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A two-time men’s under-23 world champion on the road just over a decade ago, Matej Mohorič rose to the top again in 2023 as the best elite men’s rider at the UCI Gravel World Championship. In advance of his defence for an infrequently-displayed rainbow jersey due to a heavy WorldTour schedule with Bahrain-Victorious, he will flash the stripes at Sea Otter Europe’s gravel race in Girona this Saturday.The 29-year-old will also represent Slovenia to support teammate Tadej Pogačar at UCI Road Worlds in Switzerland on September 29 before he embarks on another conquest on gravel, this time in Leuven, Belgium…
Analysis D1Baseball Staff – September 19, 2024 In the fall of 2015, we presented our inaugural Top 100 Programs rankings, which we described as an attempt to asses 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…
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 19: Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount of Manchester United react during a Manchester United Training Session at Carrington Training Ground on September 19, 2023 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images) Erik Ten Hag has admitted Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount are both in contention to return against Crystal Palace this weekend.The Red Devils will travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday for their fifth Premier League clash of the season.Coming into the fixture off the back of a 7-0 thumping over Championship side Barnsley in the EFL Cup earlier this week and a 3-0 win…
However, Ospreys players did not fare well with Gatland last season.His 34-man squad to tour Australia included just three players from the region, despite them reaching the knockout stages of both the United Rugby Championship (URC) and Europe.In comparison, 10 players were selected from Cardiff.Players including Jac Morgan, Adam Beard and Rhys Davies were ruled out by injury but the likes of prop Nicky Smith, Morgan Morris and Owen Williams were overlooked while Sam Parry walked out of camp after feeling slighted by Gatland.”You always want your players to get the recognition they deserve but you can’t always guess what…
The All England Club has received a boost to its plans to build 39 new tennis courts on Wimbledon Park.Officers at the Greater London Authority (GLA) have recommended the Deputy Mayor should grant conditional planning permission at a public hearing next Friday.Merton Council approved the plans, but the proposal was referred to the GLA after Wandsworth Council rejected the scheme last November.Officers say the proposal complies with most relevant planning policies and there are “no material considerations that are considered to justify the refusal of consent”.They admit there will be a loss of open space, and harm to protected Metropolitan…
SHOULD Joshua Buatsi defeat Willy Hutchinson this weekend a world title shot may not be next. The 31-year-old Londoner would, however, like to remain active in a career that has been affected by inactivity. That could potentially mean another all-British clash which is more a main event than an undercard fight. Buatsi vs. Hutchinson lands on the Joshua-Dubois Riyadh Season event at Wembley Stadium on Saturday but Buatsi vs. Anthony Yarde is worthy of being top of the bill. The will they-won’t they drama has tested fans’ patience but the possibility of the fight happening could resurface in the near…
Wentworth Club has unveiled plans to renovate its 100-year-old East Course and build a new golf academy and par-3 course. The 6,200-yard East Course at the renowned Surrey venue was designed by Harry Colt and first opened for play in 1924, two years before the more famous West Course, venue for this week’s BMW PGA Championship, was built. The renovation project, which is to be carried out by leading architects European Golf Design working closely with Wentworth’s senior management team, will aim to return the par-68 course to its heathland roots, restoring Colt’s original design values. The East Course is…
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is rallying behind Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young, telling the 2023 first overall pick to stay focused on his goals after losing his starting job. James, a fellow No. 1 overall pick himself, went to X to show support for the former Alabama star on Tuesday, offering some advice to the signal caller while adding he is “rooting for” his success: Bryce Young hold ya head Young 🤴🏾!! Rooting for you and know this ain’t on you! Continue to put the work in and it shall prevail! 🙏🏾🫡👑 — LeBron James (@KingJames) September 18,…
UFC 306 is officially in the books, and Merab Dvalishvili is the new UFC bantamweight champion after defeating Sean O’Malley in the main event via unanimous decision. Where do both guys go from this past Saturday’s card, and with O’Malley announcing he’s having surgery, can he get back to a title shot quickly? On an all-new edition of Between the Links, Jon Anik kicks off the show to give his reaction to the event, the Sphere experience with Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier, Dvalishvili and Valentina Shevchenko becoming new champions, and more. Additionally, topics may include the two big fights…
Canadian Coach Brad Dingey Returns Home with Pointe-Claire Aquatic Club Former Swimming Canada head coach Brad Dingey has been hired this week to head Pointe-Claire Aquatic Club, a return to his home country. Dingey has been abroad since 2022, when he was hired to be the head coach of the Singapore Swimming Association’s National Training Center. He previously led Swimming Canada’s High-Performance Centre in Vancouver, starting in 2020. Dingey, 54, had been the director of HPC Victoria, which closed in 2020. He took that job in 2015, taking over for Ryan Mallette. Dingey stayed at Victoria until…