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'Knockout Chaos' Match to Take Place on March 8 as Part of Riyadh Season

The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)
The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)
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'Knockout Chaos' Match to Take Place on March 8 as Part of Riyadh Season

The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)
The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Advisor Turki Al AL-Sheikh said the "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8.

The eagerly anticipated match is one of the key events of Riyadh Season, he added.

The event also will feature an undercard, China's WBO interim world champion Zhang Zhilei defending his title against former champion Joseph Parker.

Mexican featherweight boxer Rey Vargas, the WBC champion, will also defend his title against Liverpool's Nick Ball.

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McLaren's Piastri Takes F1 Chinese Grand Prix Win Ahead of Teammate Norris

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su
Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su
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McLaren's Piastri Takes F1 Chinese Grand Prix Win Ahead of Teammate Norris

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su
Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has cruised to his maiden Chinese Grand Prix win from pole position with the Australian untouchable ahead of his teammate Lando Norris as the pair completed McLaren's milestone 50th one-two placing in Formula 1.
Piastri, who took his maiden pole position on Saturday, got a great start in Sunday's race to lead into the first corner, as Norris passed Russell for second, The Associated Press reported.
The Australian then slowly stretched his legs in an untroubled drive for his third career win.
Norris had a trickier afternoon to earn his runner-up spot - with the Brit having to pass Mercedes’ George Russell and Williams’ Alex Albon after his stop. He then trailed his teammate to the checkered flag, though in the closing stages had to deal with a worsening brake pedal issue that threatened him finishing the race.
Russell completed the podium, his second-straight for the season.
Last year's race winner, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took fourth from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the closing laps, with the Monégasque’s race compromised by lap one contact with his Scuderia teammate Lewis Hamilton that sheared the left-front endplate from his front wing which hampered his car's aerodynamics throughout the race.
Hamilton, who took Saturday's Sprint race for his first victory for Ferrari, was in sixth place.