After the Paris Olympics, there is no space for doubt about Japanese wrestlers. They came, they saw, and boy, oh boy, did they conquer! When the 2024 Olympics ended, Japan’s wrestling medal tally stood at 11, of which eight were gold. The world saw some of the greatest matches in both Greco-Roman and freestyle events…
The Commodores are having an incredible season, and Diego Pavia, their star quarterback, deserves all the praise for his outstanding on-field play. His play this season has drawn notice, particularly after he led Vanderbilt to important wins, such as an upset victory against Alabama. But all of a sudden, his daring action—rather than his performance—made…
Sentinel file photo by MIKE GOSS Midd-West’s Ben Hummel finishes strong at his second PIAA Cross Country Championships in as many seasons. Midd-West harrier a two-time state qualifier in XC MIDDLEBURG – After a decorated high school career in cross country, it’s hard to imagine Midd-West High School standout Ben Hummel competing in any other…
After an exhilarating 120 minutes of football followed by a nail-biting penalty shoot-out, Lionel Messi finally got his moment – the one he’d been dreaming of his whole life. At long last, the best footballer of all time in the eyes of many had the one medal missing from his glittering collection, having ended Argentina’s…
Israeli soccer fans targeted in the horrific antisemitic attack in Amsterdam described Friday how they were chased through the streets along with Jewish women and kids and left with broken teeth and black eyes. “It was a pogrom. If there had been Internet in ’38, that’s what Kristallnacht would have looked like,” a shaken victim…
Open this photo in gallery: Three Canada Soccer officials, including head coach Bev Priestman, were sent home from the Games in July, after French police tracked a drone hovering over the practice of the New Zealand women’s team. Priestman gestures during a soccer training session ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Melbourne, Australia,…
A Major League Baseball logo at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, May 22, 2022. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Braves have raised issues with the reorganization plan and future viability of Diamond Sports Group, the country’s largest owner of regional sports networks, according to a Friday bankruptcy court filing….
The drone spying scandal that erupted during Canada’s women’s football team’s 2024 Paris Olympics campaign was a symptom of a “past pattern of an unacceptable culture”, Canada Soccer has said after an independent review. The Canadian women’s camp made global headlines after a drone was allegedly used to spy on a training session of one…
Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters in Amsterdam before the Europa League match against Ajax on November 7, 2024. JEROEN JUMELET / AFP Nothing at the end of Ajax Amsterdam’s 5-0 Europa League victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv could have predicted such a violent outburst. A few hours after the final whistle, several supporters of the Israeli…
Trinity Rodman has a particular magnetism about her, taking contradiction and finding harmony. She’s a world class talent but self-identifies as being in her “student era.” The 22-year-old is far from done. Rodman’s the first to admit that she tends to lead with her emotions, seeing that as part of what makes her the player…
