a torn left Achilles tendon, confirming the Milwaukee Bucks' worst fears after the seven-time all-NBA guard was helped off the court Sunday night.

The Bucks announced the severity of Lillard's injury following an MRI on Monday.

The injury knocks Lillard out for the rest of the post-season and could put his status for next season in doubt as well. When Kevin Durant tore his Achilles tendon in the 2019 NBA Finals, he ended up missing the entire 2019-20 season.

The Bucks had been bracing for this outcome after Milwaukee's 129-103 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 4. Milwaukee trails the Indiana Pacers 3-1 in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series. Game 5 is Tuesday at Indianapolis.

Tyler O’Neill is a total Opening Day cheat code. The former Boston Red Sox outfielder continued a remarkable streak.

The current Baltimore Orioles slugger took the field with an Opening Day home run in five consecutive seasons. He brought that streak to six years Thursday with a three-run blast off Toronto Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios at Rogers Centre.

You can catch O’Neill’s shot here.

The 29-year-old benefited this winter when he joined another American League East team on a three-year, $49.5 million contract with the Orioles.

O’Neill blasted 31 home runs in his lone season with the Red Sox in 2024. He launched a solo shot in the eighth inning of Boston’s Opening Day win on the road against the Seattle Mariners.

Yuki Tsunoda will race for Red Bull from the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix onwards, with Liam Lawson returning to Racing Bulls after a tough start to 2025.

Lawson was promoted to the senior team having contested the final six races of last year for Racing Bulls as Daniel Ricciardo's replacement. The Kiwi racer was preferred as Sergio Perez’s replacement despite Tsunoda having completed four seasons with the squad.

Having qualified 18th in the season-opener Australia, Lawson was plum last in Shanghai qualifying for both the sprint race and the grand prix.

He has started both of his grands prix for Red Bull to date from pitlane, with the 23-year-old rookie crashing out in tricky conditions in Melbourne and finishing 12th in China, benefitting from other cars having issues as well as a trio of disqualifications further up the field.

Immediately after the race, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was bombarded with questions over whether Tsunoda was being lined up to replace Lawson from his home grand prix at Suzuka. At the time, Horner said Red Bull would look into the data gathered from Lawson’s car and analyse his performance. Now the decision has been taken to bring in Tsunoda.

Motorsport.com understands a key part of the early call was to tap into Tsunoda’s greater experience to help develop the RB21 alongside reigning world champion Max Verstappen and that it was a group decision rather than being Horner’s individual choice.

cross-posted from: https://hilariouschaos.com/post/1474726

Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 23/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Portugal's Francisco Trincao came off the bench to score twice and Cristiano Ronaldo also netted as they beat Denmark 5-2 after extra time. Ronaldo bounced back from missing an early penalty to play a crucial role in his team’s recovery on Sunday. Germany reached the last four with a 5-4 win on penalties against the Netherlands. Dayot Upamecano converted their winning penalty in the shootout to set up a semifinal in June. Spain will play Spain in the semifinals.

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