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Daniel Wiffen: Paris Goals, Dispensing With Sports Psychologists & The Best Thing About Olympic Year ‘Daniel Wiffen makes Irish history’ has become a recurring line and one that may be written again in the coming weeks. His is a long list of firsts. No Irish swimmer had won a World Championship medal in the long-course pool before Wiffen claimed the 800/1500 double in Doha in February. The first Irish swimmer to set a world record with 7:20.46 in the 800 free at last year’s European Short-Course Championships, taking almost 3secs off Grant Hackett’s July 2008 mark, then…
Embrun – Isola 2000 144.6 km Arguably the queen stage of the race (probably Plateau de Beille?) and we’re going as high as the Tour de France is ever going to get as we take on the Cime de la Bonette Estimated finish time: 16:25-17:05 CEST Isolationist of the Day: Tadej Pogačar Let’s not pretend who the strongest is in this race. Whether he wins or not depends on if UAE or some other teams manage to keep the breakaway in check. Official Site , Startlist
Business Kendall Rogers – July 18, 2024 The days of college baseball programs being relegated to 11.7 scholarships are about to become a distant memory. The winds of change are constant around college athletics now. Still, one thing we know for sure is that with the NCAA’s landmark House case settlement, the landscape of athletics in general, and specifically baseball, is about to change forever. When the NCAA created the Transformation Committee three years ago, several high-level leaders, including Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey, mentioned increasing college baseball scholarships. At the time, the feeling was that baseball could eventually increase…
Crystal Palace finished in tenth place in the Premier League last season after ending their campaign in fine form under manager Oliver Glasner.They played some of the best attacking football in the league in the last couple of months and won six of their last seven matches.Thanks to the brilliant form of Michael Olise, who has now left to join Bayern Munich, and Eberechi Eze, the Eagles showed they are on the right track under the leadership of Glasner.The fans are excited about next season and they are hoping to continue where they left off.So, how do you buy tickets…
By Chris Foy Published: 10:08 EDT, 17 July 2024 | Updated: 10:08 EDT, 17 July 2024 England’s urgent quest to fast-track a new generation of formidable forwards will be aided by the confirmation of another ‘A’ team fixture in the autumn, against Australia.The RFU have announced that a national second-string side will be selected by Steve Borthwick to take on their Wallaby counterparts at The Stoop on Sunday, November 17. The match will follow the senior England team’s clash with world champions South Africa, just across the road at Twickenham the previous day – and eight days after Borthwick’s leading men…
Wimbledon singles champion Alfie Hewett will go for gold in Paris after being selected in a six-player wheelchair tennis ParalympicsGB squad for the 2024 Games.Hewett, 26, is a three-time Paralympics silver medallist, having been a runner-up in men’s singles and doubles at Rio 2016 and in doubles at Tokyo in 2021.Gordon Reid, who has won 21 Grand Slams as Hewett’s doubles partner, will join Hewett, Ben Bartram and Dahnon Ward in the men’s singles and doubles at Roland Garros.Hewett will head to France on a high after landing a first Wimbledon singles title, completing a career Grand Slam, while he…
AFTER the demise of Benny Lynch, the world flyweight champion, in June 1938, Britain was still in an excellent position to provide enough little men to contest the newly vacant title. Lynch had failed to make the weight in a defence against the American, Jackie Jurich, at the home of St Mirren football club in Paisley, coming in not only above the flyweight limit but, at eight stone, six and a half pounds, also above the bantamweight limit. Despite being knocked out by Lynch in 12 rounds, Jurich claimed the vacant title, having made the weight. The Ring magazine was…
Jul 18, 2024, 10:30 PM ETTRUCKEE, Calif. — Ben Silverman birdied seven of his last nine holes and scored 19 points to take the lead Thursday in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system.Silverman had 10 birdies and a bogey on Tahoe Mountain Club’s tree-lined Old Greenwood layout for a two-point lead over Kelly Kraft.”This place is gorgeous,” said Silverman, the 36-year-old Canadian seeking his first PGA Tour victory. “Really like this golf course.”Players receive eight points for a double eagle, five for eagle and two for birdie. A point is deducted…
The time being spent between so many incredible players in Team USA’s training camp ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris next week has been remarkable for many reasons. Not only are they all All-Star calibre superstars, but also many have been fierce rivals for many years and are now finally sharing the same locker room. From a fan’s point of view, so many moments being lived between them are golden, just like Jayson Tatum’s recent anecdote in which he regretted the fact that LeBron James rejected signing an autograph for him when he was only 11 years of age.…
Expected to make his comeback to the Octagon at the end of the year in a blockbuster headliner at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Jon Jones has revealed he currently weighs 260lbs ahead of his clash with veteran ex-champion, Stipe Miocic. Jones, a former two-time light heavyweight champion and a current heavyweight titleholder, has been out of action for over 500 days since his most recent return to the UFC – without a fight since March of last year. Sidelined through injury setbacks, Rochester native, Jones most recently snatched the then-vacant heavyweight crown in a dominant opening round guillotine…