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Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 3: Summer McIntosh, David Popovici Favored to Reach Gold-Medal Podium After one hundred years, the world’s premier sporting event returns to Paris. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin July 26, and there will be 329 events in 32 sports, with roughly 10,500 athletes from 184 countries. This year’s Games mark the third time that Paris will have hosted the event, becoming only the second city to do so. Swimming’s 35 pool events will begin on Saturday, July 27, and will continue for nine days through Aug. 4 at the Paris La Défense Arena. Following is how…
The Tour de France rivalry between Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard might go down in history as the closest of all time – not measured in one year, but across the four editions they’ve battled as the top two riders.Cyclingnews looked at the time gaps across 84 stages of racing between the start of the 2021 Tour de France and the end of this year’s edition in Nice and discovered just how equally matched the two riders are.Overall Tour de France wins(Image credit: ASO)Pogačar, despite being the younger of the two, has raced one more Tour de France than Vingegaard…
Summer Baseball David Seifert – July 22, 2024 Amateur summer leagues around the country have been off and rolling since early June with big arms popping up everywhere. Our detailed reports on the USA Collegiate National Teams and the Cape Cod League are forthcoming, but until then, here’s a look at the heat we’ve seen pumped so far this summer. SUMMER HEAT 1.0:
Unusually for Chelsea of late, they’re not having things all their own way in the transfer market.The Blues under Todd Boehly have become an organisation that has set the pace in the summer windows, whether on incomings or outgoings.So far this summer, they’ve seen long-term target, Victor Osimhen, potentially slip through their fingers, and though the Nigerian hit-man hasn’t yet put pen to paper on a deal with Paris Saint-Germain, he’s nearer to doing exactly that with the French giants than he is with the West London outfit.If the American was confident of making a splash with the signing of…
Scrum half, who has won 127 caps, fell down in front of 30 Leicester Tigers fansYoungs was diagnosed with arrhythmia and supraventricular tachycardiaEngland’s record appearance maker expects to be fit for the start of next seasonBy Chris Foy Published: 11:29 EDT, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 16:58 EDT, 22 July 2024 Ben Youngs has revealed that he is recovering from heart surgery after fearing the worst when he suffered a medical scare during an open training session at Leicester.The 34-year-old scrum-half had a two-hour operation in Birmingham, having been diagnosed with arrhythmia and supraventricular tachycardia. England’s most-capped men’s player – who made a…
Watch highlights of a gripping final as Barbora Krejcikova withstands a Jasmine Paolini comeback to win her first Wimbledon title.
THE influence of Turki Alalshikh continues to grow with news released today that two of the biggest promotional companies in America will work alongside Riyadh Season. Having forged working relationships with Matchroom and Queensberry Promotions which has seen the likes of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fight in Saudi Arabia there is now a fresh appetite for Alalshikh to expand his plans Stateside. In the February 8 issue of Boxing News Alalshikh topped our list of the 50 Most Influential In Boxing. We wrote: “At the time of writing, there is no one man more influential in this sport than…
Jul 22, 2024, 03:27 PM ETBLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills.Charlie Woods birdied both of the par-5s on the Oakland Hills North Course and struggled on the par-3s and par-4s, carding five double bogeys and four bogeys.Woods will have to have quite a turnaround Tuesday on the South Course, which Ben Hogan called “The Monster,” to be among the low 64 scorers from a field that started with 264 players from 40 states and 35 countries.At an event that usually…
Where is South Sudan? You might ask. Well, after testing the all-mighty Team USA this weekend, you probably won’t forget them now. In fact, the U.S. men’s national team should have nightmares when thinking about how the African country almost upset them during Saturday night’s exhibition match before the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. If it wasn’t for LeBron James’ last-second heroics, the American squad might have not been able to escape with a 101-100 win at the O2 Arena. This is why South Sudan, who at one point lead the scoreboard by 16 points, are called the ‘Bright Stars.’ The…
Leon Edwards has much bigger fish to fry. This Saturday night, July 27, ‘Rocky’ will return to the Octagon in his home country seeking a successful third defense of his welterweight world title. Standing in his way will be streaking division standout and the top-ranked contender at 170, Belal Muhammad. Recently, Edwards found himself at the center of a callout from former foe and UFC fan favorite Nate Diaz after the TUF alumnus scored a majority decision victory over Jorge Masvidal in Anaheim. “My main objective is to be the best fighter in the world so I wanna go back…