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Eugenio Chacarra wanted more. After Sunday’s win at the Italian Open, his second in a row on the DP World Tour, he has it in his grasp. Chacarra was one of the top amateurs in the world when he left for LIV Golf in 2022. His future was bright, and his decision to bolt for the rebel league was seen as a big coup — a way for LIV to siphon off emerging young talent before it got to the PGA Tour. Chacarra won on LIV in its inaugural season but then saw his play dip as he dealt with…
Manuel Torres suffered a setback against Rafael Fiziev, but he is in “good spirits.” Torres and Fiziev collided in the UFC Baku main event this past Saturday. While “El Loco” was hoping to make a statement in enemy territory, he ended up being stopped early in the second stanza after being caught with a spinning wheel kick. It’s Torres’ first loss since 2024. In a statement posted on Instagram, Torres’ manager César Lince vowed that his fighter will get back on the horse and learn from the defeat. “There are defeats that also build character,” Lince wrote. “Thank you to…
Image Credit: Fanatics Fanatics Sportsbook has announced the launch of the Bad Actor Program in collaboration with IC360 and Signify Group. The project could see gamblers who abuse esports players punished with betting bans. Esports players and other athletes frequently receive abusive messages from users who have placed losing bets on their performances. Earlier this month, Astralis captain Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen deleted his social media accounts after a wave of abusive messages and death threats. The Bad Actor Program will investigate whether these kinds of messages are coming from gamblers. It will utilize Signify Group’s Threat Matrix service to monitor…
Canada vs South Africa may not be the best knockout stage clash that we’ll see at the 2026 World Cup, but it’s certainly a difficult one to predict.Jesse Marsch’s men secured a comprehensive 6-0 victory against Qatar in the group stage, but stuttered to draws in their other fixtures.South Africa also won just one of their three group clashes, enduring a potentially demoralising loss against Mexico in the tournament’s opener.Canada vs South Africa prediction: Can Jesse Marsch’s men stay alive in the 2026 World Cup? Neither team has ever made it out of the groups at the World Cup. (Image…
Jon Jones has an idea of who he thinks will walk out of UFC 330 with welterweight gold. Reigning 170-pound titleholder Islam Makhachev is scheduled to attempt his first successful defense in the division when he takes on Ian Machado Garry on Aug. 15. The two will compete inside Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. It’ll be Garry’s first shot at the UFC Welterweight Championship. Sport24 (video via Red Corner MMA) recently caught up with “Bones” and asked for his opinion on the upcoming 170-pound title bout. Jones believes longtime announcer Bruce Buffer will be yelling, “And still” once UFC 330…
denis poses for a photo at January’s HLTV Awards When one thinks of German Counter-Strike in the context of the past decade, the most common associations would be Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz or Fatih “gob b” Dayik, paired with the revitalization efforts of BIG. The German scene has regressed recently to a state where only the aforementioned names still hold the torch, but there was a time when the future looked a lot more encouraging. One of the staples of that era was Denis “denis” Howell, a journeyman who arrived with the advent of Global Offensive, hung up the mouse shortly…
PFL San Diego goes down tonight, and there is a stacked offering from top to bottom for enthusiasts of the Professional Fighters League. The action emanates from Pechanga Arena as the Smart Cage encroaches into California to kick off the PFL Summer Series. The headlining bout will see AJ “The Mercenary” McKee take on an unbeaten phenom in Salamat Isbulaev. The latter burst onto the PFL scene in a big way by finishing former PFL featherweight champion Jesus Pinedo in the first frame of the fight. Now Isbulaev takes on another massive test in his sophomore effort in the Smart…
The Edmonton Oilers delivered quality in the 2025 NHL Draft despite not having a first- or second-round selection. Tommy Lafreniere (third round), David Lewandowski (fourth round) and Asher Barnett (fifth round) all produced performance spikes in 2025-26 and are currently on a trajectory to eventually play in the NHL.Only time will tell whether the Oilers scouts did it again, but we have first-blush impressions of the five selections made on Saturday.58. Rudolfs BerzkalnsThe Oilers drafted a big centre with shutdown skills in the second round. Berzkalns is 6-foot-4, 205 pounds and has a tremendous reputation as a faceoff performer. The…
Follow us on Google Discover Mirra Andreeva is set to embark on her fourth Wimbledon campaign, just under a month after capturing a maiden Grand Slam title. Andreeva picked up her first major crown at the 2026 French Open, following a remarkable run, during which she dropped just one set. The 19-year-old became the third-youngest Grand Slam champion in women’s singles since the start of the century, older than only Emma Raducanu (18 at the US Open 2021) and Maria Sharapova (17 at Wimbledon 2004) How many Grand Slams titles does Mirra Andreeva have at the same age Aryna Sabalenka…
The biggest news of the week from TPC River Highlands never actually happened. Jordan Spieth surprised many when he was spotted testing out a different putter early in the week at the Travelers Championship, a drastic change from his TP Mills Trad II blade, and instead putting a L.A.B. Golf VZN.1i through a vigorous testing process. The bombshell appearance of the zero-torque mallet is actually something that Spieth hinted at just a couple of weeks ago in a Golf on CBS interview. “In the last off-season, I got L.A.B. fitted, I tried a number of different mallets,” Spieth said. “I…