Plenty has changed even since the Dubliner was most recently in the desert, a chastening night 15 months back when he was sent scurrying across the sands by Khabib Nurmagomedov, writes Joe Callaghan.

IT will come as news to some that Conor McGregor, the well-known whiskey impresario and threat to public order, is fighting this weekend.

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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks have rocked Sicily, injuring three people and damaging some buildings in Palermo.