After a two-year hiatus from the sport, the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion will return to the Octagon to face current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The announcement was made during the UFC’s 25th anniversary press conference where the fighting promotion laid out the events for the rest of 2018. After naming major fights for the upcoming months, UFC 229 was curiously omitted, which led to speculation that a McGregor-Nurmagomedov fight would be announced....

In his first outing since a win against McGregor in October 2018 that was overshadowed by an ugly post-fight brawl, Nurmagomedov moved to 28-0 by submitting Poirier in the third round at UFC 242. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year The Irishman has since claimed to have retired following the loss last year, but he was quick to request another shot at the Russian following Saturday’s result in Abu Dhabi....

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Tuesday reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would allow states to adopt daylight saving time permanently. Rubio was joined a group of bipartisan colleagues including Republican Senators Rick Scott (Fla.), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), Jim Lankford (Okla.) and Democratic Senators Ron Wyden (Ore.), Ed Markey (Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.). Florida passed a bill to adopt daylight saving time permanently in 2018, while several other states have made similar moves in recent years....

Kristol remarked on Twitter just hours after Sanders’ decisive Nevada caucuses victory that Obama should go to South Carolina and bail out Biden’s struggling campaign. Although Biden is yet to pick up delegates in any primary thus far, he rose to second place among the Democratic hopefuls in Nevada Saturday – his best showing so far. The commentator posted dozens of tweets and videos ridiculing Sanders as a “socialist” and declaring that a Sanders nomination at the convention in July would guarantee a victory for President Donald Trump in November....

The China Research Group’s (CRG) first full report was published Monday and authored by veteran diplomat and China expert Charles Parton, who describes the U.K.’s changing relationship with the world’s second-largest economy as a “Values War.” Founded this past April, the CRG is led by Conservative Party Members of Parliament Tom Tugendhat and Neil O’Brien. Like the party’s European Research Group, which successfully campaigned for Britain’s exit from the European Union, the CRG attempts to lobby the government for firmer policies on China....

Joyner, who leads Morningstar Ministries, made the remarks during one of his “Rick Rants” videos on Thursday. He claimed that Black Lives Matter, a decentralized social movement that is not represented by a single organization, is actually a “Marxist organization” and “the same thing” as the notorious white supremacist hate group. “I do not believe in the organization Black Lives Matter,” Joyner said. “That is an avowed, admitted Marxist organization, that is fomenting many of the, if not most or maybe even all, of the present rioting and destruction going on in our country right now....

Brittany Murphree, from Rankin County, Mississippi, a second-year law student at Ole Miss, recently penned a letter to Mississippi lawmakers about the CRT course she’s taking after the Republican-controlled state Senate passed a new bill aimed at banning the discussion of CRT in K-12 schools and universities. Mississippi is one of several Republican states that have begun drafting legislation tackling CRT in schools in response to the racial justice protests of 2020, which has demanded America’s education system reevaluate the way it teaches history....

In a Twitter thread blasting Thomas for attending a college graduation in 2018 with primarily white students, Chapman wrote, “The time Justice Clarence Thomas attended the graduation event of Christendom college students along with Late Justice Antonin Scalia’s son. 2018. Not another person of color in the picture…” He went on to write in multiple tweets, “I think the thing I think is most funny about this is that these white kids and their parents view this as their entry into black America....

The Italian predicted in August his side would be hard-pushed to replicate their title-winning campaign of last season and he has been shown to have been right with the Blues’ 3-1 defeat at home to Tottenham last Sunday leaving them fifth, eight points behind their London rivals in the battle for the remaining place in the Champions League. Conte said the situation has not come as a surprise. “For sure, I predicted this season that it would be very difficult for me,” he said, ahead of this weekend’s clash with relegation-threatened West Ham....

The Brazilian reportedly fractured his wrist after colliding with the advertising hoardings in Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Arsenal, before later being sent off for lunging in on Sead Kolasinac. Chelsea 12/5 to beat Atleti Luiz subsequently missed Wednesday’s comfortable 5-1 win over Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup and remains suspended for a further two Premier League fixtures. While he would not confirm the specifics of the injury, Conte is confident of having the 30-year-old available for the Blues’ second Champions League group stage clash....

