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And just as important is the fact that Thompson, who lived with her parents for the first year of her professional career, will now be on her own for the first time.

In college, he also displayed the tendency to buck authority that would mark his professional career.

Zalaegerszeg in western Hungary does not get to join the hall of infamy, not after Scotland won a fairly joyless, but wholly professional, behind-closed-doors contest against Belarus.

The young left-hander scored his first professional century in Sunday's third one-day international against South Africa.

On Saturday she steps into the boxing ring for the first time as a professional, six months after she retired from MMA and 16 years after she last boxed.