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Bahrain Victorious lost their main contender for the Vuelta a España when Antonio Tiberi – in fourth place overall – dropped out of the race on Sunday.Tiberi was five minutes down on race leader Ben O’Connor but was having one of the best Grand Tour seasons of his young career, having finished fifth overall in the Giro d’Italia and in line for another top 10 in the Vuelta.However, his good form was turned upside down by temperatures that soared over 37°C (100°F). His team stated Tiberi had been “suffering from heat stroke, becoming lightheaded with a high body temperature”. Heat exhaustion…

Oregon State’s Trent Caraway had a strong summer for Falmouth (Aaron Fitt) Summer Baseball David Seifert – August 26, 2024 Although the Commodores failed to make the CCBL playoffs and finished the regular season with an overall record of 16-23, there were plenty of prospect highlights. Offensively, they finished fourth in the Cape in batting average at .254 and were led by TCU’s Karson Bowen who batted .315 and Dylan Carey (Nebraska) at .304. Trent Caraway (Oregon State) led in RBIs with 21, and he also tied Donovan LaSalle (Oklahoma State) for the team lead with four round-trippers. All-Stars included…

Barcelona have reportedly made a late approach to sign Bayer Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah.The 28-year-old enjoyed a wonderful campaign last season. Playing a huge part in Xabi Alonso’s double-winning season, the former Hamburger centre-back featured in a total of 48 games, across all competitions.The Germany international is unwilling to extend his contract though. His deal expires next year and this has forced Leverkusen to make him available for transfer this summer.Set to leave the BayerArena before Friday night’s transfer deadline, Tah has been a long-term target for Bayern Munich. Despite ongoing talks though, the Bavarians have so far failed to…

Louis Rees-Zammit is set to miss out on a place on the Kansas City Chiefs’ 53-man roster for the 2024 NFL season, with the rugby union convert likely to be assigned to the practice squad

Sivenathi Nontshinga will once again hit the road for a title fight. The Ring’s No. 2-rated junior flyweight risks his IBF belt versus former WBC titlist Masamichi Yabuki. The scheduled twelve-round bout will headline an Oct. 12 ABEMA-TV stream from Sky Expo in  Tokoname, Aichi, Japan. South Africa’s Nontshinga (13-1, 10 knockouts) will fight outside his home country—and continent—for the fourth time in five ring appearances. The 25-year-old from Eastern Cape twice won the IBF belt on the road, both occasions taking place in Mexico. He defeated Tijuana’s Hector Flores (20-0-4, 10 KOs at the time) in their Sept. 2022…

Keegan Bradley, captain of the 2025 US Ryder Cup team, showed that he has more than enough talent to represent his country as a player in New York next year when winning the BMW Championship, the second leg of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup play-offs. The 38-year-old came into Sunday’s final round at Castle Pines, near Denver, with a one-shot lead over Adam Scott, who drew level after the opening hole. But a run of three straight bogeys by the Australian from the 10th hole gave Bradley a lead he would not relinquish. He could afford to bogey the last…

Brooklyn Nets guard, Cam Thomas, has high aspirations as he heads into year four of his career. The shooting guard has always been an adept scorer. However, one knock on Thomas’ game has been his overall ability to be a play-maker. Thomas is aware of this and is making a concerted effort to improve this facet going into next season. Here’s what he had to say when asked what he can to do to elevate his game to the next level:  “Just doing everything—doing it consistently. I had the biggest jump in points from my second year to my third…

Chingiz Allazov is a decorated fighter in ONE Championship who holds the Featherweight Kickboxing World Title, but he is looking to leave it behind. After capturing gold in K-1 and ONE, ‘Chinga’ Allazov holds the top rank as the best pound-for-pound kickboxer on earth, but wants to step away from ONE. Chingiz Allazov Allazov has taken the kickboxing world by storm. The aggressive kickboxer has highly impressive wins against the likes of K-1 MAX Champion Yasuhiro Kido, GLORY Champion Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, the top-ranked Jo Nattawut, all-time great Superbon Singha Mawynn, and K-1 and GLORY titleholder Marat Grigorian. With these notable…

Carmel High Claims Another Swimming World Girls Mythical National Championship The Carmel (Ind.) High School swimming dynasty has been nothing short of remarkable. The Greyhounds have won 38 consecutive Indiana girls state championships, a national record that grows yearly. This year, they are once again Swimming World’s Mythical Girls National Champions. Carmel earned the title by scoring 193 points, which was 60 points clear of the 133 points by Santa Margarita Catholic, a California program that was the independent schools champ. This crown marks Carmel’s ninth overall mythical girls’ championship. “It was a great blend of youthful exuberance…

British Cycling’s controversial partnership with fossil fuels giant Shell caused UK Sport to issue a warning to the then-CEO Brian Facer in which the national sport body expressed “considerable concern” about the sponsorship and its implications.The letter, revealed through a freedom of information request from satirical and current affairs print magazine Private Eye, claimed that the partnership with Shell “potentially exposes UK Sport, the National Lottery and British Cycling to legal and reputational risk”.The letter – sent days before the sponsorship was made public – also revealed that UK Sport held an extraordinary board meeting to discuss the partnership. During…