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The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) recently recovered the country’s first Olympic gold medal, which was originally won by swimmer Malcolm Champion at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Champion originally won the medal as a member of the joint Australasian 4x200m freestyle relay team alongside Australians Harold Hardwick, Cecil Healy and Les Boardman. Notably, the team finished in a time of 10:11.6, which stood as a world record at the time. It was also the last time that Australia and New Zealand competed as a joint Australasian team at the Olympic Games. Though that medal was the only…
As the Tour de France hit the foot of Plateau de Beille on Sunday afternoon, a graphic appeared on the screen with the details of the climb. Viewers were informed the ascent was 15.8km long and the average gradient was 7.9%, and they were also told that the fastest time up the climb had been recorded by Thibaut Pinot.This was true only to a point. Pinot’s time of 45:08, clocked on the Tour’s last visit in 2015, was the quickest time recorded on the Strava app. In a different and more analogue age, however, the late Marco Pantani had clocked…
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When it comes to footballers and businessmen, gone are the days where the players would live hand-to-mouth after their retirement. They have become extremely business savvy, leveraging their humongous earnings during their playing career to set themselves up nicely for retirement life. Perhaps no other player symbolises that new age of the business-minded footballer more than Gerard Pique. As the head of Kosmos, not only does he have his own football club FC Andorra, which FootTheBall covered exclusively with inside access, but he also has various other business ventures thriving and potential, with his personality, a political role waiting for…
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Djokovic has only lost three of his 10 Wimbledon finals – and two of those have been to Alcaraz.He has won a major on all three surfaces and, perhaps most ominously for his rivals, the Slams seem to bring out his most tenacious qualities.He has an astonishing 12-1 record in fifth sets, having not lost one since the 2022 Australian Open when he was just starting to break through, and he came back from two sets to one down at both Wimbledon and Roland Garros.His big-hitting is suited to hard courts, he has the movement for the clay and the…
By: Sean Crose IBF welterweight champion, Jaron “Boots” Ennis put his title on the line Saturday night in his hometown of Philadelphia against David Avanesyan. Ennis was widely favored to win the main event of a DAZN broadcast card, but boxing is the sport where anything seems to be possible. Ennis, who appeared to tower over his opponent, immediately took to Avanesyan with his jab. Avanesyan went down from a low blow later in the opening round. After resuming the action, Avanesyan was drilled by a series of Ennis’ shots. The second round was a rather blistering affair. Ennis zipped…
Jul 14, 2024, 04:17 PM ETNORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Robert MacIntyre won an Open that felt like a major to him on Sunday when he made a 22-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 67 to win the Scottish Open, becoming the first Scot in 25 years to win his national open.MacIntyre seized on a huge break on the par-5 16th when he realized he was standing on a sprinkler head in rough so deep he could barely see his golf ball. He received a free drop in shorter grass and blasted his approach from 248 yards…
The Boston Celtics have signed wing Ron Harper Jr. to a non-guaranteed training camp contract. Harper is currently playing Summer League with the Celtics. The 6-foot-6 wing was with the Toronto Raptors on a two-way contract for a season-plus. In 43 G League games in 2022-23, Harper averaged 17.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.3 blocks.
Din Thomas is high on Jean Silva. Maybe a little too high. Two weeks removed from his second-round knockout of Charles Jourdain at UFC 303, ‘Lord Assassin’ returned to the Octagon in The Mile High City for a short-notice scrap with heavy-handed Denver native Drew Dober. Silva’s impressive speed was on full display from the get-go, peppering Dober with his left hand before busting open his opponent with a couple of perfectly timed spinning back elbows. Despite being in the driver’s seat from the opening bell, Dober never once took his foot off the gas. Unfortunately, Dober’s cut continued to…