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Summer McIntosh Bags Third Swimming Canada Female Swimmer of the Year Nod Summer McIntosh on Tuesday was announced as the 2024 Swimming Canada Female Swimmer of the Year. It’s the third straight year that the 18-year-old has earned that distinction, and she adds a fourth straight Female Junior Swimmer of the Year in this, her final year of eligibility. McIntosh was one of the stars of the Paris Olympics – among all Canadian athletes and swimmers male or female. McIntosh won gold in the women’s 200 butterfly, women’s 200 individual medley and 400 IM and silver in…
Alejandro Valverde could be the front-runner of a series of candidates for a men’s national team road coach at the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation. According to a report in AS, current coach Pascual Momparler is expected to move into a new role within the federation.Valverde retired from professional road racing two years ago after a two-decade-long career with 133 race wins, including the road race world title in 2018 and 348 podium finishes. He has continued competing in gravel racing, having won a handful of UCI Gravel World Series events in the past two years, including La Indomable twice, and finishing fourth…
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Dragons fan favourite Ollie Griffiths has been forced to call it a day
Former Wimbledon champion Neale Fraser has died aged 91.The Australian won the Wimbledon singles title in 1960 as well as the US National Championships in 1959 and 1960, when tennis was still an amateur sport.He also claimed 11 men’s doubles and five mixed doubles Slam titles and became the men’s singles world number one in 1959.Fraser was a member of four triumphant Davis Cup teams as a player before going on to captain Australia in the event for 24 years, winning it four further times.”A true legend of Australian tennis, who will be missed by so many around the world,”…
EMANUEL Navarrete believes more than just his WBO super-featherweight will be on the line in his title defence against Oscar Valdez. The pair clash in the Footprint Arena, Arizona, on Saturday evening (December 7) as part of an intriguing ESPN double-header that sees Ricardo Espinoza defend his WBO featherweight title against the man he snatched it from, Robeisy Ramirez. Like Espinoza-Ramirez, Navarrete-Valdez is a rematch. They already clashed in August 2023, where Navarrete defeated Valdez by scores of 116-112, 118-110 and 119-109. The fight felt closer and more competitive than the last two totals suggest. It was a fierce, passionate…
Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston can barely believe the company he’s now in after crashing the party with a stunning and most improbable Australian Open triumph in Melbourne.The world No.954 emerged from a big pack of home hopes to steal the Stonehaven Cup with a nerveless final-round four-under-par 68 at Kingston Heath on Sunday.With his girlfriend’s father carrying his bag as a makeshift caddie and with no ambitions to win, Johnston finished three shots clear of former amateur sensation Curtis Luck with an 18-under 269 victory total.Astonishingly, the victory was the 24-year-old’s first in a four-round tournament of any kind since…
LA Lakers trade rumours are perhaps the strongest of any team in the NBA at this moment in time, as they look to build a championship winning team once again. Analyst Kendrick Perkins has put forward not one, but two Utah Jazz players who he thinks would slot perfectly into their roster. Kendrick Perkins Fuels LA Lakers Trade Rumours With Double Jazz Suggestion The LA Lakers are by no means in panic mode having stretched their season record to 12-8 on Sunday night, but it’s far from the team-toppling juggernaut of years gone by. LA Lakers trade rumours continue to…
Tim Kennedy, a former UFC fighter and US military veteran, is facing mounting criticism for alleged fabrications and embellishments in his book, Scars and Stripes, detailing his service experiences. A recent episode of The Antihero Podcast, featuring commentary from veterans dissects Kennedy’s claims, pointing to numerous inconsistencies and improbable scenarios. Tim Kennedy Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy had a solid MMA career being a top contender in both Strikeforce and the UFC. He was proud of serving in the US military and would often speak about his time serving overseas and had recently published a book Scars and Stripes outlining…
2024 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS From December 10 to 15, 2024, some of the most prominent swimmers in the global aquatic scene will dive into the water. Among the lanes of the Duna Arena, athletes like Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith, Hubert Kos, and Siobhan Haughey will be ready to continue Hungary’s tradition as a stage for countless and spectacular world records. THE DUNA ARENA The place where magic happens lies opposite Margit-sziget, Margaret Island and is known as the Duna Arena. It is in the waters of this pool that extraordinary performances have occurred, such as those by…