Month: July 2024
PVL: Capital1 shows promise, ‘strong’ defense despite loss
Capital1 Solar Spikers’ in their first game in the PVL Reinforced Conference. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Capital1 may have missed the opportunity to beat Akari in its opener in the PVL 2024 Reinforced Conference, but coach Roger Gorayeb believes his young team showed flashes of a bright future. The new-look Solar Spikers blew a…
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The Open: Justin Rose makes bogey-free start at Royal Troon and targets push for second major victory | Golf News
Justin Rose believes he still has the game to add to his major tally after overcoming tough scoring conditions to make a bogey-free start to The 152nd Open at Royal Troon. The 43-year-old, looking to become the first English winner of The Open since Sir Nick Faldo in 1992, bounced back from three missed cuts…
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Angel Canino ruled out of Alas Pilipinas’ SEA VLeague roster
FILE–Alas Pilipinas star Angel Canino receiving her award as the AVC Challenge Cup’s Best Opposite Spiker. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines —After missing Alas Pilipinas’ Japan training camp, La Salle star Angel Canino will not see action in the SEA VLeague. National team coach Jorge Souza De Brito has also ruled Canino out of the Alas…
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Andrew Flintoff’s son Rocky, 16, scores century for England Under-19s in second Test against Sri Lanka | Cricket News
Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, scored a century for England Under-19s in the second Test against Sri Lanka. Rocky began the third day of the four-day match on 82 and went on to reach three figures from 176 balls before being dismissed for 106 from 181 deliveries. The teenager…
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Drunken night out leads to Olympics for Team USA’s Sunny Choi
Breaking athlete Sunny Choi poses for a portrait during the 2024 Team USA Media Summit at Marriott Marquis Hotel on April 16, 2024 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images/AFP A chance encounter during a drunken night out was the unlikely catalyst for Team USA breakdancer Sunny Choi’s journey to the Olympics. The 35-year-old American…
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A trademark move and a classic finish… Henry has still got it!
Thierry Henry shows off his skills and proves he can still finish despite retiring almost 10 years ago!
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Giving up volleyball, Delgaco makes rowing history
Joanie Delgaco will be the lone Filipino competing in the rowing competition of the Paris Olympics 2024. Joanie Delgaco is proof that sometimes, it’s OK to switch paths in sports. The country’s top female rower was initially into volleyball and was on her way to carving her own niche there. “I played in [the] Palaro…
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Kevin Magnussen to leave Haas at end of 2024 Formula 1 season with Esteban Ocon expected to take seat | F1 News
Kevin Magnussen will leave Haas at the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season, with Esteban Ocon expected to take his seat. It marks the end of Magnussen’s seven-year association with Team Haas across two spells, with the 31-year-old first joining in 2017 before returning in 2022. Magnussen has also held seats at McLaren and…
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Rafa Nadal, Andy Murray could be bidding adieu at Paris Olympics
PARIS — All the way back when he first discussed the likelihood that 2024 would be his final season as a professional tennis player, Rafael Nadal made sure to refer to the Paris Olympics as “one of the important competitions I would like to be at.” If, indeed, this is his last hurrah, and if,…
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Leny Yoro: Why Manchester United splashed the cash on the ‘complete’ 18-year-old also wanted by Real Madrid | Football News
Complete at 16: Yoro’s beginnings “When I knew him in the beginning aged 16, he was a very complete player.” Jocelyn Gourvennec was the Lille manager who gave Yoro his professional debut in the 2021/22 season. Lille have a long history of producing sensational youth talent – Eden Hazard, Benjamin Pavard, Lucas Digne and Franck…
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