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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — American MMA fighter Holly Holm backed Conor McGregor to cause Floyd Mayweather problems on Thursday after their cross-over boxing showdown was confirmed. Ireland’s McGregor will be the heavy underdog against 49-0 Mayweather but Holm knows a few things about upsets, after she ended Ronda Rousey’s unbeaten run with a brutal knockout in 2015. “I’m one of those who believes in being able to cross over,” said Holm, a former boxing world […]
DILI, East Timor (Reuters) — People began voting in East Timor on Monday (March 2) in an election that is seeing two former resistance fighters vie for the presidential ticket. Lines formed outside polling booths, as voters queued to choose from a field of eight candidates contesting the fourth presidential poll since East Timor won independence from Indonesia in 2002. Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres, backed by the party that led the independence struggle, Fretilin, is […]
by Matthew Mohan Agence France Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Top Asian fighter Angela Lee said Thursday she is prepared to headline a “new era” for women’s mixed-martial arts in the region, and looked forward to a possible fight in China. Lee, 20, who is of Singaporean and Korean descent, is one of the sport’s most exciting prospects and has gained a huge following since becoming the world’s youngest MMA champion last year. “I’m really […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump took aim Monday at a second US aerospace giant in as many weeks, this time attacking the F-35 stealth fighter and its “out of control” costs. With a current development and acquisition price tag of $379 billion for a total of 2,443 F-35 aircraft — most of them destined for the Air Force — the Lockheed Martin-built plane is the most expensive in history, and costs are […]
ONTARIO, Canada (Reuters) — A Canadian CF-18 fighter pilot was killed on Monday (November 28) when his single-seat jet crashed in a training area near Cold Lake, Alberta, the country’s military said. Canada’s Minister of National Defense, Harjit Sajjan, said the military is investigating the cause. “The department and the Air Force are on scene, and they’re going to allow them the space to be able to do their work to find out what has […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The first woman to fly China’s J-10 fighter plane was killed in a crash during an aerobatics training exercise, state-run media reported Monday. Yu Xu, 30, a member of the Chinese air force’s “August 1st” aerobatic display team, ejected from her aircraft during a training exercise in the northern province of Hebei at the weekend, the China Daily newspaper said. She hit the wing of another jet and was killed, it […]
