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Coming off a historic performance at the Olympics in Paris, Summer McIntosh will return to international competition to close out 2024 at the Short Course World Championships in Budapest. McIntosh headlines an 18-swimmer roster for the championships revealed by Swimming Canada on Wednesday, and she’ll be joined by two other Paris Olympic medalists, Kylie Masse and Ilya Kharun, along with the most decorated Canadian female in Olympic history, Penny Oleksiak. McIntosh became the first Canadian to win three gold medals at a single Olympics in Paris, coming out on top in the women’s 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM to go along with…
The Australian national anthem rang out across Zũrich on Wednesday afternoon as Grace Brown won another time trial world title, this time along with Brodie Chapman, Ruby Roseman-Gannon, Michael Matthews, Jay Vine and Ben O’Connor in the Mixed Relay team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.The sextet in green and gold were all given rainbow jerseys and gold medals after beating Germany by just 0.85 of a second and Italy by 8.25 seconds.Brown sang the Australia national anthem for the second time in four days. It was her final time trial of her career, with Saturday’s road race…
Analysis D1Baseball Staff – September 24, 2024 In the fall of 2015, we presented our inaugural Top 100 Programs rankings, which we described as an attempt to assess the overall health of each program in the current era. A lot can change quickly in college baseball, so we decided to make this a biennial exercise. We updated the Top 100 in 2017 and again in 2019. But after the pandemic wiped out the 2020 season, we decided to push the 2021 update back a year to 2022.For the purpose of this exercise, we don’t care what happened in the 1970s or…
Tottenham star Son Heung-min has rather worryingly admitted that there have not yet been any talks with the club over a new contract, despite his current Spurs deal being due to expire at the end of this season.Watch the video below as the South Korea international fails to commit his future to Tottenham, slightly dodging the question by insisting that he’s just fully focused on his performances on the pitch for the rest of the season.Son remains a hugely important player for Spurs and one imagines that almost every fan of the north London giants will want him to put…
Exeter boss Rob Baxter says there have been some “honest conversations” between his players and staff after the season-opening Premiership loss at home to Leicester.Chiefs conceded a last-second try to lose 17-14 in a game which saw Exeter make a series of basic errors.But Baxter says he is hopeful those mistakes will be a one-off as they prepare to travel to champions Northampton on Saturday.”If someone says to me ‘am I really worried about it?’ – no because it’s game one,” Baxter told BBC Sport.”If it was game four and I was saying the same things I would be [worried].”So…
Naomi Osaka says she is at a stage in life where she “does not want to have regrets”, after hiring Patrick Mouratoglou as her new coach.Japan’s Osaka beat Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 6-2 at the China Open in her first match with Mouratoglou – formerly the long-time coach of Serena Williams – in her corner.The 26-year-old split with Wim Fisette, who she won two of her four Grand Slam titles with, earlier in September.Osaka said she was initially hesitant about working with Mouratoglou.”The fact that he was Serena’s coach made me want to avoid him just because his persona is…
By: Sean Crose Nobody thought IBF heavyweight titlist Daniel Dubois was a second rate opponent for Anthony Joshua. They just didn’t think the man would literally lay a beating on the popular former titlist. Yet that’s exactly what Dubois did from the opening round on Saturday night in London. Joshua, one of the most popular fighters in the sport – if not the single most popular – was never in the fight after getting tagged by his fellow Englishman early in the first. Within the matter of four rounds and several seconds, Dubois went from being merely a respected fighter…
The President’s Cup, the biennial team match play event between the USA and an International team comprising players from outside of Europe, tees off its 15th renewal on Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Quebec. Team USA will be looking to extend its winning run to ten in a row in Canada, having not lost this century. Since the event was launched in 1994, USA has won 12 times, International just one (1998), with one tie (2003). Both teams comprise six automatic qualifiers and six captain’s picks. Team USA is being captained by Jim Furyk, while the International team…
The Memphis Grizzlies will retire guard Tony Allen’s No. 9 jersey on March 15, the team announced Tuesday. Allen’s number is scheduled be raised to the FedExForum rafters following a game against the Miami Heat. Memphis Grizzlies legend Tony Allen is the third player in franchise history to have his jersey retired The first 5,000 fans in attendance will receive a Commemorative Vinyl Record, produced locally in partnership with Memphis Record Pressing. Memorable plays, moments, and interviews from Allen’s Grizzlies career will be shown. Allen, 42, is the third Grizzlies player to have his jersey retired, joining Zach Randolph (No.…
Having booked his return to mixed martial arts over the course of last week, former UFC title challenger, Kevin Lee now has his opponent booked for a lightweight outing against Saul Almeida at Gamebred Bareknuckle 8 on November 15. event in Biloxi, Mississippi. Lee, a former interim lightweight title challenger during his storied tenure in the Octagon, hit the headlines last week having booked his return to mixed martial arts competition under the banner of Lights Out Championship, taking on Thiago Oliveira in a return to his native Michigan. Sidelined from mixed martial arts since he featured against Rinat Fakhretdinov…