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Roberto Satoshi has undeniable grappling skills but has also shown clear evolution in the stand-up game after folding Brazilian knockout artist Luiz Gustavo in just 21 seconds in his most recent title defense. Back to the ring on Dec. 31, he hopes to be seen differently outside of Japan. The jiu-jitsu expert puts his 155-pound belt on the line against Vugar Karamov at the iconic Saitama Super Arena in Japan and said in an interview with MMA Fighting that he likes the fact his opponent has done well in other promotions before becoming featherweight champion in RIZIN. “I told you…
On December 24th, Swimming Australia announced that Michael Sage would be taking over as head coach of the University of the Sunshine Coast for the next 12 months. This comes after previous head coach Michael Palfrey was fired from his position after comments made at the Paris Olympics supporting a Korean Swimmer over an Australian. Sage had been working as the assistant coach under Palfrey, and has presumably remained in that position since Palfrey was let go in September. The University of the Sunshine Coast performance hub is one of eight Olympic Swimming hubs in the country. Swimming Australia created…
Australian champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon will lead her Liv-AlUla-Jayco team on home soil at the first UCI race of the 2025 season at the Women’s Santos Tour Down Under. After a standout 2024 highlighted by her first WorldTour victory – a stage at the Tour of Britain – the 26-year-old rider will be looking to nab a stage win at home. As a neo-pro in 2022, Roseman-Gannon made a big impression by winning a stage and the overall victory at the Santos Festival of Cycling. In 2023, when the race was elevated to the Women’s WorldTour, she nabbed a fifth-place stage finish…
Fall Report Walter Villa – December 28, 2024 In these days of baseball analytics, it’s time to create a new statistic for Dave Tollett, and, in his case, it’s 52 WA.In other words, Tollett – in 35 years of coaching – has attended the weddings (WA) of 52 of his former players.“When the young man wants you there on one of the most important days of his life,” Tollett said, “you know you’re doing something right.”Tollett – the only coach in the history of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles baseball program – has done a lot of things right as…
The rugby season is over, you say?You’d be forgiven for thinking that, however, it is now less than two months until the start of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season, with the Super Rugby Women’s season set to commence exactly two weeks afterwards.With the Wallabies set for their first camp ahead of the Lions tour in January, things are expected to get underway a lot quicker than usual in 2025 – as both the men’s and women’s sides of the game will face their biggest seasons of rugby in years.The Wallabies will welcome the British & Irish Lions in July,…
Nick Kyrgios says the high-profile doping cases involving Grand Slam winners Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek are “disgusting” for tennis.Italian men’s world number one Sinner still faces the threat of a possible suspension after he twice tested positive for an anabolic steroid in March.Swiatek, also 23, served a one-month suspension after testing positive for a banned heart medication in August, when the Pole was women’s world number one.”I just think that it’s been handled horrifically in our sport,” said Australian Kyrgios, 29.”Two world number ones both getting done for doping is disgusting for our sport. “It’s a horrible look.”Kyrgios is…
World number one Scottie Scheffler has undergone surgery on a hand injury he sustained while cooking Christmas dinner. The 28-year-old American has been forced to withdraw from the first tournament of the season, next week’s The Sentry in Hawaii, after cutting his right hand on broken glass. The PGA Tour said: “World number one and 2024 FedEx Cup Champion Scottie Scheffler has withdrawn from the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opening tournament, The Sentry, which will take place next week, January 2-5 at The Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii.” Scheffler, who won seven PGA Tour titles last year, hopes to…
The NBA fined Joel Embiid $75,000 for making obscene gestures in the first half of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 118-114 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. Embiid finished the game with 27 points and nine rebounds. Embiid fell on the court during warmups prior to the game and grabbed his right ankle. Embiid would remain in the starting lineup.
Is it time for Robert Whittaker to move to light heavyweight? Despite holding down a spot in the middleweight top five, ‘The Reaper’ finds himself in a tough spot after failing to see his hand raised against the division’s reigning champion Dricus Du Plessis, and suffering a brutal first-round submission loss against undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev. As a result, Whittaker could be waiting a long time for another crack at 185-pound gold, leading some to speculate that he could high-tail it for light heavyweight where the contender’s pool is a lot thinner. One man who loves the idea of…
Male NCAA Swim of the Year: Leon Marchand Dabbled with 500 Freestyle; Refined Limits of Possibility For more than two years, Leon Marchand has been considered the world’s best swimmer, dominating the individual medley events like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte did during their heydays while also becoming the best in the world in the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke. When Marchand won four individual gold medals at the Paris Olympics, he joined Phelps and Mark Spitz as the only male swimmers to ever achieve such success at a single Games. But as dominant as Marchand has become in long course, he is even…