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FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony to mark the International Women's Day at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File PhotoBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for coronavirus and is awaiting the result, though he is not showing any symptoms…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight talents Renato Moicano and Damir Hadzovic will square off this Saturday (March 14, 2020) at UFC Fight Night 170 from inside Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil. After a relatively short but rather successful run at Featherweight that saw Moicano climb into the Top 10…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro, doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais ($4.2 billion) this year. The defeat added to the fiscal woes of a…

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Mar 11, 2020Ariel HelwaniESPN Staff Writer With two title fights out of the way this weekend, I thought this would be a good time to do another state of the UFC champions address.Let's hit it:Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic Next fight: TBDAccording to his manager, Jim Walter, Miocic still isn't cleared to…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has assembled a fan-friendly fight card for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 170 mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, which takes place this Sat. (March 14, 2020) inside Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil. Headlining the event will be a battle of lightweight title hopefuls…

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For the first time since September 2016, the Octagon returns to Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil as the UFC kicks off its 2020 South American schedule with an outstanding card headlined by a crucial lightweight matchup between Kevin Lee and Charles Oliveira. While last weekend’s UFC 248 pay-per-view in…

Watch a replay of today's show here.Israel Adesanya heard the boobirds for the first time in his UFC career on Saturday night as his middleweight title defense versus Yoel Romero fell short of expectations."One hundred percent, the weirdest fight I've ever been a part of," Adesanya said Monday on Ariel…

FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF/BRASILIA (Reuters) - A consortium formed by Germany's Thyssenkrupp AG and Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA signed a deal on Thursday to deliver four frigates to Brazil's navy between 2025 and 2028, the companies said in a statement. The contract signed in Rio de Janeiro is part of Brazil's drive to…