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A REMATCH against Chris Billam-Smith is “the only way to go” for Lawrence Okolie, his trainer Sugar Hill says. The two cruiserweights met last weekend at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium in front of 15,000 fans, largely in support of Billam-Smith. A rough and tough 12 rounds ended with the crowd favourite being awarded a majority decision. A rematch clause was already in place for Okolie if he had lost and his cornerman told Boxing News they want the second fight. “Yeah, that’s the only way to go. You don’t want to wait around and try to get a rematch. You…

NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler birdied every hole but the par-3s on the front nine at Albany Golf Club on Friday and finished his bogey-free round with an 8-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge.Two months off did nothing to slow the world’s No. 1 player. Scheffler already has eight victories this year and is in position to get another before the end of the year.Scheffler was at 13-under 131, two ahead of Akshay Bhatia (66) and Justin Thomas (67), both of whom had to save par on the 18th hole to stay in…

On Wednesday, the LA Clippers lost 108-80 to the Minnesota Timberwolves at home. The team is 14-10 this season and 7-3 in their last 10. They are currently sixth in the Western Conference through their first 24 games. This offseason, the team parted ways with two veteran players.  Paul Geroge left in free agency and signed a new long-term deal with the 76ers ahead of the 2024-25 season. Additionally, the Clippers traded Russell Westbrook to the Jazz and he was waived by Utah. Eventually, the former MVP signed a two-year, veteran’s minimum with the Nuggets. While the team lost star…

Set to feature in the corner of teammate, Kron Gracie this weekend at UFC 311, lightweight veteran, Nate Diaz was involved in an altercation with current undisputed champion, Islam Makhachev backstage following tonight’s pre-fight press conference, with both teams throwing water bottles at each other. Diaz, a former lightweight contender and title challenger under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined from the Octagon since UFC 279, fighting out his contractual obligations in an eventual fourth round guillotine choke submission win over former interim champion, Tony Ferguson in the pair’s short-notice headliner. Himself featuring on stage tonight at the…

2024 Minnesota Invite Cal freshman Mary-Ambre Moluh swam to become the 3rd fastest freshman all-time in the women’s 100 backstroke as she clocked a 49.68 at the Minnesota Invite. That swim also makes her the 7th fastest performer all-time. All-Time Performers, 100 Back Gretchen Walsh, 48.10 (2024) Katharine Berkoff, 48.55 (2024) Regan Smith, 49.16 (2021) Beata Nelson, 49.18 (2019) Claire Curzan, 49.37 (2024) Charlotte Crush, 49.53 (2023) Mary-Ambre Moluh, 49.68 (2024) All-Time Top Freshman, Women’s 100 Back Gretchen Walsh, 49.00 (2022) Regan Smith, 49.23 (2022) Mary-Ambre Moluh, 49.68 (2024) Moluh arrived from France this fall at Cal and has already…

Today Specialized announced that it will be sponsoring the FDJ-SUEZ team for 2025, coinciding with both the team’s 25th anniversary and the signing of Dutch superstar rider Demi Vollering. This ends the French team’s long-standing partnership with Lapierre, and follows the same path as the FDJ men’s team (though the two aren’t connected besides sharing a title sponsor), who swapped from Lapierre to Wilier for the 2024 season.In a short statement provided to the press, Scott Jackson, head of S-Racing at Specialized said:“FDJ-SUEZ immediately impressed us with their dynamic international approach to racing, bold vision for the future and rich history…

Fall Report Eric Sorenson – December 6, 2024 LOS ANGELES — You know how Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh likes to say, “Who has it better than us?… Noooooo-body!”Well if you’re the USC baseball team you could completely understand if head coach Andy Stankiewicz might say, “Who has it tougher than us?… Noooooo-body!” And I don’t mean that the Trojans have it bad, it’s just that this program is going through one of the toughest stretches any baseball team would have a hard time dealing with. As you might recall from last year’s Fall Report, Dedeaux Field has been…

Alex Mitchell was looking to build on a breakthrough season when, one Thursday morning this summer, he encountered a problem most people would find incredibly disconcerting.’I woke up and I couldn’t really move my neck,’ Mitchell, the Northampton and England scrum-half, tells Mail Sport matter-of-factly.After a campaign which had seen him win the Premiership title and become his country’s first-choice No 9, Mitchell’s complaint came out of nowhere. It forced him to miss all four of England’s November Tests. ‘I rang the club doctor and she said to come in. The problem was I wasn’t sure if I could drive…

Emma Raducanu has started working with Yutaka Nakamura, the fitness coach known for his work with Maria Sharapova and Naomi Osaka.The 22-year-old, who will fly to Brisbane next week for some warm weather training before the new season, says Nakamura will be with her “pretty much most weeks” of the year.Injuries have acted as a persistent handbrake on Raducanu’s career since she won the US Open as a teenager in 2021.But following a trial earlier in the autumn, she feels now is the right time to add a dedicated fitness expert to her team.”I think he is going to help…

By: Sean Crose It’s gone down as being one of the more boring fights of the heavyweight division – and that, frankly, is saying something. Having just gotten over the disappointment that was 2015’s Floyd Mayweather – Manny Pacquiao bout, fans were treated that November to heavyweight honcho Wladimir Klitschko’s title defense against brash Englishman Tyson Fury. Klitschko was the favorite walking in, but it was Fury who won the day through slick defensive fighting that many found insufferable. Although Fury moved on to a very colorful career in the upper reaches of the heavyweight division, it’s hard to picture…