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Chelsea captain Reece James suffered an injury setback in training this week after picking up another hamstring injury according to The Athletic. James has been plagued by injuries over the past few seasons and was limited to just 11 appearances in all competitions last season as he missed almost five months with a hamstring injury which he underwent surgery on.The 24-year-old was seemingly making good progress as he started all five of Chelsea’s games on tour, but he will now miss Sunday’s game against Inter Milan at Stamford Bridge.Reece James suffers injury setbackThe Athletic have reported that James felt some “discomfort”…
Winger Mateo Carreras brought Felipe Contepomi’s Argentina to within five points at half-time when he pounced on a defensive error to touch down. The Pumas moved into the lead for the first time two minutes into the second half when lock Franco Molina scored his first Test try by powering over following a line-out. Wing Mark Telea restored the All Blacks’ five-point lead but fly-half Carreras’ penalty moved the Pumas to within two points. Iconic forward Creevy, capped 109 times by his country, then burrowed over and Carreras converted to put the visitors five points ahead. The three-time world champions…
Serena Williams says playing mixed doubles with Andy Murray was “one of the highlights” of her life.Murray is playing at Wimbledon for the final time this summer and started his farewell with a loss alongside brother Jamie in the men’s doubles on Thursday.The 37-year-old and Williams teamed up for mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2019, reaching round three.Williams, 42, also said Murray held a “special place” in her heart for standing up for women.In a video on X, she said: “I had the pleasure of playing mixed doubles by your side, which was such a fantastic experience to do that…
By: Sean Crose “Ya’ll want me to shake someone’s hand,” Virgil Ortiz asked rhetorically on social media Thursday, “after people on said person’s team has been calling me unprofessional this and that? I give respect where it’s due.” Ortiz was referring to a press conference where he wouldn’t shake the hand of Serhii Bohachuk, who he’ll be facing tomorrow night in Las Vegas. “Everyone here knows I’m a respectful person. You wanna say I’m unsportsmanlike and switch sides? I really dgaf” [sic]. What the 21-0 Ortiz DOES care about is besting the 24-1 Bohachuk. The two men have been sparing…
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko boosted her bid to complete the full set of Olympic medals as she moved into a share of the lead with Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux after the third round of the women’s golf competition in Paris. The two-time major winner appeared set to hold the outright lead with one day to play until surprise act and playing partner Metraux produced an eagle at the par-five 18th at Le Golf National to join her at 9 under after 54 holes. Ko, who is bidding to become the first woman in the modern Olympic golf era to win three…
Team USA had to rally back from a 17-point deficit against Serbia this Thursday to finally earn a spot in the Olympic final in Paris, against none other than the French hosts. The European side led the scoreboard during 90% of the game, but Stephen Curry’s stellar performance inspired the American comeback in what will go down as a historic contest. The Warriors guard was on fire this Thursday as he dropped in 36 points on 12/19 shooting, and guided his squad to a 95-91 win at Bercy Arena. After the match, his teammates gushed on his unforgettable display, explaining…
Branded likely the ‘worst’ event of the year so far, tonight’s lacklustre UFC Vegas 95 card took another hit overnight – with three separate matchups bringing skewing weight misses, to a card already under a bright spotlight. Returning to North America tonight following a cameo in Abu Dhabi – the UFC hosted an impressive card in the Middle East over the course of last weekend, topped by a title eliminator between Umar Nurmagomedov, and Cory Sandhagen. However, tonight’s 10-fight event at the Apex facility has been met with it’s fair share of critics during this week, with a four-year-old rehashed…
Paris Olympics: Ilya Kharun Enjoyed Breakout Performance for Canada with Double Bronze It had been two Olympics since the Canadian men’s program last won a medal at the Games. Breaking that inertia would take a lot of hard work, the leaders of the program knew. But like the women’s program that had minted medals at a ferocious pace during the men’s interregnum, it might also take just a little luck. Enter Ilya Kharun, the found money of the Canadian program who helped restore its place in the international pantheon. Still just 19, Kharun medaled in both butterfly…
Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Donostia – Donostia 236 km The thing about the Basque Country, they can always dig up another nasty brute of a climb just when you thought the last one was bad enough. This year’s addition to the finale is the Pilotegi and it looks like great fun/no fun at all depending on if you are in front of the TV or riding it. Man of Pancakes : Jonas Vingegaard I don’t think he’s ever really won a one day race ever but what if he has anger in his stomach that everyone is gushing…
Brock Ketelsen scores the winning run in a thrilling 6-5 win for the NoCal-based A’s over the SoCal-based Brewers. Columns Eric Sorenson – August 10, 2024 LONG BEACH, Calif — It’s “Play Ball” time at Blair Field again. The Area Code Games kicked off today for the 38th season in a row. But this is the first time the event throws out the first pitch back in the friendly confines of its old stomping grounds of Blair Field since 2019. The summer classic was held in Long Beach, California from 1995 to 2019, but in 2020 the games moved to…