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In the hugely damaging row over prominent Labour donors and activists being shoe-horned into key government and Whitehall roles, the ­finger of blame has been pointed firmly at Sue Gray, Sir Keir Starmer's embattled chief of staff who was accused recently of 'hoarding power' at No 10. The former senior civil servant - and Second Permanent Secretary in the ­Cabinet Office for part of the last ­Conservative Government - is deeply unpopular among Tories, not least because she led the Covid 'Partygate' inquiry that played a decisive part in Boris Johnson's downfall. But, in a strange twist of fate, she is turning out to be just as controversial with Labour - after a series of disasters on her watch.

Sean Strickland, the UFC champion, and the American was embroiled in yet another sexism and homophobia controversy this week. Unleashing vile tirades is nothing new to the 32-year-old, but he also has the ability to shock, despite most enthusiasts, who are hardcore and casual, knowing that they are both infamy and are willing to do whatever comes into his head regardless of consequences. Few predicted that the wild Strickland would ever make it to the top, but this week as the reigning middleweight champion, he is front and center for UFC 297 in Toronto. Mail Sport brings a look at the wild life and times of the UFC's most polarizing character.

Shavkat Rakhmonov, the undefeated rising star, will face Kelvin Gastelum in his next match on September 16. So far in the UFC, the Kazakh fighter has defeated every one of his five opponents and has a lot of hype behind him. Gastelum will be the most memorable name he has encountered so far at welterweight, but winning would propel him to the top of the class and possibly one win away from a challenge to the crown, which is currently held by Leon Edwards. Gastelum had lost five of his last six games before regaining some traction with a victory over Chris Curtis.

Israel Adesanya must be sick of seeing Alex Pereira by now, the man many are calling his 'bogeyman' and 'kryptonite.' With five consecutive title defenses, the former UFC middleweight champion ruled the roost so dominantly in his division before rematching with his old nemesis last year. Pereira won two games over Adesanya in the kickboxing competition, with one of them falling short of a point of view, but many others were genuinely hoping for a shot at the champ, purely because it fit a tidy story. He sent those doubts and Adesanya in a bulldozing style to take their belt in the fifth round of their November match.

Jason Whitlock, a conservative sports pundit, embedded himself in the Mina Kimes controversy, accusing the ESPN star of playing a victim over a Boston radio host's racist joke and saying she is only relevant because of her ethnicity, her gender, and her good looks.' As a result, Whitlock became the butt of another joke as Kimet mocked the 55-year-old's unlikely career path from ESPN and Fox Sports to the conservative BlazeTV: 'Unlike you, I still talk about sports for a living.' WEEI's Chris Curtis dropped Kimes' name in a discussion of his favored 'nips', a word used for miniature liquor bottles that doubles as a racial insult against Japanese people. 'I'd certainly go with Mina Kimes,' Curtis said of the 37-year-old ESPN star, not Japanese.

The hosts were discussing Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo's inability to outlaw small bottles of alcohol due to how often they are littered on the 'Greg Hill Show'. Courtney Cox, a TV presenter, prompted the group to request five of their five top nips, including Skrewball, Dr. McGillicuddy's, and Fireball, prompting the discussion. 'Mina Kimes,' Chris Curtis interjected,' before giving a coworker a little smirk. Nip is a Japanese word that refers to Japanese people and is a shortened version of Nippon, which is the word used to describe Japan. It was later reported that the corporation had mistook Mila Kunis, not Mina Kimes.'