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Rob Font is still down to fight at UFC Fight Night 252. After losing out on a bout with former WEC and UFC champion Dominick Cruz, the veteran bantamweight contender, Font, will take on late-replacement Jean Matsumoto in a 140-pound catchweight bout next Saturday, Feb. 22, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Two people with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie of the booking Friday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. Font’s status had been in question since Cruz abruptly announced his retirement last week after suffering a serious shoulder…
Victorian State Championships: Paris Pair Olivia Wunsch and Iona Anderson Lead “Girls Night Out” In Impressive Opening Finals Session Paris Olympians Olivia Wunsch and Iona Anderson were joined on top of the podium by fellow rising stars Sienna Toohey and Tara Kinder in what was an impressive “girls night out” on the opening finals session of the 2025 Mattioli Victorian Open Long Course Championships. Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) added Victorian State gold, improving on her South Australian title (54.80) win in a season best of 54.16 (26.09), finishing well ahead of three-time Commonwealth Youth Games gold medallist Innez Miller (Fenix, WA)…
Santa Vall, the two-day gravel stage race organised by the same Klassmark team behind The Traka, gets underway this weekend as the first European event within the Gravel Earth Series. With it, the host town of Girona is even more abuzz with pro cyclists than usual. Former men’s WorldTour riders Greg Van Avermaet, Thomas De Gendt and Luis Leon Sanchez are just some of the big names in town, alongside equally-well-known locals such as Nathan Haas, and the 2024 women’s Unbound champion, Rosa Klöser. Being one of the first big races of the season, Santa Vall has become a launchpad for riders…
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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Outgoing Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt admits he’s “disappointed” to have to call time on his tenure with Rugby Australia, but the New Zealander said he had to “commit to finishing up” after less than two years in the role.After months of conjecture and speculation that Schmidt would finish up as Wallabies head coach in 2025, the 58-year-old announced earlier this month that he would indeed call time following this year’s Rugby Championship campaign.The news didn’t come so much as a shock but was a…
Iga Swiatek suffered her worst defeat in two years as Jelena Ostapenko breezed past the world number two in straight sets to reach the Qatar Open final.Ostapenko needed just and hour and eight minutes to wrap up a 6-3 6-1 victory over the five-time Grand Slam champion in Doha. The last time Swiatek was on the wrong end of such a one-sided match was a 6-2 6-2 loss to Elena Rybakina at Indian Wells in March 2023.The 23-year-old Pole was on a 15-match winning streak at the Qatar Open and chasing a fourth successive title.Ostapenko, ranked 37th in the world,…
By: Sean Crose Keyshawn Davis took on Denys Berinchyk for the WBO lightweight title in New York on Friday night. The scheduled 12 rounder was broadcast live as the main event of an ESPN/Top Rank card. Davis was fighting in his first world championship event. The first two rounds were sloppy affairs replete with holding and dirty tactics. It was, to be sure, a messy start to things. Yet a terrific body shot put Berinchyk to the mat briefly in the third. Berinchyk was still very much in the fight, but Davis had made his point. Defending champion Berinchyk had…
Feb 14, 2025, 09:27 PM ETSAN DIEGO — Davis Thompson capped a roller coaster of a back nine at Torrey Pines with a birdie to take the lead Friday in the Genesis Invitational. Scottie Scheffler had an unusually wild day off the tee and was right on his heels.It set up for a compelling weekend in this $20 million signature event with two names leaping off the pages of the leaderboard — Scheffler, playing bogey-free despite hitting only five fairways, and Rory McIlroy showing the form that led him to victory at Pebble Beach two weeks ago.Thompson made only two…
Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are the biggest NBA names selected as finalists for the 2025 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class. On the WNBA side, superstars Sue Bird, Maya Moore, and Sylvia Fowles have also been named finalists. Coaches Billy Donovan and Mark Few made the cut as well. The 2008 USA ‘Redeem Team’ has been nominated as a whole as well. Both Anthony and Howard were members of that team. Next will be the final round of the nomination process, with a panel of 24 anonymous voters considering each finalist’s candidacy. At least 18 of the 24 panelists…
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 102 results for the Cannonier vs. Rodrigues fight card, a live blog of the main event, and more from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev., on Saturday night. In the main event, Jared Cannonier and Gregory Rodrigues will clash in a middleweight contest. Cannonier has lost three of his past five fights, while Rodrigues has won four of his past five contests. Calvin Kattar and Youssef Zalal will battle in a featherweight contest in the co-main event. Check out UFC Vegas 102 results below. Main Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET) Jared Cannonier vs.…