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Wout van Aert will start his road season next week at the Clásica Jaén, taking a similar path to the Classics as he did in 2024.The Spanish one-day race is relatively new on the calendar but has already brought in a field of WorldTour teams stacked with top riders. Tadej Pogačar won the Clásica Jaén in 2023.Inspired by Strade Bianche, the race has ten gravel sectors and a steep climb to the finish in Úbeda.”We thought it would be a good idea to include the Clásica Jaén and the Volta ao Algarve in my program again,” Van Aert said in…

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Rob Howley followed Warren Gatland out of the Wales set-up on Thursday as the country’s national squad undergoes a major mid-Six Nations coaching and playing reshuffle.On Tuesday, Gatland departed his head coach role by mutual agreement after presiding over a record run of 14 straight international defeats. The experienced New Zealander has been replaced for the rest of the 2025 Championship by Cardiff’s Matt Sherratt on an interim basis. In the meantime, Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Abi Tierney has begun a long-term search for his successor.The WRU confirmed that while Howley remains under contract with them, he won’t be…

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Emma Raducanu has taken a wildcard into the Dubai Tennis Championships main draw, where she will seek to end the worst losing run of her career.The 22-year-old Briton lost a fourth consecutive match for the first time when she was beaten in straight sets by Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Qatar Open last week.The 2021 US Open champion will be joined by mentor Jane O’Donoghue and fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura, as she was for that WTA 1000 event in Doha.Raducanu accepted wildcard entries into the main draw of the Abu Dhabi Open and Qatar Open in February but lost in the…

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Rory McIlroy has revealed that he played golf with Donald Trump before his inauguration and claimed the US president is “on the PGA Tour’s side” when it comes to golf’s civil war. In a wide-ranging press conference ahead of the Genesis Invitational, McIlroy said he learned that Trump is not a fan of LIV Golf’s 54-hole format, which includes team and individual elements and a shotgun start. McIlroy, who initially played golf with Trump in February 2017, said in 2020 that he would not do so again – and doubted he would even be invited – after questioning Trump’s leadership…

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Adam Silver and the NBA front office have made several tweaks to the all-star game over the years. In 2024-25, the league has introduced a tournament-style event in place on the traditional East vs. West.  This decision has received a ton of criticism from media members around the league, including ESPN’s Michael Wilbon. He believes the NBA should follow the NHL and replace the all-star game with another event. Is replacing the all-star game a smart move for the NBA? Michael Wilbon calls for NBA to ‘follow suit’ with NHL in getting rid of All-Star Game https://t.co/E8D1KwOAjE — Awful Announcing…

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Quinton Jackson went off on Anthony Smith for his recent critique of his podcast. Smith took issue with Jackson inviting Bryce Mitchell to his “JAXXON PODCAST” to address his controversial comments about Adolf Hitler. Smith clarified that his issue was more toward Jackson’s co-host, Bear, for not allowing Mitchell to explain himself. Smith also pointed out when regular host T.J. Dillashaw questioned his heart, and claimed he would never be UFC champion. He thinks the podcast has a tendency of mocking fighters, which has resulted in the likes of himself, Ian Machado Garry and Kevin Holland getting upset. “You bring…

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Whenever Hungarian world record holder Kristof Milak speaks, the swimming community listens. The 24-year-old Olympic champion recently spoke on the MOL Pályán áját podcast about a variety of topics, including the 2024 World Championships in Doha, competing in 2025 and the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. After claiming 100m fly gold and 200m fly silver at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the Almos Szabo-coached star bypassed last year’s Short Course World Championships. Instead, he stated in November last year that he would focus on 2025 Singapore. This vision follows a rocky 2024 where the ace reportedly missed 32…

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Niamh Fisher-Black was just 20 when she joined the world’s top team, a squad full of big names, big ambitions and also plenty of the best in the world to learn from.Though, after four seasons with SD Worx-Protime the rider from New Zealand is chasing something different, and decided the best place to do it was in the fresh pastures of Lidl-Trek.There was no vitriol amid her departure. In fact, there was plenty of gratitude, the shift was more a recognition that sometimes the fuel that growth requires is change.“I’m really motivated to see what the potential is there,” Fisher-Black…

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