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The post UFC Announces Seven Fights For August Sacramento Fight Card appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. SHENZHEN, CHINA – AUGUST 31: Anthony Hernandez celebrates after his submission victory over Jun Yong Park of South Korea in their middleweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre on August 31, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images) Getty Images On August 22, the UFC returns to Sacramento, California, for the first time since 2019. An important middleweight main event headlines the UFC Fight Night from the Golden 1 Center. In that contest, Anthony Hernandez faces Gregory Rodrigues. The fight promotion recently announced 7 official bouts for the upcoming Paramount+ streaming fight card. UFC Sacramento Official Fights Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues Roman Dolidze vs. Reinier de Ridder Serghei Spivac vs. Vitor Petrino Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Shamil Gaziev Carli Judice vs. Jeisla Chaves Wesley Schultz vs. Jackson McVey Shane

The post FIFA World Cup media rights: Netflix, Disney, YouTube prepare to bid appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Folarin Balogun of the United States shoots during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 match between USA and Belgium at Seattle Stadium on July 6, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. Mb Media | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images As the FIFA World Cup captures massive global audiences, media companies are preparing to pay billions for the rights to the next two men’s tournaments. Netflix, Disney and Alphabet’s YouTube are all interested in challenging Fox for the U.S. broadcast rights to the 2030 and 2034 World Cup, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon, which currently owns UEFA Champions League rights in the U.K., and Apple, which owns global MLS rights, could also enter the mix, further fueling a potential bidding war for the rights. Discussions between FIFA and potential media partners are expected to begin sometime in the next three months, according to people f

The post What We Know About Mitch McConnell’s Health As Scott Jennings Says He Spoke With Him appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline Commentator Scott Jennings said he spoke to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Tuesday morning, contradicting claims the 84-year-old senator became braindead amid a weekslong hospital stay. McConnell has dealt with two hospitalizations this year. Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images Key Facts Jennings said in an X post he spoke with his “old friend” Tuesday morning, saying he spoke to the senator for nearly 20 minutes about “IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history.” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., spoke with McConnell on Monday and Tuesday, according to NOTUS, which cited a spokesperson for Thune who said the two “had a lengthy and substantive conversation that covered a variety of topics, including national security.” Reporter Desirée Townsend backed up claim

The post Why The USMNT’s World Cup Collapse Against Belgium Was Bigger Than One Loss appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JULY 6: A dejected fan of USA after being knocked out during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 16 match between USA and Belgium at Seattle Stadium on July 6, 2026 in Seattle, United States. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images) Getty Images Andres Cantor was born in Buenos Aires in the early 1960s and grew up rooting for the World Cup-winning sides of Mario Kempes and later Diego Maradona. After moving to the United States and attending the University of Southern California, he went into broadcasting and eventually became the authoritative voice of Spanish-language soccer broadcasting in the United States, first for Univision and later Telemundo. He was on the call for the United States’ 1994 World Cup upset of Colombia and Landon Donovan’s famous 2010 goal against Algeria. And he was on the call on Sunday night, when the United State

The post After World Cup Loss, U.S. Men’s Soccer Back To Drawing Board Again appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JULY 06: Matt Freese #24 of the United States shows dejection after the team’s 1-4 defeat in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between USA and Belgium at Seattle Stadium on July 06, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) Getty Images Monday night’s FIFA Men’s World Cup match had the potential to be the biggest in modern United States Men’s Soccer history. Playing on home soil with an experienced group that looked relatively impressive in the tournament, the U.S. faced Belgium with a chance to advance to the quarterfinal round for the first time since 2002. And yet, much like the last time the U.S. played Belgium with a quarterfinal birth on the line (back in 2014), they lost. Yet in 2026, the defeat is accompanied by a far larger existential crisis about the state of the United States men’s soccer program as a whole. Mo

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