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Leading unions and World Rugby had been engaged in talks over the offer Six Nations teams as well as a host of other countries were invited to take part The plan will not proceed for now despite an assumption it would be approvedBy Chris Foy Published: 15:38 EDT, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 16:40 EDT, 26 July 2024 Rugby is set to buck the current sporting trend by rejecting riches on offer from the Middle East – as an offer to stage the finals of the Nations Championship in Qatar is now ‘off the table’.Leading unions have been engaged in secret talks…

Andy Murray delayed his retirement as a scarcely believable escape act saw the British tennis great and Dan Evans save five match points to win their Olympics men’s doubles opener.Murray, 37, confirmed last week that the Paris Games would be his final event before retiring from the sport he loves.His storied career looked to be heading to an end before a remarkable recovery saw the British pair win 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 11-9 against Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori.”The way we were playing to that stage would not have suggested we were likely to come back,” said Murray.”Certainly from my…

“The Big Uzbek” took a big step towards repeating as Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist. Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov used his range and southpaw counterpunching to defeat Norway’s Oman Shikha by unanimous decision on Monday, July 29 at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, France. Jalolov, who is also a professional boxer with a 14-0 (14 KOs), barely had to get out of first gear in the round of 16 bout, and now looks to the quarterfinals on Friday, where he’ll meet Australia’s Teremoana Teremoana. The two met once before, with Jalolov stopping Teremoana in two rounds in the 2023 World Championships…

Jul 28, 2024, 06:50 PM ETBLAINE, Minn. — Jhonattan Vegas won for the first time in nearly seven years, holing a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 1-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Max Greyserman at the 3M Open on Sunday.Vegas finished at 17-under 267 at the windy TPC Twin Cities. It’s his fourth PGA Tour victory and first for the 39-year-old from Venezuela since he won his second straight Canadian Open in 2017. He finished second in the 2021 event.”We’re just trying to have a great week and obviously a great week turned into a…

Derrick White was visiting his family in Denver, Colorado when he received the call from the men’s basketball team saying he was being summoned to play for his country in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. According to the Celtics star, he was planning on spending this week at a desert resort on the sea, specifically in Cabo, Mexico.  Now, he’s already landed in Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf and is getting ready to represent Team USA on the sport’s biggest stage in France. Four days before his arrival on Sunday, he had been notified that Kawhi Leonard needed…

Dana White still plans on bringing the UFC to both Spain and Africa. Following Saturday’s lackluster card in Manchester, the outspoken CEO offered an update on his tentative plans to promote events in both Spain and Africa. White revealed that while he’s still working out details for an event in Africa, they’ve hit a bit of a snag when trying to book a venue in Ilia Topuria’s home country. Dana White: The problem with Topuria and Spain is Spain’s venues are so back up since Covid. They have so many events going on, it’s hard to get a venue there.pic.twitter.com/Cx1r1LXblY—…

2024 Texas Age Group Swimming Championships July 17-21, 2024 Texas A&M University Student Rec Center LCM (50 meters) Results on MeetMobile: “2024 Texas Age Group Swimming LC Champs” Boys Team Scores Lakeside Aquatic Club – 1,334 Nitro Swimming – 1,161 Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club – 791 Alamo Area Aquatic Association – 754 Mansfield Aquatic Club – 578 Metroplex Aquatics 14-year-old Evan Pan-Wang clocked one of the fastest 100-meter freestyles ever in his age group during the Texas Age Group Championship earlier this month in College Station. Pan-Wang posted a time of 52.12 in the 100 free, dropping almost a second…

The middle of May and the hills inland from Italy’s Adriatic coast witness a bolt from the blue, a blast from the past. Julian Alaphilippe rolls into Fano alone to raise his arms as the winner of stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia. It’s only his fifth victory in the past two-and-a-half years and comfortably the biggest in that time. But more than anything, it’s the manner of it: audacious, swashbuckling, and rippled with emotional energy that makes it so much more than the sum of the watts.Taking flight from a large, high-calibre and only-recently-formed breakaway with 120km still to…

South Carolina’s Ethan Petry (Aaron Fitt) Summer Baseball David Seifert – July 29, 2024 FALMOUTH, Mass. — Leading off the festivities for the 2024 Cape Cod All-Star game was the home run derby. The derby has a long history, dating back to the first in 1988, which was won by Frank Thomas. Other sluggers in that one included Jeff Bagwell, Mo Vaughn, Chuck Knoblauch and Dave Staton. This year’s version may not produce five future major leaguers (two of them Hall of Famers), but it was a fun watch that went into a “extra innings.” The East Division was represented…

Tottenham have officially confirmed the departure of Bryan Gil earlier today.The Spanish attacker was linked with a move to Spanish side Girona recently, with reports suggesting a loan move is close to being agreed.The club today confirmed the deal, announcing that the player will join the La Liga side on a one-year loan. Bryan Gil has joined La Liga side Girona on loan for the 2024/25 season. Good luck, Bryan! ? — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 29, 2024 Fabrizio Romano previously shared the details of the loan deal, revealing that while the player will join the Champions League club for…