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Australian Olympic Committee hits out at criticism of Raygun
Australia’s Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the Paris Olympics 2024, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin) SYDNEY— The Australian Olympic Committee has criticized an anonymous online petition attacking controversial Paris Games breaking competitor Rachael…
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The Open: Tiger Woods hits back at Colin Montgomerie’s suggestion to retire ahead of major return at Royal Troon | Golf News
Tiger Woods insists he still believes he can add to his major tally at The Open and has hit back at Colin Montgomerie’s suggestion that he should retire. The former world No 1 has played a limited schedule since suffering career-threatening injuries in a car crash in February 2021, although is on course to play…
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Rohit on a rampage! Sharma hits EIGHT sixes in quick-fire 92
India’s Rohit Sharma notched up his 200th sixth of his T20 international career as his scintillating form slows down early Australia momentum.
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Deja vu for Scotland as their Euros journey ends with Steve Clarke’s future in question – Euro 2024 hits and misses | Football News
Deja vu for Scotland as lack of attacking threat costs them Image: Scotland are heading home from Euro 2024 after a last-gasp defeat to Hungary saw them finish bottom of Group A Once again the Tartan Army believed and once again they were left in tears as another campaign ended at the group stages. It…
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Cristiano Ronaldo wasteful as Portugal beat Czech Republic, Turkey raise more questions than answers – Euro 2024 hits and misses | Football News
Ronaldo wasteful on milestone appearance Image: Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after the final whistle Another piece of history in the extraordinary career of Cristiano Ronaldo. Named in Portugal’s starting line-up against Czech Republic, he became the first player feature at a sixth European Championship. He just lacked a goal to mark the occasion. At times, during…
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Euro 2024 hits and misses: N’Golo Kante in vintage form for France but Belgium fail to live up to the hype | Football News
Kante rolls back the years in vintage display Image: N’Golo Kante was man of the match as France beat Austria France have an abundance of young midfield talent in Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelin Tchouameni and Warren Zaire-Emery, yet still picked N’Golo Kante. Many saw that call as a surprise given the 33-year-old now plays for Al…
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Lamine Yamal helps Spain’s style evolve, Granit Xhaka pulls strings for Switzerland – Euro 2024 hits and misses | Football News
Yamal helps Spain’s style evolve Image: Lamine Yamal was excellent in Spain’s win over Croatia Spain’s meeting with Croatia ended a run of 136 competitive fixtures in which they have had more possession than their opponents, dating back 16 years to their win over Germany in the final of Euro 2008. And yet, despite only…
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Premier League Darts: Luke Littler hits nine-darter on way to victory over Luke Humphries in final | Darts News
Luke Littler hit a nine-darter on his way to a sensational 11-7 victory over Luke Humphries in the Premier League Final at London’s O2 Arena. Littler lifted the roof off the O2 Arena as he took out a nine-darter in the 11th leg of the final, the 17-year-old writing his name into the history books…
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DP World Tour: Sam Jones hits career-first albatross to take two-shot lead at Soudal Open | Golf News
New Zealander Sam Jones hit the first albatross of his career as he took a two-stroke lead at the Soudal Open on Thursday. Jones, a DP World Tour tour rookie, holed his second shot from 273 yards at the par-five 17th at Rinkven International Golf Club and went on to card a nine-under 62 in…
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Rob Cross scoops Baltic Sea Open crown as Luke Humphries hits nine-darter in vain | Darts News
Rob Cross withstood a Luke Humphries nine-darter to clinch the NEO.bet Baltic Sea Open title with a thrilling 8-6 victory in Sunday’s final in Kiel. Both players threw five 180s each and averaged over 104 in a high-quality contest. World champion Humphries looked on course to claim a seventh European Tour title when he opened up…
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