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Augusta National is all set for a dramatic first major championship of 2024 – the Masters delivers most years but this week might witness a fight for the green jacket like no other. The Masters Tournament odds Scottie Scheffler 15/4 Rory McIlroy 9/1 Jon Rahm 12/1 Xander Schauffele 14/1 Jordan Spieth 18/1 Hideki Matsuyama 18/1 Brooks Koepka 20/1 Bryson DeChambeau 25/1 Joaquin Niemann 25/1 Matt Fitzpatrick 28/1 Odds provided by Spreadex. Spreadex – Masters Tournament offerBet £10 get £40 18+ | Spread betting losses can exceed deposit. Join and place a £10 fixed odds bet at odds of 1/2 or…
Becoming a top-level professional sportsman takes skill, determination, hard work and for one rising golf star, a life-changing cash injection.Part-time delivery driver Joe Dean was ranked 2,930th in the world when he entered last week’s Kenya Open.3Dean performed superbly in Kenya and just missed out on scooping the top prizeCredit: GettyThe Morrisons employee carded a closing four-under-par 67 to finish 12 under in Nairobi, netting a whopping £170,000 prize in the process.The 29-year-old qualified for the DP World Tour in 2023 but didn’t compete until the Qatar Masters in February due to not being able to afford the cost of…
3rd Quarter Report Down three at the end of the second quarter, the Pelicans now have the lead. They have jumped out to a 87-78 lead against the Trail Blazers. If the Pelicans keep playing like this, they’ll bump their record up to 47-32 in no time. On the other hand, the Trail Blazers will have to make due with a 21-58 record unless they turn things around (and fast).Who’s PlayingNew Orleans Pelicans @ Portland Trail BlazersCurrent Records: New Orleans 46-32, Portland 21-57How To WatchWhen: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 10 p.m. ETWhere: Moda Center at the Rose Quarter — Portland, OregonTV: Bally Sports – New…
Wwe/Getty Images As the old adage goes – as one story ends, another begins. For Cody Rhodes, that sentiment came to the forefront this past weekend as he defeated Roman Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on night two of WrestleMania 40. Cody’s win over Reigns also solidified him as the first WWE Champion to emerge from the Rhodes family, and thus, his quest to “finish the story” was complete. With that chronicle seemingly finished, Cody now looks at what may lie ahead for him. Advertisement “One of the biggest fears I had coming into this, especially after…
Charles Leclerc enjoyed a strong drive to P4 in the Japanese Grand Prix, but the Monegasque admitted that he was “paying the price” for his qualifying struggles in the race, having missed out on a podium position to Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz. Leclerc started the event from P8 on the grid after a difficult qualifying on Saturday, in which he had to use two sets of soft tyres in Q1 to avoid elimination. This resulted in him relying on just one flying lap in Q3. READ MORE: Verstappen leads home Perez for Red Bull one-two at Japanese GP after…
Andrew “AJ” August (Ineos Grenadiers) did make it to the velodrome to conclude his inaugural ride at Paris-Roubaix, and he made the record books, but it was not a number he had on the radar. The now-youngest rider of Paris-Roubaix came up short of an official time by just one minute and 31 seconds after 260km of racing. A tough day at his new office.At the age of 18 years and 178 days, August did notch a mention of notoriety as the youngest competitor in the men’s elite field. Last year his teammate Josh Tarling broke the record as the…
The French cyclists’ union is to lodge a complaint with police after a spectator appeared to throw a cycling cap at Mathieu van der Poel’s rear wheel as he soloed to victory at Paris-Roubaix.The Union Nationale des Cyclistes Professionnels (UNCP) confirmed on Monday that it would lodge the complaint on behalf of international riders’ association the CPA.“Tomorrow morning at 8.30am, a complaint will be lodged with the police by the CPA and the UNCP,” read the statement on Twitter, which was accompanied by a screenshot of the spectator in question. “We are asking anyone who can help identify this charming…
Broadcasters and race organisers depend on average speed predictions for races to plan their programmes but in the past few years, the Spring Classics have been clicked off at speeds that eclipsed even the fastest expected pace.On Sunday, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) completed the 259.7km course for Paris-Roubaix in five hours, 25 minutes and 58 seconds – a full 15 minutes faster than anyone expected for the race winner.It’s the third year in a row the Paris-Roubaix speed record has been broken. Last year, Van der Poel chipped more than a kilometre per hour off the average speed record,…
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) has successfully undergone surgery after being involved in the horror crash on stage 4 of Itzulia Basque Country. The Dane’s first procedure was reportedly for his pneumothorax, which needed to take place before his fractures were treated completely. Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed on Tuesday morning that the operation on his broken collarbone was also successful.“Jonas had a successful operation on his collarbone,” said the Dutch team.“He will now spend the next few weeks recovering. It is not yet clear how long this will take. He is doing well and expresses his gratitude to everyone for their…
Steff Cras has recounted his experience of the mass crash that blighted last week’s Itzulia Basque Country, telling La Dernière Heure that he had “a brush with death” in the incident.The Belgian suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae when he was among the many fallers on the descent from Olaeta with 35km remaining on stage 4. Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič also sustained injuries in the same crash.Cras spent four nights in hospital in San Sebastian before returning to Belgium on Monday. The TotalEnergies rider was due to undergo further assessment in Herentals on…