The seven candidates to succeed International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach are nearing the end of the campaign to become the most powerful person in sport governance (MARCO BERTORELLO)
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee is nearing the finish with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry widely seen to be clear of the remaining quartet.
Any of those three would be an historic winner in the election in Greece on Thursday.
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The Liberty and Phoenix Mercury agreed to a trade Sunday that dealt veteran Natasha Cloud for the 2025 WNBA Draft’s No. 7 overall pick and New York’s 2026 first-round selection.
“We could not be more excited to welcome Natasha Cloud to the New York Liberty family,” said Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb. “Tash is someone who we identified years ago as a prime fit for our team and embodies everything we look for in a player.
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TOKYO (AP) โ The Major League Baseball season kicks off Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome when Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs.
It’s the first of a two-game series and features five Japanese players. Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Roki Sasaki pitch for the Dodgers while the Cubs have outfielder Seiya Suzuki and left-handed pitcher Shota Imanaga.
The two MLB teams have been in Tokyo for several days, playing exhibition games against two Japanese teams โ the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.
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Another edition of ‘Mock Draft Monday’ rolls onto the pod feed as Pro Football Focus’ Trevor Sikkema joins Matt Harmon to share his five favorite fits from his latest mock draft. In Sikkema’s latest mock he has the Patriots and Eagles making a splash at the WR position in the first round and has a few teams beefing up their interiors and defensive back rooms. To end the show, Sikkema ‘stands on the table’ for deep sleeper RB prospect that he calls this year’s Bucky Irving.
Cooper Flagg is “full steam ahead” in his recovery from a sprained right ankle and targeting a return to Duke’s lineup for Friday’s NCAA tournament opener.ย
This is according to Duke head coach Jon Scheyer, who provided an update on the status of his star freshman forward to ESPN following Sunday’s tournament bracket reveal.ย
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Orlando’s Paolo Banchero (right) scored 24 points as the Magic halted Cleveland’s 16-game win-streak (Rich Storry)
Paolo Banchero scored 24 points as the Orlando Magic overturned a 13-point deficit to end the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 16-game NBA unbeaten streak with a gutsy 108-103 road victory on Sunday.
Cleveland, the runaway Eastern Conference leaders, had looked poised to extend their franchise-record winning run after surging clear of Orlando early in the third quarter.