The Blues swept to the English top-flight crown in 2016-17, with Conte’s first season at the helm seeing him restore domestic dominance in west London. Get Chelsea at 10/3 to defend their PL title He will, however, have Champions League football to contend next term, with European outings added to a hectic schedule. Chelsea are also aware that the big spending of their rivals – with both United and City having broken through the £100 million barrier – means that the battle for Premier League supremacy will be even tougher in 2017-18....

Diego Costa 7/1 top PL scorer Bournemouth signed Ake in a club-record move reportedly worth £20 million last month, while Dominic Solanke left for Liverpool, Bertrand Traore signed at Lyon and Nathaniel Chalobah joined Watford. Conte said he felt young players were wrong to lose patience in their search for first-team football and believes they are receiving poor advice from their representatives. But Netherlands international Ake does not feel he would have been a regular for Chelsea in 2017-18 and wants to make the most of his time in the game....

The Premier League champions struck twice before half-time through recalled midfielder Cesc Fabregas and his Spain colleague Alvaro Morata to see off Ronald Koeman’s men. Conte made Morata Chelsea’s record signing during pre-season, while fellow new recruits Antonio Rudiger and Tiemoue Bakayoko were also in action. Nevertheless, with a return to Champions League football on the horizon after the international break, Conte has regularly stated he needs more options at his disposal....

Morata came in to replace Diego Costa over the summer and doesn’t quite match up with his counterpart when it comes to aggression. Costa had been close to exiting Stamford Bridge for a while but his transfer to Atletico Madrid, which sees him move in a £58 million deal, was finally announced on Thursday. Brighton 6/1 to beat Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea had already moved on to using Morata as their main striker ahead of the announcement, and Conte revealed that he was involved in the signing of the 24-year-old but that he also wants to see him develop further at the club....

Conte’s men are on a stunning 11-match winning run in the league, seeing them open up a six-point lead atop the table. The Italian is happy for his team to be frontrunners in the second half of the campaign, saying it was a position no one expected them to be in. Why did Real Madrid’s CAS appeal succeed? “It’s good to stay in this position. I don’t trust the people when they say, ‘It’s important now to stay behind, and there’s pressure when you’re top’,” Conte said....

Petraeus (neutral) Wishful thinker on Iraq, but honest enough to say he “doesn’t know” if war makes us safer. Warners (up) Sen. John retires, former gov. Mark announces he’ll run for the seat. Is Virginia trending blue? O.J. (down) Suspect in small-time Las Vegas hotel sports-memorabilia break-in. Next: “If I Did It, Part Deux.” N.E. Pats(down) How did they win all those Super Bowls? Now we know why admin called snoop bill the Patriot Act....

With bad news about Tom Brady and critical words from Pats owner Robert Kraft hanging like a cloud over Gillette Stadium, hockey arrived to brighten the day. MORE: NHL’s top active goal scorers | Jim Craig selling ‘Miracle on Ice’ equipment The Bruins will host the 2016 Winter Classic, facing their old nemesis the Canadiens at the Foxboro, Mass., football facility. And so on Thursday, the NHL showed up to taut its showcase....

Defending champion Brazil gets the ball rolling on Sunday afternoon when it takes on Venezuela in the first game of Group A. Winners on home soil two years ago, the Seleção will hope to repeat the feat this year after stepping in as the tournament host just two weeks ago. Originally scheduled to be jointly hosted by Argentina and Colombia, the tournament’s fate was thrown up in the air after CONMEBOL—South American soccer’s governing body—stripped the latter of the hosting rights due to ongoing civil unrest....

But no matter how a person refers to the spring allergy season, it can be a miserable time for those coping with allergies. Fortunately, there are some practical tips that can alleviate some of the sneezing, running nose, nasal stuffiness, congestion, and other symptoms that accompany allergies. General Guidance Here are some helpful tips to lessen the symptoms of your springtime allergies: Stay indoors on days that are dry and windy to lower the exposure to allergens (substances that cause allergic symptoms such as pollen)....

Kluber’s no-hitter for the Yankees on Wednesday night, the first of his career and the sixth of the 2021 MLB season, was a typical performance for the right-hander: he changed speeds, he kept hitters off-balance, he induced weak contact. Those were Kluber’s hallmarks when he was winning two Cy Young awards in the previous decade. Kluber has developed a reputation for being a methodical, deliberate, cerebral pitcher, so it’s only fitting that his road to redemption as a major leaguer over the past two years has followed the same path....