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Alexandre Pantoja had little to gain and a lot to lose at UFC 310, but he made the most of a tricky situation and turned in another sterling performance. The reigning flyweight champion notched the third straight defense of his flyweight title, taking the best shots that octagon newcomer Kai Asakura had to offer before putting him to sleep with a rear-naked choke submission in the second round. Asakura was already an out-of-left field challenger, so what’s next for Pantoja, who has beaten many of his rivals, some of them twice over? On an all-new edition of On To the…
Irvine to Serve as Host for 2026 Pan Pacific Championships USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced that the world-renowned William Woollett Junior Aquatics Center in Irvine, California, will host the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. The 2026 edition of the meet will include the 10K Open Water Championships and will mark the first time since 2018 that the United States has hosted the competition. The pool competition is set for August 12-15, while the Open Water competition date will be announced later. The Pan Pacific Championships, held every four…
Junior track and road standout Joelle Messemer of Germany and three returning riders bring the 2025 Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto Generation roster to eight, with the final addition, the winner of the 2024 Zwift Academy, to be confirmed early next year.The Continental team welcomes back three-time Rwandan road champion Diane Ingabire, Ugandan time trial champion Florence Nakagwa, and British climbing talent Awen Roberts with contract extensions through the end of next season. The four riders named on Monday join a quartet of riders who have already renewed contracts for 2025 – Selam Amha Gerefiel (Ethiopia), Maddie Le Roux (South Africa), Jule Märkl (Germany…
Fall Report Walter Villa – December 9, 2024 MIAMI — When Brylan West graduated from Tampa’s Freedom High in 2020, he had no scholarship offers.Not from the NCAA.Not from the NAIA.Not even from a junior college.West, a corner infielder, could always hit. The problem was that he was grossly overweight at 298 pounds.But when COVID came around that spring, West didn’t have access to as much food as usual, and he started to lose weight. He lost 20 pounds … then 40 … 50 … and, finally, 70 pounds.While that weight loss was happening, West went to a prep school…
When next you go to the pub to win the trivia competition, remember New Zealand’s fullback phenom Will Jordan has been selected for every World Rugby Dream Team. This year he was joined by fellow All Blacks tight-head Tyrel Lomax and fly-half Damian McKenzie; all three perhaps surprising decisions (hooker Codie Taylor was unlucky to be slighted in favour of a below normal but still very good Malcolm Marx).Rather than cherry pick apart the Dream Team like a TMO forensically disallowing tries which would have been best of the years prior to the 1990s, we should probably look at the…
Jake Paul and his brother Logan are going to be the next big names in boxing. Now I know that the first line of this blog is going to irritate, maybe even outrage so many people and so will this video below where I tell you why. Jake Paul, the YouTube star has just boxed his second pro fight against Nate Jones who is a former 10 year NBA veteran. In a horrendous mismatch (Boxing News questions how Jones was licensed here) Jake knocked him out in the second round. After the fight he called out Conor McGregor. This is just…
The world of golf was rocked when a new competition vacuumed up many of the top contemporary players when LIV Golf announced its first season in 2022. Greg Norman, a 20-time PGA tour event winner, was one of the most vocal advocates of LIV Golf, later being confirmed as the CEO of the parent company, despite it being financially backed by the Saudi Arabian government. Despite that, it just never seemed to draw crowds or really attract interest from most of the online golf betting sites, at least not instantly. New Market Interest Like any new sporting competition, LIV Golf…
The NBA and FIBA are in conversations about starting a new league in Europe to compete with the Euroleague and top pro leagues in individual countries. “There is clear interest (by the NBA) and there are ongoing discussions with FIBA,” FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis said during his annual, year-end news conference Monday. “We’ve been having and will continue having discussions with … the company that operates the Euroleague. “It is something that has been on our radar. We tried to bring everyone together. This was not possible. So our job is to continue having serious conversations with our partners…
Irish striker, Ian Garry has disputed his unanimous decision loss to former training partner, Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 over the weekend, claiming the Uzbekistani-born fighter only won the bout “by decision” — claiming he managed to hold his own over the incoming title challenger. Garry, who retains the number seven rank at the welterweight limit, suffered his first-ever professional mixed martial arts over the course of the weekend, in the form of a unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) in a competitive back-and-forth pairing. Facing off with incumbent welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad following his win over Portmarnock native, Garry —…
By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we preview the 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest from December 10-15. Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2024 Short Course World Championships Preview | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN