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Jamahal Hill snapped back at Magomed Ankalaev. ‘Sweet Dreams’ was non-too-pleased to learn that No. 8 ranked contender Khalil Rountree would be the next man to fight Alex Pereira, challenging the light heavyweight champion at UFC 307 this October. Hill’s biggest gripe being that Rountree was forced to pull out of a previously scheduled scrap in June after being suspended by the NSAC for the use of a banned substance. Now suddenly he’s rewarded with a title opportunity when he feels there are far more deserving candidates. Candidates like Magomed Ankalaev who is sitting on a 10-fight win streak and…
Pan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Prelims: Luka Mijatovic Leads in Both 200 Free, 800 Free Two years again in Hawaii, future Olympians like Thomas Heilman, Tomoyuki Matsushita, Alex Shackell and Erin Gemmell tested themselves internationally at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships. An early test of the emerging depth in countries lining the Pacific Ocean that happen to be some of the world’s powers, it’s a fitting look, just after the Paris Olympics, at who could be on that stage four years from now in Los Angeles. The first morning session of the 2024 meet, kicking off in Canberra, Australia, offered…
Australian Robert Stannard, 25, rejoined the WorldTour “with immediate effect” on Tuesday, signing with the Bahrain Victorious squad.The team announced with the signing that Stannard would make his debut at the upcoming Tour of Britain, September 3-8.Stannard last competed with Alpecin-Deceuninck (2022-2023), having started his career with Mitchelton-Scott in 2018. He won the Tour de Wallonie in 2022 but his racing career came to a halt in August last year when the UCI provisionally suspended him for “use of prohibited Methods and/or prohibited substances”.The case concluded in June with Stannard accepting a four-year back-dated suspension for “unexplained” abnormal values on…
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Liverpool’s Bobby Clark has arrived in Austria to complete a medical ahead of finalising his move to RB Salzburg after the two clubs reached an agreement over a transfer fee for the youngster. The Austrian outfit had a £10m proposal accepted by the Reds last week, reports the BBC, with the deal containing a 17.5% sell-on clause. Former Liverpool coaches Pep Lijnders and Vitor Matos are extremely keen to work with the midfielder again having overseen his development in recent years.Clark’s move to RB Salzburg has now moved one step closer on Tuesday as the English talent arrived in Austria to complete…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size It has been rightly said that we learn more from defeat than from victory. This is why Australian rugby players are the best educated in the world, while South African ones are laughably ignorant. But are we learning the right things from our defeats? And what are the right things anyway? Some would say the most important thing to learn from a defeat is how to win, but that seems shortsighted. If all we learn is how to win, then how will we keep…
Britain’s Billy Harris and Lily Miyazaki are through to the second round of qualifying at the US Open.Harris, who played in the main draw of a major for the first time at Wimbledon in July, held off Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo to clinch a 6-3 2-6 7-5 win.Earlier, Miyazaki claimed a 6-2 6-4 victory over Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia.The 28-year-old won three qualifying matches in New York last year to make her main draw debut a Grand Slam.Oliver Crawford fell to a 6-4 6-4 defeat by the USA’s JJ Wolf, while Jan Choinski and Fran Jones play later on Tuesday.They…
Golden Boy Promotions announced today the signing of undefeated junior middleweight prospect Jordan Panthen (9-0, 8 KOs). “I’m very excited to sign with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions,” said Jordan Panthen. “They have big plans to provide me with the best opportunities towards becoming the next American champion!” “The super welterweight division is the hottest in all of boxing right now, and with the signing of Jordan Panthen, Golden Boy has added yet another blue-chip prospect to the mix,” said Chairman and CEO Oscar De La Hoya. “With eight knockouts in his nine wins, an undefeated record and…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 20, 2024, 05:15 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaThe final major championship in women’s professional golf this season, the AIG Women’s Open, will be played at the Old Course at St. Andrews Links in Scotland on Thursday.Along with battling the Hell Bunker and famous Road Hole, the best women’s golfers in the world might have to contend with strong winds and rain at the Old Course.It’s the first time in more than a decade that the AIG Women’s Open has been played at…
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