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And then there were four. After one of the most enthralling quarter-finals ever seen, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint Germain qualified for the semi-final of the Champions League. Paris Saint Germain will face Borussia Dortmund in the first semi-final, while Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will face off in the other fixture. With how the quarter-finals have been played, the semi-finals are sure to offer some scintillating football. Over the years, the final four of the Champions League have served us with some of the best and most iconic games. The semi-final is also important as…
Among the 18 rounds of regular-season fixtures, stand-out games include Bristol playing West Country rivals Bath at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff for the first time.The match in round 16 on 10 May will see the Bears swap their Ashton Gate home for the 75,000-seater south Wales venue in a game branded as the ‘Big Day Out’, to “reach new audiences and grow [Bristol’s] commercial revenue”. The fixture aims to replicate the success of Harlequins and Saracens in recent years of playing a showpiece game at a major ground.Saracens will host their London rivals at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on…
Jonathan Jurejko, BBC SportKnowing when to stop is a skill in itself for a professional athlete.Murray himself told us earlier this year that there is no perfect ending.But going out at an Olympics feels as fitting as it could be for the only male tennis player to win two singles gold medals.Murray places his Games experiences – Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 – at the very top of his career.Not just because of the medals. But also because of the atmosphere around the Village, meeting athletes from across the world who he would not usually encounter…
VASYL Lomachenko will not fight Gervonta Davis at the end of the year. While the fight could still be a possibility for 2025, the fact it has been pushed so far into the future, in an era of already inactive top-level fighters, is a blow for the lightweight division’s short-term progression. Some of the language used behind Lomachenko’s decision to end talks that barely ever got started is both revealing and frustrating, depending on your viewpoint. The Ukrainian star’s manager, Egis Klimas, told boxing reporter Steve Kim that Lomachenko is “not in the mood right now.” Klimas also clarified that…
Jana Melichova fired a final round of 67 to come from behind and secure her first professional victory at the Dutch Ladies Open. The Czech player, who won the 2022 Czech Ladies Open as an amateur, began the final day at Hilversumsche Golf Club six shots behind leader Kim Metraux of Switzerland, but the deficit had reduced to just two at the halfway mark. Melichova continued to switch the momentum, rolling in more birdies as Metraux went out of bounds on the 12, but despite a fightback from the Swiss star, it wasn’t enough. The 26-year-old Czech made a birdie at…
Our wrap-up of every roster player in Summer League begins! ATL–Zaccharie Risacher and Co. WAS–Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George (13:40) HOU-Reed Sheppard, Cam Whitmore, AJ Griffin (33:30) Then, the news including our reaction to the Evan Mobley extension (54:00), TNT’s intent to match the Amazon TV deal (1:04:18), and Gary Trent Jr. signing with the Bucks (1:16:10) among other things. Subscribe to Dunc’d On Prime, the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as well! DuncdOn.SupportingCast.FM Subscribe on YouTube to see our hilarious faces and, more importantly, see the…
Paddy Pimblett thinks Jon Jones’ insistence on fighting Stipe Miocic is nothing but a big “f*ck you” to his greatest rival. Stepping back inside the Octagon for the first time since scoring a win over Tony Ferguson in December, ‘The Baddy’ will meet No. 15 ranked lightweight contender King Green when the UFC descends upon Co-op Live in Manchester for its latest pay-per-view offering on July 27. It will be Pimblett’s first time competing as an underdog under the UFC banner, sitting at +160 on DraftKings, meaning that a $100 bet on Pimblett could net you a $160 payout, should…
Already a World Champion, Hubert Kos Prepared to Take Next Step in Paris Bob Bowman, ever the statesman, was ready with a deflection. The 2023 World Aquatics Championships were about to wrap up in Fukuoka, Japan. The coach fielded questions about his work with Team USA and his tutelage of Leon Marchand, but he made sure there was time to mention one other notable swimmer. And when it came time to ascribe credit for the world title won days earlier by Hubert Kos, Bowman already knew where he would draw the line between the influence of six months in Arizona…
Hey look who’s here! The Tour is done and dusted and so its Txirla time! What ya got you old clam? We got a handful of FSA-DS cat 5 races in the space between the Tour and Olympics for your pleasure Ethias Tour of Wallonie started yesterday in southern Belgium and wanders over to the Ardennes over the next few days The Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, the former stage race that seems to be trsitioning into a one day San Seb prep race is also today. In a couple of days we get San Seb prep race #2 aka…