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What to watch at the Rio Games on Sunday

Edit The Associated Press 21 Aug 2016

The Brazilians are in their fourth straight final and chasing their first Olympic championship since 2004 in Athens ... The dominant woman in her division, the 21-year-old hasn't lost a fight since the London Games, winning two world championships and a Pan-Am Games title ... French fighter Tony Yoka faces Britain's Joe Joyce in the super heavyweight final at 3.15 p.m....

Rio Olympics 2016 Guide: August 21

Edit Sporting Life 21 Aug 2016

Boxer Joe Joyce will almost certainly be Britain's last medallist at Rio 2016, but which colour will it be? The super-heavyweight's final is at 7.15pm and it's against France's Tony Yoka, who controversially beat him in last year's World Championship semi-final ... FOUR - Women's Middleweight, Men's Flyweight, Men's Light Welterweight & Men's Super Heavyweight....

Conor McGregor goes distance, nips Nate Diaz in UFC classic

Edit New York Post 21 Aug 2016

... heavyweights ... “I’m coming for you Daniel,” Johnson said, speaking to current light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who was seated near the cage....

China, Azerbaijan win Rio's last taekwondo gold medals

Edit The Miami Herald 21 Aug 2016

To win a taekwondo gold medal without doing much fighting is an accomplishment. And that is largely how China's Zheng Shuyin took the women's heavyweight division title in a slow-paced final against Mexico's Maria Espinoza at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Saturday night. Both fighters often appeared unwilling to spar and were penalized by the referee for passivity ... Zheng, 22, won a bronze at the Asian championships in April ... ....

WWE ‘NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II’ Results — Samoa Joe Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Bayley Vs. Asuka ...

Edit Inquisitr 21 Aug 2016

Samoa Joe defends the NXT Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura in tonight’s NXT TakeOver main event ... Undoubtedly interested in the outcome of the championship bout will be former TNA World Heavyweight Champions Bobby Roode and Austin Aries, both of whom will see action on tonight’s TakeOver ... could mean Roode is more interested in the outcome of the NXT Tag Team Championship Match....

The Latest: McGregor wins over Diaz in decision

Edit Atlanta Journal 21 Aug 2016

Anthony Johnson landed a devastating uppercut 13 seconds into the first round to knock out Glover Teixeira in the co-main event between top-ranked light heavyweights ... "I'm coming for you Daniel," Johnson said, speaking to current light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who was seated near the cage ... Anthony Johnson, top, punches Glover Teixeira during their light heavyweight mixed martial arts bout at UFC 202 on Saturday, Aug....

2016 Rio Olympics: Emotional Americans claim women’s volleyball bronze

Edit LA Daily News 21 Aug 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Before they took the court and won bronze, they gathered in the locker room one final time. Each player on the U.S ... Park is gold ... .. ... Azerbaijan’s Radik Isaev has won the men’s heavyweight taekwondo gold medal after defeating Niger’s Abdoulrazak Issoufou 6-2 ... China’s Zheng Shuyin has won the women’s taekwondo heavyweight gold after defeating Maria Espinoza of Mexico, 5-0....

Brock Lesnar hilariously challenges Conor McGregor to come meet him in WWE

Edit The Washington Post 21 Aug 2016

Brock Lesnar hasn’t said who he’ll be pulling for at UFC 202 on Saturday night, but it’s safe to say it won’t be Conor McGregor. On Saturday morning, the former UFC heavyweight champion hilariously called out the trash-talking Irishman with a few insults of his own. “I take [craps] bigger than that kid,” Lesnar told []> ... ....

Rio 2016: Day 16 Preview (The British Olympic Association)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Aug 2016

(Source. The British Olympic Association). Team GB will close off their most successful Olympic Games of the modern era at Rio 2016 with a medal on the final day with super heavyweight boxer Joe Joyce guaranteed to climb the podium no matter what happens ... That is of course courtesy of Londoner Joyce, who has looked sublime in reaching the men's super heavyweight final, where he will face big-talking Tony Yoka from France at 15.15 BST....

The Latest: Merritt, US men win 4x400 relay gold in Rio

Edit The Associated Press 21 Aug 2016

The veteran already has two gold medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and eight world championship gold medals stretching as far back as 2005 ... Azerbaijan's Radik Isaev has won the men's heavyweight taekwondo gold medal at the Rio Olympics after defeating Niger's Abdoulrazak Issoufou in a cagey final where both fighters struggled with their timing and distance ... Zheng won a bronze at the Asian championships in April....

The Latest: US sets record for most medals in road Olympics

Edit The Roanoke Times 21 Aug 2016

The veteran already has two gold medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and eight world championship gold medals stretching as far back as 2005 ... Azerbaijan's Radik Isaev has won the men's heavyweight taekwondo gold medal at the Rio Olympics after defeating Niger's Abdoulrazak Issoufou in a cagey final where both fighters struggled with their timing and distance ... Zheng won a bronze at the Asian championships in April....

Mo Farah celebrates double double as Team GB equal record medal haul

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Aug 2016

... are now guaranteed to surpass the 65 medals won in 2012, with boxer Joe Joyce certain of either gold or silver in Sunday's men's super-heavyweight final against Tony Yoka of France....

Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz: McGregor to earn $3m for UFC 202 appearance to beat ...

Edit The Independent 21 Aug 2016

... the fight, given his fee will surpass the previous highest payment of $2.5m, which was paid to former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar for his return at UFC 200 last month....

Steve Anthony vs. IWGP Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles