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Dec 12, 2024, 12:18 PM ETTransgender players will face tougher restrictions to enter women’s professional and elite golf tournaments after the R&A introduced a new competition policy Thursday.The protocols, which the R&A said were developed following extensive consultation with medical and scientific experts, mean players must have been female at birth or transitioned before the onset of male puberty to be eligible to compete in women’s events.”We have carefully reviewed the best available medical and scientific advice relating to participation in elite and scratch level golf competitions by transgender athletes and decided that updating our entry conditions to preserve fairness…
Jimmy Butler has not requested a trade and would like to remain with the Miami Heat, but if they listen to offers he reportedly would have interest in a move to either the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors or Phoenix Suns. Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, criticized Shams Charania’s reporting on the situation in a series of posts on X on Wednesday. While on ESPN’s First Take on Thursday morning, Charania “I one thousand percent stand by my reporting,” said Charania. “It is fully vetted. As a professional, that’s what I do. That’s what I get paid to do.…
Sage Northcutt will join the PFL roster in 2025 after parting ways with ONE Championship earlier this year. Northcutt (12-3) became a free agent after a tenure with ONE Championship that lasted more than five years but included just two fights. He has stated he seeks activity in his next chapter and will attempt to get that by signing with the PFL. A person with knowledge of the situation told MMA Junkie of Northcutt’s signing on Thursday. The person requested anonymity as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. It’s unclear if “Super” Sage will compete in the…
Gretchen Walsh opened the third finals session of the 2024 Short Course World Championship by breaking the 100 freestyle championship and Americas records she set in the semifinal, keeping her incredible performance at the meet rolling. Walsh earned her second individual gold medal of the meet with a 50.31, improving her standing as the second-fastest performer in history. She’s now just six-hundredths from Cate Campbell’s world record of 50.25 from 2017. Walsh attacked her race, flipping three-tenths under Campbell’s pace at the 50-meter mark with a 23.90. Top 5 Performances, 100 Freestyle (SCM): Cate Campbell, Australia — 50.25 (2017) Gretchen…
Seven stages, 1,130 km, and 14,610 metres of elevation gain. These are the key numbers of the 60th edition of Tirreno-Adriatico, the Italian stage race that precedes Milan-San Remo and is held at the same time in Paris-Nice. The 2025 race will be held between March 10-16, starting with an individual time trial in Lido di Camaiore and a road race stage finish in the Adriatic holiday town of San Benedetto del Tronto. The race includes three stages for sprinters, two undulating stages, and the unprecedented uphill finish in Frontignano, which could be decisive for the overall winner’s Maglia Azzurra and…
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Wales captain Dafydd Jenkins is set to return to action for the first time since July after recovering from shoulder surgery.The 22-year-old lock has not played since Wales’ summer tour to Australia, but is fit to feature in Exeter Chiefs’ Champions Cup game with Toulouse on Sunday. Jenkins missed all of Wales’ autumn international matches plus Exeter’s first 11 league and cup games – the Chiefs have yet to win a Premiership fixture this season. “He expects high standards from himself and everybody else,” Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Sport.”He leads that in training just with the…
Golf News has teamed up with luxury Italian golf fashion brand Duca del Cosma to offer two lucky readers the chance to win a pair of golf shoes from the company’s latest performance-enhancing collection. For men, we have the BERNARDO, which is part of Duca del Cosma’s premier tour footwear range, while for women we are giving away a pair of ALGARVE winter boots, which are ideal for keeping your feet warm and dry when playing during those colder winter months. The BERNADO is a Tour-level golf shoe made from premium quality Nappa leather and features the comfortable, breathable ARNEFLEX…
It seems that all the talk of expansion around the NBA goes beyond North America, as the league has shown interest in venturing throughout the world in search of new economic opportunities that will help the sport grow. According to sources, they are in “serious conversations” with FIBA about creating a new competition together. One of the first to the scene was The Athletic‘s Joe Vardon, who assured secretary general Andreas Zagklis was leading this new project. The reports states that the NBA-owned league would be in competition with the Euroleague and other top tournaments around the world. “There is…
Top-ranked strawweights Amanda Lemos and Iasmin Lucindo will battle inside the octagon at UFC 313, which goes down March 8 in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following a report from Ag. Fight. The UFC has yet to announce the match-up and a headlining attraction for the card at the T-Mobile Arena. Lemos and Lucindo are ranked No. 6 and 7 in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, respectively. Lemos (14-4-1), who once challenged Zhang Weili for the 115-pound championship, is looking to get back on track after losing to Virna Jandiroba…