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By: Sean Crose At 34 years of age, Callum Smith had something to prove on Saturday when he stepped into the ring in Saudi Arabia to face the undefeated 19-0 Joshua Batista. Although clearly respected in the fight game, the 30-2 former titlist was set on proving he was still at the higher end of the sport. In order to do that, however, he’d have to get past the impressive Buatsi. The match, scheduled for 12, was for Buatsi’s WBC Interim World Light Heavyweight title. The first was a high octane affair. Neither man was eager to give an inch…
Feb 18, 2025, 09:30 PM ETFollowing Monday’s Presidents Day tripleheader, TGL action continued Tuesday night, as Jupiter Links Golf Club and New York Golf Club faced off.Tiger Woods, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner were active for Jupiter Links, and Max Homa sat out. For New York, Cameron Young, Rickie Fowler and Matt Fitzpatrick played. Xander Schauffele was inactive.New York beat Jupiter Links 10-3 to earn its first win of the season. The victory also kept NYGC in playoff contention. Jupiter (2-1) has split its past two matches.Here’s a look at the best moments from the match.Pete Alonso walks out NYGCplay0:43Pete…
After the Sacramento Kings blowout home loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday, interim head coach Doug Christie called a meeting with his starters to address some concerns. Chief among Christie’s issues was making sure his team understood the gravity of their situation. The Kings are battling for a spot in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament with several team. Christie also addressed the team’s commitment to defense and their need to improve their communication. Included in this meeting were Domantas Sabonis, Keegan Murray, DeMar DeRozan, Malik Monk and trade deadline acquisition Zach LaVine. Christie hoped that my addressing his…
Callum Smith is your new interim WBO light heavyweight world champion! Stepping inside the squared circle against Joshua Buatsi inside the AMD Arena in Riyadh, the all-Brit battle delivered an exciting edge-of-your-seat scrap for 12 full rounds. In the end, it was ‘Mundo’ who ran away with it on the scorecards to claim interim light heavyweight gold. Smith relentlessly worked his opponent’s body throughout the fight, but as Smith began to lose steam, Buatsi picked up some much-needed momentum in the later rounds. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as Smith came back strong in the 11th and 12th rounds, punishing Buatsi…
Grace Rabb Downs 17-Year-Old Texas Record in 200 IM Grace Rabb set a state record Saturday, downing a mark almost older than she is. Rabb went 1:56.40 in the girls 200 individual medley at the UIL Class 6A Championships Saturday, the highest classification of high school competition in Texas. The time ends the lengthy reign of the 1:56.56 put up in 2008 by Mary Beck of Austin Westlake. Rabb, a senior from Dripping Springs High School and Longhorn Aquatics, was swimming in a familiar pool at Austin’s Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Her splits: 25-.76 – 28.14 –…
For the second day running, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) was one of the pre-race favourites for the Volta ao Algarve bunch sprint, but once again the Belgian star had to settle for seventh place in the finale.Stage 3 to Tavira was the same finish where Van Aert won in 2024 with a last-minute blast to the line, and the even more markedly uphill finish in Faro on Saturday’s stage 4 also looked to be ‘made’ for the Belgian to try for his first win of the season.But after getting boxed in at Tavira, and despite Visma-Lease a Bike…
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In Cardiff, Wales’ interim head coach will go up against a man being considered among those to take on the role long term.Matt Sherratt will be in charge of Wales for the first time at Principality Stadium since being parachuted in to succeed Warren Gatland who departed after presiding over 14 straight losses. In the opposite coaching box will be Ireland’s Simon Easterby, a man who is of interest to the Welsh Rugby Union, but has distanced himself from them this week.Sherratt has worked at Bristol, Worcester, Ospreys and Cardiff and has had past interim assistant stints with Wales. Now,…
Speaking ahead of the ATP Qatar Open, Novak Djokovic questions the fairness of the anti-doping system and says there is “favouritism” towards high-profile players.
Feb 22, 2025, 06:16 AM ETPATTAYA, Thailand — Angel Yin birdied three of her final four holes on the front nine to help set up an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Thailand tournament.The American had a three-round total of 21-under 195 at Siam Country Club’s Pattaya Old Course.Sponsor invite Akie Iwai of Japan, who led after the first two rounds, shot 71 and dropped into second place. She stumbled with her first bogey of the tournament on the ninth hole.The event is the first stop of the LPGA’s so-called…