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Watch as Alfie Hewett reacts to winning the 2024 Wimbledon wheelchair singles title and completing a career Grand Slam following his victory over Martin de la Puente.WATCH: Hewett wins first Wimbledon singles title in straight setsAvailable to UK users only.
By: Sean Crose “I’m excited about collecting all the belts and becoming undisputed,” says Jaron “Boots” Ennis on the eve of his IBF welterweight title defense against David Avanesyan. “July 13 is going to be fireworks,” Ennis continues, “don’t miss it.” It’s been a while since Ennis was seen in the ring, over a year ago, in fact. Suffice to say, Ennis makes it clear he doesn’t want to have that much down time on his hands again. “Staying active is the key,” he says. “Having this time off isn’t going to affect me at all. I just want to…
Rory McIlroy’s bid to win a fifth major title will stretch into another decade after he suffered his second worst performance in the Open Championship. Five weeks after his heartbreaking loss in the US Open, McIlroy added a second round of 75 to his opening 78 at Royal Troon to finish 11 over par, a single shot better than he managed at Muirfield in 2013. The world number two admitted he started thinking about his holiday plans after his outside chance of making the cut disappeared when he covered the first six holes in six over par, including a triple-bogey…
South Sudan big man Bol Bol will miss the Paris Olympics due to a personal matter. Bol had been included in South Sudan’s preliminary roster, but will now miss the games. Bol re-signed with the Phoenix Suns this offseason. The 7-foot-3 forward/center had hoped to make his debut for South Sudan this summer. Bol missed last summer’s FIBA World Cup because he was focused on his NBA free agency. South Sudan is in Group C at the Olympics. That group includes the United States, Serbia and Puerto Rico.
Seungwoo Choi and Steve Garcia meet Saturday in the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 60 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. Last event: 4-1-1UFC main cards, 2024: 58-52-3 Seungwoo Choi vs. Steve Garcia UFC on ESPN 60 preview Choi (11-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) looks to keep the momentum going following a unanimous decision win over Jarno Errens last August. The result snapped a three-fight skid, which was the worst stretch of his UFC career. Prior to that, Choi won three straight. … Garcia (15-5…
Canada’s Resilient Regan Rathwell Earns ‘Magical’ Olympic Chance There’s no easy way around it, so you might as well just ask it. Regan Rathwell has spent the last five minutes presenting an atlas to her various injuries over a hellish last two years, and the question is begging its way out. The broken foot that she swam through at Canadian Swimming Trials in 2022. The shoulder reconstruction that October, after the briefest introduction to collegiate swimming at the University of Tennessee. Surgery to shore up the other shoulder in 2023 that made it 13 months between competitions. The hospitalization for…
Title: Tour de Vers – Poems for the Tour de FranceAuthors: Ruth Aylett, Linda Cracknell, Jonathan Davidson, Steve Dearden, Morgan Downie, Kitty Fitzgerald, Harry Giles, Adam Horowitz, Kirsten Irving, Andy Jackson, Jonny Lovett, Harry Man, Nalini Paul, Jon Plunkett, Chris Powici, Janet Smith, Sheila Templeton, Sheila Wakefield, and Richard WattPublisher: Red Squirrel PressYear: 2014Pages: 42Order: Red SquirrelWhat it is: Nineteen poems inspired by the Tour de FranceStrengths: We need more cycling poetryWeaknesses: The variety of voices and views on offer makes for a somewhat scrappy tour of the Tour’s delights Cycling poetry has made fewer appearances on the Café Bookshelf…
Transfers D1Baseball Staff – July 17, 2024 Have a transfer/destination we don’t know about? Email me: kendall@d1baseball.comThe D1Baseball Transfer Tracker will be the place to be in the coming months. You can track all transfers and all destinations here at D1Baseball. It’s your one-stop shop! Players have until Tuesday, July 2, to enter the portal. In addition to tracking players transferring from Division I institution to another D1 institution, please email us if you have information on Non-D1 players transferring to Division I schools, as we will also add those players to the tracker. Check out the tracker: Want[…]
Juventus are ready to accept a £21m offer from Leicester City for talented winger Matias Soule and the Serie A giants plan to use that money to sign Man United’s Jadon Sancho. The Foxes have submitted a £21m proposal for the Argentine winger and sources have told CaughtOffside that Juventus are ready to accept that offer and allow Soule to move to the Premier League.Personal terms have already been agreed between Leicester and the player with the 21-year-old set to receive a contract at the King Power Stadium until 2028/29.The winger is believed to fancy a move to the 2016 Premier…
Rugby union is getting smashed in junior participation by the NRL and AFL, so the battling footy code has recruited a rugby league superstar to turn the tables. According to recent Federal Government data, 173,000 kids aged 0-8 are playing Aussie Rules while 108,000 kids aged 9-14 are playing rugby league. A further 125,000 teens aged 15-17 are playing Aussie Rules and 84,000 are involved in rugby league. Rugby union fails to crack the top 10 in any of the junior demographics with recent Australian Sports Commission data showing just 95,000 kids are playing the code across all junior brackets.The woes at…