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Yoshiki Takei was once again shown the hard way that life is tough near the top of the bantamweight division. The unbeaten WBO bantamweight titlist relied on a strong finish to turn away a determined Daigo Higa. Scores were 115-112, 114-113 and 114-113 for Takei in their ESPN+ co-feature Tuesday from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The all-Japanese battle between RING contenders proved to be an entertaining appetizer for the Naoya Inoue-TJ Doheny main course. Yokohoma’s Takei (10-0, 8 knockouts), No. 4 at 118 by The Ring, was extended the distance for the second straight time. He barely survived the…
Rory McIlroy said he plans to cut down the number of tournaments he enters next season after feeling the physical demands of his schedule this year.McIlroy finished tied for ninth at the Tour Championship at the East Lake in Atlanta after carding a 66 on Sunday to finish at 16-under. It was his 22nd event of the season. He has five tournaments remaining.The Northern Irishman came close to ending his decade-long major championship title drought at the U.S. Open, only to miss two short putts in the final three holes at Pinehurst and watch Bryson DeChambeau lift the trophy.Editor’s Picks2…
Cedi Osman is engaged in “advanced talks” to sign for Real Madrid, according to Bugra Uzar of Eurohoops. Osman appeared in 72 games with the Spurs last season, averaging 6.8 points per game.
British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn didn’t pull any punches while talking about the upcoming clash between Jake Paul and legendary pugilist ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson. From the moment the bout was first announced, Paul vs. Tyson has received a fair amount of criticism, pretty much all of it surrounding the 31-year age gap between the two combatants. The scrutiny was only heightened when their originally scheduled date of July 20 was pushed back to November 15 after Tyson suffered a medical emergency during a cross-country flight in May. Though Tyson insists that he’s healthy and ready to go, Hearn thinks this…
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Refresh 2024-09-03T11:12:12.475Z Jack Haig is now out front solo with several riders chasing. 2024-09-03T11:09:39.864Z 173km to goDouble stage winner Pablo Castrillo is among the men now trying to go. 2024-09-03T11:07:32.130Z Van Aert is a minute off the back. 2024-09-03T11:06:11.742Z Astana’s Harold Tejada is off the front. 2024-09-03T11:03:38.190Z He’s quickly back up and running, however. 2024-09-03T11:03:25.583Z Attacks from the start and green jersey Wout van Aert is caught in a crash. 2024-09-03T11:02:34.642Z 182km to goThe flag drops and racing is underway for stage 16. 2024-09-03T10:58:46.083Z A look at the riders heading out to start the day.➡ Stage 1⃣6⃣ is underway! 181…
Hawaii’s Itsuki Takemoto starred for Orleans this summer (Aaron Fitt) Summer Baseball Aaron Fitt – August 28, 2024 It was a trying summer for the Orleans Firebirds, who went 15-25 to finish fourth in the East Division. But there were some bright spots, highlighted by righthander Itsuki Takemoto (Hawaii) winning the league’s Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award. Itsuki led a contingent of six Firebirds who made the all-star game, as he was joined by fellow righties Callan Fang and Cody Bowker plus infielders Hudson Shupe and Jack Gurevitch and outfielder Ben Zeigler-Namoa. Here’s a look at the Orleans pitchers that caught…
Tottenham were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle United at St James’ Park.Ange Postecoglou’s men have made an inconsistent start to the season, with Spurs winning just once out of there three matches so far this season.Their latest match was against Eddie Howe’s Newcaste United, who came out on top and won the three points.Spurs started the season with a draw against newly promoted Leicester City, they went on to convincingly beat Everton 4-0 in the next match and then came the defeat at St James’ Park.Dejan Kulusevski was used as a striker by the Tottenham manager due to the absence of…
Monaghan joins the likes of Beibhinn Parsons, Aoibheann Reilly, Natasja Behan, Katie Corrigan and Sadhbh McGrath in the treatment room.Bemand is boosted, however, by the return of Olympians Stacey Flood, Eve Higgins, Emily Lane and Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, all of whom featured in Ireland’s sevens campaign at the recent Paris Games.Forward Erin King, another Sevens international, is one of 10 uncapped players in Bemand’s 35-strong panel. Ireland face Australia at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast on Saturday and Bemand conceded that there are “some bumps and bruises” after the finals of the Women’s Interprovincial Championship at the weekend, but no further…
The men’s draw also looks open after surprise defeats for 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic and reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.Australia Open champion Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev, who won the title in New York in 2021, are in the top half of the draw, leaving Fritz, Zverev, Tiafoe and Dimitrov in the bottom.Tiafoe, seeded 20th this year, reached the semi-finals in 2022, where he lost in five sets to Alcaraz, while 12th seed Fritz has not progressed from any of his four Grand Slam quarter-finals to date.There has not been an American winner of the…