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JOEY SINGLETON was the first man to win the Lonsdale belt outright at light-welterweight. Now known as super-lightweight, this division was packed with talent during the 1970s after it had been revived in 1973. The division had a brief incarnation in the late 1960s when it was known as junior welterweight. Men boxing at 10 stone have, therefore, held titles in a weight division that has been known by three different names since 1967. Singleton came from Kirkby, to the North of Liverpool, the same place that had produced the great John Conteh. Joey was a very good amateur, as…
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Matt Wallace of England shot 8-under 62 and was without a bogey after 36 holes in taking a four-stroke lead at the European Masters on Friday.The 91st-ranked Wallace, who won the last of his four European tour titles six years ago, made five birdies in six holes — including back-to-back chip-ins at Nos. 4 and 5 — to close his front nine and then three in a row from No. 14 in his clinic at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in the Alps.”It’s going to sound crazy,” Wallace said, “but golf is a crazy game. I missed a few…
The Dallas Mavericks and TEGNA have agreed to a multi-year TV partnership deal, the NBA team announced Friday morning. Mavericks games not exclusively televised nationally will be free over-the-air to about 10 million Texans. Dallas Mavericks entered into a partnership with TEGNA two weeks after the team parted ways with Bally Sports Southwest This news comes two weeks after the Mavs mutually agreed to part ways with Bally Sports Southwest. Broadcasts will be more accessible for nearly triple the number of viewers that had access to games last season. TEGNA owns 64 TV stations across the United States. “The most…
MMA Fighting has Bellator San Diego results and more on Saturday night for the Nurmagomedov vs. Shabliy fight card at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California. In the main event, Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov puts his title and undefeated record on the line against top contender Alexandr Shabliy. Welterweights veterans Lorenz Larkin and Levan Chokheli collide in a No. 1 contender’s bout in the co-main event. Check out Bellator San Diego results below. Fight Card (MAX, 8 p.m. ET) Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Alexandr Shabliy Lorenz Larkin vs. Levan Chokheli Douglas Lima vs. Aaron Jeffery Yancy Medeiros vs. Jora…
Paralympics: Emotions Overflow for Australian Gold Medal Winners Ben Hance, Callum Simpson A golden day for Australia and one filled with emotion with Ben Hance dedicating his back-to-back backstroking win to his late father and rookie schoolboy Callum Simpson overcome with tears of joy as Australia celebrated its most successful day in the Paralympic pool THIS ONE’S FOR YOU DAD: Ben Hance sky high after his golden moment in Paris, dedicated to his late father Tony. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia) The Dolphins taking its gold medal tally to six and its overall tally to 25 with a total…
The Vuelta a España resumed a much more familiar format on Friday as three-times overall winner Primoz Roglič finally reclaimed the red jersey of race leader thanks to a devastating display of climbing power by both the Slovenian veteran and his team.For nearly a fortnight, la roja has eluded the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider after he and his team collectively dropped the ball by letting a GC contender as dangerous as Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) gain a hefty five-minute overall advantage from a powerful first-week daylong break and stage win.In his prolonged bid to put the record straight and…
Summer Baseball David Seifert – September 6, 2024 Thirty-eight power arms touched 96.5 mph or better during the first half of the summer from amateur leagues across the country and the boys of summer stayed hot with 22 additional heat pumpers to close things out.Leading the second-half, hotlist was Jackson Flora (UC Santa Barbara) with a 99.5 bolt while pitching for Corvallis in the West Coast League. That league was also the source of ten more power arms who made the final summer heat sheet.At the top, both Ryan Lambert (Oklahoma) who was drafted and signed by the Mets in the 8th…
Man City midfielder Mateo Kovacic is said to be considering his future at the Premier League champions following the arrival of Ilkay Gundogan from Barcelona during the summer transfer window. The Manchester club secured the return of their former captain as part of a free transfer as Barcelona wanted to get the German star’s salary off of their books so they could register their new signing Dani Olmo with La Liga.The 33-year-old is a Man City legend and once up to speed, is expected to receive more minutes from Pep Guardiola.Knowing this, Kovacic is believed to be concerned about his future…
England has been thrown into turmoil by the loss of Aled Walters and Felix Jones Dan Tobin will join the national team set-up as strength and conditioning coach By Alex Bywater Published: 19:59 EDT, 6 September 2024 | Updated: 19:59 EDT, 6 September 2024 England head coach Steve Borthwick has made his first step in moving on from a summer of staff upheaval by appointing Gloucester’s Dan Tobin as a strength and conditioning coach.Borthwick has seen defence coach Felix Jones, fitness chief Aled Walters and another fitness coach in Tom Tombleson all quit his set-up in the wake of the July Tests…
A series of composed performances had seen Draper break new ground in New York, moving into the semi-finals without dropping a set.While he had played cooly and clinically, there was a question mark about how the left-hander would fare against an opponent of Sinner’s class.Draper’s first four opponents were ranked below him – and he avoided playing Spanish superstar Carlos Alcaraz in the third round following the French Open and Wimbledon champion’s shock defeat in round two.Quarter-final opponent Alex de Minaur, seeded 10th, was hampered by fitness problems, too.In the opening exchanges of the semi-final, Draper pushed Sinner – who…