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The University of Brighton stepped in at short notice to ensure Burgess Hill Cricket Club’s weekend fixture on Saturday could still go ahead after around 15 caravans and motorhomes arrived at Clayton Recreation Ground, near Hassocks. The green space is located between Underhill Lane and the B2112 New Road. Caravans parked on Clayton Cricket Club, home of Burgess Hill Cricket Club. Pictured on Sunday, May 31 (Image: Freelancer) The club appealed for help in a social media post on Thursday May 28, a day after reports emerged of the vehicle’s presence. The post said: “Our 2nd ground Clayton looks to…

Honda Racing’s Dean Harrison has dominated qualifying for the Superbike, Superstock and Senior races, immediately throwing down the gauntlet to his rivals in first qualifying and incrementally improving his lap times throughout the week.The Yorkshire rider posted a lap speed of 133.925mph on his Honda Fireblade Superbike to record the fastest-ever circuit of the Mountain Course in an opening qualifying session, having gone just marginally slower on his first standing start lap.The 37-year-old bettered that on Friday with 134.877mph in cooler and windy conditions, firmly establishing him as a firm pre-race favourite for the Superbike and Senior races.Peter Hickman was…

Let’s talk drama.Transfer portal drama, specifically. The kind inspired by last week’s Texas Tech-Florida softball series, which comfortably could have aired on Bravo. For those who missed out on the fun, former Florida second baseman and current Texas Tech star Mia Williams — the daughter of former Gators point guard “White Chocolate” Jason Williams — was hit by five pitches over the course of the series by her former team. Florida’s coach was ejected during the fiery Super Regional. The Gators’ players declined a handshake line after the Red Raiders clinched the series and a Women’s College World Series berth behind two Mia…

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs secured a thrilling 111-103 win in Oklahoma City to dethrone the defending champions and secure a place in the NBA Finals.Conference Finals MVP Wembanyama scored 22 points and Julian Champagnie got 18 of his 20 off of 3-pointers as the youthful Spurs defied heavy odds to win a Game 7 on the road. Stephon Castle scored 16 points and De’Aaron Fox had 15. Dylan Harper added 12 as Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell each finished with 11 for the Spurs, who are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014.They…

Former standout Cal wide receiver Kenny Lawler begins his seventh Canadian Football League season on Thursday, and he made headlines this past week when he signed a three-year, $1 million contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.It’s not NFL money, but it was big news because it is the largest contract for a receiver in CFL history — excluding the “personal services” deal Rocket Ismail signed with Toronto Argonauts in 1991.The 31-year-old Lawler is probably the best wide receiver in the CFL, having been named all-CFL twice and coming off one of his best seasons in 2025,…

Amanda Serrano equalled the record for the most knockouts in women’s boxing history with a second-round stoppage of Cheyenne Hanson in Texas to retain her WBA and WBO featherweight titles.The American dominated the encounter and, having pinned Germany’s Hanson, 28, in the corner, unloaded a flurry of unanswered punches that lead to the fight being waved off in El Paso, Texas.The 37-year-old, who now has 32 wins by knockout – tying with women’s boxing pioneer Christy Martin – was the first fighter to stop Hanson inside the distance.In the co-main event, former UFC star Holly Holm was again narrowly defeated…

Vin Mannix  |  Special to the Herald-TribuneMaddie Baehr didn’t get to do any of the fun things usually associated with Memorial Day weekend.No beach. No boating. No barbecues.“I was invited to a lot of graduation parties, too, but I had to decline,” said the recent Braden River High grad.And why’s that?Maddie’s reason floored folks.“I’m playing flag football for Ireland!”Indeed, instead of hanging out on Anna Maria Island, Maddie was in Ireland last weekend, seeing relatives in County Cork before accompanying Ireland’s Women’s National Flag Football Team to the Netherlands. There the elite two-sport athlete and her Irish teammates are playing…

Victor Wembanyama guides young Spurs to the NBA Finals The Spurs win a heavyweight battle in Game 7, taking down the No. 1 seeded Thunder to advance to the NBA Finals. • Download the NBA App OKLAHOMA CITY – Youth and playoff inexperience in a conference finals Game 7 on the road against the defending champions were not detriments for the San Antonio Spurs.  Nope, not at all.  It helps to have a unique 7-foot-4 forward-center by the name of Victor Wembanyama. It helps to have players such as Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Keldon Johnson, Dylan Harper and Stephon Castle who shunned convention…

Jones’ next taste of boxing will come on 13 June when she takes on Argentine influencer Federikita on another Misfits bill that also includes Tommy Fury and strongman Eddie Hall.Jones – who took gold at the 2019 Taekwondo World Championships to add to her Olympic titles – has previously spoken of a desire to reach the top in her new sport.But she says she also wants to enjoy the new experiences rather than get burdened by the pressures that she found after success in her previous sporting life.”Since the day I won my first Olympics, I’ve had pressure on me…

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed grew up attending his father’s football camps while he was the head coach at Tennessee State. Saturday, he got a taste of being a camp headliner.“Today’s just a day of fun on a Saturday to come play football, a game that all of us love, and just to kind of cherish this moment,” Reed said.Reed hosted a youth football camp Saturday that drew more than 650 campers to Wellborn Middle School.Saturday marked the first camp Reed has hosted in the Brazos Valley, having previously held camps in his home state…