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Los Angeles , USA: Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov Final Press Conference ahead of their WBA World Interim WBO World Super Welterweight Title fight on saturday night. 1 August 2024 Picture By Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing by Joseph Santoliquito | LOS ANGELES — Terence Crawford is looking for more. Maybe this is the precursor for what is ahead and “Bud’s aimed future clash with Canelo Alvarez. For now, this Saturday, the former two-division undisputed world champion (140 and 147) and three-time division titlist (135, 140 and 147) is looking at a title in a fourth weight class, when he faces WBA…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Polly Mack shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday in perfect morning conditions at Columbia Edgewater to take the first-round lead in the Portland Classic.Winless on the LPGA Tour, Mack opened with birdies on Nos. 10 and 11 and eagled the par-5 third. The 25-year-old German player added four birdies on the front nine, closing with two in a row.”Pretty flawless round,” Mack said. “It seemed so easy out there today. Very nice start and that just kept me pretty calm.”German countrywoman Caroline Masson was a stroke back with Nataliya Guseva, Samantha Wagner and Hyo Joon Jang.Playing in…
A statue depicting Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant will be unveiled in a private tented ceremony Friday outside of Crypto.com Arena, a source from the Los Angeles Lakers informed ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue depicting Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant on Friday The statue is the second of three planned monuments to the Lakers legend, who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas along with Gigi and seven others in January 2020. The first statue, a 19-foot bronze memorial to Bryant’s 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors, was unveiled on Feb. 8.…
UFC president Dana White has made his stance clear on a potential boxing fight of Alex Pereira vs. Jake Paul. Poatan’ Pereira is the UFC light heavyweight champion and ‘The Problem Child’ Jake Paul is a professional boxer and YouTube star. Alex Pereira vs. Jake Paul A fight rumor between Alex Pereira and Jake Paul had been circulating as of late. After ‘The Problem Child’ knocked out BKFC and UFC athlete Mike Perry in a boxing match, then Jake Paul called out the UFC champion ‘Poatan.’ He even phoned the Brazilian striker while in the ring and Pereira agreed to…
2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES WOMEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINALS World Record: 7:37.50 – Australia (2023) Olympic Record: 7:40.33 – China (2021) 2021 Winning Time: 7:40.33 – China (2021) Podium Australia (M. O’Callaghan, L. Pallister, B. Throssell, A. Titmus) – 7:38.08 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD*** USA (C. Weinstein, P. Madden, K. Ledecky, E. Gemmell) – 7:40.86 China (Yang J., Li, B., Ge, C., Liu, Y.) – 7:42.34 Lani Pallister scratched prelims of the women’s 1500 freestyle Tuesday morning after testing positive for COVID-19. Two days later, Pallister earned redemption as she helped the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay for Australia to gold.…
Bob Jungels will join Ineos Grenadiers in 2025 after signing a two-year contract with the team. The Luxembourger arrives from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, where he has spent the past two seasons.“This is a team that I’ve always admired, and this opportunity has come along at the perfect time,” Jungels said on Friday. “I truly believe that within this environment I’ll be able to take my performance to the next level, while at the same time sharing my experience within the group.”Now 31, Jungels enjoyed considerable success during his long tenure at QuickStep, winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2018 and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne the following year. He…
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Liverpool are yet to make their first signing of the summer transfer window.The Reds have been quiet this summer in terms of their transfer business despite losing experienced players like Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara this summer.They have been linked with a number of players but right now, they are not closer to make any new signing.One of the players linked with Liverpool is Newcastle United and England winger Anthony Gordon.The Magpies faced issues regarding Profit and Sustainability Rules and they considered selling Gordon to Liverpool.However, their issues were resolved with the sales of Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson and…
England centre Henry Slade will miss the start of the Premiership season after undergoing shoulder surgery. The Exeter player picked up the injury during the Six Nations but was able to carry on playing for the rest of last season and go on tour to New Zealand with England. He is expected to be out for three to four months, meaning he faces a race to be fit in time for England’s autumn internationals against New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Japan. “We were aware that there was a slight issue, as were England, and it has slightly worsened throughout…
Watch highlights as Andy Murray’s illustrious career comes to an end with a straight-set defeat alongside Dan Evans to American third seeds Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in the Olympic men’s doubles quarter-finals.Follow the Olympics on BBC Sport. Available to UK users only.