Robert Whittaker believes his next date is a bout for the UFC Middleweight title.

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At issue is whether Hernandez's violent behaviour and mood swings could have been partly explained by chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative nerve disease found in the brains of those who have had repeated or severe hits to the head.

MMA star Ronda Rousey has revealed she got engaged after her partner Travis Browne popped the question during a recent holiday to New Zealand.

Just four years ago, Aaron Hernandez lived in a four-storey mansion. On Wednesday, he died in a jail cell.

In place of an obituary for Aaron Hernandez there is only an unexplained, incomplete blank followed by a question mark.

Like many sports teams before them, the New England Patriots visited the White House where they met with President Donald Trump on Thursday to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. But two dozen or more members of the team, including quarterback Tom Brady, were not on hand, and some of them explicitly cited politics as their reason.

Former New England Patriots tight end who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murder was found dead in his prison cell, Massachusetts Department of Corrections officials say.

Since gaining weight and moving up to the middleweight division, Australia's Robert Whittaker has remained undefeated, and he knows that whatever happens on the weekend, his future will at some stage involve a UFC title fight.

Young Australian Dante Exum is expecting an impending maiden NBA playoffs series to be among the toughest challenges of his career.

Donald Trump will not participate in the longstanding Major League Baseball tradition of US presidents throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at Washington Opening Day games

The Los Angeles Lakers have honoured Shaquille O'Neal with a bronze statue of the Hall of Fame centre who helped them to three consecutive NBA titles.

Australian guard Dante Exum has scored a career-high 22 points in his Utah Jazz team's 104-112 NBA loss against Oklahoma City Thunder.

The next wave of elite Australian basketball talent will be on show across the US the next three weeks as tens of millions of Americans feast on a sporting event rivalling the Super Bowl for hype and attention.

Australian centre Andrew Bogut has overcome a US visa issue but still might not make his debut for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Miami Heat.

Victorian judoka Dan Kelly has claimed the biggest scalp of his UFC career, beating veteran and former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans via split decision.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been on a three-point binge since the first of the year. On Friday, they took it step further and set an NBA record in the process.

After representing Australia in judo at the Olympics four times, Dan Kelly has been rewarded for switching to mixed martial arts with his biggest fight to date.

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu testified Wednesday in Miami federal court that he ate part of his fake passport to cover up the fact that he was traveling illegally to the United States in a Cuban smuggling operation.

As UFC 209 draws closer, Australian star Mark Hunt has launched a scathing critique of his opponent, Alistair Overeem.