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Prior to his knockout win over Pedro Guevara, pint-sized puncher ‘Bam’ spoke to Rob Tebbutt… JESSE RODRIGUEZ has established himself as one of the best fighters on the planet. The 24-year-old has been tearing through the lower weights since capturing his first world title back in February 2022 and, with a destructive seventh round stoppage win over Mexican legend Juan Francisco Estrada back in May, the meteoric rise of ‘Bam’ shows little sign of slowing. “Yeah. I mean, it was a great fight. I feel like that was my best performance to date,” Rodriguez told Boxing News. “Especially with an…
Carlota Ciganda gave her home fans plenty to cheer about when securing a one-stroke victory at the season-ending Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España on the Ladies European Tour. The Spanish star held a four-shot lead overnight, but it was a rocky start to the final day as she made two bogeys in her opening three holes at Real Club Guadalhorce Golf. After just four holes her lead evaporated with back-to-back birdies from Belgium’s Manon De Roey as the duo battled it out. Ciganda made her first birdies of the day on the fifth and added another on the…
The Indiana Pacers will get some backcourt help back in the lineup on Sunday. Andrew Nembhard has been cleared to return for the Pacers game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon. Nembhard has been out with knee injury since November 6. The combo guard has averaged 7.3 points and 4.7 assists for Indiana this season. Nembhard had struggled with his before going out the lineup, hitting just 38.5% from the floor, including 23.1% from behind the arc.
Kayla Harrison couldn’t help but laugh at Julianna Pena justifying her post-fight callout of former champion Amanda Nunes because nobody else is doing it. Following her controversial win over Raquel Pennington to reclaim the women’s bantamweight title, Pena ignored Harrison as the No. 1 contender — who was shown backstage on a split screen set up by the UFC — and instead asked for a trilogy against Nunes, who has been retired since 2023. At the post-fight press conference, Pena said she felt calling out Nunes was necessary because “Kayla never mentioned her name” and the same goes for the…
Matt Richards & Adam Peaty Join Forces At AP Race, Nine Years After First Meeting At Swim Clinic Less than a decade after 12-year-old Matt Richards met Adam Peaty at a coaching clinic at Repton School, the pair have joined forces with the Welshman investing a significant sum into AP Race. Richards just about came up to Peaty’s shoulder on that day back in 2015 when Mel Marshall hosted the clinic in Derbyshire, England. Peaty was wearing his Team England tracksuit from the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he announced himself on the international stage with two golds and a silver.…
New Zealand’s Rylee McMullen and 18-year-old Canadian Anika Brants bring top track talents to a retooled roster for Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28 in 2025. The incoming class also include a trio of US riders – Olivia Cummins, Anna Hicks and Bethany Ingram – who look to strengthen forces for multiple disciplines.Half of the 10-rider roster features solid performers from VBR’s 2024 campaign, led by Cuban all-rounder Marlies Mejías and Sofia Arreola of Mexico, both signed through 2028. Mejías, a two-time Pan-American champion, tallied all the UCI podiums from last season, which includes a stage win and second place at the…
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KAL YAFAI says future opponents of his brother Galal need to possess power if they are to contain him. Galal, 9-0 (7 KOs), produced a career breakout performance to stop former IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards, 21-2 (4 KOs), in six rounds. The writing was on the wall from the beginning when the unbeaten contender flew out the traps, ensuring Edwards could not get into any sort of rhythm. At the end of round two, however, Edwards confessed to his trainer, Chris Williams, “I don’t want to be here.” The 28-year-old dug deep and fought on but didn’t have enough…
Nov 29, 2024, 02:24 AM ETFirst-round co-leader Hyojin Yang has jumped out to a two-stroke advantage midway through her Australian Open second round on the Melbourne sandbelt.The South Korean amateur was three shots clear after opening with four birdies in her first five holes before stumbling with a bogey to hit the turn at Kingston Heath Golf Club at 10 under on Friday.Yang’s closest pursuer was 20-year-old Queenslander Justice Bosio, who earlier snatched the clubhouse lead from world No.6 Hannah Green with a birdie at her last hole in a fine second-round 69 at Victoria.Bosio is contesting only her fourth…