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Team USA defeated Brazil 122-87 on Tuesday in the Olympic quarterfinal. The team is now two wins from a fifth consecutive gold medal and is scheduled for another meeting with Serbia in the semifinals Thursday. With Tuesday’s 35-point win, Team USA has won each of its first four games by at least 15 points, marking the first time a U.S. men’s team has accomplished this feat since the 2008 Redeem Team, per ESPN Stats & Information. Devin Booker led the Americans in scoring with 18 points on 6-of-9 (66.7%) shooting from the field and five 3-pointers. He also finished with…
Umar Nurmagomedov has fired back at Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili claimed that Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), the cousin of UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov, is getting pushed by the UFC due to his family name. He took umbrage with Nurmagomedov’s quick rise up the bantamweight ladder, where he now finds himself No. 1 contender after just one ranked win over Cory Sandhagen in Saturday’s UFC on ABC 7 main event. Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) needed to beat former champions Jose Aldo, Petr Yan and Henry Cejudo before getting his title shot. However, Nurmagomedov argues that he’s not the…
A Farewell to Club Swimming: You Will Be Missed I was a child who had endless energy, loved to feel the water on my skin and after my first race, wanted more. The pool was mine. I jumped in and poured all that energy, escaping into a place very few go. Even though I played several other sports along with swimming over the years, the pool was my home. There were soccer practices, lacrosse games, and cross country meets mixed in with the ever constant swim practices. However, time and time again it was always club swimming that stayed as…
Image 1 of 4(Image credit: Getty Images)Australia’s Matthew Richardson completes his flying 200m qualifying lap(Image credit: Getty Images)Matthew Richardson reacts to setting a new world record in the 200m flying lap during qualifying(Image credit: Getty Images)Nicholas Paul (Trinidad & Tobago) saw his previous world record smashed. He qualified in ninth place.(Image credit: Getty Images)1/32 FinalSwipe to scroll horizontallyHeat 1Header Cell – Column 1 Header Cell – Column 2 Header Cell – Column 3 1Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands)9.953Q2Maximilian Doernbach (Germany)0.093RHeat 2Row 2 – Cell 1 Row 2 – Cell 2 Row 2 – Cell 3 1Matthew Richardson (Australia)9.665Q2Jair Tjon en Fa (Suriname)0.15RHeat…
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According to a report in De Telegraaf, newly-promoted Premier League side Leicester City are interested in signing Ajax winger Steven Bergwijn.The Dutch international player has attracted interest from Leicester City and a move to bring him back to the Premier League is already in motion.The Foxes have identified the player as their target this summer and they have initiated contact with Ajax to sign the 26-year-old.The Dutch team that advanced to the Euro 2024 semifinals included Bergwijn.He made two appearances, starting on the right side of their quarterfinal and semifinal matches against Romania and Turkey.Since joining Ajax in the summer…
In what is proving to be a wonderful summer of sport, the decision to rename Twickenham to Allianz Stadium feels like an almighty blow. It is one I was surprised and saddened to learn of. The reason for doing it is obvious. Money.The RFU badly needs cash. It’s required to support the community game, to fund its new elite player contracts, to give the women’s game the support it richly deserves and to mobilise a rugby sevens programme capable of winning Olympic gold. It’s needed to drive England’s age group sides and deliver a pipeline of talent, to generate more…
China’s Zheng Qinwen beats world number one Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals of the women’s singles at Paris 2024.
TIM TSZYU will fight for a world title in his next fight. The IBF has mandated the Australian super-welterweight to face their champion, Bakhram Murtazaliev, at a date and time to be finalised. Murtazaliev won the vacant title—recently held by former undisputed champion Jermell Charlo—by beating Jack Culcay with an 11th-round knockout on April 11 in Germany. Eleven days earlier Tszyu suffered his first loss in a unification matchup against Sebastian Fundora. The split-decision defeat in Las Vegas ended Tszyu’s five-month WBO title reign and saw the 6ft 5 ½ins Fundora also pick up the WBC title in the process. During…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 6, 2024, 02:06 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaBrandt Snedeker, a nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Payne Stewart Award presented by Southern Company, which is presented annually to a golfer who best exemplifies the late World Golf Hall of Famer’s values of character, charity and sportsmanship.For more than a decade, Snedeker, 43, and his wife, Mandy, have operated the Snedeker Foundation, which has focused on assisting youth in Tennessee through sexual abuse prevention and…