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Fabian Schar insists Newcastle United can ‘play a lot better’ and are desperate to reach the ‘next level’ following their win over Wolves on Sunday.The Magpies came from a goal down to beat Wolves 2-1 at Molineux thanks to two brilliant long-distance strikes from Schar and Harvey Barnes.Newcastle now sit joint-second and unbeaten with 10 points from four Premier League games so far.However, Eddie Howe’s men haven’t been overly convincing, with all three victories coming by a single goal along with a 1-1 draw away at Bournemouth at the end of August.Fabian Schar calls on Newcastle to reach the ‘next…

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Johnny Fisher was supposed to headline on September 28 against Andriy Rudenko in the Copper Box Arena. An injury forced the big heavyweight out of action. Before Fisher smashed up his most recent foe, Alen Babic, in under a minute, Declan Taylor caught up with the big man to separate fact from fiction – and talk Chinese food. IN THE kitchen at the House of Fisher is a famous table, which for weeks now has been covered almost entirely in paper tickets. The table is probably the most viewed item of its kind in Britain due to its prevalence on…

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The United States won the Solheim Cup for the first time in seven years after a closely fought final day singles contest at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia. The matches remained on a knife edge until Lilia Vu made a brilliant birdie on the 18th to earn the half-point needed for the home to reach 14½ points and win the Solheim Cup for the United States. The final score was 15.5-12.5 in America’s favour as they clinched the cup for the first time since 2017. At the start of the final day, Team USA had a 10-6 advantage over…

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The Cleveland Cavaliers and restricted free agent forward Isaac Okoro agreed to a three-year, $38 million contract Saturday afternoon, agents Michael Tellem, Jeff Schwartz, and Marcus Monk told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Cleveland Cavaliers extended a one-year qualifying offer worth $11.83 million to Isaac Okoro in June Okoro, 23, was selected fifth overall by the Cavaliers in the 2020 NBA draft out of Auburn. The 6-foot-5 Okoro was the last restricted free agent left on the market, according to NBA.com’s Free Agent Tracker. Cleveland extended a one-year qualifying offer worth $11.83 million to Okoro on June 29. He reportedly turned down…

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Jake Paul wasn’t going to be denied at UFC 306. The influencer and boxer, who claims he was banned by the UFC over two years ago, put on a special disguise and says he snuck into the historic event at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday night. As he pointed out in the video below, it’s been awhile since pulled off the kind of hijinks that helped make him famous when he was younger. UFC CEO Dana White and UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira both walked by Paul, who seemed to have great seats at the memorable event. After…

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Final Report on Chinese Doping Cases Casts Blame on CHINADA But Clears WADA Again In early July, an independent prosecutor appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) declared that the global organization had broken no rules in its investigation of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) in early 2021. However, the final version of the report from Eric Cottier has noted that China’s domestic body governing anti-doping (CHINADA) did commit violations in clearing the swimmers without issuing provisional suspensions. Still, the report maintains throughout that WADA acted justly and did not show any bias toward Chinese swimmers…

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Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) laid down a final ominous marker before he heads to the Zürich UCI Road World Championships as the favourite for the road race, riding solo to his 22nd win of the year at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal after a blistering attack 23.3km from the finish.Such was his dominance that the Slovenian even had time to high-five Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec winner and close friend Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) as he powered up the Avenue du Parc one final time, with soigneurs and team manager Mauro Gianetti following suit as the Emirati team celebrated…

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