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The teams for the United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-finals are set as the knockout stages kick off at Scotstoun Stadium. Glasgow Warriors host Connacht Rugby on Friday evening before the action continues on Saturday at Loftus Versfeld with the Bulls hosting Munster Rugby. A few hours later, the Stormers and Cardiff Rugby lock horns at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town, with the action concluding at the Aviva Stadium as defending champions Leinster go toe-to-toe with the Lions, who make their quarter-finals debut. Without further ado, here is everything you need to know for the URC quarter-finals. Glasgow Warriors v…
Mercedes have pulled out of talks to buy a minority shareholding in the Alpine team because they felt it was overpriced.The German car company and its F1 boss Toto Wolff had agreed in principle with Alpine owners Renault to buy the 24% stake in their team that is owned by investment group Otro Capital.But Otro was demanding a price Mercedes considered to be above market value and the deal has collapsed.Insiders have told BBC Sport Otro wanted $720m (£536m) for its shareholding, a figure that values the team at $3bn (£2.2bn).Otro paid 200m euros (£171m) for its stake in June…
Greg Hardy showed up 26 pounds overweight for his heavyweight fight against Darko Stosic. He showed up at 291 pounds, well over the heavyweight limit. Stosic weighed in at 240 pounds and still agreed to take the fight. The bout will take place on Saturday at a Fight Nation Championship event in Belgrade, Serbia. Greg Hardy just weighed in at 292 lbs and missed weight by 26 POUNDS “It was a long trip. I missed a couple flights.” Darko Stosic still accepted the fight despite a 52-lb weight difference pic.twitter.com/sEXiSvqbG6 — Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) May 29, 2026 The day before…
photo: World Rugby Americas Rugby News May 29, 2026 Argentina, USA 27 Views The USA Men’s Eagles will face the Argentina XV in August. The teams are confirmed for a non-capped international matches at Inter Miami CF Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. It will be an evening fixture with kick-off scheduled for 7:30pm Eastern (8:30pm in Argentina). The fixture will provide the USA Eagles with a home match against the next-of-XV of the Americas’ leading country in Men’s rugby. It will also give key game-time to…
Donald Trump acquired between $15,000 and $50,000 worth of stock. HuffPost reviewed Donald Trump’s May 12th disclosure filing, and it was noted that Trump purchased between $15,000 and $50,000 worth of stock in TKO Group Holdings. Both UFC and WWE are under the TKO umbrella. The USA President is hosting a UFC event on the White House South Lawn on June 14th titled UFC Freedom 250, which also falls on the date of his birthday. Construction for UFC Freedom 250 began this week. HuffPost reached out to the White House for a comment, but they did not immediately respond. White…
In his workshop in Saint-André-de-la-Roche, the 43-year-old Englishman shapes wood with the same dedication he once brought to tackling opponents on Premiership rugby fields. A portrait of an unusual career change. The workshop sits on the hills above Nice, in Saint-André-de-la-Roche. Martin Purdy moves between imposing machines and larch planks scented with resin. It’s hard to imagine that this man, whose hands are now marked by splinters, was carrying an oval ball and wearing the black-and-gold jersey of the London Wasps less than a decade ago. Martin was part of the team that won the European Rugby Champions Cup twice,…
Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again excelled in the Indian Premier League with a brilliant 96 off 47 balls in the second qualifier on Friday.On Wednesday, the 15-year-old smashed 97 from just 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad to get Rajasthan Royals to this stage.This time, with a place in Sunday’s final at stake, Sooryavanshi, again held his team together with a more measured knock that was equally as eye-catching.Put in to bat, Royals slipped to 9-2 against the excellent Gujarat opening bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada.Sooryavanshi struggled to time the ball, playing and missing a number of times, but…
After the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup finals, the PREM returns for the penultimate round of the regular season. There are five blockbuster matches pencilled in over the weekend, with plenty still to play for across the league. Check on all the PREM team news, our predictions, how to watch and more below. Friday Bristol Bears v Bath Prediction: Bath by 10 Bristol Bears: 15 Noah Heward, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Santiago Grondona, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Joe Owen, 5…
The quietest man in the stadium will be the most brilliantly lit when the spotlight falls on him come the end of the match. Mark McCall will hope that his last home fixture in charge of Saracens will have ended with his team back in the top four, just when it matters most, with one round to play.A win against Harlequins on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd would move Saracens above Exeter into fourth, with the Chiefs due to visit Leicester on Sunday. Saracens are 20-point favourites to beat Quins; Leicester 11-point favourites to beat Exeter. Unless both…
Shaw, 22, recalled watching the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.’When I was in the crowd, it inspired me,” she added. “So hopefully other people, if they have a disability, seeing an increased Para-sport participation, it might inspire them to take up a sport.’It is one of the only competitions where the able-bodied and Para-sports are done side by side, so the increased coverage and everything about that I think is just amazing.”Being in the stands at Tollcross back in 2014 helped convince a then-10 year old Shaw that “this is really cool, I want to do this”.The Aberdonian admitted going…