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By: Sean Crose In a classic battle between the grizzled vet and the rising star, Sergiy Derevyachenko fought Christian Mbilli before ESPN cameras Saturday night in Montreal. The 15-5 Derevyanchenko, who had failed in numerous attempts to secure a world title, was looking to once again be seen as a force. Mbilli, on the other hand, was looking to show that he was the real thing after earning a resume of 27-0. The fight was scheduled for 10 rounds in the super middleweight division. Employing excellent, aggressive footwork, Mbilli immediately took to pursuing his older opponent (Derevyanchenko had almost a…

Stephen Jensen from Cornwall was crowned English Senior Men’s Amateur champion for a second time in three years after a riveting final against Leicestershire’s Steve Sansome at Brancepeth Castle on Friday. In a sensational match, Jensen looked set to go 5-down while heading towards the 10th green, but the 58-year-old produced a miraculous turnaround to win the title on the 18th hole in dramatic fashion. Brancepeth Castle was in great condition as the sun shone and the first two holes of the day saw both make comfortable pars before the first bit of drama arrived on the 3rd. Jensen went…

Indiana Fever rookie and U.S. Olympic snub Caitlin Clark is the first WNBA player in history to record at least 50 points and 25 assists over any two-game span. The Phoenix Mercury’s three U.S. Olympic team members struggled to keep up with her Friday night. Clark, 22, picked up where she left off after resting for a month during the WNBA Olympic break. She scored 13 of her 29 points in the first quarter and added 10 assists and four 3-pointers to help Indiana defeat Phoenix 98-89. “You knew they were going to come in here with a lot of…

UFC 305 took place Saturday, and MMA Junkie provided live round-by-round coverage and official results. UFC 305 (pay-per-view/ESPN/ESPN+) took place at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) took on two-time former champ Israel Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) in what has became a racially charged and deeply personal main event. Recent flyweight title challenger Steve Erceg (12-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) met Kai Kara-France (25-11 MMA, 8-4 UFC) in the co-feature. Below, you can find the results and round-by-round coverage of the event. *** UFC 305 Results MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)…

Veteran Coach Scott Teeters to Lead Eastern Illinois Program Scott Teeters, a veteran head coach at the college level, has been hired to lead Eastern Illinois. Introduced on Thursday, he’s the 10th coach in program history but the fourth in as many seasons for a Panthers program that has seen recent upheaval. The program was suspended last November due to hazing allegations, which led to the departure of coach Jonathan Jordan. Teeters has been a coach for 40 years, including 25 years in college with programs like Eastern Michigan, Oakland and Gardner-Webb. “I would like to thank…

Brandon McNulty blasted through the opening stage 1 time trial to claim the first red leader’s jersey of the 2024 Vuelta a España on Saturday. The American TT champion clocked a time of 12:35 on the 12km route from Lisbon to Oeiras.Czech TT champion Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) sits second overall at two seconds down, and leads the best young rider classification. Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) is third, three seconds back. Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) is fourth, at six seconds down while Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Josh Tarling (Ineos-Grenadiers) are both at 8 seconds in fifth and sixth place…

Florida State/Brewster LHP Jacob Marlowe (Photo courtesy of Brewster Whitecaps) Summer Baseball Joe Healy – August 17, 2024 Brewster was 12-14 on the evening of July 17 after a 7-0 win over Harwich, putting it in solid contention for making the postseason out of the East Division, but a late-season slide that saw the Whitecaps go winless in 12 of their final 13 games sent them spiraling down the standings toward a last-place finish and a 13-25-2 record.  There’s no way around the fact that pitching was the biggest issue for Brewster when it was all said and done, as…

West Ham are considering a move for Roma striker Tammy Abraham with the London Stadium his most likely destination according to reports in Italy.It’s been all change this summer with Julen Lopetegui the new man in charge and the Hammers have been busy in the window making a number of signings.The club have added some real quality with the likes of Max Kilman, Crysencio Summerville, Jean-Clair Todibo, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Niclas Fullkrug all joining.West Ham Abraham’s most likely destinationThe Hammers will be aiming for European qualification and an improvement on the ninth placed finish of last season.Despite making a number of…

The sun is setting on a balmy August evening at Kineton Sports & Social Club as George Hendy sips a questionable choice in lager and discusses his impressive summer sporting achievements.’We drink Carling here,’ says Hendy, the promising Northampton back and hero of their Premiership title win last season. ‘It’s the rules.’ OK then.Thankfully, Hendy’s on-field prowess is better than his beverage selection at the bar. Not only is he one of English rugby’s brightest young talents, he is also a more-than-handy cricketer. The 21-year-old has followed up his stunning substitute cameo at Twickenham with a series of impressive performances…

The decision by the French Open to put Grigor Dimitrov’s unfinished match against Zizou Bergs on Court Philippe Chatrier before Djokovic and Musetti in the night session backfired.That match, which was rained off on Friday, was moved to Chatrier when it looked like Alexander Zverev was going to wrap up a four-set victory against Tallon Griekspoor in the final match of the day session.However, that went to five sets before Dimitrov, who restarted the match with a one-set advantage, needed four sets to beat Bergs.It meant Djokovic and Italy’s Musetti, who should have started at 8:15pm local time, did not…