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“This Ukraine crisis that we’re in right now, this is just the warmup,” Richard said during a speech at the Naval Submarine League 2022 Annual Symposium and Industry Update. “The big one is coming. And it isn’t going to be very long before we’re going to get tested in ways that we haven’t been tested in a long time. “We have to do some rapid, fundamental change in the way we approach the defense of this nation,” he continued....

The closure of Russian airspace has blocked routes from Europe to Asia, prompting airlines to find alternative routes that might consume more time and fuel, and therefore potentially raising the prices of tickets for international flights. “The most significant impact of Russian airspace closure will be on flight routes between Europe and North Asia, [which] includes a significant number of flights to Japan and Korea,” Umang Gupta, managing director at Alton Aviation Consultancy, told Newsweek on Sunday....

Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal has been removed from his side’s Champions Trophy squad after he failed two fitness tests in the team’s ongoing camp in England, thereby adding yet another chapter to his already troubled history. “He has failed two fitness tests during the ongoing camp there in England ahead of Champions Trophy. So since we have a policy not to carry unfit players, it has been decided to call him back and send a replacement....

Emery was the former manager of the Gunners. He was sacked midway through the 2019-20 season following a dismal run of results. When asked about Arteta’s stint as Arsenal manager and how he feels the club have fared since he left, Emery told UEFA.com: The Spaniard added: The Europa League is both clubs’ only realistic chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League next season. Unai Emery focused on getting one over on Arsenal Unai Emery was also asked about facing his former side in a game of such magnitude....

Tony Bradley Jr., a 6-10, 235-pound power forward from Bartow, Fla., announced on Twitter that he will join the Tar Heels next season. MORE: UNC basketball unis | Five-star center Marques Bolden narrows list of schools Bradley is ranked anywhere from 26th to 31st nationally, depending on the recruiting service. Most services list him as a four-star recruit, while ESPN lists him as a five-star. Bradley’s commitment comes one day after five-star guard Frank Jackson committed to archrival Duke....

When a college sells such a jersey, you see, none of the revenue goes to the athlete who wears the number on the playing field. It’s long been a point of contention between athletes and the business of college athletics. MORE: SN’s top 40 football players | Most impactful returning basketball players The issue was raised by former Michigan basketball players Chris Webber and Jalen Rose, as well as Ed O’Bannon in his lawsuit against the NCAA and EA Sports....

After revealing the unedited version of the seamlessly choreographed sequence of shoot-outs, chase scenes, and Indiana Jones-esque exploits, Naughty Dog helmed a Q&A session to answer any questions regarding Uncharted 4. Interestingly enough, during the discussion, the game’s developers confirmed that the single-player campaign mode of Nathan Drake’s last adventure will run at 1080p with a locked frame rate at 30fps. Apparently, there was a lot of deliberation involved when it came to the game’s frame rates and visual quality issues....

While the film was originally meant to air on March 5, 2021, it has been pushed back to the much later date of October 8, 2021. This is no doubt to make up for the halted filming of the upcoming blockbuster, with reports coming in that the movie was set to begin shooting in early-March this year until the pandemic forced it to be postponed. RELATED: Uncharted Movie Adds Antonio Banderas to Cast, New Director Revealed...

Inspired by flashback sequences from Uncharted 4 that delved into Nathan Drake’s youth, production delays have led to a total of seven announced release dates leading many to believe the film would never see the light of day. Last week, Holland offered fans a first glimpse at what his version of Nathan Drake would look like in the upcoming film, hinting that production may be underway in the coming weeks....

He added that he didn’t expect Jan Blachowicz to be as big as he was, even though he trained with big men and heavyweights. He said that although he suffers cutting weight, he’s still willing to make the move back to Middleweight: He was the first to admit that his fight was boring and didn’t go the way he expected: He said that a full month prior, he had begun coughing and could barely sleep, eat, breathe or train properly....

