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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Australia’s Women’s Sevens team have completed a clean sweep of Pool B at the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens, defeating Ireland 19-14 to secure their quarter-finals berth.With Charlotte Caslick rested and injuries striking the side, Australia turned to their depth to sure up this fixture – and it delivered a well-controlled win, with the World Series champions taking full advantage of the few chances on offer.Australia came into the match after posting massive victories over South Africa and Great Britain, however, facing a well-disciplined Irish…
Novak Djokovic outclassed his long-time rival Rafael Nadal to win their Olympic second-round match and continue his bid to land an elusive gold medal.Serbia’s Djokovic, 37, looked on a different level to Nadal for most of a one-sided contest which he won 6-1 6-4 on the Roland Garros clay.Djokovic led 4-0 in the second set to quell the partisan support for the Spaniard, before 38-year-old Nadal fought back to wipe out the double break.But Djokovic, like we have seen him do so many times, stepped on the gas again to break for 5-4 and serve out victory.”I’m very relieved,” said…
BY: Sean Crose Derek Chisora was through. Such was the figurative word on the street. Joe Joyce hadn’t impressed in some time, but it was assumed he wasn’t at the low point of his career that Chisora was. Hence, the two heavyweight contenders stepped into London’s O2 Arena on Saturday for what fans an analysts expected to be an entertaining bout, but a bout which would end in a Joyce victory nonetheless. Things however, did not go as planned. Not that Joyce did poorly in the scheduled ten rounder between himself and Chisora. He did quite well, actually. Chisora, however,…
Jul 28, 2024, 09:32 PM ETCALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin won the CPKC Women’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, pulling away from Haeran Ryu with a two-stroke swing on the par-3 17th.Tied for the lead after Ryu three-putted for bogey on the par-4 16th, Coughlin hit a 6-iron to 8 feet and birdied the 195-yard 17th. Ryu then missed a 3-foot par try to fall two shots back.”It was kind of a tweener of a club,” Coughlin said. “I could really only hit 6 and I needed to take some off it or else it might…
As Stephen Curry’s contract is set to end in Golden State after the 2025-26 season, he is eligible to extend for an extra year this summer. However, as the player is currently concentrated in Team USA’s pursuit of the gold medal in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, this negotiation remains on the club’s to-do-list until he returns from action. Nevertheless, the All-Star guard has made it clear that his desire is to remain a member of the only NBA franchise he’s ever played for until he retires. And now it seems that the Bay Area front office is on…
Two championship belts will be on the line when RIZIN returns to Saitama Super Arena on Sept. 29, the promotion announced Sunday. Lightweight king Roberto Satoshi defends his 155-pound title for the first time since April 17, 2022, when he faces Brazilian knockout artist Luiz Gustavo in the main event of RIZIN 48 in Saitama, Japan. In the co-main event, Naoki Inoue battles Soo Chul Kim for the bantamweight title Kai Asakura recently vacated to sign with the UFC. Satoshi (16-3) went 2-2 in non-title fights since the night he tapped out Johnny Case, finishing veteran Keita Nakamura in his…
2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games Katharine Berkoff blasted to a strong start in the first race of her debut Olympics Monday morning, posting a time of 57.99 in the preliminary heats of the women’s 100-meter back. The only swimmer under the 58 mark in prelims, Berkoff heads into the semifinals as the top seed after clocking in almost half a second ahead of both Australia’s Kaylee McKeown (58.45) and fellow American Regan Smith (58.48). Known for her speed and willingness to attack the race on both ends, Berkoff had the fastest closing split in the field with a 29.85 to…
Marc HIrschi will be rushing straight from overall victory at the Czech Tour with UAE Team Emirates to join the Swiss team in Paris, with the rider a late call-up for the Olympic Games road race after the decision was made to withdraw Stefan Bissegger.Bissegger, who came sixth at the 32.4km individual time trial on Saturday, was due to race alongside Stefan Küng at the 273km August 3 event but has been grappling with back pain.”Since the end of the Tour de France a week ago, the 25-year-old from Thurgau has been suffering from muscle pain in his back, which…
Link Jarrett, Florida State (Eddie Kelly) Coaches Corner Kendall Rogers – July 29, 2024 The 2024 college baseball season had an abundance of intriguing storylines. One of those storylines, Tennessee’s run to its first national title, was highlighted last week with Tony Vitello earning D1Baseball.com Coach of the Year honors. What Vitello accomplished this past season, and before, with the Volunteers is nothing short of remarkable. But he’s not the only head coach making big waves in the coaching community. Bowling Green’s Kyle Hallock engineered one of the sport’s greatest turnarounds this past season, Kentucky’s Nick Mingione continues to shine,…
There is reportedly a growing confidence that Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain will reach an agreement over the transfer of Manuel Ugarte at some point this summer.This is despite the fact that Man Utd and PSG still remain some way apart in their valuation of the Uruguay international at the moment, according to a report from Football Transfers.Ugarte has not been entirely convincing since joining PSG, even though he impressed at his former club Sporting Lisbon, and it perhaps makes sense that Luis Enrique is now ready to let him leave the Parc des Princes after just one season.United surely…