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By Miquel Maravilla WBC interim super welterweight champion Serhii “El Flaco” Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) is ready to defend his title against undefeated Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas. Bohachuk-Ortiz is set for August 10 at the Michelob Ultra Events Center at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, live on DAZN. Chocolatito-Barrera Weights from Nicaragua Like this:Like Loading… PLEASE READWe have a few rules to make our comment section more enjoyable for everyone.1. Keep comments related to boxing.2. Be respectful, polite and keep it clean.3. Personal attacks will not be tolerated.Offending posts will be removed.Repeat offenders will…
New Delhi: Trailblazing Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal feels she would have perhaps excelled more as a sportsperson if she had picked a tennis racquet instead of playing badminton.Nehwal has an impressive resume as a badminton player. Not only she became the first Indian woman shuttler to be ranked No. 1 in the world, she was the first woman athlete from the country to win an Olympic medal.”Sometimes I feel that it would have been good if my parents had put me in tennis,” Saina said during her Her Story–My Story talk at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.”There is more money and I…
JOE CANNING and Richie Hogan have announced that they’ll have autobiographies on shelves for October.Canning retired from inter-county hurling in 2021 while Hogan followed suit last year.2Canning has become one of RTE’s primary pundits on The Sunday Game2While Hogan has impressed on GAAGO and Off the Ball for his forthright viewsThey were arguably the two most naturally gifted hurlers of their era.With eight All-Irelands between them (admittedly it is a 7:1 split) as well as nine All-Stars, both men enjoyed compelling careers filled with highs and lows.For Canning the struggle was shouldering the weight of expectation for Galway having been…
A day on from his second crash in as many stages at the Tour de France, Primož Roglič has pulled out of the race ahead of Friday’s stage 13.His Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team confirmed that Roglič abandoned the Tour de France before the expected sprint stage to Pau, with the Pyrenees looming at the weekend.”He had two crashes and the impact on his body was just too much to continue,” Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team director Rolf Aldag said.”We can rule out concussion and fractures but then he had a massive impact from two crashes in a row, and that does not make…
Grab your strawberries and cream — it’s time for the Wimbledon semifinals. Between record-setting prize money at the grass court tournament and it being the last Grand Slam before the 2024 Paris Olympics, stakes are higher than ever. With four deserving men left in the draw, only one will lift the prestigious trophy on Sunday in London. Ahead of the action, here is everything you need to know about the remaining players and how to tune in to the matches. Who is in the Wimbledon men’s semifinals? The first men’s semifinal is between No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 5…
Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams was very much in favor of benching quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo last season and may have had some involvement in the decision to do it.The Netflix documentary show Receiver includes a clip in which Adams is asked what his opinion was about the decision to bench Garoppolo.“Well, my opinion on that was that I signed off on that, and that’s just the reality of it,” Adams said.Adams didn’t explain exactly what he meant by “I signed off,” but it would seem to suggest that Raiders coach Antonio Pierce asked Adams’ opinion, and Adams told Pierce to…
The Cubs didn’t just win a series, they swept a series, outscoring their opponents 21-2 in the process. And those opponents weren’t just any old team; the Cubs swept the first place Orioles. In Baltimore … for their second consecutive series win, fourth win in a row, and sixth win in their last seven games. That is just incredible for a team that looked like it had nothing left to offer just a week-and-a-half ago. Indeed, before this four-game winning streak began, the Cubs had a -29 run differential. But after a 5-0 shutout against the Angels and then the…
Story Links Berkeley, CA – July 9 – The USA Women lost to Hungary 10-8 tonight at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley. Rachel Fattal, Maddie Musselman, and Jewel Roemer all scored twice for Team USA and Ashleigh Johnson recorded 10 saves in the cage.The visitors had a dream start to this game, holding Team USA’s high-powered offense without a goal in the first quarter while Rita Keszthelyi and Kamilla Farago (2) both scored for a 3-0 lead after one. Midway through the second period, Hungary widened the lead as Farago notched an early hat trick. Kaleigh Gilchrist would get the United States on the…
Gautam Gambhir has reportedly requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to appoint Morne Morkel as the bowling coach of the national team. After announcing Gambhir as the new head coach earlier this week, BCCI is looking to appoint other members of the support staff ahead of the upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka. According to a report from Cricbuzz, Gambhir is keen on having former South African speedster Morne Morkel as the bowling coach, taking over the reins from Paras Mhambrey. Morkel has a decent amount of coaching experience, having coached the Pakistan team during the…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bam Adebayo has two primary goals to accomplish at the Paris Olympics. The first one is obvious: a gold medal.The second one: getting a picture with Simone Biles.Among Biles’ biggest fans — literally — going into the Paris Games is a group of fellow Olympians, some of them more than 2 feet taller than she is, most of whom have never been to any sort of gymnastics meet in their lives. But make no mistake: The U.S. men’s basketball team loves her.“She’s the best,” three-time Olympic medalist LeBron James said. “It’s that simple. She’s the best.”It…