Commonwealth Games events today as Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Emily Campbell go for gold
Emily Campbell stars on day six of the Commonwealth Games when she bids for gold to compliment her Olympic silver medal in the women’s weightlifting.
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Day Six at the Commonwealth Games: Johnson-Thompson and Campbell go for gold
Emily Campbell bids to add Commonwealth Games gold to her Olympic silver medal in the women’s weightlifting, while Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s heptathlon challenge reaches its conclusion on the track.
Jake Jarman sweeps the board but cramp counts out Cyrille Tchatchet
Jake Jarman reigned supreme in the men’s gymnastics competition in the Commonwealth Games as he finished with four gold medals, but Cyrille Tchatchet’s weightlifting fairytale reached a painful end.
Is Juan Soto worth the price for Padres? Examining past deals for prospects to decide
In recent days, Nationals GM Mike Rizzo made one thing clear to teams interested in Juan Soto: If none of them meet his — reportedly mountainous — asking price, he'll keep the 23-year-old superstar. Today, we learned just how high, when the Padres sent LHP MacKenzie Gore, OF Robert Hassell III, SS C.J. Abrams, OF James Wood, RHP Jarlin Susana and one more major league player back to the Nationals in a trade for Soto and Bell.
2022 college football breakthrough and bounce-back candidates
Michigan, Baylor and Utah State went a combined 5-16 in the abbreviated 2020 college football season. Predictably, this knocked all three programs off of the radar screen entering the 2021 season. Embattled head coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan picked up a smattering of preseason AP Top 25 votes but were picked fourth in the Big Ten East. Baylor was voted eighth in the Big 12, closer to last-place Kansas than the top half of the conference. Utah State, under new head coach Blake Anderson, was voted fifth in the Mountain West's Mountain Division, far closer to last-place New Mexico than the rest of the pack.
Evie Richards realistic about Commonwealth medal hopes after ‘rubbish year’
Mountain bike world champion Evie Richards would dearly love a Commonwealth gold medal on home turf this week but accepts she must be realistic about her chances amid a season wrecked by injury and illness.
Games-'Love triangle' creating waves for Australia in Games pool
BIRMINGHAM, England : Australian swimmers have swept the podium, broken world records, set milestones and won a mountain of medals at the Commonwealth Games pool but all anyone wants to talk about is a supposed 'love triangle' with golden girl Emma McK aeonat the centre.
'It’s so steep!' – Camera motorbike topples over as Annemiek van Vleuten rides to Tour de France Femmes glory
A camera motorbike toppled over as it tried to track Annemiek van Vleuten’s progress up the brutal Super Planche des Belles Filles climb at the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday. As the Movistar rider closed on a final-stage victory in the yellow jersey, the motorbike's lens was diligently fixed upon her as it crawled alongside the Dutchwoman. Ad/> But such was the iconic ramp’s steepness, topping out at 24%, it started to grind to a halt before rolling backwards near the summit and awkwardly falling to eject its driver and camera operator.