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New Zealand’s Lydia Ko fired a final round of 69 to win the Women’s Open by two shots after a wet and windy week at the Old Course at St Andrews. It is a third major championship for Ko, who won the 2015 Evian Championship and 2016 Chevron Championship, and the first time a New Zealander has ever won the Women’s Open. The 27-year-old rounds off an excellent month at St Andrews having already won the gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games which saw her earn enough points to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame. “It’s been…
NBA fans are already posting their reactions to social media regarding San Antonio Spurs forward/center Victor Wembanyama’s NBA 2K25 rating. On Friday, NBA 2K revealed that Wembanyama will be rated as 91 overall in the new game. He is ranked as the 18th-best player overall. The NBA2K account on X has periodically announced the ratings of the top 100 players in the game. However, the top 10 has yet to be unveiled. NBA 2K25 is set to launch globally on Sept. 6, but early access starts on Sept. 4 for all editions. It will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation…
Diego Lopes expects Brian Ortega to make it to the octagon with no hiccups on Sept. 14 at UFC 306 despite all the drama that unfolded hours prior to their scheduled June bout. Lopes and Ortega agreed to face each other in a featherweight showdown on short notice at UFC 303 after the card suffered major hits, most notably the cancellation of Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler, but the bout was then moved to 155 pounds hours before official weigh-ins after Ortega had issues cutting weight. In an unprecedented move, Dan Ige ultimately replaced Ortega just hours before the fight,…
Sun Yang Returns to Racing at Chinese Summer Championships One of the most controversial swimmers of the 21st century swam his first official race in more than four years Sunday in Hefei, China, as Sun Yang made his return to competition following a four-year suspension. Sun Yang competed in the 400 freestyle against domestic competition, albeit with swimmers who competed at the Paris Olympics missing, and he emerged victorious with a time of 3:49.58. Sun had previously been banished from the sport after failing to cooperate with anti-doping testers who visited his home in 2018. In that incident, a member of Sun’s…
On the high-speed, final descent of stage 9 of the Vuelta a España, Enric Mas (Movistar) came within a whisker of a major crash as the headwind caught his bike and the Spanish GC contender all but skidded off-course.In a heart-stopping moment for TV viewers, cameras showed how Mas wobbled spectacularly to his right and looked like he would fall.But luckily, the sudden distancing of the continuous crash barriers running parallel alongside the road running down the side of the mountain meant the Movistar racer had the space necessary to regain control of his bike. Fifty metres before or after that…
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This article was originally published on Fabrizio Romano’s Daily Briefing, a subscription service. If you would like to receive Fabrizio Romano’s exclusive articles via email ahead of publication on caughtoffside.com, please sign-up for the service here: thedailybriefing.io—The Raheem Sterling situation is a question for Chelsea, not for me.At the moment I can only say the information that I have, and that is they insist on a permanent sale. Maybe a loan under certain conditions can be enough to get the green light, but this is just my opinion and not something guaranteed.Chelsea are still exploring opportunities for a striker and on Osimhen,…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size As Israel Folau opened up on old wounds, the three-time John Eales Medallist claimed he could “fit straight in” with the Wallabies if he was playing in the Australian system.After having his million-dollar contract controversially terminated in 2019 for a social media post, Folau switched to Tonga ahead of the 2023 World Cup.The dual-international’s hopes of playing in France were cruelled by a devastating knee-injury, which saw him withdraw from Toutai Kefu’s squad.But Folau, who switched to rugby ahead of the British and Irish…
Emma Raducanu says she will always do things “a little bit differently” as she prepares for just her second US Open match since winning the title as a teenage qualifier in 2021.The 21-year-old will play American fellow Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin in the first round on Tuesday, with sixth seed Jessica Pegula a potential second-round opponent for the winner.Raducanu reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in July, but having opted to miss the Olympics, has only played one tournament in the six weeks since.”I really wanted to play in Toronto, especially because I was born there, but the turnaround…
By Mark Baldwin “It’s a shit business,” Les McQueen, once of Crème Brulee, uttered more than once in that incredibly dark world that was The League of Gentlemen. The fictional band Crème Brulee, had a brief period of fame. One hit wonders, and the Eurovision stage was their only claim of grandeur. The band had long since split. McQueen was drifting. He wanted his old life back. He was lost without it. His whole identity was seemingly dependent on what had long since gone. That all too brief, fleeting success left McQueen wanting more. He couldn’t let go of his…