PALO ALTO, Calif. — On a steamy Thursday afternoon at Stanford’s Smith Family Stadium, every Cardinal player and coach not on the field stands against the dugout rail, shouting encouragement at someone. Including, between every pitch, a chorus of “Yeah, NiJa!”
NiJa is Stanford pitcher NiJaree Canady, a 6-foot sophomore, who finds herself in a bind against rival Cal. She began the top of the fifth inning with a walk, a passed ball and a single. Now, the Bears have
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In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous sporting jamboree on the planet: the summer Olympic Games.
There will be action across 32 sports watched by millions of visitors, as well as an unprecedented opening ceremony set to take place on the River Seine, which runs through the city’s heart. At least, that is plan A, anyway — Emmanuel Macron, the French president, confirmed an off-river contingency for the first time on Monday.
Former Olympic medal winner Sharron Davies has hit out at transgender athletes competing in women’s sports after an image of trans athlete Cece Telfer participating in a women’s hurdles race was posted online.
Telfer, who previously competed as a man, became the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) title back in 2019 and was running in the Women’s Invitational 60m hurdles in Boston in February.
She had qualified for the final of the event,
Ryan Thomas skated to victory and was crowned Dancing On Ice’s 2024 winner alongside pro partner Amani Fancy during Sunday’s action packed live final.
The former Corrie star, 39, beat Made In Chelsea’s Miles Nazaire and partner Vanessa Bauer, after Adele Roberts finished in third place and Greg Rutherford was forced to quit hours before the show due to injury.
Ryan and Miles both battled it out as they performed the iconic Bolero – made famous by Torvill and Dean
Matildas captain Sam Kerr’s sporting career has hit a crossroads after an incredibly turbulent year that has seen her life take a staggering series of twists and turns.
The Chelsea striker has pleaded not guilty to a charge of racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, according to the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service.
Kerr was charged with causing a police officer harassment, alarm or distress arising from an alleged incident in Twickenham, south-west London, on January 30, 2023.
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TORONTO — Sarah Nurse was driving home from a recent PWHL Toronto practice when she got a bit of sage advice.
It wasn’t from a podcast or a friend on the phone. The advice came courtesy of a billboard on the side of the road in Canada’s most populous city, featuring her own face with the Adidas slogan “You got this.”
“I was like, yeah, I do,” Nurse said with a laugh.
The billboard she drove past is one
Der republikanische Kongresskandidat JR Majewski versprach am Mittwoch, bei den Vorwahlen der Republikanischen Partei für den 9. Kongressbezirk von Ohio weiter zu kämpfen, nachdem seine kontroversen Äußerungen zu den Special Olympics Anfang des Monats viral gingen.
Majewski, der vom ehemaligen Präsidenten Donald Trump bei seiner vorherigen Kandidatur für den Kongress im Jahr 2022 unterstützt wurde, machte diese Bemerkungen während eines Auftritts im Podcast „Trifecta Hour“.
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If you work in the sports industry but have not been invited to one of Jimmy Worrall’s events, it’s a message: you haven’t made it yet.
One of life’s great networkers, Worrall is the founder of Leaders In Sport, a conferencing and publishing business based in London but with a global outlook.
Sir Dave Brailsford, the man tasked with the job of making Manchester United a feared and revered team once more, has been invited to lots of Worrall’s events.
Ice skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have done nothing to quell romance rumours as they shared a smooch during their trip to Sarajevo – to commemorate 40 years since winning gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics in the same place.
The pair – who yesterday announced their retirement and a farewell tour – appeared to get caught up in the Valentine’s Day spirit as they kissed while performing the sultry Bolero routine which snagged them the medals four
Their 23-year romance has been dubbed a ‘real-life fairytale’ – yet Princess Mary and Prince Frederik’s relationship made headlines yesterday for less glowing reasons.
Frederik, 55, the heir to the Danish throne, was photographed with reality star Genoveva Casanova, 47, in Madrid last week where they attended an exhibition of the works of Pablo Picasso, without his wife of 19 years.
Publication of the pictures in Spanish magazine Lecturas led the divorcee Mexican socialite to issue a statement ‘categorically’ denying
