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By: Sean Crose It was widely agreed that, at 37 years of age, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez was past his prime when he stepped into the ring in his native Nicaragua on Friday night. The four division champion was in search of further glory, this time in the bantamweight division, as he hoped earn himself a shot at a stunning fifth world title. First, however, the 51-4 Gonzalez would have to get past the 27-5 Rober Barrera in a scheduled 10 rounder at Managua’s Polideportivo Alexis Arguello. Gonzalez pressed the action right away in the first, but it was made immediately…
It was a performance which broke or equalled all kinds of records, not to mention Phil Mickelson’s heart. The last time Royal Troon hosted the Open Championship in 2016, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson came out on top in a sensational shootout with Mickelson to win his only major title and lift the Claret Jug. Stenson carded a closing 63 to become only the second player ever to finish a major on 20 under par, equalling the record set by Jason Day in the previous year’s US PGA Championship. As well as equalling the lowest score recorded in any major at the…
One of the oldest players in the league still thinks he has a lot to contribute to any NBA franchise, but understands that he prefers to play for a team under construction, than aspire to win another championship in a title-contending squad. This is Chris Paul’s interpretation on what he’s pursuing in the twilight of his successful career. This explains why the point guard decided to go to San Antonio this summer, a team that just produced a 22-60 campaign, but that is building a team that they hope will bring back trophies led by Victor Wembanyama, the reigning Rookie…
It looks like Conor McGregor’s pinky toe is feeling much better. Last month, the Irish megastar bowed out of his highly anticipated headliner with Michael Chandler at UFC 303 after he broke his little toe during a training session. Being that it was the first time McGregor had ever backed out of a scheduled fight, fans were expecting the situation to be a bit more dire, prompting pundits and fellow fighters to absolutely shred the former two-division titleholder on social media. Little has been said about McGregor’s recovery process with Dana White outright refusing to talk about the Irishman’s quote-unquote…
2024 CZ North Section Summer Sectionals (Westmont) Thursday-Sunday, July 11-14th, 2024 FMC Aquatic Center, Westmont, IL LCM (50m) Results on MeetMobile (“2024 CZ North Section Summer Sectionals”) Day 1 Recap Day 2 of the 2024 Summer Sectionals meet in Westmont, IL featured the 200 free, 400 IM, and 100 back. Schroeder Y Swim Team’s Sam Lorenz, 18, won the men’s 100 back in a great race, clocking a 54.91. That performance marks Lorenz’s first time under 55 seconds in the event, dipping under his previous PB of 55.24, which he set at the Olympic Trials last month. A rising freshman at…
Jonas Vingegaard knew Tadej Pogačar was going to rip the Tour de France apart on the upper reaches of Pla d’Adet on stage 14, but this time he couldn’t stitch it all seamlessly back together. The general classification is now tailored altogether more comfortably for Pogačar, even if Vingegaard remained bullish about his prospects of snatching the yellow jersey off his back by Nice.“I did a good performance, so I don’t think I can be disappointed in that, but of course it’s disappointing to lose 40 seconds,” Vingegaard said when he emerged from the Visma-Lease a Bike bus long after…
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“The banter era”, as the internet slang goes, didn’t last that long for Germany after all! Julian Nagelsmann has brought the Germans front and centre of the footballing world after consecutive periods of failure under Joachim Low on his last legs followed by Hansi Flick. Just a statement performance was needed to mark that turnaround and it arrived in their opening game of the Euros. Powered by their new core of emerging superstars, they brushed aside Scotland 5-1, firmly adding their name to the list of favourites for the trophy, a conversation they had been somewhat of an outsider in.…
It was a valiant effort by the English but they couldn’t edge the All Blacks.
Finalist Jasmine Paolini, Coco Gauff and Grigor Dimitrov answer BBC Sport’s wildcard questions at Wimbledon.