Watch the best of Bronze's WSL goals

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Watch some of Lucy Bronze’s goals ahead of her return to the Women’s Super League with new club, Chelsea.

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UFC 308 poster released featuring Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway title clash, return of Khamzat Chimaev

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UFC 308 poster released featuring Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway title clash, return of Khamzat Chimaev

Ilia Topuria faces off with a legend this October.

The official fight poster has been released for UFC 308, which takes place Oct. 26 in Abu Dhabi. In the main event, Topuria puts his featherweight title on the line for the first time when he defends against “BMF” champion Max Holloway.

See the poster below.

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The undefeated Topuria won the 145-pound title with a thudding knockout of Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 this past February. He became the first fighter to defeat Volkanovski in a featherweight bout and his profile has continued to soar in his dual homes of Spain and Georgia.

Holloway, a former featherweight titleholder, added the BMF belt to his collection at UFC 300 after flattening fellow fan favorite Justin Gaethje. He has won three straight fights since losing a trilogy bout to Volkanovski.

In the UFC 308 co-main event, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker takes on the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev. Whittaker aims for another shot at gold, while Chimaev looks to cement himself as the No. 1 contender despite fighting just four times in the past three years.

See the UFC 308 lineup below.

Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway

Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev

Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov

Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic

Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige

Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos

Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki

Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Justin Tafa

Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo

Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev

Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira

Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan

Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira

Said Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos

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Paralympics 2024: Ukraine’s preparations amid war

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Paralympics 2024: Ukraine's preparations amid war

Other athletes have found their own ways to contribute to the war effort. Wheelchair fencer Andrii Demchuk crossed the border to Poland with his wife and two children after the invasion.

After settling his family in Warsaw, he began helping other Ukrainian refugees. He ferried them from the border to the Polish capital, before returning with tents, sleeping bags and equipment for the Ukrainian army.

He also delivered jeeps to the border – albeit in unconventional style. As a leg amputee, Demchuk normally drives an automatic. The jeeps were manual.

“It was a bit of a problem because I don’t have a leg to push the clutch,” he says.

So – ingeniously – he used his fencing sword instead. “A broken rapier can push the clutch perfectly,” he explains, demonstrating his technique with an imaginary sword.

“I delivered seven jeeps this way.”

Together with two Polish fencing friends, Grzegorz Pluta and Stefan Makowski, he also began visiting local schools.

“We realised we needed to bring Polish and Ukrainian children together,” Demchuk says.

“The Ukrainian kids were traumatised – and there were some differences.”

They visited around 40 schools – and talked to about 10,000 children.

“We wanted to show the kids how sport can take your mind off your problems and that people who are disabled don’t give up and can still break barriers.”

At this point, Demchuk realised that if he didn’t return to training, he wouldn’t qualify for the Paralympics, so Pluta and Makowski invited him to train at their club in Warsaw.

Most of Ukraine’s Para-fencers are in similar circumstances, having had to leave their homeland. Demchuk trained one of his team-mates – Nadiia Doloh – after her coach was unable to follow her to Poland.

Despite the disruption, Ukraine’s Para-fencing team finished top of the medal table at this year’s European Championships.

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Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois weigh-ins

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September 21, 2024

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Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois weigh-ins

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September 20, 2024 7:30 pm ET

Check out these photos from the Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois weigh-ins ahead of the boxing event taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. (Photos by Richard Pelham, Getty Images)