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Borthwick has denied it was a risk to start Slade despite limited playing timeBen Spencer to make first England start at scrum-half in Test opener England’s boss selected his team to face the All Blacks earlier than anticipatedBy Alex Bywater Published: 14:45 EDT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 15:51 EDT, 29 October 2024 England head coach Steve Borthwick on Tuesday night denied it was a risk to start Henry Slade against New Zealand despite the centre having played just 54 minutes of rugby this season.Slade made his return from shoulder surgery for Exeter against Harlequins last Sunday and Borthwick has decided…
British number one Jack Draper cruised through to the second round of the Paris Masters with a straight-set win over the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka.Draper, who won the biggest title of his career in Vienna on Sunday, won 7-5 6-2 in one hour eight minutes.A tight first set went to serve before Draper made the crucial break in the 11th game.The Briton dominated the second set, reeling off five games in a row to seal victory.He will now face American fifth seed Taylor Fritz in the second round on Wednesday.The 22-year-old left-hander, who reached his maiden Grand Slam semi-final at…
Junior featherweight Liam Davies and fellow unbeaten contender Shabaz Masoud will lock horns on Saturday at the Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England. Davies, rated at No. 5 by The Ring at junior featherweight, had been scheduled to face his domestic rival in the summer only for those plans to be shelved due to a virus. Now fit and healthy, Davies intends to make a statement after some discord between the two camps. “It’s fight No. 17, it’s the perfect fight for me, another undefeated opponent and one I’m very confident in winning,” Davies (16-0, 8 knockouts) told The Ring.“I wouldn’t…
Thomas Gögele edged a tense final day battle with Bradley Dredge to win Legends Tour’s Senior Italian Open with a superb 54-hole total of -19 after scores of 64, 66 and 67. The 53-year-old German had a one-shot lead over Dredge heading into the final 18 holes at San Domenico, and it quickly became a two-horse race as Gögele made two birdies and the Welshman picked up three in the first six holes to be locked together on -16. Both players birdied the 8th and 10th but they were finally separated when Dredge dropped a shot on the 14th. Gögele…
The Toronto Raptors have exercised the fourth-year team option on the rookie scale contract of guard-forward Ochai Agbaji and third-year team option on the rookie scale contract of guard-forward Gradey Dick. Agbaji, 6-foot-5, 219 pounds, is averaging 12.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 27.7 minutes through four games (three starts) this season. He is shooting .588 (20-34) from the field, including .455 (5-11) from three-point range, and has scored in double figures three times. Agbaji was acquired from Utah at the trade deadline last season. Dick, 6-foot-7, 208 pounds, is averaging 16.0 points, 1.8 assists and 29.9 minutes in four games…
Khamzat Chimaev may end up fighting for gold in his next fight after he demolished former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker inside the first round at UFC 308. That’s exactly what UFC color commentator Joe Rogan wants to see after he witnessed Chimaev sink in a nasty rear-naked choke applied across the chin, which ended up shattering Whittaker’s teeth in one of the grisliest finishes in recent history. Rogan was blown away with Chimaev’s performance and he doesn’t see anything else that makes sense outside of a title shot against reigning champion Dricus du Plessis. “That guy’s a scary ass motherf*cker,”…
2024 Splashing Pumpkin Invitational October 26-27 New Providence, New Jersey Short Course Yards (25 yards), timed finals Results on Meet Mobile Duke commit Charlie Kulp went three best times while a high school sophomore Yehor Maistruk swam a 55-second 100 yard breaststroke last weekend at the 2024 Splashing Pumpkin Invitational in New Jersey. Kulp, who swims with Life Time Metro in New Jersey, grabbed wins in the 100 free (46.26), 200 free (1:40.59), 500 free (4:24.76), and the 100 fly (50.01). His time in the 500 was a new personal best, clearing the 4:30 that he swam at Sectionals in March. His…
Tour de France Femmes champion Kasia Niewiadoma may have been notably absent Tuesday from the 2025 route announcement of the women’s Grand Tour, but she grabbed media attention away from the Paris spectacle the same day with her women’s WorldTour team confirming they would soon be renamed Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto.A new three-year deal was signed last week in Monaco for zondacrypto to become a co-title sponsor for both the Canyon-SRAM Racing top-level team and the Canyon-SRAM Generation development squad, carrying the new name from 2025 to 2027. Niewiadoma was in Monaco for that team event.“We’re excited to welcome zondacrypto as one…
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Centre Henry Slade will resume his starting role in England’s midfield against New Zealand on Saturday despite playing only 54 minutes of club rugby this season.Slade had shoulder surgery in the summer and only made his comeback in Exeter’s defeat by Harlequins last weekend.Elsewhere, Ben Spencer, whose previous six caps have all come as a replacement, comes in for the injured Alex Mitchell at scrum-half, with Bristol’s Harry Randall on the bench.Tom Curry is included in the back row alongside Chandler Cunningham-South and Ben Earl, with brother Ben among six forwards replacements.George Ford, fit again after a quad injury, is…