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Riley Amos (USA) may not have earned a medal at the men’s cross-country mountain bike event at the Paris Olympic Games, but his effort among legends of the sport became a legendary game-changer all the same for the 22-year-old. A seventh-place finish was the best-ever finish for a male US rider in the 28-year history of XCO in the Olympic Games. His compatriot Haley Batten secured the silver medal in the women’s cross-country race the previous day. Amos said all his emotions came out when a USA Cycling representative told him just after the finish that he had the best result to…
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Atletico Madrid have contacted Fiorentina to enquire about the signing of Sofyan Amrabat as the midfielder is set to leave the Serie A club this summer. That is according to transfer expert Matteo Moretto, who reports that the La Liga giants have an interest in the Morocco international.Diego Simeone is trying to strengthen his midfield ahead of the new season getting underway next month and Amrabat is a talented player who can be acquired at a cheap price. The Spanish club attempted to sign the Fiorentina star last summer but in the end, they lost the race to Man United.Amrabat would spend…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Australia’s Women’s Sevens team have completed a clean sweep of Pool B at the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens, defeating Ireland 19-14 to secure their quarter-finals berth.With Charlotte Caslick rested and injuries striking the side, Australia turned to their depth to sure up this fixture – and it delivered a well-controlled win, with the World Series champions taking full advantage of the few chances on offer.Australia came into the match after posting massive victories over South Africa and Great Britain, however, facing a well-disciplined Irish…
Novak Djokovic outclassed his long-time rival Rafael Nadal to win their Olympic second-round match and continue his bid to land an elusive gold medal.Serbia’s Djokovic, 37, looked on a different level to Nadal for most of a one-sided contest which he won 6-1 6-4 on the Roland Garros clay.Djokovic led 4-0 in the second set to quell the partisan support for the Spaniard, before 38-year-old Nadal fought back to wipe out the double break.But Djokovic, like we have seen him do so many times, stepped on the gas again to break for 5-4 and serve out victory.”I’m very relieved,” said…
BY: Sean Crose Derek Chisora was through. Such was the figurative word on the street. Joe Joyce hadn’t impressed in some time, but it was assumed he wasn’t at the low point of his career that Chisora was. Hence, the two heavyweight contenders stepped into London’s O2 Arena on Saturday for what fans an analysts expected to be an entertaining bout, but a bout which would end in a Joyce victory nonetheless. Things however, did not go as planned. Not that Joyce did poorly in the scheduled ten rounder between himself and Chisora. He did quite well, actually. Chisora, however,…
Jul 28, 2024, 09:32 PM ETCALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin won the CPKC Women’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, pulling away from Haeran Ryu with a two-stroke swing on the par-3 17th.Tied for the lead after Ryu three-putted for bogey on the par-4 16th, Coughlin hit a 6-iron to 8 feet and birdied the 195-yard 17th. Ryu then missed a 3-foot par try to fall two shots back.”It was kind of a tweener of a club,” Coughlin said. “I could really only hit 6 and I needed to take some off it or else it might…
As Stephen Curry’s contract is set to end in Golden State after the 2025-26 season, he is eligible to extend for an extra year this summer. However, as the player is currently concentrated in Team USA’s pursuit of the gold medal in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, this negotiation remains on the club’s to-do-list until he returns from action. Nevertheless, the All-Star guard has made it clear that his desire is to remain a member of the only NBA franchise he’s ever played for until he retires. And now it seems that the Bay Area front office is on…
Two championship belts will be on the line when RIZIN returns to Saitama Super Arena on Sept. 29, the promotion announced Sunday. Lightweight king Roberto Satoshi defends his 155-pound title for the first time since April 17, 2022, when he faces Brazilian knockout artist Luiz Gustavo in the main event of RIZIN 48 in Saitama, Japan. In the co-main event, Naoki Inoue battles Soo Chul Kim for the bantamweight title Kai Asakura recently vacated to sign with the UFC. Satoshi (16-3) went 2-2 in non-title fights since the night he tapped out Johnny Case, finishing veteran Keita Nakamura in his…
2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games Katharine Berkoff blasted to a strong start in the first race of her debut Olympics Monday morning, posting a time of 57.99 in the preliminary heats of the women’s 100-meter back. The only swimmer under the 58 mark in prelims, Berkoff heads into the semifinals as the top seed after clocking in almost half a second ahead of both Australia’s Kaylee McKeown (58.45) and fellow American Regan Smith (58.48). Known for her speed and willingness to attack the race on both ends, Berkoff had the fastest closing split in the field with a 29.85 to…