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Athletes to Watch-Maggie Steffens, United States: The decorated attacker was banged up at the Tokyo Olympics, but she still helped the U.S. to an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal. She is the highest scoring woman in Olympics history with 56 goals.-Alvaro Granados, Spain: The 25-year-old Granados rallied Spain to a dramatic 11-10 victory over Croatia in January for the country’s first European championship. He scored a team-high 18 goals when Spain finished fourth at the Tokyo Games.-Simone van de Kraats, Netherlands: One of the leaders for the high-scoring Dutch, the 23-year-old van de Kraats poured in a tournament-high 28 goals…
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. A young UST squad stays alive in the SSL National Invitationals, while Benilde edges Letran in a thrilling five-set rematch of their NCAA women’s volleyball finals duel MANILA, Philippines – After a stunning opening-day loss, the UST Golden Tigresses earned redemption as the St. Benilde Lady Blazers also flexed their muscles in the 2024 Shakey’s Super League (SSL) National Invitationals. UST – the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball runner-up fielding a rookie-laden crew this time – scored a hard-fought, four-set victory over Team…
Jake Paul wants Mike Perry in MMA, too. Paul (9-1) takes on Perry (0-1) in an eight-round cruiserweight boxing match July 20 in Tampa, Fla. The event airs on DAZN pay-per-view. “The Problem Child” is currently double booked in boxing – against Perry in July then Mike Tyson in November. Paul still insists on making his MMA debut, previously offering Nate Diaz a big purse to fight him in the cage. PFL CEO Pete Murray told MMA Junkie that Paul’s MMA debut likely will happen in 2025, and Paul is open to fighting Perry again after they box – but…
1 of 3 | The Queens M G posts a 44-1 upset win Thursday in the first stakes race of Saratoga’s summer meeting. Photo by Susie Raisher/Coglianese Photography, courtesy of NYRA July 12 (UPI) — Racing goes green this weekend, with Saratoga and Colonial Downs featuring nice turf races on their opening weekends, including the leading edge of an international invasion, and Delaware Park adding to the mix. On the international scene, English racing features Newmarket’s July meeting. And the trainer championship remains up for grabs in Sunday’s final program of the 2023-24 Hong Kong season at Sha Tin Racecourse.…
A big battle goes down this weekend.Eddie Hearn is excited to return big time boxing to Philadelphia as Jaron Ennis defends his world title against David Avanesyan this weekend, live on DAZN. Ennis, the latest world champion from the fighting city, faces a tough test as he goes in with the former rival of Shane Mosley and Terence Crawford. Philadelphia is home to some of boxing’s most legendary figures and it was the setting for multiple Rocky movies that saw Sylvester Stallone elevate Philadelphia as one of boxing’s premier regions. Hearn is ecstatic to be putting on a…
There has been much talk about Toprak Razgatlioglu in the weeks after Misano. The Turk has come under the spotlight for rumors that he was close to MotoGP, following which he was the victim of a motorcycle accident during a training session last week. At a press conference called on Thursday, the BMW rider wanted to take stock of the situation, trying to clear the field of any doubts starting with the transfer market. “First of all, I would like to say that next year I will still race in Superbike with BMW, ” he began , “I know very…
A groundskeeper at the Pusch Ridge Golf Course in Oro Valley, Arizona, died in the hospital last month days after being stung by a swarm of bees. Rick Messina, 57, began doing agronomy work for course operator El Conquistador Golf in 2022, the company told USA Today Wednesday. On June 24, as Messina was mowing the grass around the eighth hole at Pusch Ridge, he came into contact with the swarm and was stung. He died in the hospital from unspecified complications from the stings on June 27, El Conquistador Golf said. “Rick was a dedicated and cherished member of…
Johnny Murphy has been appointed to referee the All-Ireland hurling final between Cork and Clare. Murphy was always likely to emerge as a strong contender on the back of his native Limerick failing to make the decider for the first time since 2019 and he is the first referee from the county to be given the honour since Pat O’Connor in 2003. Murphy hails from the Ballylanders club and has previously taken charge of the All-Ireland minor final in 2018, All-Ireland under-20 final and Leinster hurling final in 2021 as well as last year’s All-Ireland club final. READ MORE: Cork…
Jul 10, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Gavin Stone (35) reacts after allowing a home run against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports The Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies for the second consecutive day, but this time it was due to poor offense and defense, rather than an implosion from their starting pitching. The box score didn’t show an error for the Dodgers, but it could be argued that shouldn’t have been the case. Multiple defensive mishaps led to a few runs scoring in their 4-3 loss,…
July 11, 2024, 6:00 AM EDTBy Kaetlyn LiddyThe Paris Olympics is expected to belong to Simone Biles.But if there’s one person who could spoil the party for the American gymnast, it’s Brazilian phenom Rebeca Andrade.Andrade, 25, became a household name in Brazil after she won two medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games.At the coming Paris Olympics, Andrade and Biles are expected to face off for gold in the all-around, vault and floor finals. While they have competed against each other before, Paris is set to be the first Olympic showdown with both of them at peak form.Andrade has been teasing…