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Pat Rafter is Australian sporting royalty. A man whose genuine friendliness still radiates into mid-life and whose looks once made him an underwear model, with a tennis career that took him to No 1 in the world.He is the kind of person anyone would want on their team, so it is no surprise to see him named as a member of the Aussie Crocs. They are the national squad of tennis-adjacent pursuit padel – a kind of miniature form of the game – and are due to compete in an exhibition at the Sydney Opera House starting 15 August.Rafter may…

Fifa and Infantino want to create a commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including its World Cups, and external investors will be able to buy stakes in it.It said it would “invite third parties to make minority, non-controlling investments” in a new subsidiary – Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE).Infantino has set a deadline of 19 September for football federations to accept his controversial plans.In a 25-page document created by investment bank JP Morgan, it is made clear Fifa’s tournaments would expand to hit an estimated increased pay-out of 24m euros per member association in the 2035-2039 cycle.It mentions “new business…

One of WWE’s biggest women’s storylines almost went live without a script. Brie Bella has revealed that moments before her memorable confrontation with Stephanie McMahon in 2014, everything changed backstage, forcing the two to figure it out on the fly just seconds before walking through the curtain. Speaking on What’s Your Story?, Brie looked back at the segment that ended with her slapping Stephanie and quitting WWE. According to her, the original plan kept getting rewritten until they were standing in Gorilla Position waiting for their entrance. That’s when Vince McMahon reportedly stepped in with another change. “Do you remember…

Cameron Norrie’s resurgent form continued as he overpowered Bernard Tomic in just 50 minutes to progress to the semi-finals of the Los Cabos Open in Mexico.Fifth-seed Norrie won 12 straight games to defeat his Australian opponent 6-1 6-0 and set up a semi-final meeting with defending champion Denis Shapovalov.The British number two travelled to Mexico on a run of six consecutive defeats, having not won a match since April, but has put together a run of three successive straight-set victories.He defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic comfortably in the first round before recovering from 3-0 down in the first set to beat James…

Scotland’s Melanie Woods has won the Commonwealth Games women’s 1500m T54 for the second time in under 40 hours after streaking to victory in the restaged final – however England’s Ellis Kottas could not replicate her silver medal.Woods set a new Games record to triumph in Glasgow on Wednesday evening, but it emerged on Thursday morning that Para-athletics authorities had decided the race should be held again following appeals surrounding a first-lap crash.However, the Scot kept her composure in her home city to replicate her initial success, break the record again, and reclaim the gold that was already hers -…

Tonight on TNA Impact, we kick off the quarter-final matches in the TNA Knockouts TV Championship tournament and put tag gold on the line! Before we start with the action tonight, TNA pays tribute to former TNA Knockout, Tanea Brooks, aka Rebel, who is currently fighting an ongoing battle with ALS. Indi Hartwell takes on NXT’s Thea Hail in the quarter-finals of the Knockouts TV Championship tournament. These two are very familiar with each other during their time in NXT, but tonight they compete for a spot in the semi-finals to face M By Elegance.  Hail starts feisty, but it…

Infantino came to wider public attention, and attracted further criticism, during this summer’s World Cup, which was staged in the USA, Mexico and Canada.The tournament made headlines before a ball was kicked, with visas to the United States delayed – and even denied – for supporters, coaching staff and officials. In May, Iran’s base for the tournament was moved to Mexico after the US made it clear it did not want to host the team because of political tensions between the two nations.That was followed by Somali referee Omar Artan, one of 52 officials appointed to work at the tournament,…

The match card for TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE grows. September 7th is the date of TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE V, which is the annual benefit show for former wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since 2017. Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, is playing host to the show, and new matches have been made official. Joining the card is Chihiro Hashimoto and Ryo Mizunami versus Hiroyo Matsumoto and Miyu Yamashita. There is also going to be a singles bout between Hideki Suzuki and Danshoku Dieno. TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE V　対戦カードその5 | 高山善廣オフィシャルブログ Powered by Ameba https://t.co/U3MMFU9DeX #Amebaブログ #アメブロ — Yoshihiro Takayama (@Takayamado)…

Fifa wants to create a commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including its World Cups, and external investors will be able to buy stakes in it.It said it would “invite third parties to make minority, non-controlling investments” in a new subsidiary – Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE).On Friday, Fifa said FFE had been proposed “to ensure all Fifa member associations have the opportunity to take meaningful ownership of the commercial opportunity of football in their respective countries”.”This does not come at the cost of either the spirit or the governance of Fifa or football itself,” it added.However, Uefa has accused…

AIG Women’s Open-7 A Thitikul (Tha); -5 S Kuwaki (Jpn), H Ryu (Kor); -4 Y Noh (US), C Boutier (Fra); -3 C Iwai (Jpn), C Wannasaen (Tha); -2 P Martin (Esp), L Coughlin (US), C Hull (Eng), R Takeda (Jpn), M Saigo (Jpn), L Woad (Eng), S Tan (Sin).Selected others: -1 A Hewson (Eng), E Rhodes (Eng), A Fuller (Eng), L Ko (NZ), +1 M Yamashita (Jpn), +2 N Korda.Full leaderboardWorld number two Jeeno Thitikul leads the first round of the AIG Women’s Open by two shots after a spectacular seven-under 64 at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s.The 23-year-old has…