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By: Sean Crose Things haven’t been great for former world titlist Anthony Joshua these past few years. While the man bulldozed through UFC star Francis Ngannou last March, the truth is that the towering Englishman has lost three major fights since 2021. Two of those fights were against the now legendary Olekdandr Usyk, the closest thing boxing currently has to a chess master. Joshua’s last bout, which went down this past September, however, saw him get crushed by Daniel Dubois, a talented fighter, no doubt, but not one people were apt to think could beat Joshua. It’s understandable that some…
Dec 13, 2024, 11:16 AM ETMALELANE, South Africa — Marcus Kinhult of Sweden shot a 4-under 68 to take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Friday.Kinhult entered the day tied for second place after a 65 in the opening round at Leopard Creek Country Club.He added seven birdies to go with three bogeys to move to the top of the leaderboard.Dean Burmester, Dale Whitnell and Andrea Pavan are his nearest chasers.No. 46 Thriston Lawrence, the only player in the 156-man field ranked in the top 50, missed the cut after following up his…
Cui Yongxi has been diagnosed with a torn ACL of the left knee. The injury occurred while playing for the Long Island Nets, Brooklyn’s NBA G League affiliate, on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Cui, who will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season, is expected to make a full recovery. Cui signed a two-way contract with Brooklyn on Sept. 20, 2024. He appeared in five games for Brooklyn and five games for Long Island this season.
MMA is a pretty weird sport sometimes – and this walkout may just serve as the strangest we’ve ever seen. There are plenty of reasons to love and hate MMA, aka mixed martial arts, in equal measure, and it tends to depend on how long you’ve been watching the sport. Some just want to see two people fight one another, others enjoy the artistic aspect of it all, and some want to see the pageantry on full display. For the latter, walkouts can be a pretty big part of the game in MMA. After all, it gives fighters the chance…
Budapest 2024, Day 4: Luke Hobson Downs Paul Biedermann 200 Free WR; U.S. Wins 800 FR Whatever else has befallen the American men’s program, the relays seem gloriously unaffected. And in Luke Hobson, the U.S. has another tentpole to build the future around. Hobson blasted away the last super-suited individual male SCM world record with his opening leg, helping the U.S. destroy the field and the world mark in 6:40.51. Hobson went 1:38.91 off the front. The bronze medalist from the Paris Olympics undercut Paul Biedermann’s 1:39.37 set in Berlin in 2009. The individual men’s 200 free will be contested…
Puck Pieterse will start the first of 11 races that will make up her 2024-2025 cyclocross season on Sunday at the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Namur.”I am looking forward to my return to the field in Namur,” Pieterse told Het Nieuwsblad from the Fenix-Deceuninck training camp in Benicassim, Spain.”I am motivated for every race, but always a little bit more for Namur. It is one of the most beautiful circuits, I like to ride there. That always provides extra motivation. And I am at the start with a fresh mind.”The 22-year-old is coming off a two-month break from competition,…
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Bulls: Le Roux, De Klerk, Moodie, Kriel, Williams; Goosen, Papier; Steenekamp, Van der Merwe, Louw, Vermaak, Van Heerden, Coetzee, Louw (capt), Hanekom.Replacements: Wessels, Tshakweni, Klopper, Slabbert, Nama Xaba, Burger, Chamberlain, Gans.Northampton: Furbank (capt); Freeman, Dingwall, Hutchinson, Sleightholme; Smith, Mitchell; Iyogun, Langdon, Millar-Mills, Mayanavanua, Lockett, Coles, Pollock, Augustus.Replacements: Wright, Haffar, Davison, Munga, Scott-Young, Pearson, McParland, Hendy.Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
The Club Company, owner of one of the biggest chains of country clubs in the UK, has hired bankers to oversee the sale of the business, which operates 17 sites across England. Epiris, the private equity firm that bought The Club Company in 2018, has appointed investment bank DC Advisory to find a buyer for the business. Informal conversations with prospective buyers are said to be already underway, although details of who is in running has not been released, nor a valuation for the business The Club Company operates 17 golf clubs across the UK, including Nizels…
A spate of NBA burglaries targeting players across the Midwest has prompted an FBI investigation, with organized South American gangs believed to be responsible. NFL and NBA Burglaries Prompt Security Fears Across the Midwest Beginning in September of this year, several NFL and NBA athletes have had their properties targeted by gangs. Break-ins across the Midwest region has seen, what the FBI believe to be organized South American theft groups targeting multi-million dollar houses of some of the nation’s most high-profile sportsmen. Local police departments have revealed that the burglaries typically take place when players are on the road at…