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PITTSBURGH — Kaori Yamamoto of Japan shot a 1-over 72 on Saturday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the U.S. Senior Women’s Open.Yamamoto had a 7-under 206 total at Fox Chapel. Afternoon play was delayed for three hours because of rain.Annika Sorenstam (71) was tied for second with fellow Hall of Famer Juli Inkster (71), Leta Lindley (71) and Mikino Kubo (70). Sorenstam won the 2021 event.JoAnne Carner missed the weekend cut after matching her age Thursday with an opening 85 and shattering it Friday with an 80. The Hall of Famer has shot her age…
Team USA finished off Olympic pool play 3-0 with a 104-83 victory over Puerto Rico to clinch the top overall seed in the medal round of the Paris Olympics. The U.S. will now face Brazil in the quarterfinals on Tuesday at Bercy Arena. Team USA defeats Puerto Rico by 21 points to advance to the quarterfinals on Tuesday at Bercy Arena Team USA entered the matchup as a 36.5-point favorite. Despite failing to cover the spread, winning by double digits at Pierre Mauroy Stadium was still an expected outcome. The U.S. shot 40-of-81 (49.4%) from the floor and 9-of-32 (28.1%)…
Terence Crawford looked to add to his legacy on Saturday night as he stepped inside the ring with reigning WBA jr. middleweight world champion Israil Madrimov. Crawford, who carries with him a perfect 40-0 record and 22 wins by KO, has already captured world titles at lightweight, super lightweight, and welterweight. Securing a win over Madrimov at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles would make him a world champion in four different weight classes, further solidifying his position as arguably the No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer on the planet. Things were fairly slow in the opening rounds with Madrimov content to dance around…
Day 9 of the Paris Olympics will feature competition in 22 sports. Medals will be awarded in 12 sports on the day for 20 events. SPORTS AWARDING MEDALS ON DAY 9 Swimming Archery Athletics Badminton Road Cycling Dressage Equestrian Fencing Golf Artistic Gymnastics Shooting Table Tennis Tennis Italy’s Marcell Jacobs Searching To Defend Men’s 100 Meter Title Jacobs won the men’s 100 meter dash in Tokyo and will look to win gold again in the final. Only two other men, Carl Lewis (USA) and Usain Bolt (Jamaica) have won the event in multiple Olympics. Jacobs will be challenged by Noah…
Half an hour after Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) celebrated his historic victory in the Paris Olympic Games road race, Charles Kagimu lit up the arena at the Trocadéro in Paris, rolling in as the last finisher of the 273km race. The crowd were genuinely appreciative of the 25-year-old’s scrappy ride in the day’s early breakaway and his fight to write his name into history as the first Ugandan Olympic cyclist in 40 years.Kagimu is no stranger to epic racing, having completed a brutal edition of the Unbound Gravel 200 last year with Team Amani, but the Olympics were another level of…
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Chelsea have reportedly secured an agreement to sign goalkeeper Mike Penders from KRC Genk.The 19-year-old goalkeeper has only just made it to the first team of the Belgian club and Chelsea have decided to splash out a substantial amount of money on him.Former Belgian international Franky van der Elst believes that such investments are not good for football, and it was quite shocking that the Premier League club spent that kind of money on an experienced player. He said to Het Nieuwsblad via HITC: “To read right after his first official match for Genk that he is on his way to Chelsea – and…
The Dutchman Steven van de Velde has extra security with him at Paris 2024.
Novak Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s men’s singles gold-medal match, which will be a repeat of last month’s Wimbledon final.Djokovic, holder of a men’s record 24 Grand Slam titles, beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-2 on Friday to reach the Olympic final for the first time. The 37-year-old Serb, who lost in straight sets to Alcaraz at the All England Club last month, has won every major singles title except the Olympics.He was fourth in Tokyo three years ago and took bronze at Beijing in 2008 – his only previous Olympic medal.Djokovic’s routine win was in stark contrast…
THERE was an upset on the cards at the BMO Stadium when Jose Valenzuela became the new WBA super-lightweight champion against Isaac Cruz. The split decision verdict read 115-113 on one card in favour of Cruz with the other two giving it to Valenzuela 116-112 twice. Cruz was making the first defence of the title he won having clinically beaten Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero in March. Tonight’s dethroned champion requested a rematch afterwards believing he was robbed of victory. Prior to tonight rumours were abound that the diminutive Mexican would land a second shot at Gervonta “Tank” Davis in 2025. For…