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Tracy Otto: Paralysed by her ex-boyfriend, now a Paralympian

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September 21, 2024

Tracy Otto: Paralysed by her ex-boyfriend, now a Paralympian

In September 2019, Otto broke up with a boyfriend. A month previously, he had been arrested for attacking her at their home in Riverview, Florida.

Otto was ready to move on with her life, and had met someone new.

“I had just started talking to Ricky,” she told the BBC World Service‘s Sportshour programme. “We met on 26 September 2019, and we went on a couple of dates.

“I had broken up with my ex, kicked him out, told him to leave, he gathered all of his things, he was gone and I had changed all of the locks on my house. Everything was done.

“That night it was 24 October 2019, we had another little date, and we go off to bed. I remember rolling over and getting comfortable in bed and drifting off to sleep.

“And then all of a sudden, I hear this loud noise and I see a flashlight in my face and I was so confused.

“And then I heard his voice, and I realised it was my ex.

“He had parked his car at the front of my house, went around the back of the house and looked through my bedroom window. We were sleeping, and he had decided to go to purchase a high-powered pellet gun.

“He did the best that he could to get as close to a real gun as possible. And a knife and a set of handcuffs.

“And he comes back to my house, breaks in and wakes us up, screaming at us to get out of bed.

“He tells us that he’s going to kill us and that if he didn’t kill himself, he was going to call the police.

“So, he outright told us what he was going to do. This is where everything gets kind of blurry because it happened so quickly. I can tell you what I know happened, I just don’t have it first-hand because my brain just kind of blocked everything out.”

The attacker punched Otto multiple times before shooting Riessle twice in the face and stabbing him in the back, causing his lung to collapse.

He then shot Otto through the left eye, before stabbing her in the back of the neck, leaving her paralysed. He then sexually assaulted her.

“And he ends up calling the police on himself and tells them that ‘this is my name, this is where I’m at’. He calls me his girlfriend, but then later admits to the police that we had broken up,” Otto says.

“And he was like ”I just killed my girlfriend and her new boyfriend’. They show up, he’s sitting in the driveway, and he gets taken away.”

In January 2023, the ex-boyfriend pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary with assault, two counts of attempted murder in the first degree, one count of sexual battery and two counts of aggravated bodily harm.

He was sentenced to 40 years in jail.

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Football

Liverpool cut Milan open at will – Warnock

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39 mins ago

September 21, 2024

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Liverpool cut Milan open at will – Warnock

BBC Sport’s Stephen Warnock praises Liverpool’s attacking prowess in their 3-1 win against AC Milan in the Champions League.

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Joshua vs. Dubois Results: Live updates of the undercard and main event

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September 21, 2024

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Joshua vs. Dubois Results: Live updates of the undercard and main event

MMA Fighting has Joshua vs. Dubois results live for the Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois fight card at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on Saturday afternoon.

When the main event begins around 5 p.m. ET, check out our Joshua vs. Dubois live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event.

Anthony Joshua (28-3) has reeled off four straight victories, including a devastating knockout of former UFC champion Francis Ngannou this past March.

Daniel Dubois (21-2) was recently promoted to IBF world heavyweight champion after Oleksandr Usyk vacated the belt. He defeated Filip Hrgovic via eighth-round TKO this past June to win the IBF interim title.

Check out the Joshua vs. Dubois results below.

Fight Card (PPV.com at 11 a.m. ET)

Main event

Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois — IBF heavyweight title fight

Undercard

Tyler Denny vs. Hamza Sheeraz — EBU European middleweight title fight

Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington — IBF and IBO super featherweight title fight

Ishmael Davis vs. Josh Kelly — 12-round middleweight fight

Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson — WBO interim light heavyweight title fight

Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley — 10-round lightweight fight

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Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois: Live round-by-round updates

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September 21, 2024

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MMA Fighting has Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on Saturday afternoon.

The main event is expected to begin around 5 p.m. ET on DAZN and PPV.com pay-per-view. Check out our Joshua vs. Dubois results page to find out what happened on the undercard.

Anthony Joshua (28-3) has reeled off four straight victories, including a devastating knockout of former UFC champion Francis Ngannou this past March.

Get the Joshua vs. Dubois main event live blog below.

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Duggan's best WSL goals

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September 21, 2024

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Watch some of Toni Duggan’s best Women’s Super League goals as she announces her retirement from professional football after spells at Everton, Manchester City, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

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Elisandra Ferreira win vacant atomweight title

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September 21, 2024

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Elisandra Ferreira win vacant atomweight title

Elisandra Ferreira is the new Invicta atomweight champion.

Invicta FC 57 took place Friday at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., featuring a championship bout for the vacant atomweight title. Elisandra Ferreira took Andressa Romero in a hard-fought battle over 25 minutes. After the dust settled, Ferreira was crowned the new Invicta atomweight champion by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46).

The fight was intense.

Ferreira set the tone early in the opening round by clipping Romero with punches. However, as the fight went on, things evened out. Romero quickly rebounded to win Round 2, tying up the fight on all three judges’ scorecards.

The fight became an all-out scrap between two fighters hungry to claim the vacant title. Both had moments on the feet and in the grappling department, but often, the pair just slugged it out as they stood toe-to-toe.

This is CRAZY! #InvictaFC57 pic.twitter.com/TBhHT1mcGl
— Invicta FC (@InvictaFights) September 21, 2024

The judges scored the fight unanimously in Ferreira’s favor, crowning the 26-year-old Brazilian the new champion.

Injury ends Invicta FC 57 co-feature early

The co-main event ended abruptly in an unfortunate fashion.

Nayara Maia took on Kristina Williams in a flyweight bout, but the fight was over before the fighters got into their rhythm. Unfortunately for Maia (7-2-1), who was sporting knee braces on both legs, she could not continue after her right knee gave out while charging forward with punches. As a result, Williams (8-4) earned a TKO victory in just 31 seconds.

Unfortunate ending as Nayara Maia goes down to injury. #InvictaFC57 pic.twitter.com/g1RwNuT1ku
— Invicta FC (@InvictaFights) September 21, 2024

Full Invicta FC 57 results

Elisandra Ferreira def. Andressa Romero via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46)– for vacant atomweight title
Kristina Williams def. Nayara Maia via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 0:31
DeAnna Bennett def. Liz Tracy via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Milana Dudieva def. Sandra Lavado via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jamie Edenden def. Abby Montes via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Maria Djukic def. Maria Jose Favela via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 0:57
Fernanda Orellana def. Meaghan Penning via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Quinn Williams def. Ana Vitoria via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)