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Some of the country’s best bowlers are descending on Wiltshire to compete for a chance to join the national finals.
Devizes Bowls Club is hosting an inter-county Bowls event as part of the early stages of the Balcomb Trophy – a prestigious competition that showcases the very best of English bowls.
Eight teams will have the chance to progress to the Aviva National Bowls Finals in August.
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Mercedes hopes to get a little more performance from Kimi Antonelli Saturday in Imola
According to Mercedes, rookie driver Kimi Antonelli has been “efficient” at analyzing the data overnight and making the necessary changes to increase performance the next day.
Antonelli might need to put in a few extra hours ahead of Saturday at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The rookie driver finished the first practice session in P13, as he focused on the soft C6 compound, which makes its debut this week in Imola.
Changes will likely be coming to the Los Angeles Lakers‘ roster this summer. The team suffered from a very weak center rotation and a lack of guard and wing depth following the Luka Doncic trade, and both deficiencies resulted in it losing in the first round of the NBA playoffs to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
It won’t be easy for the Lakers to pull off a trade or two to address both deficiencies. But Eddie Bitar of Fadeaway World put forth a big trade idea involving three teams that would net the Lakers two players who would plug both needs.
Report: Chelsea interested in shock move for player Enzo Maresca continues to admire
Chelsea are interested in signing Leicester City centre back Ben Nelson in what would be something of a shock move according to reports.
The Blues are once again set for a busy summer and could look to fund their business by selling as many as seven or eight players.
Chelsea face a critical window with the club looking to sign a striker, centre back and right footed attacker to strengthen Enzo Maresca’s squad.
Ed Sheeran has teamed up with an artistic project to create a gig-style poster for Ipswich Town’s final game in the Premier League.
Call Me Ted was launched in 2024 to create a range of posters for each game at Portman Road this season.
They have since featured both inside and on the front page of the club’s match day programme, with founder Steve Haugh saying the project “snowballed”.
Sheeran, a lifelong Tractor Boy, designed the final poster for Ipswich’s match against West Ham after falling in love with the artwork.
The New York Knicks entered Friday’s Game 6 matchup against the Boston Celtics looking to clinch the series to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Of course, New York had an opportunity to do just that in Game 5 in Boston on Wednesday night, but they were instead blown out by the Celtics who were able to keep their season alive.
Friday’s game would be the complete opposite as the Knicks were able to dominate their way past the Celtics at Madison Square Garden as they picked up the 119-81 victory.
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11).
DALLAS — Napheesa Collier texted Paige Bueckers Friday morning. From one UConn champion to another, Collier wished the rookie well. “Good luck tonight!” Collier wrote. “Don’t do too much against us, wait till your next game.”
Waiting isn’t in Bueckers’ DNA. As someone who has suffered through major injuries and been forced to sit out a full season of her college career, she never takes a single game for granted. And the ultimate respect she could give a fellow Huskies alumna was competing her hardest and trying to bring the best out of Collier.
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Alpine’s Franco Colapinto is ‘looking forward’ to his first qualifying session of the 2025 F1 season
After months of speculation and a media day where he was perhaps the center of attention, Franco Colapinto was finally back in a Formula 1 car at historic Imola for the first two practice sessions ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Colapinto posted the 17th fastest time in FP1, and improved to P13 by the end of FP2, giving the new Alpine driver a boost of confidence heading into Saturday’s final practice session and qualifying.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Kochanowicz tossed one-run ball over 6 2/3 innings, Yoán Moncada hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in the Freeway Series opener Friday night.
The last-place Angels led 2-0 on Moncada’s homer on his first pitch from Dustin May in the first inning.
May hit Matthew Lugo and Tim Anderson back-to-back before Zach Neto’s two-run double to left extended the lead to 4-0 in the fourth.
Kochanowicz (3-5) allowed one run, struck out five and walked four in winning back-to-back starts for the first time this season.
The Golden State Valkyries made history in their WNBA debut on Friday, delivering a landmark moment for the league, even if it came with a loss.
The Valkyries are the first expansion team to join the WNBA since the Atlanta Dream entered the league in 2008. Backed by a wave of support, the team launched with over 10,000 season-ticket holders.
Their inaugural game at Chase Center drew a sellout crowd of 18,064 fans, setting a new attendance record for a team making its debut.
“18,064 of our closest friends. We (love) you Valks Fam,” the team posted on social media.