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Marcel Siem poses with the trophy after winning the 2024 Italian Open. | Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images
Forty-three-year-old Marcel Siem of Germany defeated young-up-and-comer Tom McKibbin in a playoff to win the Italian Open.
The DP World Tour has officially awarded Marcel Siem as the ‘Comeback King,’ and rightfully so. The 43-year-old Siem underwent hip surgery in February, roughly one year after winning the Hero Indian Open, which marked his first title since 2014.
He subsequently missed three months, returning to the Soudal Open in late May, where he missed the cut.

Apparently, the relationship between Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson was football’s best kept secret.
Of course, the cat’s out of the bag now. Reportedly, the former New England Patriots head coach has been dating the cheerleader (who is roughly 50 years younger than he is) for over a year now. But according to former Patriots tight end Pharaoh Brown, no one knew about their romance — not even his players.
“One thing about Bill, he keeps football, football,” Brown told TMZ Sports. “He’s living his life.

Slovakia was about three minutes away from arguably the greatest result in the history of its international soccer program. But England scored an incredible stoppage-time goal to force the match into extra time. 
Slovakia improbably made its way out of the group stage at the European Championships thanks to an opening match victory over Belgium. 
However, they ran into one of the great powerhouses in international soccer in the Round of 16, England. 
The English entered the second stage of the tournament as the favorites to win it all, and the heavy favorites to cruise past Slovakia.

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George Russell’s stunning win at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix caps off three incredible weeks for Mercedes
“It’s not over, until it’s over.’
Those were the words of Mercedes driver George Russell, as he spoke with his team just moments after taking the checkered flag at the Austrian Grand Prix in stunning fashion. One might be excused for believing there was some bewilderment behind Russell’s comment, given how the race stood just minutes prior.

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After declaring that his car had top-ten potential on Saturday, Daniel Ricciardo delivered that result on Sunday
Daniel Ricciardo’s millions of fans might want him to keep making predictions.
A year ago at the Mexico City Grand Prix the Formula 1 driver declared that his car had top ten potential after the first two practice sessions. Ricciardo proved that over the next two days, qualifying fourth for the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix and then finishing seventh in the main event.

The Clippers have made their intentions clear, and Paul George is at the center of the frenzy, but what are contenders like Golden State and Dallas planning?

Since Joey Chestnut was banned from competing in this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, the world’s best competitive eater is taking his talents to El Paso. Chestnut will challenge the soldiers at Fort Bliss to an Independence Day wiener-eating contest of their own.
Chomping on hot dogs with American soldiers on the Fourth of July? It doesn’t get any more patriotic than that! And while Chestnut doesn’t actually expect any of the service men and women to keep up with him, it’s all in good fun.

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The on-track fight between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at the Austrian Grand Prix boiled over off-track
As the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix drew to a close, the fight was on.
A slow pit stop from Red Bull and Max Verstappen opened the door, and Lando Norris barged through the crack. When the two drivers came down pit lane for their final pit stops Verstappen enjoyed a lead of around seven seconds over his friend and rival, but problems on the left rear tire of Verstappen’s RB20 saw the stop last 6.

The Pistons are hiring J.B. Bickerstaff to be the team’s new head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bickerstaff will replace Monty Williams in Detroit.

Atlanta United and Toronto FC played an incredible MLS match on Saturday night, but it was the ending that had soccer fans buzzing.
Atlanta made what appeared to be the final push in the match, failing to score in the 97th minute with stoppage time coming to an end. Toronto goalkeeper Luka Gavran made a save and held onto the ball. 
It appeared that all he had to do was kick the ball deep and the referee would blow the final whistle to end the game. But there was one very important thing that Gavran failed to take into account.