Author: Nifemi Filani

[ad_1] Liverpool began this season as favourites to win the Europa League, but that dream came to an end in the quarter-finals on Thursday night.The Reds might have won 1-0 against Atalanta in Italy, but the Serie A side had already done the damage with a 3-0 margin of victory in the first leg at Anfield a week earlier.Mohamed Salah’s early penalty gave Liverpool the perfect start and hope of mounting a comeback. But that was ultimately as good as it got for Jurgen Klopp’s team, who lacked the energy and fight to match Atalanta’s superior determination.Using 90min’s player ratings…

[ad_1] The Haney vs. Garcia fight card is for the Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. On Saturday night, Haney puts his WBC super lightweight title on the line against Garcia in the pay-per-view main event. It will be a 12-round fight. Haney (31-0) competes for the first time this year after picking up unanimous decision victories over Vasiliy Lomachenko and Regis Prograis in 2023. Garcia (24-1) suffered the first loss of his career against Gervonta Davis last April (via seventh-round TKO), but bounced back to defeat Oscar Duarte via eight-round TKO this past…

[ad_1] Team GB and ParalympicsGB have released the kits their athletes will wear at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Bearing the red, white and blue of the Union Jack, kit manufacturer Adidas says the collection “celebrates the unique aspects of Great Britain”.Four-time Olympic diving medallist Tom Daley featured in the launch, along with sprinter Laviai Nielsen and skateboarder Lola Tambling.The 2024 Olympics and Paralympics take place in Paris this summer.In March there was controversy over the new England football kit launched by Nike, with the St George’s Cross on the back of the collar altered by adding purple and blue…

[ad_1] NEW YORK – Bill Haney mockingly presented Ryan Garcia with a gift Thursday during the final press conference for Garcia’s 140-pound title fight with his son. Garcia grabbed the copy of “Psychology For Dummies” and immediately tossed it off the stage at Barclays Center. Haney’s father and trainer nonetheless noted that he isn’t buying Garcia’s disturbing behaviour as evidence that he is mentally unfit to fight Saturday night for Devin Haney’s WBC super lightweight title. Bill Haney believes that Garcia has attempted to con their team and the public into thinking this is a legitimate meltdown from a polarising…

[ad_1] Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa says she is “here to win” her maiden London Marathon on Sunday.Assefa, 27, is the women’s world record-holder after completing the Berlin Marathon in two hours 11 minutes 53 seconds in September.She is also aiming to beat the London Marathon record of 2:17:01 set by Kenya’s Mary Keitany in 2017.”God will show how good I am, I have prepared very well and I am sure I can beat the course record,” she said.”Regardless of whether it is London or Berlin, it will not change my strategy at all.”Assefa will be competing against Kenya’s trio of Brigid Kosgei, Ruth Chepngetich and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir, and Ethiopia’s 2022 London Marathon winner Yalemzerf…

[ad_1] Coby White joined Michael Jordan as the only Chicago Bulls players to record at least 40 points, five rebounds, five assists, and zero turnovers in a single game — during Wednesday night’s 131-116 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Play-In Tournament. White scored a career-high 42 points on 15-of-21 (71.4%) shooting from the field, 3-of-7 (42.9%) from 3-point range, and 9-of-10 (90%) at the free throw line. It was his eighth game this season with 30 or more points. The fifth-year guard had never scored more than 37 points in a regular season or postseason game. According…

[ad_1] Several top clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX will fancy their chances at lifting the 2024 Leagues Cup. Even though we’re a little over three months until this summer’s Leagues Cup kicks-off, there’s never a bad time to go and see which of the top teams across the continent will more than likely be favorites heading into the tournament. The usual suspects crack the list with the likes of Club America and Inter Miami, while dark horses like Cruz Azul and LA Galaxy sneak into the ranking after their impressive league campaigns in 2024. Here’s 90min’s ranking…

[ad_1] Former two-time welterweight title challenger, Jorge Masvidal may be gearing up for a June return to the boxing ring in a rematch against fellow UFC alum, Nate Diaz – however, the Miami native has confirmed plans to make an Octagon comeback before too long. Masvidal, a former perennial contender at the welterweight limit and the promotion’s inaugural symbolic BMF champion, called time on his professional mixed martial arts career back in April of last year.  Mandatory Credit: Zuffa LLC Suffering a fourth consecutive loss in a decision shutout defeat to Gilbert Burns, Florida veteran, Masvidal confirmed plans to end…

[ad_1] Every year, the St. Lucie Mets invites 50 Special Olympics Florida athletes to a spring kick-off pizza party. This inclusive event has a big effect on the big-leaguers and Special Olympics athletes alike. The event was covered by Rising Apple in an article titled: St. Lucie Mets help Inclusion Revolution thrive with Special Olympics Florida partnership.The St. Lucie Mets’ longtime partnership with Special Olympics has given rise to an annual clinic attended by Mets big-leaguers and coaches, as well as 50 Special Olympics athletes who are about to change those big-leaguers and coaches’ lives for the better by helping…

[ad_1] Posted on 04/17/2024Book Review by Robert L. Seltzer “MY MOTHER and me” by Thomas Hauser “MY MOTHER and me” is one of those books that will stay with you long after you have finished reading it. The book has a narrow focus — the relationship between a son and his mother. But there is nothing narrow or parochial in the approach. Like all talented writers, Thomas Hauser captures the universal by portraying the specific. A slender book — only 140 pages — the memoir is no less substantial for its brevity. The writing is clear and lucid with gentle…