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The Wales coach seems unlikely to go anywhere just yet, but the Welsh Rugby Union now need to consider who will replace him
Jack Draper has cancelled his planned training week with Carlos Alcaraz because of a “little bit of a niggle” in his hip.The British number one was due in Spain to train with the Wimbledon champion next week, but is limited to gym work at the moment.Draper is in the Great Britain team which will contest the United Cup from 27 December, but is not yet sure whether he will be fit to play.The Australian Open starts in Melbourne on 12 January.”I’ve been working incredibly hard the last couple of weeks to get myself to hopefully improve for next year,” said…
Ernest Whitcombe and Alf Padgham East Brighton Golf Club, Sussex August 25th, 1937 In a sport that saw the 100th best player on the PGA Tour earn over $1.6m million this year, it’s easy to think that golf, as a professional sport, has always been awash with cash. It’s certainly been the case since the arrival of Tiger Woods in 1997, which, almost overnight, elevated golf into a global sport whose top players could start to earn the kind of sums that even professional footballers would take notice of. But it has gone to a whole new level again following…
On Monday, the Raptors lost 113108 at home vs. the Knicks. Toronto is 4-6 in their last 10 and is on a three-game losing streak. For the 2024-25 season, the Raptors are 7-18. That is 14th of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference. In that loss to New York, forward/guard Scottie Barnes suffered an ankle injury. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Barnes will miss several weeks with an ankle injury he suffered on Monday. That’s a massive blow to Toronto’s roster moving forward. Barnes is in the middle of his best professional season and now the Raptors are losing production…
TAMPA, Fla. – Cub Swanson doesn’t look at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 63 matchup with Billy Quarantillo as a clash of different generations. Although Quarantillo, 36, said he was watching Swanson, 41, fight before he even turned professional in MMA, there is only a five-year age gap between the featherweights gong into their co-main event matchup at Amalie Arena (ESPN2, ESPN+). For Swanson (29-14 MMA, 14-10 UFC), he appreciates the fandom that once came from his opponent, and is happy to compete against Quarantillo (18-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC). “I kind of expected (he was a fan) because I think I have…
Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Neutral Athletes Set European Record in Mixed 200 Medley Relay The return to competition of athletes from Russia and Belarus showed its impact on Wednesday at the 2024 World Short-Course Championships, with the Neutral Athletes winning the mixed 200 medley relay to cap the session at the Duna Area. Miron Lifintsev, Kirill Prigoda, Arina Surkova and Daria Trofimov – all of whom hail from Russia – went 1:35.36 for a wire-to-wire win. It resets the European record and is within .21 seconds of the world record that the Americans set in winning this event in…
Intermarché-Wanty announced a two-year extension with popular Dutch rider Taco van der Hoorn on Wednesday.Van der Hoorn, winner of a stage in the Giro d’Italia and one-day races such as Omloop van het Houtland and the Brussels Cycling Classic, will remain with the team through 2026.The 31-year-old has spent 16 months on the sidelines recovering from a severe concussion sustained in the 2023 Tour of Flanders and finally returned to racing this August. He claimed his first victory since his brain injury in the Betcity Elfstedenrace in October from a breakaway.The team’s Performance Manager Aike Visbeek said the group missed…
Fall Report Aaron Fitt – December 11, 2024 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — It wasn’t quite a storybook ending. West Virginia’s players didn’t get to hoist retiring coach Randy Mazey onto their shoulders and celebrate a trip to the College World Series for the first time in program history. But Mazey’s last ride was nonetheless a magical one, and when it ended with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to North Carolina in the Chapel Hill Super Regional — oh-so-close to the Omaha promised land — the Mountaineers celebrated their outgoing coach and celebrated each other, in between tears and bittersweet smiles.In 12 years…
Lawrence Dallaglio has made a statement following Tom Voyce’s disappearanceThe 52-year-old likened the situation to a family tragedy he suffered as a teenBy ADRIAN BISHOP Published: 07:56 EST, 11 December 2024 | Updated: 08:48 EST, 11 December 2024 Lawrence Dallaglio has revealed how Tom Voyce’s recent disappearance has brought back painful memories of his own family tragedy.Voyce, 43 is presumed dead by police after having disappeared during the Storm Darragh flood.The former wing, who appeared nine times for England between 2001 and 2006, is said to have tried to cross a flood-swollen river in his car, when he was believed to…
Dec 10, 2024, 04:22 PM ETBrooks Koepka feels like he could be stepping into another Ryder Cup environment, match play with bragging rights at stake, even if it’s only two-man teams competing in one match instead of 12-man teams in 28 matches.Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, each a major champion the last two years while playing for LIV Golf, take on Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy from the PGA Tour in a made-for-TV match at Shadow Creek in Nevada on Dec. 17.Scheffler is the No. 1 player in the world ranking after a nine-win season, which included another Masters and an…