Dricus Du Plessis is expected to cut around 45lb before stepping on the scales at UFC 319. The middleweight champion has always made weight throughout his career, needing to hit 185lb or below once again. His opponent, Khamzat Chimaev, previously struggled with cuts at welterweight before moving up for good. Du Plessis has discussed how tough the weight cuts can be and admits he’s still a long way off the target just over a week out from weigh-ins. Dricus Du Plessis explains weight cut ahead of UFC 319While Dricus Du Plessis isn’t the biggest middleweight on the roster, he’s never been shy abo...

Dricus Du Plessis is expected to cut around 45lb before stepping on the scales at UFC 319. The middleweight champion has always made weight throughout his career, needing to hit 185lb or below once again. His opponent, Khamzat Chimaev, previously struggled with cuts at welterweight before moving up for good. Du Plessis has discussed how tough the weight cuts can be and admits he’s still a long way off the target just over a week out from weigh-ins. Dricus Du Plessis explains weight cut ahead of UFC 319While Dricus Du Plessis isn’t the biggest middleweight on the roster, he’s never been shy abo...

A Yezidi family deported to Iraq has no possibility of returning to Germany following a court decision. In summary proceedings, the Potsdam Administrative Court on Thursday refused to oblige Germany to repatriate the family. The decision is final, a court spokesman announced. The family, which includes four children and had been living in the north-eastern town of Lychen for several years, had been deported on July 22 while an urgent appeal was being considered. The Potsdam Administrative Court had lifted the obligation to leave the country immediately pending further proceedings, but it was t...

An Austrian mountain rescue team used a helicopter to save a German tourist's dog that fell into an Alpine ravine, police said on Thursday. The young golden retriever belongs to a German couple who were on holiday in Vorarlberg province. They were hiking around the Widderstein area on Wednesday when another dog in a hiking group attacked the golden retriever. The 18-month-old animal fled. According to the police, it fell around 40 metres into a steep ravine. The owner managed to locate his dog in the ravine but was then unable to return to the footpath. Five mountain rescuers and the air polic...

A former German international football player has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison after being found guilty of 107 counts of fraud. The Marburg District Court in central Germany on Thursday convicted Eike Immel, according to the defendant's lawyer, Turgay Schmidt. Immel played 19 international matches for West Germany between 1980 and 1988. The goalkeeper made his Bundesliga debut for Borussia Dortmund at the age of 17. In the vast majority of the 107 fraud cases, Immel was accused of borrowing money from acquaintances and never paying it back. The total amount involved was...