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Junior welterweight up-and-comer Cain Sandoval scored a sixth-round stoppage of Romero Duno in the main event of a 360 Promotions card at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California on Saturday. The five-bout card was live streamed on UFC Fight Pass. Sandoval (14-0, 12 KOs) gradually beat the fight out of Duno (26-5, 20 KOs) over five rounds of back-and-forth power punching until putting the former fringe contender down with a vicious right to the body in Round 6. The 28-year-old veteran from the Philippines struggled to get to his feet, but the punch took his wind, and he was…

World number one Scottie Scheffler will take a five-shot lead into the final round of the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship. After a slow start to his third round, the American finished strongly with birdies on four of the final five holes at East Lake Golf Club to put himself firmly in line for the $25m first prize. They helped Scheffler to card a 66 for a 26-under-par total and sit five strokes ahead of compatriot Collin Morikawa. Morikawa had reduced the deficit to two shots on the front nine, but Scheffler recovered with back-to-back birdies on the seventh and…

The Los Angeles Clippers and center Ivica Zubac have agreed to a three-year, $58.6 million contract extension, tying him to the franchise for $70 million through the 2027-2028 season, his agents Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz of Excel informed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. Zubac, 27, will sign the maximum deal available to him for three seasons under the terms of the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, per Wojnarowski. The 7-footer averaged career highs of 11.7 points and 1.2 blocks per game in 68 appearances (all starts) last season. Furthermore, Zubac averaged 9.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 26.4 minutes per game…

Dan Hooker overcame the grappling threats of Mateusz Gamrot to pick up a hard-fought win at UFC 305. The lightweight bout was part of the UFC 305 main card at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, and saw Hooker (24-12 MMA, 14-8 UFC) and Gamrot (24-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) present the best of their games. After 15 minutes, the judges were split, issuing duelling 29-28 scores. Two of the scorecards favored Hooker’s work in the striking department. The classic grappler vs. striker matchup played out exactly as one would think, as both fighters played to their strengths. But Gamrot surprised Hooker…

Commonwealth Games Scotland Wants 2026 Decision As Glasgow Waits In Wings Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has called on the Scottish Government to decide whether Glasgow can host the 2026 multi-sport event. The State of Victoria, Australia, was due to stage the Games but withdrew in July 2023 citing rising costs and agreed to pay the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) £190million (250million US dollars). The CGF announced a search for a new host to host the 23rd Games with Alberta, the only confirmed potential bidder left for 2030, also halting its attempt to take what would be the centenary event to Canadian…

In many ways, it’s hardly a surprise to see Enric Mas in the higher ranks of a Vuelta a España GC, given the Movistar leader has already taken three second places overall in his home Grand Tour.However, after a wildly uneven Tour de France, which he began performing below expectations but ended on a far more upbeat note, it was unclear how Mas would race on home terrain this August.”So far, though, Mas has shown a huge degree of consistency in the 2024 Vuelta. So far, only on one key climb – the Puerto Ancares – has his tactic of…

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Newcastle United fans have been left with a sour taste in their mouth following their club’s efforts in the summer transfer window.The Magpies have established themselves as a Premier League force in recent years with the backing of PIF.However, Eddie Howe’s squad was in serious need of strengthening this summer, especially as an injury crisis effectively derailed their 2023/24 campaign.Newcastle were linked with a number of high-profile moves, including for the likes of Marc Guehi, Federico Chiesa and Noni Madueke.But by the time the window closed on Friday, Lloyd Kelly and William Osula were Newcastle’s only outfield arrivals — alongside…

The Wallabies have scored a wet and wild comeback 20-19 win over Argentina to revive the new-look side’s Rugby Championship campaign.It took a penalty from substitute Ben Donaldson on the buzzer to secure it and snap an eight-game Rugby Championship losing streak.Australia trailed 10-0 and 16-7 at Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi in La Plata, just south of Buenos Aires on Sunday (AEST), but found a way in driving rain to improve to 1-2 in the four-team tournament. Centre Len Ikitau was a bright spark in attack despite the conditions, halfback Jake Gordon impressed, props Angus Bell and Taniela Tupou and…

A fourth-round appearance at a Grand Slam is an opportunity that Draper is relishing after a “tough year” with injuries in 2023 that left him considering his future in the sport.Draper made an impressive run to the last 16 in New York last year, but he said that he had been still “really struggling” with a shoulder injury he had sustained on his French Open debut a few months earlier.The same issue caused Draper to miss that year’s entire grass-court season, including his home Slam at Wimbledon.The 22-year year-old credits a return to his old fitness trainer, Steven Kotze, as…