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These are your rugby headlines on Monday, August 12.
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By: Sean Crose The 21-0 Virgil Ortiz slipped in between the ropes at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas Saturday evening to face his biggest challenge to date, the 24-1 Serhii Bohachuk. Not only was Bohachuk’s WBC interim world super welterweight title at stake in the scheduled 12 round affair, a high profile and lucrative future was on the line for each fighter, as well. With names like Terence Crawford and Tim Tszyu possibly appearing on the horizon, both Ortiz and Bohachuk had every reason in the world to be motivated to leave it all in the ring on…
England’s Aaron Rai secured his first PGA Tour victory after shooting an 18-under-par total to win the Wyndham Championship. The 29-year-old from Wolverhampton closed with a 6-under 64 in the FedExCup Regular Season finale held at Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina to win by two shots from Max Greyserman. “It truly is a dream come true,” said Rai, who is a two-time winner on the DP World Tour. ”So many people have played a huge role in me being at this point.” In addition to his brilliant play, Rai’s path victory was dealt a huge boost when long-time leader…
The Utah Jazz are signing former Boston Celtics forward Svi Mykhailiuk to a four-year, $15 million contract, agent Michael Lelchitski of SIG Sports informed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The first year of Mykhailiuk’s contract is fully guaranteed at $3.5 million, according to The Athletic’s Tony Jones. His next three years are non-guaranteed. Mykhailiuk, 27, will have the chance to earn minutes at both wing spots. The Jazz will be Mykhailiuk’s eighth team since coming into the league. Mykhailiuk was selected 47th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2018 NBA draft out of Kansas. Free agent F Svi Mykhailiuk has…
Just weeks removed from his impressive win at UFC 304 in Manchester, newly-top-15 ranked lightweight contender, Paddy Pimblett has shown off a huge move up in weight once more – weighing close to 200lbs following his latest win. Pimblett, the current number number fifteen ranked lightweight contender, returned to action at UFC 304 at the end of last month, turning in his sixth consecutive victory against perennial contender, King Green with a brutal opening round triangle choke submission win. The victory came as Paddy Pimblett’s latest following a prior decision win over former interim lightweight titleholder, Tony Ferguson. Paddy Pimblett…
Open Water Swimmers Bettina Fabian, Leonie Beck Recovering after Olympic Marathon Swimmers Bettina Fabian of Hungary and Leonie Beck of Germany posted to social media about ill effects from the Olympic marathon swim in Paris’ River Seine. Beck posted to her Instagram stories that she had “vomited 9 times yesterday + diarrhea” after taking part in Thursday’s 10-kilometer swim at the Olympics. In an update Sunday morning, she thanked followers for their well wishes and said she was “feeling already way better.” The German swimming federation reported that both Beck and Leonie Martens were suffering symptoms, as…
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s decision to retire from a sparkling off-road career, leave Ineos Grenadiers and return to road racing with Visma-Lease a Bike has been one of the most talked about transfers of the year.The reigning mountain bike World and Olympic Champion has indicated that a driving force behind the decision is her desire to win the Tour de France Femmes during the next chapter of her career. The third edition of the eight-stage race starts on Monday in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where Cyclingnews caught up with Ferrand-Prévot’s soon-to-be teammate Marianne Vos and Visma-Lease manager Rutger Tyssen to discuss her prospects…
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Arsenal are hoping to continue their transfer business this summer with just three weeks left in the transfer window.The Gunners have managed to permanently sign David Raya from Brentford this summer while also completing a move for Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna.The North Londoners are looking for more additions as manager Mikel Arteta prepares his team again to fight Manchester City for the Premier League title.According to Football Insider, Arsenal are plotting a move for Bayern Munich attacker Kingsley Coman.German giants Bayern Munich are interested in letting the player leave the club this summer.They have signed Michael Olise from Crystal Palace…