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With another tennis year about to begin, please indulge your imagination for a moment.It is Monday, 30 June 2025 and we have just had this report from Wimbledon.”The defending ladies’ champion was the first player to walk out on to Centre Court this year, as The All England Club joined the other Grand Slams in a year of significant change.”Men have joined women in playing best-of-three sets in the first four rounds of a major, with all singles played over five sets from the quarter-finals onwards.”Change at this year’s Australian Open was well received. There was only one post-midnight finish…
NISA RODRIGUEZ (2-0) is a rising star in women’s boxing. In fact, in the higher weight divisions she is already one of the premier fighters in the world. On TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 she gets an opportunity to fight before hometown fans once again as she tackles a six-round feature bout at “Holiday Fight Night 3,” taking place at Sony Hall in Manhattan. It’s a presentation of BOXING INSIDER PROMOTIONS and televised live on DAZN, the leader in live streamed boxing. Rodriguez, who proudly represents Puerto Rico, grew up in the Bronx, and admits to having found trouble often as a…
Dec 15, 2024, 05:06 PM ETNAPLES, Fla. — Patty Tavatanakit holed a 25-foot birdie putt and Jake Knapp gave them the lead on the next hole with a tough pitch to set up birdie as the UCLA duo combined for a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a one-shot victory in the Grant Thornton Invitational.They won on their respective tours on the same day this year — Knapp at the Mexico Open, Tavatanakit at the Honda LPGA Thailand — and were equally impressive as a team, especially down the stretch at Tiburon Golf Club.Jeeno Thitikul, who won the LPGA finale at…
Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey will be active on the trade market leading up to February’s deadline, a source close to the Sixers informed ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. 76ers Trade Rumors: Philadelphia is $6.2 million under the second apron, owns multiple first-round draft picks This news isn’t surprising for a struggling 7-15 Sixers squad. The 76ers made four trades before last year’s deadline, and both Morey and head coach Nick Nurse are under pressure just to win games, never mind win a championship. Philadelphia has been patient with its All-Star trio of Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, and Paul…
The bout between Fedor Emelianenko, widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time and the towering, 400-pound Zuluzinho became one of the most memorable and bizarre encounters in the history of MMA. One of the best freakshow matches we’ve seen in MMA. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Zuluzinho Russian powerhouse Fedor Emelianenko had already established himself as a dominant force in MMA by the time he faced Zuluzinho. A four-time Combat Sambo World Champion and seven-time Russian National Sambo Champion. Fedor’s reputation skyrocketed during his reign in PRIDE Fighting Championships, where he was undefeated from 2002 to 2007 and…
2024 MIT Winter Invitational December 6-8, 2024 Zesiger Center Pool, Cambridge, Massachusetts Short Course Yards (25 yards) Meet Results The MIT women put together a strong performance to win the 2024 MIT Winter Invite, while the Tufts men took home the team title for the third consecutive year. Women’s Recap The Engineers were stellar in the women’s meet, putting up the top times across all five relays for this season so far. Last season, the MIT women took home their first national title in a relay in program history in the 200 medley relay. The Engineers got things rolling on…
Mark Cavendish will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at Tuesday’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony in recognition of his long and successful racing career. The Manxman recently retired from racing following an 18-year pro career which saw him win a record-breaking 35 Tour de France stage wins. He ended his career with a win at the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore in mid-November and won his final official race at the Tour de France in Saint-Vulbas back in July.Cavendish is one of five cyclists to win the main Sports Personality of the Year award, joining Tom…
Fall Report Mike Rooney – December 10, 2024 PHOENIX — Two things can be true at the same time. The first truth is that this is the fourth Arizona State roster assembled by Willie Bloomquist at his alma mater, and it is his best one. This group is older. This group is deeper. And that is especially true on the mound, an area that has been a struggle for his previous three teams. There is much to be encouraged about.The second truth is that this is a critical year for Arizona State baseball. This remains one of the historic brands…
The Champions Cup is broken. That much is obvious now. There are too many hollow fixtures and walkovers. What was once the showpiece of European club rugby is a desperate, unwieldy, near-invisible mess.How sad that it has come to this. If the powers-that-be, armed with hindsight, could rewind a dozen years or so, they might try harder to work together and preserve the old Heineken Cup, which was a cherished, high-class event. Instead, petty squabbling led to an Anglo-French rebellion and set the wheels in motion for the endless upheaval which has led to where we are today, with the vandalised…
Super middleweight DONTE LAYNE (5-0, 5 KO’s) is, without question, one of the biggest stories of the next card that is slated for Sony Hall in Manhattan. He is a New Yorker, and also one of the hottest prospects in the pro ranks. The Queens native has not allowed fans a lot of time to get settled in their seats, or opponents a lot of time to catch their breath. No one has gone a full three minutes with him yet. That leaves quite a bit of curiosity about him as he prepares for a scheduled six-round bout that is…