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Paris Olympics: River Seine Water Quality Forces Men’s Triathlon Postponement The Olympic men’s triathlon has been postponed a day due to water quality in the River Seine, the Paris Olympics announced on Tuesday. The race was due to take place on Tuesday but it has been moved to a 10:45 a.m. start time on Wednesday, to occur after the women’s race at 8 a.m., which is as scheduled. The decision was made in the early morning hours in Paris on Tuesday, in consultation with the latest weather information and testing results of the water. Bacterial levels have…
Australia has announced that an injured Luke Plapp will be replaced by Ben O’Connor in the men’s road race at the Olympic Games on Saturday August 3.Plapp, who crashed in the men’s individual time trial on Saturday and had abdominal surgery later that night, was set to race alongside Simon Clarke in a support role for Michael Matthews, but he remains in hospital following the hard fall, necessitating a change of plan.“Ben has performed strongly this season and is currently in top form,” said Chef de Mission Anna Meares in Paris. “He is very motivated to join his teammates for…
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Arsenal’s recruitment team reportedly identified Bayer Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie as an option before the club prioritised pushing through the transfer of Riccardo Calafiori.Calafiori’s move to Arsenal was made official yesterday, with the Italy international linking up with Gunners boss Mikel Arteta and his squad on their pre-season tour in the US.Still, it seems Arsenal’s recruitment department also had a look at some other names for that role, with The Athletic claiming that Hincapie was someone else whose name came up.The report also mentioned Ajax wonderkid Jorrel Hato, who has also been mentioned to us before by Charles Watts in…
Leading unions and World Rugby had been engaged in talks over the offer Six Nations teams as well as a host of other countries were invited to take part The plan will not proceed for now despite an assumption it would be approvedBy Chris Foy Published: 15:38 EDT, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 16:40 EDT, 26 July 2024 Rugby is set to buck the current sporting trend by rejecting riches on offer from the Middle East – as an offer to stage the finals of the Nations Championship in Qatar is now ‘off the table’.Leading unions have been engaged in secret talks…
Andy Murray delayed his retirement as a scarcely believable escape act saw the British tennis great and Dan Evans save five match points to win their Olympics men’s doubles opener.Murray, 37, confirmed last week that the Paris Games would be his final event before retiring from the sport he loves.His storied career looked to be heading to an end before a remarkable recovery saw the British pair win 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 11-9 against Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori.”The way we were playing to that stage would not have suggested we were likely to come back,” said Murray.”Certainly from my…
“The Big Uzbek” took a big step towards repeating as Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist. Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov used his range and southpaw counterpunching to defeat Norway’s Oman Shikha by unanimous decision on Monday, July 29 at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, France. Jalolov, who is also a professional boxer with a 14-0 (14 KOs), barely had to get out of first gear in the round of 16 bout, and now looks to the quarterfinals on Friday, where he’ll meet Australia’s Teremoana Teremoana. The two met once before, with Jalolov stopping Teremoana in two rounds in the 2023 World Championships…
Jul 28, 2024, 06:50 PM ETBLAINE, Minn. — Jhonattan Vegas won for the first time in nearly seven years, holing a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 1-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Max Greyserman at the 3M Open on Sunday.Vegas finished at 17-under 267 at the windy TPC Twin Cities. It’s his fourth PGA Tour victory and first for the 39-year-old from Venezuela since he won his second straight Canadian Open in 2017. He finished second in the 2021 event.”We’re just trying to have a great week and obviously a great week turned into a…
Derrick White was visiting his family in Denver, Colorado when he received the call from the men’s basketball team saying he was being summoned to play for his country in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. According to the Celtics star, he was planning on spending this week at a desert resort on the sea, specifically in Cabo, Mexico. Now, he’s already landed in Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf and is getting ready to represent Team USA on the sport’s biggest stage in France. Four days before his arrival on Sunday, he had been notified that Kawhi Leonard needed…
Dana White still plans on bringing the UFC to both Spain and Africa. Following Saturday’s lackluster card in Manchester, the outspoken CEO offered an update on his tentative plans to promote events in both Spain and Africa. White revealed that while he’s still working out details for an event in Africa, they’ve hit a bit of a snag when trying to book a venue in Ilia Topuria’s home country. Dana White: The problem with Topuria and Spain is Spain’s venues are so back up since Covid. They have so many events going on, it’s hard to get a venue there.pic.twitter.com/Cx1r1LXblY—…