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This is the first year since 2002 that one of the ‘Big Four’ – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray – have not won a Grand Slam title.Instead, Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have stolen the limelight, sharing the four majors in 2024 and leading the way for tennis’ next generation of men’s singles players.Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli told Sky Sports she believes the pair could “win 15 to 18 Grand Slams each”.”It’s extraordinary how this happens time and time again where you worry where the future of the game is going to go,” former British number…
MURODJON AKHMADALIEV fully agrees that Naoya Inoue is a great fighter but disagrees that the Japanese star is the best super-bantamweight in the world. Inoue currently holds all four belts at 122lbs and recently defended his undisputed title against TJ Doheny. As expected Inoue won and inside the distance. Akhmadaliev, a former unified world champion, lost his titles to Marlon Tapales in April 2023, and according to the 29-year-old, a rematch between himself and the Filipino should have happened. Instead Tapales went on to put up a strong showing in his defeat to Inoue last December. “Tapales had to rematch…
ST. LOUIS — Y.E. Yang forced a playoff with a 6-foot par putt for a 5-under 66 and made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole against Bernhard Langer to win the Ascension Charity Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title.The 67-year-old Langer was trying to win for the 18th consecutive season on the 50-and-older circuit and nearly did. He hit a shot out of the rough to 15 feet on the 18th hole at Norwood Hills and made birdie for a 64.Yang’s par putt sent them to a playoff at 13-under 200.Back to the…
The Cleveland Cavaliers and free agent center Tristan Thompson have agreed to a one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. His agent, Rich Paul, finalized the deal with the team on Friday, said the person. The source reportedly spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract has not been signed. Thompson, 33, will continue his second stint with the team after returning to the Cavaliers last season after playing for the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers since 2020. Free agent C Tristan Thompson is finalizing a…
Radley Da Silva closed the show at the latest Battlefield Fight League event in memorable fashion. The Canadian featherweight put his title on the line in the main event of Friday’s BFL 81 event in Vancouver. Da Silva faced undefeated fighter Drake Randall, and in the second round, Da Silva delivered one of the most brutal spinning heel kick knockouts that you will ever see, leaving Randall out like a light on the mat. Check out the crazy finish in the video below. Da Silva has now won six fights in a row. “Snake Eyes” has picked up five victories…
Mallory Weggemann has won Paralympic medals before, but this year everything is different. Since the last Paralympics, the U.S. swimmer has given birth after a long fertilty process and her outlook on life changed heading into the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Her total was bumped up to four Paralympic gold medals, two silvers and a bronze in a stellar career that has spanned since the 2012 Games. She also has 11 world championship gold medals and two silver medals. “There’s so much to this journey these past three years,” Mallory Weggemann said after winning gold in…
Neo-pro Paul Magnier crashed out of the Tour of Britain during hectic stage 6 on Sunday, and the Soudal Quick-Step Team confirmed he suffered a concussion in the fall.“Paul underwent a CT scan which revealed a serious brain concussion that requires him to spend the night in the hospital. At the same time, the 20-year-old suffered some serious abrasions to his elbow and knee that will need some stitching,” the team stated in a medical update.The revelation at this year’s Tour of Britain, Magnier had dominated the bunch sprints, winning three of the five stages and aiming to contest the…
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The injury suffered by Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister while playing for Argentina is believed to not be serious or worrying as the midfielder is expected to be in the squad for the Copa America winners’ next match. Mac Allister featured for Argentina in their 3-0 win over Chile on Thursday night with the 25-year-old opening the scoring for Lionel Scaloni’s men. However, not everything went to plan for the Liverpool talent as the Argentine picked up an abductor injury.According to the reliable Gaston Edul, the World Cup winner had some discomfort in his abductor and will train separately from the rest of…
In days of old, there were only four ‘professions’ – law, medicine. the priesthood, and the military profession of arms. While over time the professions have expanded to include a range of different occupations including engineering, architecture, accounting and teaching, these days the term professional is used to describe just about anything that earns you a wage. Rugby league went professional in 1907 and rugby union in 1995, even though in its truest sense neither are ‘professions’. In fact, quite the opposite, both are actually trades, and their players are tradespeople.Rugby league have known this for well over a hundred…