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They’ve built a rock star team with a world-class coaching structure to oversee it, but the key to the Waratahs’ greener pastures in 2025 might not just be because of their new million-dollar additions.Instead, the Waratahs’ revival from cellar-dwellers to competition contenders could be the result of some tender care provided towards their training paddock.A substandard field at NSW Rugby headquarters at Daceyville was identified as one of the contributing factors to the unprecedented run of injuries Darren Coleman’s side suffered in 2024.In total, the Waratahs lost all ten contracted front-rowers – seven props and three hookers – late in…
From a teenage prodigy to a tour stalwart with “gnarly” injuries, Madison Keys’ road to Grand Slam glory has been long and complicated.The newly-crowned Australian Open champion broke through on the WTA Tour when she was just 14 and was instantly tipped as a future major winner.Now, a few weeks before her 30th birthday, the American has finally achieved her goal.Keys capped an impressive run at Melbourne Park with a shock win over two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s final.”From a pretty young age, I felt like if I never won a Grand Slam then I wouldn’t have lived…
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — After an early-morning cross-country flight following his TGL debut in Florida on Monday night, Rory McIlroy arrived at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Tuesday ahead of the PGA Tour’s second signature event of the season.McIlroy has yet to play stateside this year, but the talk surrounding him Tuesday wasn’t about the state of his game but rather about the state of golf as an entertainment product.”When we’re growing up dreaming of [being] professional golfers and trying to get the best out of ourselves, the last thing on our mind is being an entertainer,” McIlroy said.…
The San Antonio Spurs are believed to be the preferred destination for De’Aaron Fox, who recently signaled to the Sacramento Kings he has no plans to sign an extension in the offseason. Fox’s agent, Rich Paul, recently informed the Kings that it would be wise to trade him now even if it isn’t to a team considered his likely destination of choice. The Kings will reportedly listen to offers ahead of the deadline despite currently being 10th in the Western Conference. Paul is expected to listen to all calls from interested teams and will remain open about where Fox will…
Jake Paul is open to settling his sibling rivalry with brother Logan Paul. For years now, fans have speculated about a potential boxing match between the two brothers as both continued to draw headlines in the squared circle; however, for most of that time the Pauls have been staunchly against facing one another. Well, their tunes may be changing. Speaking with the All The Smoke Fight Show on Tuesday, Jake revealed that at one point his brother Logan was inconsideration as his opponent for the Netflix boxing debut instead of Mike Tyson. “I’m OK with fighting my brother because I…
Passages: Iris Cummings Critchell, Oldest Survivor of 1936 Olympics, Dies at 104 Iris Cummings Critchell, a swimmer who was the last surviving athlete from the 1936 Olympics, died on Jan. 24. She was 104 years old. Cummings Critchell’s death was confirmed by Harvey Mudd College, where she spent three decades as an instructor after a pioneering career in aviation. She has long been the last surviving athlete to have competed in the 1936 Olympics, hosted by the Nazi regime in Germany. Cummings Critchell was living in Claremont, California, at the time of her death. She had turned 104 on December…
Mathieu Van der Poel has the history books in his sights as he bids to equal the long-standing record of Eric De Vlaeminck at this weekend’s Cyclo-cross World Championships in Liévin, northern France.The legendary Belgian star won seven elite men’s CX world titles between 1966 and 1973, six of those in succession. However, Van der Poel stands poised on six world titles and is the heavy favourite to match the historic record 10 years after claiming his first elite rainbow jersey at the age of 20.If the Alpecin-Deceuninck star can take victory then he would then have the chance to…
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Joe Marler has been very vocal in his criticism of Eddie Jones and is now keen to go ‘toe-to-toe’ with his former England boss on ITV’s Six Nations coverage
The match against Bolelli and Vavasorri lasted more than three hours and did not finish until 01.42 local time.”I think it’s probably the longest doubles match I’ve ever played. I had to go and ask my coach for a shot of espresso after the first set, which we lost in a really close tie-break, and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the match – it was a war of attrition,” said Patten.The left-handed Englishman from Manningtree in Essex first played tennis at the age of five, and in 2022 won 10 titles on the ATP Challenger…