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2023 was a banner year for Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike). In fact, the US rider did more in one year than many riders do in a career. He went from climbing domestique to Vuelta a España champion and in the process added his name to several records, as well as helping his team become the first-ever group to sweep all three Grand Tours. Landing in Lisbon, Portugal this week to begin his defence of the Vuelta, Kuss took part in a Visma-Lease a Bike virtual press conference to talk about a recent illness that kept him away from the Tour…
Ethan Hindle (Kentucky Athletics) Summer Baseball Patrick Ebert – August 15, 2024 See also: Becker, others sustain Virginia to Northwoods pipeline MEQUON, Wis. – To this point in program history, the 2024 season was the most successful for the Kentucky baseball club. Under the leadership of head coach Nick Mingione, who will enter his ninth season with the program, the Wildcats went 46-16 last spring, 22-8 in the SEC, and made their first-ever College World Series appearance. Their in-conference record was tied with the national champion Tennessee Volunteers for the best mark in league play and they now have advanced to…
Napoli will complete the signing of David Neres from Benfica if they don’t receive the ok from Chelsea in the next few hours to sign Romelu Lukaku for around £25.6m according to reports.The Blues are desperate to offload Lukaku this summer and bring to an end his nightmare second spell at Stamford Bridge.The Belgium international, who’s spent the last two seasons back on loan in Italy with Inter Milan and Roma has an exit clause in his contract of £38m.Napoli waiting to get the green light from Chelsea for Lukaku.Lukaku has his heart set on a move to Napoli and a…
By Lisa Edser For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:43 EDT, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 13:02 EDT, 12 August 2024 A popular rugby player has been killed in a horror car crash, sparking an outpouring of tributes.Joseph ‘Joe’ Simpkins, 28, was behind the wheel when his car crashed into a roadside barrier the Tonkin Highway near Perth Airport early Sunday morning.He was one of four lives lost in a horror weekend on WA roads. Kalamunda Rugby Union Club has been rocked by the tragedy where he played and coached and revealed the devastating news to its members on its Facebook page on Monday.’He…
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Tim Tszyu has been tasked to launch another Premier Boxing Champions series. The Ring has learned that Tszyu and IBF 154-pound titlist Bakhram Murtazaliev are on course to meet Oct. 19 in Orlando, Florida. Significant progress has been made since the two were ordered to enter talks earlier this month. A deal was not yet reached, though two sources with knowledge of the discussion have acknowledged the tentative date and destination. World Boxing News’ Alan Dawson was the first to report the development. While there remains work to be done, Murtazaliev-Tszyu would headline the first PBC on Prime Video standalone…
Aug 14, 2024, 02:54 PM ETThe PGA Tour released the 2025 FedEx Cup regular season and playoffs schedule on Wednesday.The 36-event regular season begins with the first of eight signature events, The Sentry in Hawaii from Jan. 2-5.The regular season concludes with the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, from July 31-Aug. 3.The three-event playoffs will determine the FedEx Cup champion, crowned at the Tour Championship in Atlanta from Aug. 21-24.Including the playoffs, tournaments will be contested across 18 states plus Mexico, Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.”The new schedule and competitive changes introduced in 2024…
Skal Labissiere will be rejoining the Sacramento Kings organization. The Kings and Labissiere have agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract, which will see the big man join the Stockton Kings of the G League after the preseason. Labissiere played in 40 games for Stockton last season. The 28-year-old center averaged 13.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game for the G League Kings.
PERTH, Australia – Jairzinho Rozenstruik sees Jon Jones as the true heavyweight champion – not Tom Aspinall. Many consider interim heavyweight champion Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who’s coming off back-to-back first-round knockouts of Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes, the true champion due to being more active than heavyweight champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC). Not Rozenstruik, though. “I mean, let’s be honest: Jon Jones is the real champ,” Rozenstruik said at Wednesday’s UFC 305 media day. “Tom did what he’s supposed to do as an interim champ because he’s in line for the next championship fight, but Jon Jones…
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Dan Wiffen became the first Irish swimmer to win a gold medal in swimming since 1996. After winning double distance gold at the 2024 World Championships earlier this year, the Loughborough resident swam a gutsy race in the 800 free and came out on top ahead of USA’s defending champion, Bobby Finke. Wiffen explains the mindset that helped him achieve this feat and how he celebrated afterward. The distance specialist also debriefs his first (and last) foray into open water after competing in the 10k race in the Seine River. In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper…