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There is no doubt that UAE Team Emirates is the number one team in the world, as they’ve sat atop the UCI World Rankings since February. But the team of World Champion, Tour de France, and Giro d’Italia winner Tadej Pogačar apparently broke a record held since 2000 when they won their 76th race with 20 different riders.Juan Sebastian Molano claimed stage 2 of the CRO Race on Wednesday, becoming the 20th rider of UAE Team Emirates’ 30-rider roster to enjoy a victory this year.According to UAE Team Emirates’ press release, the previous record for individual wins amongst a professional…

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Fall Workouts David Seifert – October 2, 2024 Our in-depth fall workouts coverage continues with inside scoop from two scrimmages our David Seifert attended over the past week — Eastern Illinois at Illinois State and Indiana State at Illinois. Get the scoop: Eastern Illinois at Illinois StateNormal, Ill.- Eastern Illinois traveled to Illinois State for a Friday afternoon matchup that ended with the Redbirds walking-off both of the 7-inning contests. Trailing 4-2 in game one, the first celebration occurred after a two-on, two-out blast just to the right of the batter’s eye by outfielder Daniel Pacella. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound lefthanded[…]

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Michael Cheika has managed Leicester for two games and already been bannedHe has been punished for disrespecting a doctor in his first match in charge Leicester Tigers have slammed the RFU’s decision to ban Cheika By Alex Bywater Published: 11:50 EDT, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 13:22 EDT, 2 October 2024 Leicester Tigers hit out at the RFU on Wednesday after their new head coach Michael Cheika was hit with a ban for disrespecting the matchday doctor in his first game in charge.Cheika was pulled in front of a disciplinary panel after the club’s round-one victory over Exeter for confronting the independent…

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ZHILEI ZHANG wouldn’t be drawn on how he could beat Daniel Dubois should they ever meet but the Chinese heavyweight did dish out praise for the British fighter in a recent interview with Boxing News. Zhang’s career suffered a setback in March, losing to Joseph Parker on points, but returned to winning ways with an emphatic fifth-round victory over Deontay Wilder three months later. The 41-year-old, who has an 81 per cent knockout ratio in 30 fights, has joined the line of rivals looking to face Dubois who annihilated Anthony Joshua last month at Wembley Stadium. Dubois, who has losses…

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Sep 29, 2024, 01:30 PM ETMADRID — Angel Hidalgo birdied the second playoff hole to beat Jon Rahm and win the Spanish Open for his first European tour victory Sunday.The 26-year-old Hidalgo had missed a short birdie putt at the same 18th hole to allow fellow Spaniard Rahm into the playoff, giving the two-time major champion a chance to become the first player to win four Spanish Open titles.Rahm had birdied the final two holes of his round at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.”Insane, absolutely insane,” Hidalgo said. “It was weird because I was pretty relaxed all day,…

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Frank Vogel has joined the coaching staff of the Dallas Mavericks as a consultant. Jason Kidd was an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers under Vogel when they won the Finals in 2020. “It took a lot of begging, but he was talked into it and I’m happy he said yes,” said Kidd. Vogel was fired by the Phoenix Suns this past offseason after just one season in the job.

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Courtesy: Dominique Hérailh Looking at single-race performances, who were the most dominant Olympic champions in Paris? How do we answer this question objectively? In breaking down which performances were most dominant, we’ve opted to use the World Aquatics Point Scoring system. The two key determining factors in whether or not a performance was “dominant” are: A high score in FINA/World Aquatics points Large margin of victory over the runner-up The scoring format: A swimmer’s total FINA points + the gap in points between them and the silver medalist. Example: Katie Ledecky scored 962 FINA points in the women’s 800 free.…

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So often when Tiffany Cromwell lines up on the road with Canyon-SRAM it is in support of others but on Saturday at the UCI Gravel World Championships, she is one of the key riders who contenders will be looking to as a clear and present danger.The Australian is one of those rare competitors in the pack that has a foot in both camps at a race that may be called a gravel championship but also has much in common with a road Classic. As has been the pattern in the recent UCI incarnation of the rainbow jersey race for gravel,…

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