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Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) suffered heartbreak at Dwars door Vlaanderen for the second year running, losing out to Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) in Waregem after making a tactical error in deciding to go all in for his sprint. It had been the perfect day for the killer bees, with the whole team putting on an exhibition 71km from the line to get Van Aert, Tiesj Benoot and Matteo Jorgenson up to the remnants of the breakaway before the Berg Ten Houte climb. However, their perfection soon turned into misery. With Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) leading a strong chase group behind, Van…
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Standing on the point of the old arrivals terminal of Kai Tak stadium, Al Baxter, the Wallaby turned stadium designer, is pointing out the perilous descent that jumbo jets used to take into Hong Kong.The white and orange markings on Checkerboard Hill told the pilots when they needed to execute a sharp 47-degree turn, weaving between the high-rise apartment blocks on their descent to one of the world’s scariest landing strips.‘They say you could see right into people’s living rooms from the plane,’ explains Baxter, who was part of the Australia team that lost to England in the 2003 World…
Britain’s Fran Jones was helped off court in a wheelchair after collapsing during a match in Colombia.Jones was attempting to serve in the ninth game of a deciding third set in Bogota when she fell to the floor.The 24-year-old initially lay on her back before rolling on to her side as she was attended to by medical staff.Opponent Julia Riera walked over to check on Jones and helped lift her on to a wheelchair.Jones, the British number five, was unable to finish the first-round match in the Colsanitas Cup, a WTA 250 tournament.”Due to a physical issue, Francesca Jones has…
The sixth edition of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur is here and there’s no shortage of storylines to go around as defending champions, experienced participants of the event and young up-and-coming stars battle it out at one of the most iconic venues in the sport.Here are six players to watch as the tournament kicks off at Champions Retreat Golf Club Wednesday and Thursday before the final round at Augusta National on Saturday.Lottie WoadWhen Woad secured last year’s ANWA crown, she did it in thrilling fashion, making birdies on three of her last four holes to hold off Bailey Shoemaker by…
Draymond Green was reportedly “very” serious about signing with the Memphis Grizzlies as a free agent in 2023. This is according to a story by ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, Tim MacMahon, and Michael C. Wright. Memphis was looking for a tone setter, an adult in the room after Ja Morant had been suspended eight games for being seen with a firearm on social media. Dillon Brooks had worn out his welcome, but someone with toughness and would garner the respect of his teammates immediately was needed. The Grizzlies offered Green more money than he eventually re-signed with the Warriors for. Green…
The Scottish Muay Thai wrecking machine, Nico Carrillo, is looking to make a statement at ONE Fight Night 30 against the legendary striker and former Glory kickboxing and Lumpinee stadium champion, Sitthchai. With Nico coming off the brutal loss to the much-improved giant and the current interim ONE bantamweight Muay Thai champion Nabil Anane, who is coming an impressive and one-sided win against Superlek. Now, he’s hopping back into the fire against a difficult opponent in Sitthichai, who was able to score a victory over the current interim ONE kickboxing featherweight champion Masaaki Noiri. So, the “King of North” is…
Thomas Heilman Adds Individual and Relay Wins at YMCA Nationals As the YMCA National Championships moved into its first full day of racing, Thomas Heilman quickly took over, as expected. He helped Piedmont YMCA to a win in the 800 freestyle relay Monday, and he followed that up with individual and relay wins Tuesday Heilman topped the 100 butterfly in 45.04, finishing two seconds clear of Spartanburg’s Jimmy Beeson (47.03) and Farmington Valley’s John Rusnock (47.42). Heilman was well off the 17-18 National Age Group record of 43.86 he set late last year. Later on, Heilman split 20.19 on the butterfly leg…
Refresh 2025-04-02T10:41:56.784Z OFFICIAL STARTAnd they’re off! 2025-04-02T10:41:30.645Z A few riders who were scheduled to start have not made it: Alex Kirsch, Rui Oliveira and Piet Allegaert. That leaves Lidl-Trek, UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Cofidis all a man short – potentially damaging for the chances of Lidl’s Pedersen and UAE’s Tim Wellens. 2025-04-02T10:38:39.612Z (Image credit: Getty Images)There are blue skies at the start, so the riders will enjoy the (relative) safety of dry cobblestones to race on. 2025-04-02T10:35:52.145Z Van Aert, Pedersen and the rest are making their way through the neutralised one, and will see the flag shortly. 2025-04-02T10:35:08.331Z In not…
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