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PORTLAND, Ore. — Moriya Jutanugarn emerged from a tight pack late Sunday afternoon at Columbia Edgewater to win the Portland Classic for her third career LPGA Tour title and first individual victory in more than six years.Three strokes behind leader Andrea Lee going into the round, Jutanugarn shot a 6-under 66 in mostly calm conditions for a two-stroke victory over three players.”Kind of been a long time since my last win,” Jutanugarn said. “To be in contention for the last few days, it’s kind of nice. I feel like I haven’t been in contention for a little while.”Jutanugarn finished at…
The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue depicting Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant during a private tented ceremony Friday outside of Crypto.com Arena. The statue is the second of three planned monuments to the NBA Hall of Famer and Lakers legend. Kobe and Gigi died in a helicopter crash along seven others in January 2020. 8.2.24 – Kobe and Gigi forever immortalized 🦋 pic.twitter.com/WxPDMfEaRq — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) August 2, 2024 The Bryant family. Forever a beacon of love, strength and hope 💜 pic.twitter.com/GU71bNzUK9 — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) August 2, 2024 The first statue, a 19-foot…
Belal Muhammad ain’t buying it. Leon Edwards’ coach recently said his fighter injured his back in the lead-up to UFC 304 in Manchester, England, and that’s why he wasn’t able to retain his UFC welterweight title. Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC), who took the belt from Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC), laughed at those claims and took a shot at Edwards’ coach while at it. “He’s a joke,” Edwards told MMA Junkie. “He was a joke before the fight as a coach, and he’s a joke after the fight. It’s funny that they all have different excuses. Leon was like,…
The swimming session of the Olympics concluded today, finishing off our stint in the La Défense Arena with a bang. Two world records went down tonight, in the women’s 4×100 medley relay and the men’s 1500 freestyle, and the United States finished on top of the medal count with eight gold medals and 28 total medals. Veterans of the sport like Sarah Sjostrom and Lilly King continued their ultra-successful careers in the pool tonight, adding more gold medals to their total tallies. Here are some fun facts about the last night of swimming: WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE In winning gold, Sarah…
The feast of track cycling action at the Paris Olympic Games continues with one of the most highly-anticipated events, the Team Pursuit. Taking place over three days from August 5-7, here’s how to watch an Olympics 2024 Cycling Team Pursuit live stream.The Team Pursuit sees nations race in teams, the pursuit element coming from the fact they start at opposite sides of the track and are chasing one another’s tails. Both the men’s and women’s events are contested by teams of four, over 16 laps (4km). Riders take turns on the front before swinging up the track’s banking and slotting…
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Southampton boss Russell Martin has spoken on their pursuit of Liverpool’s Fabio Carvalho and said he’s a player the Saints like a lot.Following promotion back to the Premier League last season Southampton have been busy in the market making a number of additions to their squad to give them the best chance of survival.Among their new signings are striker Ben Brereton Diaz, and midfielders Flynn Downes and Adam Lallana.Southampton want to sign CarvalhoThe Athletic’s David Ornstein reported on Sunday that Liverpool had rejected an offer from Southampton worth up to £15m for Carvalho and were unwilling to sanction another loan…
Former Wales flanker Alun Carter has died at the age of 59.In a playing career that took in spells at Pontypool and Newport, Carter made his Wales debut against England in 1991 and won the second of his two caps against Scotland that year.Carter became a distinguished sport analyst and spent 12 years as part of the Welsh management, including the 1999 home World Cup and the 2005 Grand Slam success.He worked under national coaches Kevin Bowring, Graham Henry, Steve Hansen, Mike Ruddock, Scott Johnson and Gareth Jenkins.Carter was later reunited with Ruddock at Worcester, where he was to spend…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic seals his first Olympic title with a 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) win over Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles final at Paris 2024.
By Matt Bozeat THE gender row at the Paris Olympics erupted again after Taiwanese boxer Yu-Ting Lin secured a medal at the Paris Nord Arena. Lin swept the last two rounds on all cards against Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva to reach the semi finals at 57kgs. Borislav Georgiev, the Bulgarian boxer’s coach, faced the press afterwards with a note that read: ‘I only want to play with women. I am XX.’ Georgiev explained through an interpreter: “I wrote the message, but it comes from every single woman boxer in the tournament.” Lin and Algerian welterweight Imane Khelif were both reported to…