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2024 SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES China’s Jiang Yuyan won her 7th and final medal to close the swimming portion of the 2024 Paralympic Games, leading all medalists, male or female, across all sports at these Games. The record all-time was set by American swimmer Trischa Zorn, who won 10 golds at both the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games. Jiang, only 19, swam at her 2nd Paralympic Games. In 2020, she won two gold and a silver, but exploded as the star of the meet in 2024. She races in the S6 classification, though in the 100 free she opted to ‘swim…
Australian Jay Vine was a man on a mission on stage 20 of the Vuelta a España. His goal was to get any many KOM points as possible to secure the polka-dot jersey before the final climb of the day where GC contenders would be battling on the ascent of Picón Blanco. To do so, the UAE Team Emirates rider made his way into the break of the day early on, where he was soon joined by his teammate Marc Soler who led the mountain classification with a slim 1-point lead on Vine.While Vine took the points in the first…
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Man United are reportedly keeping an eye on the contract situation of Lewis Dunk at Brighton as the Manchester club plans to add an experienced centre-back to their squad next summer. The England international’s current deal with the Seagulls expires in 2026, which means next summer would be the ideal time to sell the defender if a new contract cannot be agreed.According to Fichajes, Man United are interested in signing Dunk next summer because of his “experience and leadership.” These are qualities the Red Devils may need to add to their backline as this season could be the last at Old Trafford…
Wales held a narrow 7-5 lead at half-time before succumbing to the 40-14 defeat.“I said to the team for us to ignore the score, we’re going through a process here,” Cunningham said.“I thought our first half defensive effort was excellent. I think there are areas where we can learn and get better, try and get a bit more territory in the game and hold onto the ball for a bit longer.“We’ve shown when we do we can create opportunities and score points.”We are delighted we had the opportunity to expose some of that new talent to Test level rugby, we’ve…
Great Britain’s Jodie Burrage earned a win on her return to action after six months out because of injury.The 25-year-old played Lina Soussi in qualifying for the Jasmin Open in Tunisia and claimed a 6-2 6-3 victory.Burrage had to have surgery after sustaining a left wrist injury during practice for the San Diego Open in February, before suffering an ankle injury in May.She broke Soussi five times in the match compared with losing her serve on only one occasion.Burrage also served six aces as she completed her win in one hour five minutes.
By: Sean Crose The highly anticipated September 21st Pay Per View event between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will cost Americans $19.99 to watch on pay per view. That’s right, $19.99…around twenty bucks for Yanks to watch the hard hitting Englishmen thrown down in at Wembley Stadium for the IBF heavyweight championship of the world. Consider most pay per views cost at the higher end of a hundred dollars, the price for Joshua-Dubois is very good for American fans. Even the UFC, which is known to charge less than boxing when it comes to pay per view events, can’t compete…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaATLANTA — For a brief moment in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler looked like one of us.With the FedEx Cup and a whopping $25 million bonus on the line, Scheffler had just carded a bogey on the par-4 seventh hole. He badly hooked his tee shot to the left, and his ball nearly went out of bounds before settling in…
NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton, the father of Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II, has taken over men’s basketball head coaching duties at the College of Alameda in Alameda, California. Melanie Dixon, the community college’s president, announced the hire in a report made public Friday evening. College of Alameda in Alameda, California, has hired Gary Payton to coach the men’s basketball team In the written report, published with materials for Tuesday’s meeting of the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Board of Trustees, Dixon welcomed Payton along with new volleyball coach Justin Hoover. The two new additions “will no…
The life of legendary fighter Rickson Gracie is coming to the big screen. Per a report from Deadline, filmmaker Adam Rifkin along with Brad Wyman and Michael P.J. Gerstein’s FutureIII Entertainment have acquired the rights to Gracie’s memoir, Breathe: A Life in Flow. The son of Brazilian jiu-jitsu co-creator Helio Gracie, Rickson followed in his father’s footsteps as a world-class grappler who received his black belt when he was only 18 years old. Breathe: A Life in Flow follows his journey from fighting on the streets during the 1970s to his final fight in the Tokyo Dome in 2000 and the larger history…