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The 745km Renewi Tour gets underway on Wednesday with five stages including an individual time trial and a finale on the Muur van Geraardsbergen – made famous for its key role in the old Tour of Flanders route – where riders face four ascents of the infamous climb.The opening stage in Riemst is similarly hilly and will likely lead to a first selection for the overall classification contenders, with repeated climbs such as the Côte Slingerberg, Côte de Hallembaye and Côte Sur les Coteaux.After the individual time trial, there are two stages suited for the sprinters before the big showdown…
Louisville and Wareham 1B Nate Earley (Photo courtesy of Wareham Gatemen) Summer Baseball Joe Healy – August 27, 2024 Wareham made the playoffs out of the West Division, finishing the regular season with a 22-17-1 record, but saw its postseason come to an abrupt end with a 7-4 loss to Cotuit in a first round one-game playoff. The Gatemen had a strong lineup this summer, as they led the league in a few categories, including OPS (.750) and doubles (76), which were 15 more than any other team. Standouts for the season included third baseman Murf Gray (Fresno State/2025), outfielder…
Liverpool and Juventus are in direct contact over a deal for Federico Chiesa with talks taking place over a transfer fee and the player’s salary according to Fabrizio Romano.The Reds have made a brilliant start to life under Arne Slot and have won their opening two Premier League games.It’s been a quiet summer in terms of transfer business although they have now completed the signing of Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia, but the goalkeeper will spend the season back on loan with the La Liga outfit.Liverpool in direct contact with Juventus for ChiesaHowever, it appears Liverpool are working on another deal…
Lloyd Fairbrother has hung up his boots
Boulter has leapt up the rankings after a strong 18 months where she has stayed fit and caused problems for opponents with her powerful game.Now, she is aiming to break another ceiling by reaching the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.But coming into the US Open, Boulter admitted she was not as prepared as she might have been for the hard courts because of her participation in the Paris Olympics which was played on clay.That experience meant she played just three completed matches on hard courts before starting her campaign at Flushing Meadows.In contrast, Sasnovich…
By Daniele D’Alessio NAOYA Inoue is expected to go through TJ Doheny like a hot knife through butter on September 3 in Japan. To many, the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, Inoue’s aura of invincibility seems to grow with every fight. The ‘Monster’ appears so dominant against every opponent that betting against the Japanese superstar is comparable to throwing money down the toilet. His status is reminiscent of a prime Mike Tyson where it feels like no one can defeat Inoue and a devastating knockout in each bout is a formality. But unlike Tyson, Inoue is a much smaller…
The Junior Vagliano Trophy and Jacques Leglise Trophy matches produced two pieces of history when the contests finished at West Lancashire. However, an unprecedented fifth straight win for the best junior men from the Continent of Europe in the Jacques Leglise had to take a back seat to Great Britain and Ireland’s breakthrough victory in the Junior Vagliano Trophy. After seven straight times watching the top girls from the Continent of Europe win the trophy, the home side finally took the silverware. Shortly after the Continent of Europe ran out 12-10 winners of the Jacques Leglise Trophy, GB&I eked out…
Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft class, has signed a shoe endorsement deal with New Balance. Flagg, 17, joins a New Balance brand that is headquartered near his home state, including a Skowhegan, Maine, manufacturing factory that is 25 miles from his childhood home in Newport. Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg reclassified to enter college a year early “The connection with New Balance as a family company and a company with Maine roots means a lot to me,” Flagg told ESPN. “That makes this really different and special. “My mom used…
Kamaru Usman doesn’t understand why MMA fans act the way that they do sometimes. The former UFC welterweight champion is on the path to returning to the octagon for the first time since losing a short-notice competitive decision to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 this past October. Usman and new 170-pound champion Belal Muhammad have been going back-and-forth on social media since UFC 304 in July. Usman has dropped three straight fights, but was on quite the run before that, as he compares himself to two other longtime, dominant former champions. “I didn’t care what I was going through, I…
Katarina Roxon Named One of Canada’s Paralympic Flagbearers Swimmer Katarina Roxon was named one of Canada’s flagbearers for the Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Paralympics on Tuesday. Roxon, 31, is a native of Kippens, Newfoundland. She is appearing in her fifth Paralympic Games, the first Canadian to achieve that. She debuted in 2008 when she was the youngest swimmer in the Canadian delegation to Beijing and won her first medal in Rio in 2016 with gold in the women’s SB8 100 breaststroke. She added a bronze medal in Tokyo in 2021 in the women’s SB8 400 freestyle relay. She was…