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Marc HIrschi will be rushing straight from overall victory at the Czech Tour with UAE Team Emirates to join the Swiss team in Paris, with the rider a late call-up for the Olympic Games road race after the decision was made to withdraw Stefan Bissegger.Bissegger, who came sixth at the 32.4km individual time trial on Saturday, was due to race alongside Stefan Küng at the 273km August 3 event but has been grappling with back pain.”Since the end of the Tour de France a week ago, the 25-year-old from Thurgau has been suffering from muscle pain in his back, which…
Link Jarrett, Florida State (Eddie Kelly) Coaches Corner Kendall Rogers – July 29, 2024 The 2024 college baseball season had an abundance of intriguing storylines. One of those storylines, Tennessee’s run to its first national title, was highlighted last week with Tony Vitello earning D1Baseball.com Coach of the Year honors. What Vitello accomplished this past season, and before, with the Volunteers is nothing short of remarkable. But he’s not the only head coach making big waves in the coaching community. Bowling Green’s Kyle Hallock engineered one of the sport’s greatest turnarounds this past season, Kentucky’s Nick Mingione continues to shine,…
There is reportedly a growing confidence that Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain will reach an agreement over the transfer of Manuel Ugarte at some point this summer.This is despite the fact that Man Utd and PSG still remain some way apart in their valuation of the Uruguay international at the moment, according to a report from Football Transfers.Ugarte has not been entirely convincing since joining PSG, even though he impressed at his former club Sporting Lisbon, and it perhaps makes sense that Luis Enrique is now ready to let him leave the Parc des Princes after just one season.United surely…
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Watch the moment GB’s Andy Murray and Dan Evans beat Daniel Taro and Kei Nishikori of Japan in the first round of the men’s doubles at Paris 2024.
Heather Hardy jumping rope at Gleason’s Gym. Photo by Ryan Songalia The most famous boxing gym in the world just got a little more famous. Gleason’s Gym, the Brooklyn-based gym where Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran and many other champions prepared for their championship fights, will have the street in front of the building re-named in its honor. The corner of Water Street and Adams Street in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn will be co-named Gleason’s Gym Way after New York City Council passed a bill last month approving 100 streets and public places throughout the city to be fitted with…
KJ Choi became the first South Korean to win a Senior Major title as he claimed a two-stroke victory in The Senior Open at Carnoustie in Scotland. The 54-year-old started slowly but ignited around the turn to put daylight between himself and the chasing pack as he signed for a closing two-under-par 70 and a winning total of ten under, two clear of Australia’s Richard Green. The eight-time PGA TOUR winner opened with a bogey and dropped further shots at the fifth and sixth as the leaderboard became bunched, with a number of players in contention. Playing partner Green and…
The United States got the Olympics off to a good start with a blowout victory over Serbia. However, the win came with a bit of weird twist, as Jayson Tatum didn’t play in the game for Team USA. Following the game, United States head coach Steve Kerr said that with Kevin Durant back in the fold, he couldn’t get everyone into the game. “It’s tough, but Jayson handled it really well. I talked to him today before the game, that it may play out this way just with Kevin coming back, and the lineups I wanted to get to,” Kerr…
Japanese star, Ren Hiramoto minted himself as the inaugural Last Man Standing title victor this morning in his home country, laying waste to Mikuru Asakura – felling the former two-time Rizin FF bantamweight championship challenger with a dominant opening round KO win in the headliner of Super Rizin 3. Hiramoto, who had been sidelined since he featured in December of last year in a unanimous decision win against YA-MAN – made incredibly short work of Asakura this morning at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, finishing the former title chaser in the opening round of their Last Man Standing championship…
Paris Olympics Day 2, Semi-Finals, Women’s 200m Freestyle: Insights from Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O The Olympic 200m freestyle final is shaping up to be a classic Aussie Duel In The Pool – with defending champion Ariarne Titmus in the gold corner and her Queensland club mate Mollie O’Callaghan in the green – the two fastest swimmers in history. In today’s second semi-final Arnie held on to out-touch Mollie O…Titmus in 1:54.64 (55:55/59.09) and O’Callaghan in 1:54.70 (56.32/58.38) – the final will be Arnie’s arms v Mollie’s legs and they have given some frank insights into how they will prepare…