Author: Nifemi Filani

[ad_1] It’s a crisp sunny day in late spring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 933-acre city campus sits beautifully on the shores of Lake Mendota. Sitting on a unique piece of land, the campus lays as an isthmus, as it represents a narrow strip which connects two larger landmasses but also separates two bodies of water. The community here raves about it and tells anybody who will listen. They’re famous for their cheese, and they love their Badgers football, but during the 2024 NIRSA National Basketball Championships hosted April 12-14, they took pride in celebrating athletes from various colleges…

[ad_1] Most of the sporting events are in and around the heart of Paris, and the opening ceremony is set to be a spectacle, taking place along the Seine, the first time in Olympic history that the event will be held outside the main stadium.The Stade de France will host the athletics and the closing ceremony. The Parc des Princes, home to Paris St-Germain, will stage football matches, and Roland Garros will host tennis and boxing. Surfing will take place in Tahiti, an island in French Polynesia nearly 10,000 miles away from Paris.Some 95% of the venues already exist or…

[ad_1] Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria sent Max Holloway a warning after UFC 300. Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) claimed the BMF title with an iconic last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) was in attendance and looked stunned after Holloway delivered the spectacular finish. However, he welcomes “Blessed” as his next title challenger. “To be honest, I’m really happy because we just saw Holloway win, so I just realized I will have two belts instead of one,” Topuria told ESPN Deportes. “I think it’s clear now.…

[ad_1] Alex Pereira is an unreasonably tough human being. This past Saturday, Pereira successfully defended his light heavyweight title with a first-round knockout of Jamahal Hill in the main event of UFC 300. After the fight, UFC CEO Dana White revealed Pereira broke a toe a few weeks before the event but competed anyway, and on Tuesday, Pereira showed exactly what happened. Posting to his Instagram, Pereira put up a video of the training session two weeks before UFC 300 where he broke his right pinky toe, and the methods his team tried to fix it immediately after. “I broke…

[ad_1] Iron’ Mike Tyson is racing toward his boxing match with Jake Paul … Literally. On Saturday, July 20, the former unified heavyweight world champion returns to the ring for a highly anticipated clash with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. Emanating from the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Paul vs. Tyson will broadcast live on Netflix — a first for the streaming giant and its 260 million+ subscribers. Since the announcement, Tyson has been sharing footage of his intense training sessions, prompting many to suggest that ‘Kid Dynamite’ is looking like a fighter hellbent on proving that he’s still got plenty…

[ad_1] There will be 20 athletes in the women’s elite race and 43 in the men’s.Great Britain’s Becky Briggs and Alice Wright will participate in the women’s race after competing in the marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.Joining them are Anya Culling, Rachel Hodgkinson, Helen Gaunt, Mhairi Maclennan and Lucy Reid. Ethiopia’s new world record holder Tigst Assefa, Kenya’s trio of Brigid Kosgei, Ruth Chepngetich and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir, and Ethiopia’s 2020 London Marathon champion Yalemzerf Yehualaw will all be there. They will aim to break the women’s only world record – the fastest time by a woman…

[ad_1] Colorado Rapids managed their second road win of the 2024 Major League Soccer season with a 3-0 triumph over San Jose Earthquakes thanks in part to a brace from striker Rafael Navarro. It’s been refreshing start in the new season under first-year boss Chris Armas for the new-look Rapids, with their most recent victory propelling them up to fifth in the Western Conference standings (they finished second-to-last in the 2023 Supporters’ Shield race). Colorado have suffered defeat just twice in their eight games played this term — a 4-1 thrashing on opening day to Portland Timbers and a narrow…

[ad_1] Record European champions Real Madrid face the mightiest of tests on Wednesday evening, travelling to Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. The Spanish giants held the reigning European champions to a 3-3 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu in the first leg, twice coming from behind in a dramatic affair. A Ruben Dias own goal and Rodrygo effort cancelled out Bernardo Silva’s early effort, with Federico Valverde producing a second-half equaliser after screamers from Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol had put the visitors ahead. Real suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat on their last trip…

[ad_1] Having navigated a brief defensive injury crisis after the international break, Pep Guardiola has a fully fit squad at his disposal for Manchester City’s quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid.The Cityzens, despite a couple of notable absences, escaped the Bernabeu with a 3-3 draw last Tuesday in a contest littered with xG defiance. The two sides will reconvene at the Etihad on Wednesday with a semi-final place at stake, and here’s how Guardiola could set his City team up for Madrid’s visit. Bernardo Silva opened the scoring at the Bernabeu / Jean Catuffe/GettyImagesGK: Ederson – The Brazilian was back…

[ad_1] Liverpool defender Conor Bradley is expected to miss the rest of April as a result of the ankle injury he suffered during Sunday’s surprise Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.Bradley has become a regular starter for Liverpool since January and has impressed during that time, even raising the possibility that his emergence could help Trent Alexander-Arnold make the permanent switch into midfield to fully utilise his range of passing.But the 20-year-old was forced off early in the second half during the visit of Palace, to be replaced by Alexander-Arnold making his first appearance since February after recovering from a…