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Great Britain’s Lily Miyazaki was unable to join compatriot Sonay Kartal in the quarter-finals of the Jasmin Open as she fell to Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic.Miyazaki, the British number five, was aiming to reach the last eight of a WTA Tour tournament for the first time.But Ruzic, ranked 173rd in the world, needed 71 minutes to complete a 6-3 6-1 win over the 28-year-old in Tunisia and set up a meeting with Italian seventh seed Lucia Bronzetti, who overcame American Ann Li 6-4 7-6 (7-3).On Wednesday, Kartal reached the first WTA quarter-final of her career with a straight-set victory over Japan’s…
Jaron Ennis (left) lands a long jab on Karen Chukhadzhian – Photo by Amanda Wescott The Ring first introduced its divisional ratings in 1925. Almost a century later, it’s no exaggeration to claim that these independent rankings are the most respected and talked-about in world boxing. The Ring Ratings Panel is made up of a dozen experts from around the world. Opinions are shared, debate takes place, and the final decision on who should be ranked where is decided democratically every week. It sounds easy, but this can be an arduous and time-consuming process. I will be going through each…
Sep 12, 2024, 06:26 PM ETMajor champions Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz have the first tee time for the U.S. at the Solheim Cup on Friday morning, with Rose Zhang slated for the Americans’ second pairing.The international team event begins Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., with four foursomes (alternate-shot matches) between the U.S. and Team Europe.The pairings for those four matches were revealed at Thursday afternoon’s opening ceremony. Korda and Corpuz will take on England’s Charley Hull and Germany’s Esther Henseleit in the first match.Korda, ranked No. 1 in the world, has two major titles…
The Miami Heat have waived Bryson Warren and Malik Williams. Warren appeared in 17 regular season games (two starts) with the HEAT’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, last season and averaged 7.8 points, 1.9 assists, 1.5 rebounds and 19.6 minutes Williams appeared in 33 regular season games (24 starts) with the Sioux Falls Skyforce last season and averaged 11.1 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.21 blocks and 23.2 minutes while shooting 43.6 percent from the field.
Ray Longo disagrees with Dana White’s remarks towards Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) in the UFC 306 (pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+) main event at Sphere in Las Vegas. Just weeks prior to his fight with O’Malley, Dvalishvili suffered a face laceration, which he posted on social media, prompting White to call him “next-level stupid.” Not only did he reveal that he had cut himself, but he proceeded to remove the stitches himself with bush shears. Longo took issue with White branding Dvalishvili as stupid. “I’m not the social media guy,…
British Olympic champion Adam Peaty announced his engagement to HollyAnna Ramsay, the daughter of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, on September 12 via Instagram. The engagement came shortly after Peaty competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, marking his third Olympic appearance for Great Britain. There, he earned a silver medal in the 100 breaststroke, tying with Nic Fink, and finished fifth in the 4×100 medley relay. At the 2016 Games, Peaty won his first Olympic gold in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.13, breaking his own world record that he had set in the prelims. He also won…
Italian Martina Fidanza was seen as “a perfect fit” for Visma-Lease a Bike and signed the young sprinter to a two-year contract. Fidanza has spent the past three seasons with Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling and will move to the Dutch Women’s WorldTour squad to start 2025.The 24-year-old won back-to-back stages at Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour this season, holding off seasoned veterans like Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Barbara Guarischi (SD Worx-Protime) and Tiffany Cromwell (Cayon-SRAM) in bunch sprints. She also had three podiums in one-day races in late spring, including a win at the GP Mazda Schelkens. Fidanza is a proven winner on the…
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Athletic Club’s Nico Williams was one of the biggest stars of the summer, not only for his displays at Euro 2024 with Spain, but the winger was also a target for some of Europe’s biggest clubs during the latest transfer window.The 22-year-old is one of La Liga’s brightest stars and has been shining in an Athletic Club shirt in recent years, however, last season was the biggest in the Spain international’s career. Williams played a key role in helping his country win Euro 2024 in Germany, while at club level, he obtained himself a Copa del Rey winners’ medal.The winger…
Borthwick called on Premiership-winning Northampton number nine Alex Mitchell, Bath’s Ben Spencer and Bristol’s Harry Randall for the summer Test matches against Japan and New Zealand. Van Poortvliet, who has earned 14 caps since making his England debut against Australia in the summer of 2022, said he refused to dwell on what his pre-World Cup injury last year has cost him as others further solidified their place on the international stage.”You get dealt your cards in injuries, or the timing of it, and that is out of your control, freak stuff like that, so I just have to control what…