Speaking to South China Morning Post, Jedrzejczyk claimed that she is the cleanest striker in the UFC. Title shot in the fray for Joanna Joanna is expected to go up against the current strawweight champion Weili Zhang in an epic title clash sometime next year, which comes as a reward for her dominant display against Michelle Waterson at the main event of UFC Fight Night 161. However, Jedrzejczyk had to endure a severely rough patch prior to her fight against Waterson where in her last four bouts, she succumbed to three defeats in as many title fights and it looked like her time at the top of the women’s strawweight division had run out....

In case you didn’t know… Nicolas Dalby made his UFC debut against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 67 and won his first fight in the promotion. Following defeats against the likes of Zak Cummings and Peter Sobotta, Dalby was subsequently released from the UFC. Despite struggling with depression and alcoholism, Dalby secured an impressive 3-1 record in Cage Warriors including the Welterweight Championship. In mid-2019, Dalby was re-signed to the UFC and is be making his return to the Octagon later in the year....

Hill scored a highlight-reel knockout win over Walker in his first UFC main event this past weekend. Previously ranked No.12 in the 205 lbs rankings, ‘Sweet Dreams’ has now entered the top 10. Sonnen recently weighed in on Hill’s rise. The former UFC title-challenger likened the rising star’s streak of first-round KOs to the rise of high-profile fighters like Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor. In a video posted to his YouTube channel, he said:...

Valentina Shevchenko’s current reign as UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion At UFC 231, Valentina Shevchenko won the UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship by defeating the returning Joanna Jer for the vacant title in a back-and-forth fight that ended in a win for ‘Bullet’ via unanimous decision. Following her first title win in the UFC, Shevchenko defended her title against Jessica Eye at UFC 238 and for her next title defense, the former retained her strap against Liz Carmouche in the main event of UFC on ESPN 14+ in another fight that the champion won via split decision....

In the co-main event, Alistair Overeem beat Junior Dos Santos by second-round TKO. MORE: UFC on Fox 17 good bad and ugly | January’s best fights Since UFC on Fox 17 is now in the books, we take a look at what’s next for the key winners and losers. The winners Rafael dos Anjos: Dos Anjos seemed to be a footnote heading into UFC on Fox 17. All the talk centered around steroid accusations and Cerrone winning to move on to face featherweight champion Conor McGregor....

Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo will turn it on inside the Octagon once again in a bid to capture the much-coveted flyweight gold. Although the promotion hasn’t finalized a date yet, the fight is expected to take place on July 18 in a yet undisclosed venue. Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo set to run it back The flyweight division in the UFC hasn’t had a champion since former champion Henry Cejudo chose to leave the weight class and vacate the gold....

White has been working to set up a location to host international fights amid travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. MORE: Jon Jones confiscates spray cans from protesters White spoke of how much work had gone into the idea, which he hopes will help mixed martial arts grow further. “Let me tell you about Fight Island. Fight Island is so f—ing expensive and so f—ing crazy and almost impossible to pull off,” he told Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew on the “Talk The Talk” series on YouTube....

A week later, Kevin Holland was once again rescheduled for a fight by the UFC, this time against Joaquin Buckley at UFC Fight Night 174. And the former got the job done for himself via third knockout TKO, a win that also earned him a Performance of the Night award. Kevin Holland beats Darren Stewart to start-off UFC Vegas 11 Almost a month after his dominant win over Joaquin Buckley, Kevin Holland was back in Octagon action, and this time around, he once again proved his worth in yet another dominant performance....

Seriously, though, the defense? You call that ugly? MORE: Scoreboard | AAC standings | Midseason All-Americans Holding Louisville to a mere six 3-pointers and the lowest scoring output of the calendar year? That was a work of art — as brutal, perhaps, as Glengarry Glen Ross, but equally riveting and successful for the Bearcats, who left KFC Yum! Center late Thursday with a 69-66 victory over the No. 12 Cardinals....

“These are companies which have fabulous technical expertise, are world leading, and where they can do more to assist we would like them to do so,” the spokesman told reporters. “If there are circumstances where law enforcement agencies need to be able to access the contents, they should be able to do so. How that is achieved, I think, is a matter for the talks later in the week.”...