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THE British weather did its best to put a dampener on the charity cricket match between Essex EBA and James Cook’s All-Stars – and to some extent it succeeded, with the attendance being significantly lower than anticipated and the match being restricted to 10 overs a side. But John Conteh did his usual great job as auctioneer, and the auction, raffle and “other bits” (to quote EEBA Secretary Raymond Lee) raised just over £4,000 for the Ringside Charitable Trust. That’s a terrific result. One of the “other bits” was a £1,000 donation from Barry Hearn. Those running the Trust have…
JACKSON, Miss. — Beau Hossler did his part on another day of low scoring at the Sanderson Farms Championship, missing only one green Friday for an 8-under 64 to take a one-shot lead into the weekend as he chases his first PGA Tour victory.Hossler started his round with a three-putt bogey from about 30 feet, and felt like he made just about everything after that, including a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 fifth hole.Daniel Berger, out of golf for 18 months with a back injury, had another round of seven birdies and no bogeys for a 65 and was…
Dante Exum sustained a right wrist injury during training camp this week. Shams Charania reports that Exum could require surgery. Exum will continue to be evaluated with updates provided as appropriate. In 55 games last season, Exum averaged 7.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 19.8 minutes with the Dallas Mavericks.
Israel Adesanya sees Dricus Du Plessis going two-up on Sean Strickland. After coming up short against Du Plessis in August, ‘The Last Stylebender’ will sit back and watch two other fighters compete over the UFC middleweight title for the first time in more than five years. Though no official announcements have been made, ‘DDP’ is expected to run it back with Strickland in the South African’s home country. Meanwhile, Adesanya will look to fight his way back towards the top of the rankings in hopes of one day making history as a three-time middleweight titleholder. Until then, the Nigerian-born New…
A week after Hurricane Helene hit Asheville, North Carolina, and did immense damage to the city and surrounding area, UNC-Asheville released an update about getting their athletic teams. Director of Athletics Janet Cone shared that all student-athletes have been relocated to outside the immediate area. “We have been working tirelessly to find a way for our fall sports teams to practice and compete in Big South Conference regular season and championship competitions. Thanks to our sister institution UNC Charlotte, our men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball teams will be housed on their campus starting Monday, October 7…in addition, we…
Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images We got a Giro dell’Emilia sandwich today! Mens race starts at 11:15 local time Women’s race starts at 11:45 Women’s race ends around 14:38 Men’s race ends at 16:30 Both races start at Vignola and end at the top of the Santuario di San Luca (last seen in the Tour de France in July) but the women and men take very different routes to get there. The women’s race is 113.8 very Po-flat kilometers long as you can see here: Twice, including the finale, they go up through the porticoes to San Luca but until…
Image credit: © Isaiah J. Downing – USA TODAY Sports I didn’t win the Tout Wars Mixed Draft league. That honor went to Rudy Gamble of Razzball, who won his third Tout title. I mention this here so my congratulations to Rudy (an excellent fantasy player) doesn’t get buried at the bottom of this recap. I finished in a second place tie, which is very good but there was very little drama, as I finished 19 points out of first and never had a realistic chance of winning. OnRoto – the stat service that Tout Wars uses for all its…
Northampton Saints director of rugby Phil Dowson told BBC Radio 5 Live:”I think it was a game of two halves. At half-time everyone was pretty measured, pretty calm – very frustrated I’d say from a playing point of view.”And we knew the things we needed to rectify, they were fairly obvious, and I was very pleased with the way the players came out and did that.”The penalty count [in the first half] is simply a symptom of being under pressure, so when you’re defending for long periods of time you’re going to give a lot of penalties away.”We were under…
Muchova had to defend five break points to come through the first set but was overpowered in the second.Sabalenka then broke in the opening game of the third set, but world number 49 Muchova refused to allow the three-time Grand Slam champion out of sight.Belarusian Sabalenka had not been beaten since 10 August, winning the Cincinnati Open and US Open, external during that period, but it was Muchova who found an extra gear to win four games in a row and take a step closer to her first WTA title of the year.In Friday’s other quarter-final, Zheng executed a remarkable…
By: Sean Crose Boxing fans will have a nice present for themselves this Christmas season if ESPN is to be believed. For the outlet’s Mike Coppinger is reporting Noya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight champion of the world is in the process of finalizing a deal to square off against Sam Goodman on December 24th. Goodman, who is largely unknown, will enter the ring the prohibitive underdog, but is nonetheless getting the chance of a lifetime in facing perhaps the greatest active fighter on earth. The bout will go down in the wee hours of the morning here in the…