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Chelsea sack Lampard with Tuchel set to take charge Bagautinov eyes world title glory in tournament Ali Bagautinov is the latest addition to BRAVE CF Flyweight tournament’s lineup loves. A winning campaign in Bagautinov has the biggest Flyweight tourna- • ment in MMA will definitely put set his eyes on facing his name in the history books. off against Dustin He will now join names such Frank Lampard attends a training session (file photo) Ortiz, another big as Jose “Shorty” Torres, Zach name confirmed for Makovsky, Dustin Ortiz, and AFP | London his fellow countryman Velimu- the tournament rad Alkhasov in the Flyweight World Title Tournament, which helsea sacked manager TDT | Manama will place him potentially only CFrank Lampard yesterday 1.67 three wins away from the ulti- after 18 months in charge, with is Lampard’s average RAVE Combat Federation’s mate glory. Right after his win former Paris Saint-Germain points-per-game which prestigious Flyweight over a tough Oleg Lichkovakha, boss Thomas Tuchel hotly is the lowest for any World Title Tournament Bagautinov set his eyes on fac- Chelsea manager since B tipped to replace him at Stam- is shining the brightest of lights Ali Bagautinov ing off against Dustin Ortiz, ford Bridge. Abramovich arrived at on one of the most underappre- After a successful BRAVE nament’s lineup. another big name confirmed Lampard signed a three- Stamford Bridge in 2003 ciated weight-classes in mixed Combat Federation debut in A two-time combat for the tournament. Both are year deal in July 2019, leading martial arts. The historical his home country of , at world champion, and with an accomplished wrestlers with Chelsea to the FA Cup final enough to save the former tournament has been boosted BRAVE CF 46, Ali Bagautinov extensive and victorious career heavy hands and amazing grap- and a fourth-placed Premier England midfielder. by the addition of a world-class was confirmed by BRAVE CF in MMA, Ali Bagautinov is eager pling, which would make for a League finish in his first sea- The club said it had been fighter, a familiar face to MMA President Mohammed Shahid for the chance of finally hold- very even and exciting fight in son in charge. a “very difficult decision” to fans from all over the world. as the new addition to the tour- ing a world title in the sport he the first round. Chelsea cruised into the last part ways with the 42-year- 16 of the Champions League old, who is their all-time re- and briefly topped the Pre - cord goalscorer. mier League table in Decem- “We are grateful to Frank ber after an impressive start for what he has achieved in his Sibley and Buttler steer England to Sri Lanka Test sweep to the season but they have time as head coach of the club,” AFP | Colombo now slumped to ninth after Chelsea said in a statement. Sibley and Buttler put on an ond successive Test whitewash and series for knocks of 228 and five defeats in eight match- “However, recent results unbeaten 75-run stand as Eng- in Sri Lanka after winning all 186 in the first and second Test es -- 11 points behind leaders and performances have not om Sibley and Jos Buttler land, who were struggling at three matches in the island na- respectively. Manchester United. met the club’s expectations, Danchored a run chase after 89-4, got to their target of 164 tion in 2018. “Credit to the bowlers for put- Sunday’s 3-1 FA Cup fourth- leaving the club mid-table a jittery start as England beat Sri in an extended final session on “Really proud of how calm we ting Sri Lanka under pressure. round win against Champi- without any clear path to sus- Lanka by six wickets in the sec- the fourth day in Galle. were,” skipper Joe Root said af- We are on an upward curve as a onship side Luton was not tained improvement.” ond Test to sweep the series 2-0. The result gave England a sec- ter being named man of the man team and looking to get better.”

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