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Lewis Thompson’s Biography

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Currently at the News Associates London | Predominantly feature in The Times & The Sunday Times, The Redmen TV and South West Londoner.

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Francis Ngannou wants Deontay Wilder for mouthwatering heavyweight fight

Francis Ngannou wants Deontay Wilder for mouthwatering heavyweight fight

Francis Ngannou has teased a possible clash with Deontay Wilder ahead of his PFL debut against Renan Ferreira…

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Djokovic and Nadal in top ten highest earning tennis stars 2024 - but not no.1

Djokovic and Nadal in top ten highest earning tennis stars 2024 - but not no.1

Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff and Rafael Nadal all feature in the highest-paid tennis players of 2024, but none …

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Soucek saves ball boy from being crushed by advert board during goal celebration

Soucek saves ball boy from being crushed by advert board during goal celebration

Tomas Soucek swiftly intervened after West Ham celebrations had caused an advertising board to fall on a Crys…

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Bisping said my chin was high - so I took his advice to win at UFC Manchester

Bisping said my chin was high - so I took his advice to win at UFC Manchester

Sam Patterson has revealed he used advice from British MMA legend Michael Bisping as fuel to win his recent M…

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UFC welterweight questions whether McGregor actually has desire to fight again

UFC welterweight questions whether McGregor actually has desire to fight again

Sam Patterson believes it's down to Conor McGregor to make his fight with Michael Chandler happen. McGregor h…

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Du Plessis to be walked out to fight Adesanya at UFC 305 by two sporting icons

Du Plessis to be walked out to fight Adesanya at UFC 305 by two sporting icons

UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis will have two of South Africa's biggest stars by his side for his…

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Alexandre Pantoja suffers horrific injury 24 seconds into UFC 323 title fight as Joshua Van becomes champion

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7 hours ago Joshua Van forced a changing of the guard in the flyweight division at UFC 323 when he ended the dominant reign of Alexandre Pantoja – but not in the way anyone could've predicted. Van (16-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) became one of the youngest champions in company history with a first-round injury TKO win over …
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Leon Edwards issues first response to brutal knockout loss at UFC 322

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7 hours ago Joe Rogan expects big things from Gable Steveson. Steveson (2-0) needed just 24 seconds to knock out Kevin Hein (2-2) in their heavyweight main event last month at APFC 21. Steveson connected with a left hand early and quickly turned it into a takedown – but Hein was already out cold once they hit …
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Ian Machado Garry gets huge boost in new UFC rankings as Ilia Topuria’s next fight made clearer

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9 hours ago Sean O'Malley sees Arman Tsarukyan as a threat to Ilia Topuria's title reign. Tsarukyan ran through Dan Hooker for a second-round submission in Saturday's UFC Fight Night 265 headliner in Qatar. He called out UFC lightweight champion Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC), but Tsarukyan is currently in the …
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How is social media changing news?

Breaking news cycle is shortening and audiences want instant access to updated news

Who do you wish followed you?

John Cena

Why did you become a journalist?

Started at A-Level, continued at Uni and I guess I've been stuck ever since!