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Sixteen college softball teams remain after a thrilling regional weekend, and only eight of them will advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City next week.
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Canadian rider Derek Gee records 5th top-5 finish at Giro d'Italia
Canadian Derek Gee finished fourth in Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday, his fourth top-five finish in his first Grand Tour event.
Geraint Thomas feels consistency is key to fending off Primoz Roglic and Joao Almeida for Giro d'Italia win
Geraint Thomas was delighted with how he weathered an attack from Primoz Roglic on Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia, as he protected his race lead. Roglic shipped time on Tuesday to suggest he was not at his best, but two days on, the Slovenian put his Jumbo-Visma team to work before launching an attack on the penultimate climb of the day. Ad Joao Almeida started the day in second place, but the UAE Team Emirates leader could not hold the wheel and lost time on the day.
Giro d'Italia 2023 Stage 19: How to watch, TV and live stream, profile as Geraint Thomas bids to hold off Primoz Roglic
A doozy in the Dolomites. Roughly 5400m of elevation and three peaks above 2000m promise to sap any remaining strength from our brave bunch.
2023 NCAA DI women’s golf championships: Wake Forest captures team title, Stanford’s Rose Zhang wins individual crown
Update: No. 3 Wake Forest captured its first-ever NCAA DI women’s golf national title on Wednesday, defeating No. 5 Southern California 3-1-0. Demon Deacons players Emilia Migliaccio, Rachel Kuehn and Lauren Walsh won their respective matches to clinch the 2023 title. Of note, Walsh took down USC’s Brianna Navarossa in the day’s anchor match — a day after Navarrossa beat Stanford’s Rose Zhang, who won the individual title on Monday. Wake Forest finished third in the stroke play portion of the competition to advance to match play. The Demon Deacons beat No. 6 Florida State in the quarterfinals before downing No. 7 Texas A&M to reach the national championship match, where they beat USC.
Giro d'Italia 2023: Filippo Zana outduels Thibaut Pinot in thrilling finish on Stage 18, Geraint Thomas stays in pink
Thibaut Pinot’s pursuit of a fairy tale ending to his final Giro d’Italia was derailed by the Italian champion Filippo Zana (Team Jayco-AlUla) in a thrilling two-way sprint at the end of the first of two massive days in the Dolomites. French veteran Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) crested four climbs in pole position to move back into the blue jersey – but his missed out on that elusive win by a whisker after Zana outlasted him on the home straight in Stage 18.
Giro d'Italia 2023: 'I have to disagree' - Eurosport stars clash on Primoz Roglic's chances of winning GC
There may be four stages remaining at the Giro d’Italia, including three big opportunities to gain time, but Jens Voigt has already written off Primoz Roglic’s hopes of winning the race. The Jumbo-Visma star started Thursday’s Stage 18 third in the general classification, 29 seconds behind leader Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). Ad Roglic was briefly favourite to win a maiden Giro after Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) withdrew due to Covid before Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed out, but he wobbled in the mountains on Stage 16 as Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and Thomas put time into him.
Pumas, lynx and panthers: Are big cats really roaming the British countryside?
Driving in the Scottish highlands in early May, tourist Lottie Hodson did a double-take when she saw the sleek black smudge at the treeline's edge.