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Manchester City vs Real Madrid preview After a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg, Manchester City will welcome Real Madrid to the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. In the first leg, both teams pulled back no punches, scoring some of the best goals of the entire season. And while it will only be a week since the teams met, a lot has changed. Over the weekend, Manchester City received a major boost in the Premier League titles. This was because their rivals Liverpool and Arsenal both lost at home. This has allowed City to go top…

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Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber has said she is going to retire from tennis after the Olympic Games in Paris.The 36-year-old German is a former world number one and claimed the Australian Open and US Open titles in 2016 before winning Wimbledon two years later.She competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio when she won silver in the women’s singles, having been beaten by Puerto Rican Monica Puig in the final, and did not compete at the Tokyo Games.”The finish line,” said Kerber on social media. “Before the Olympics begin, I can already say that I will never forget…

Mexico’s Jonathan Rodriguez (25-2-1, 17 knockouts) blew his shot at the WBO 115-pound title after he missed weight by more than six pounds. His bout versus defending titlist Kosei Tanaka (20-1, 11 KOs), scheduled for July 20, was canceled. Photo credit: Naoki Fukuda Junior bantamweight contender Jonathan Rodriguez had been due to face Kosei Tanaka for the WBO 115-pound title on Saturday. However, at the weigh in the day before he tipped the scales at 121.25, meaning he was 6.25-pounds overweight and the fight was correctly soon scratched. It was hard not to feel sorry for Tanaka who had done…

Decathlon, the world’s largest sports retailer, has launched a new range of golfing essentials, with products ranging from package club sets to polo shirts, golf balls, gloves and trolleys to help those new to the game, as well more experienced players, get out on the golf course this summer. For beginners looking for a versatile set of clubs, the Half Set of 6 Right-Handed Graphite Inesis 100 is ideal. It includes all the essential clubs needed to get started, priced at £329.99. For those looking to upgrade their clubs, the set of Graphite Inesis 100 10-piece set offers a comprehensive…

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced that rookie guard Nikola Topic underwent successful surgery to repair a left ACL tear. Topic is expected to miss the entirety of the 2024-25 season to rehab from the injury. The Thunder drafted Topic with the 12th pick in the first-round of the 2024 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-6 point guard was injured while playing for Crvena zvezda in Serbia in mid-May. Topic may have initially suffered the ACL tear in early-January, but was diagnosed with a sprained left knee. He returned to play in late-April before being injured approximately three weeks later. Oklahoma City has…

Chael Sonnen has doubts over Conor McGregor’s injury. McGregor was set to return to the Octagon at UFC 303 on June 29 against Michael Chandler in a highly-anticipated bout. However, the Irishman was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a broken pinky toe which many fans criticized him for. The injury didn’t seem that serious to withdraw from a fight and UFC analyst Chael Sonnen has some legitimacy concerns over the injury. “I’m looking out for his version of a discolored pinky toe that may or may not be broken,” Sonnen said on his YouTube channel, via MMANews.…

Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 7: Cameron McEvoy Aiming to Fight Off Dressel, Proud in 50 Free After one hundred years, the world’s premier sporting event returns to Paris. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin July 26, and there will be 329 events in 32 sports, with roughly 10,500 athletes from 184 countries. This year’s Games mark the third time that Paris will have hosted the event, becoming only the second city to do so. Swimming’s 35 pool events will begin on Saturday, July 27, and will continue for nine days through Aug. 4 at the Paris La Défense Arena. Following…

Columns Eric Sorenson – July 10, 2024 As usual, when I get back from Omaha it usually takes a few days to decompress and to become a human being again. I usually head out to the desert and veg out, like I was a member of the band The Doors or something. Eventually, I realize, “Oh yeah, I’m supposed to do a wrap-up article.” So after a few days of being a high-end slovenly slob, here is my season wrap. A title bit of good. A little bit of bad. And a whole lotta fun. Check it out. Oh, and…