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By: Sean Crose Write off Claressa “T-Rex” Shields at your own risk. Those who feel the Flint, Michigan native is overrated can ask Vanessa Lepage Joanisse just how legitimate the 14-0, 29 year old Shields truly is. For it took Shields less than two rounds to win her fifth divisional title in Saturday night. It was the high point (so far) of a stellar career. In fact, she may not have ever looked better. Shields was on the attack in the first, zipping shots at Joanisse. A thunderous shot sent the defending champion to the mat in the second. Joanisse…
Stockport’s Daniel Hayes delivered a masterclass on the final day of the Carris Trophy, as he was crowned champion at Ormskirk Golf Club. The England Boys golfer raced out the blocks early on with three birdies in his first four holes, and went on to shoot a four-under 67 to contribute to an overall -16 to win by two shots ahead of nearest competitor Arthur Carlier from France. Carlier did pile on the pressure with three birdies from holes 8-11, but bogeys on 16 and 18 saw his hopes of winning fade away, despite a fine round of 69. Following…
The Denver Nuggets and guard Jahmir Young have signed a non-guaranteed training camp contract. This signing brings the Nuggets roster to the 21-player maximum allowed in the offseason. Young went undrafted out of Maryland at the 2024 NBA Draft. As a senior for the Terrapins, the 6-foot-2 point averaged 20.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. Young played in five games for the Nuggets at Las Vegas Summer League. He averaged 9.2 points in 17.8 minutes per game, mostly off Denver’s bench in Las Vegas.
Tom Aspinall took care of business. Again. Now the ball is in Jon Jones’ court. In the co-main event of UFC 204 on Saturday in Manchester, England, Aspinall authored an emphatic defense of his interim heavyweight title by defeating Curtis Blaydes via first-round knockout. Not only did Aspinall avenge a fluke injury loss to Blaydes from 2022, he kept himself in line for a fight with Jones, the UFC champion he has been angling to fight for more than a year. Aspinall assumes Jones was watching and that the last thing he wanted to see was Aspinall’s hand being raised.…
Paris Olympics, Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet: Adam Peaty Goes For Three-Peat Among Three Finals The second evening of finals at the Paris Olympics will include finals in the men’s 400 IM, women’s 100 butterfly and men’s 100 breaststroke as well as semifinals in the men’s and women’s 200 freestyle, women’s 100 breast and men’s 100 backstroke. The session begins at 8:30 p.m. CEST (2:30 p.m. ET in the United States) at La Défense Arena. Click here to view the full heat sheet. Leon Marchand will open the session in the men’s 400 IM final as the…
When Anna Henderson broke her collarbone for the second time this season on April 28, it was the thought of the Paris 2024 Olympics that kept her motivated, with the Brit paying back everyone who helped her return to form with a stunning silver medal performance in Saturday’s time trial.It was at the Vuelta España Femenina where Henderson crashed in the finale 3km of stage 1 and broke her collarbone again, after suffering the same injury on February 15 on her first race day of the year in Valenciana.But after missing much of the spring Classics where she’s performed well…
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West Ham United have reportedly made a £15million bid to try to hijack Leicester City’s move to sign Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson.The 24-year-old has not been a regular in Mikel Arteta’s side and it makes sense for him to look for a move in order to play more regularly.Leicester had looked to be leading the race for Nelson’s signature, but now the Mirror are reporting that West Ham are entering the running.West Ham have tried a £15m offer for Nelson, while Fulham have also been named as a team to watch for the former England youth international.Fulham could also sign…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size He might be hanging up the All Blacks jersey at year’s end, but Scott Robertson has called up former captain Sam Cane for The Rugby Championship as his new skipper Scott Barrett attempts to make a speedy recovery from surgery.Barrett had surgery on a finger following the All Blacks’ comfortable win over Fiji in San Diego and is in doubt for the home Tests against Argentina on August 10 and August 17.With that in mind, Robertson has named Sam Darry, who made his debut…
Heavy rain meant there was no play on the outside courts on Saturday.Earlier on Chatrier – which has a roof – Novak Djokovic’s bid for a much-wanted Olympic gold medal began in style with a 6-0 6-1 demolition of Matt Ebden.Serbia’s Djokovic has won almost everything there is in tennis but has never bettered his Olympic bronze from Beijing 2008.He needed just 53 minutes to beat Australia’s Ebden, who was playing his first singles match for two years.Ebden, primarily a doubles player, knew he was facing one of the toughest tasks in tennis – as his social media post on…