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Branded likely the ‘worst’ event of the year so far, tonight’s lacklustre UFC Vegas 95 card took another hit overnight – with three separate matchups bringing skewing weight misses, to a card already under a bright spotlight. Returning to North America tonight following a cameo in Abu Dhabi – the UFC hosted an impressive card in the Middle East over the course of last weekend, topped by a title eliminator between Umar Nurmagomedov, and Cory Sandhagen. However, tonight’s 10-fight event at the Apex facility has been met with it’s fair share of critics during this week, with a four-year-old rehashed…
Paris Olympics: Ilya Kharun Enjoyed Breakout Performance for Canada with Double Bronze It had been two Olympics since the Canadian men’s program last won a medal at the Games. Breaking that inertia would take a lot of hard work, the leaders of the program knew. But like the women’s program that had minted medals at a ferocious pace during the men’s interregnum, it might also take just a little luck. Enter Ilya Kharun, the found money of the Canadian program who helped restore its place in the international pantheon. Still just 19, Kharun medaled in both butterfly…
Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Donostia – Donostia 236 km The thing about the Basque Country, they can always dig up another nasty brute of a climb just when you thought the last one was bad enough. This year’s addition to the finale is the Pilotegi and it looks like great fun/no fun at all depending on if you are in front of the TV or riding it. Man of Pancakes : Jonas Vingegaard I don’t think he’s ever really won a one day race ever but what if he has anger in his stomach that everyone is gushing…
Brock Ketelsen scores the winning run in a thrilling 6-5 win for the NoCal-based A’s over the SoCal-based Brewers. Columns Eric Sorenson – August 10, 2024 LONG BEACH, Calif — It’s “Play Ball” time at Blair Field again. The Area Code Games kicked off today for the 38th season in a row. But this is the first time the event throws out the first pitch back in the friendly confines of its old stomping grounds of Blair Field since 2019. The summer classic was held in Long Beach, California from 1995 to 2019, but in 2020 the games moved to…
West Ham United have confirmed the signing of centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo from Nice.The 24-year-old arrives at the London Stadium on a season-long loan with an option to buy at £35m (per Sky Sports), which is up from the originally £27m agreement earlier this summer which was scuppered due to interest from Juventus.Todibo brings plenty of pedigree having been capped twice at senior level for the French national team, while he’s represented the likes of Barcelona, Benfica and Schalke at club level.“I am really excited to be signing for West Ham United,” the centre-back told the West Ham official website. “It is…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Argentina have beaten the All Blacks 35-30 in a Rugby Championship epic, giving a massive boost to their rivals South Africa on day one of the 2024 edition.It was a second win by the Pumas in New Zealand in two years and third of all time- the last time it put considerable pressure on then coach Ian Foster. This time it’s a first loss in four games for Scott Robertson, who enjoyed a two-game series triumph over England and then victory over Fiji.Argentina made…
British number one Katie Boulter lost in straight sets against Aryna Sabalenka in the third round of the Canadian Open.The second seed from Belarus won 6-3 6-3 in one hour 23 minutes but Boulter produced an encouraging performance with the US Open starting in two weeks’ time.The 28-year-old created four break points against the world number three in Toronto but was unable to convert any.Boulter, who reached the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games in the women’s doubles, will play her final warm-up tournament before the US Open at next week’s Cincinnati Open.American top seed Coco Gauff is also out of…
Angel Ayala (18-0, 8 knockouts) is hoisted in the air to celebrate his Aug. 9 sixth round knockout of Dave Apolinario (20-1, 14 KOs) in Mexico City. Ayala won the vacant IBF flyweight title with the knockout victory. Angel Ayala left no doubt in the biggest win of his career to date. The rangy flyweight claimed the vacant IBF title with a sixth round knockout of Dave Apolinario. Ayala twice floored the visiting Filipino in the fateful sixth round. The latter knockdown produced the full ten count at 2:06 of round six Friday at Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City. With…
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Beau Hossler shot a 10-under 60 on Friday in the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship, squandering a chance for a sub-60 round with pars on the last three holes at soft and vulnerable Sedgefield Country Club.Hossler had a two-stroke lead over Billy Horschel in the tournament that started a day late after heavy rain and wind from Tropical Storm Debby washed out play Thursday. Play also was delayed Friday, with Horschel among the 66 afternoon starters unable to finish the round because of darkness. He had two holes left.With players allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls…
The Olympic basketball semifinals between Team USA and Serbia averaged 7.9 million viewers across various NBC platforms. The game peaked with 13.5 million viewers in the second half. It was also the third most-watched basketball game in the tournament. NBC averaged 28.5 million viewers during primetime on Thursday.