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A return home is still in store for Tim Tszyu. However, there still remains work ahead to secure an opponent. The Ring has learned that representatives for Erickson Lubin have removed the American contender from the IBF title eliminator process. Tszyu and Lubin were previously ordered to enter talks but a purse bid was scheduled when the two sides reached an impasse. That session is no longer in play. The IBF received confirmation that Lubin is not medically fit to move forward within the IBF deadline.Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) currently has a Sept. 22 date reserved for his next fight.…
Jul 23, 2024, 09:03 PM ETBLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Tiger Woods watched his son, Charlie, shoot a 10-over 80 on Tuesday and miss the cut at 22 over through two rounds at the U.S. Junior Amateur.The 15-year-old Woods, who earned a spot in the 264-player field last month, finished near the bottom of the pack.The top 64 players advance to match play, which begins Wednesday. The 36-hole championship match is Saturday.Woods did fare better on the Oakland Hills South Course, which Ben Hogan dubbed “The Monster,” than he did with an opening 12-over 82 on the North Course.Editor’s PicksWoods got…
Kawhi Leonard has returned to the United States after a couple of weeks training with Team USA, as the U.S. men’s national team decided he wasn’t completely recovered from the injury that made him miss the Clippers‘ last games of the past campaign in April. This is why Derrick White was called to replace him and has already landed in Abu Dhabi. The L.A. team’s president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank attended the press this Monday and revealed he was “very disappointed” with USA Basketball’s decision to release their All-Star player from the Olympic roster. When the U.S. men’s national executive…
The UFC 304 fight card will have 14 fights for the Edwards vs. Muhmmad 2 event at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England, on Saturday night. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards will defend his title against Belal Muhammad in a rematch. The two fighters previously met at UFC Vegas 21 on March 13, 2021. The fight was declared a no-contest when Muhammad was determined to have suffered an accidental eye poke. UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall will put his belt on the line against Curtis Blaydes in the co-main event. Aspinall lost to Blaydes in…
2024 SPEEDO SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS Trenton Julian posted a 1:54.71 en route to a win in the 200 butterfly in Irvine. Julian finished 7th in the event at 2024 US Olympic Trials in a 1:57.07 and it took a 1:55.08 to make the US Olympic team. Julian had a much different race strategy tonight than he did at US Olympic Trials. In Indianapolis, he was out fast and had a 10 second fall off between his two-100s. Tonight, he only had a 5.5 second difference between his first and 2nd 100. He did not go with the “fly and die” strategy…
It’s no surprise that Tour de France and Giro d’Italia champion Tadej Pogačar and his team UAE Team Emirates sit atop the UCI World Rankings following the Slovenian’s triumph in Nice on Sunday.Pogačar has been the world’s number one rider since 2021, with results such as two Grand Tour victories, six stage wins in each the Giro and the Tour, and victories in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Strade Bianche and Il Lombardia padding out his current 12-month rolling tally of points.Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) surged into second in the individual rankings, climbing ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Along with third place in…
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And then there were four. After one of the most enthralling quarter-finals ever seen, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint Germain qualified for the semi-final of the Champions League. Paris Saint Germain will face Borussia Dortmund in the first semi-final, while Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will face off in the other fixture. With how the quarter-finals have been played, the semi-finals are sure to offer some scintillating football. Over the years, the final four of the Champions League have served us with some of the best and most iconic games. The semi-final is also important as…
Among the 18 rounds of regular-season fixtures, stand-out games include Bristol playing West Country rivals Bath at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff for the first time.The match in round 16 on 10 May will see the Bears swap their Ashton Gate home for the 75,000-seater south Wales venue in a game branded as the ‘Big Day Out’, to “reach new audiences and grow [Bristol’s] commercial revenue”. The fixture aims to replicate the success of Harlequins and Saracens in recent years of playing a showpiece game at a major ground.Saracens will host their London rivals at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on…
Jonathan Jurejko, BBC SportKnowing when to stop is a skill in itself for a professional athlete.Murray himself told us earlier this year that there is no perfect ending.But going out at an Olympics feels as fitting as it could be for the only male tennis player to win two singles gold medals.Murray places his Games experiences – Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 – at the very top of his career.Not just because of the medals. But also because of the atmosphere around the Village, meeting athletes from across the world who he would not usually encounter…