Adam Peaty announced Wednesday he intends to compete at a fourth Olympics after six new swimming events were added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games in what he called “an amazing decision.”The International Olympic Committee ratified a move that will see the 50m backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke all contested for the first time.Previously, only freestyle …
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Luka Doncic shrugged off the raw emotion of his return to Dallas with a dazzling 45-point display against his former club as the Los Angeles Lakers downed the Mavericks 112-97 to punch their ticket to the NBA playoffs on Wednesday.Doncic, who joined the Lakers from Dallas in February in one of the most shocking trades …
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Colombia’s Nicolas Echavarria defeated American J.J. Spaun in a playoff to win Wednesday’s Masters Par-Three Contest, risking a green jacket curse on the eve of the year’s first major showdown.Echavarria, who qualified for his first Masters by winning last year’s PGA Zozo Championship in Japan, birdied the second extra hole while Spaun made bogey to …
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The NBA said Wednesday it has rescinded the technical foul that led to the ejection of Luka Doncic during the Los Angeles Lakers’ defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder.”Luka Doncic’s technical foul at 7:40 of the 4th quarter on 4/8/25 has been rescinded upon league office review,” the league announced on Twitter.Doncic and the Lakers …
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South African cricket legend A.B. de Villiers was bowled over at Augusta National on Wednesday thanks to his golfing pal Christiaan Bezuidenhout.De Villiers served as caddie for 57th-ranked Bezuidenout in the Par-Three Contest, played on the eve of the 89th Masters, and tested his luck with a sand wedge.”I hit a nice little sand wedge …
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World number one Scottie Scheffler launches his Masters title defense Thursday focused on tackling the intricacies of Augusta National rather than the chance to join a select band of back-to-back champions.Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods are the only players to win two straight Masters titles, but Scheffler — who also won in 2022 …
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Augusta National has no plans to offer LIV Golf players a direct qualifying path to the Masters like those available to the US and British Opens, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said on Wednesday.Ridley also said he hopes to see golf’s best players reunited in one series, with a solution to the divide between the …
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Augusta National chairman Fred Riley defended on Wednesday the club’s decision to invite 2009 Masters champion Angel Cabrera to this year’s tournament after he served 30 months in prison for domestic violence.On the eve of the 89th Masters, Ridley addressed complaints from women’s groups about the 55-year-old Argentine being welcomed back to the famed course, …
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 42 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder bounced back to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 136-120 on Tuesday in a hard-fought battle that saw Luka Doncic controversially ejected in the fourth quarter.Two days after suffering a 27-point defeat to the Lakers, the No.1-ranked Thunder avenged that loss thanks to Gilgeous-Alexander’s 13th 40-point …
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An injury-time goal from substitute Amanda Gutierres gave Brazil a 2-1 friendly victory and their first win over the United States in more than a decade in San Jose on Tuesday.In the second of two international friendlies between the two finalists of last year’s Olympic women’s football tournament, Brazil bounced back from a 2-0 loss …
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