A dispute has broken out between the UFC and New Zealand Rugby, with the use of the silver fern on the kit of Kiwi fighters under the gun. Eugene Bareman, who trains six UFC fighters including middleweight champion Israel Adesanya at City Kickboxing in Auckland, revealed the UFC had been contacted over trademark issues around the use of the silver […]
Read moreUS golf legend Tiger Woods will avoid charges following a serious car accident on Wednesday. Woods suffered major leg injuries after his car rolled near the side of a highway in Los Angeles, sparking fears about his long-term health and career. Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters during a Facebook Q&A there was no indication Woods was impaired by alcohol or […]
Read morePARIS (AFP) – America’s Grant Holloway broke Colin Jackson’s long-standing 60m indoor hurdles world record at Wednesday’s (Feb 24) athletics meeting in Madrid. The 110m hurdles world champion ran 7.29sec to shave one hundredth of a second off the record Briton Jackson set in 1994. Holloway had already run 7.32sec in the heats and blitzed the competition in customary style […]
Read moreDillon Cousin is from Slidell, La., a suburb of New Orleans, and he grew up playing baseball. Although Cousin, 19, said everybody in his family — “that’s not even an exaggeration” — is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black university in New Orleans, he committed to a university in Alabama instead. He could play baseball there. […]
Read moreSINGAPORE – The International Floorball Federation (IFF) Women’s World Floorball Championship (WFC) will return to Singapore in 2023, nearly two decades after the Republic last hosted the event in 2005. The 2023 tournament will be only the second time that the biennial Women’s WFC is held outside of Europe. The upcoming event will see entries from 16 countries, including world […]
Read moreSINGAPORE (Bloomberg, Reuters) – Asian mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation One Championship is considering options including seeking a listing in the United States via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), according to people familiar with the matter. The Singaporean sports media company has picked Credit Suisse Group AG and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to help prepare for […]
Read moreThe New York Rangers on Monday vigorously defended their winger Artemi Panarin, even as he took a leave of absence amid allegations that he hit a woman in a bar a decade ago. Panarin, the Rangers’ top scorer this season, was accused by his former coach in the Russia-based K.H.L., Andrei Nazarov, of striking an 18-year-old woman in Latvia in […]
Read moreBy mid-January, Jasmine Harrison, a swim instructor and bartender, had been alone at sea for nearly 50 days. She had rowed 1,600 miles through the ill-tempered Atlantic Ocean and was only halfway there. If she could push forward a day at a time (or some 60 miles), Harrison, 21, of North East England, would become the youngest woman to row […]
Read moreMELBOURNE, Australia — With a lone tear streaking his right cheek, Daniil Medvedev accepted the runner-up trophy after the Australian Open men’s final on Sunday night. He stepped to the microphone and told an engaging story about nervously hitting with Novak Djokovic for the first time as a young player, when Djokovic was the men’s world No. 1 and Medvedev […]
Read moreTeam New Zealand have met their match in the form of Luna Rossa. The Italian syndicate have earned the right to challenge the Kiwi crew in the America’s Cup match next month, winning the Prada Cup final series 7-1 against Ineos Team UK. Luna Rossa only needed one race on match point to punch their ticket, winning both of Sunday’s […]
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