Japan’s unbeaten Naoya Inoue will fight in Las Vegas for the first time in four years when he takes on American Ramon Cardenas in May, promoters Top Rank said Thursday.The 31-year-old “Monster” will defend his undisputed super-bantamweight world titles in his first fight outside of Japan since 2021.Inoue’s last bout was a fourth-round knockout of …
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Barack and Michelle Obama are in talks to produce a new biopic about golf superstar Tiger Woods, a source familiar with the negotiations told AFP Wednesday.The movie is in development at Amazon MGM, according to Hollywood trade outlet Deadline, which first reported on the project.The studio had purchased the rights to “The Tiger Slam: The …
Belinda Bencic upset world number three Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach her first WTA 1000 quarter-final since becoming a mother last year.Switzerland’s Bencic, whose strong comeback year has included a fourth-round run at the Australian Open, dominated after losing the first set.The 28-year-old former world number four did not face a …
Lionel Messi, who has sat out Inter Miami’s last three games, will travel to Jamaica for Thursday’s CONCACAF Champions Cup match with Kingston side Cavalier, coach Javier Mascherano said on Wednesday.Messi missed Inter’s 4-1 win at the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer on March 2 and then the 2-0 midweek home win over Cavalier …
Rory McIlroy believes Tiger Woods is unlikely to play any golf this year but is backing the 15-time major champion to attempt a comeback after his latest injury woe.Woods stunned the world of golf on Tuesday after revealing he had suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon as he prepared to make his return to competitive golf, …
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Russia’s Daniil Medvedev shook off a day of rain delays to beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-0 on Tuesday and reach the quarter-finals at Indian Wells, where he’s vying to improve on runner-up finishes the past two years.Taking the court around 10:00 pm, four hours after he was slated to open the night session on Stadium …
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Darius Garland scored 30 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers staged a double-digit comeback to bag their 15th straight victory with a 109-104 defeat of the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.Cleveland looked to be heading for a shock loss after lowly Brooklyn raced into an 18-point lead in the third quarter against a Cavs line-up missing the …
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Holger Rune was as thrilled as the fans with his between-the-legs shot to save break point in his Indian Wells upset of Stefanos Tsitsipas on Tuesday.Coming off the court, the 21-year-old Dane said he couldn’t wait to watch it on his phone, but the replay was a bit of a let-down.”You know, I kind of …
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President Donald Trump’s intervention in negotiations between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf has “significantly bolstered” hopes of reunifying the fractured sport but “hurdles” to a deal remain, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said Tuesday.Speaking ahead of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Monahan said Trump, who has hosted two rounds of talks at the …
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Defending champion Iga Swiatek was home and dry at rainy Indian Wells on Tuesday, powering into the quarter-finals with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Karolina Muchova.The world number two from Poland needed just 57 minutes to put away Muchova, who took her to three sets in the 2023 French Open final.She didn’t face a break …
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