5 d. ago Hannah Darling and Lottie Woad both set to make professional debuts on Scottish soil

Lorna McClymont and Kylie Henry also secure invitations for Dundonald Links event

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6 d. ago Professional Scots curler gives up Olympic dream as she swaps sport for life as farmer with 950 sheep

Beth Farmer, who once starred at the World Championships, has given up her curling career to become a farmer and says the pressure in the sport is huge.

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1 week ago Who is Ben Shelton's girlfriend Trinity Rodman? Her career to estranged famous dad

Wimbledon star Ben Shelton has been supported by his partner Trinity Rodman over the course of the championship amid her own career in the sports world as a professional footballer

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1 week ago Ricky Hatton to fight again at 47 as boxing icon ends retirement after 13 years

Manchester-born boxing superstar Ricky Hatton has announced he will be making his professional return - 13-years since his last welterweight bout

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1 week ago Wimbledon star apologises after 'forgetting the rules' of tennis mid

The American has played the sport professionally for almost 20 years

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2 w. ago Want to see tennis stars like Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon's Centre Court for $20? Here's how

It might just be the best deal in all of major professional sports

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3 w. ago Wimbledon's most beautiful debutant! Aryna Sabalenka's Round 1 opponent is first

The player, who is a professional model, was one of the surprises of the qualifying rounds at SW19 as she came through three matches - including a victory against Lois Boisson.

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3 w. ago Glory and Fury to Devils and Dolphins: Australian team names come full circle | Jack Snape

The trend for unorthodox sporting nicknames has made way for a return to more traditional monikers in recent timesThe naming trends for Australian professional sports teams have come full circle, as fans and officials overlook vibe-driven monikers like Glory and the plurally-challenged Power or Storm to return to animals that bite, some 30 years after one of the great sports marketing revolutions took hold.The three most recent expansion announcements in the NRL and AFL have revived classic animal mascots, through the Perth Bears, Tasmania Devils and Dolphins from Redcliffe. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NCAA considering proposal to allow college athletes, staff to bet on professional sports

The NCAA is considering a proposal to allow athletes and staff to bet on professional sports while maintaining strict bans on college sports betting

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3 w. ago Hull teenager becomes second Briton ever to join professional sumo stable

Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional sumo ranks after winning amateur tournaments and learning JapaneseA teenager from Hull has arrived in Japan to pursue his dream of becoming a grand champion sumo wrestler, as only the second Briton to win a place at one of the ancient sport’s professional stables.Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, left Yorkshire for Japan straight after finishing his GCSEs, to become the first British hopeful to join a stable since Nathan Strange – a Londoner who fought under the ring name Hidenokuni – in 1989. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Teenager from Hull becomes second Briton ever to join a professional sumo stable

Sumo wrestler Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional ranks after winning amateur tournaments and learning JapaneseA teenager from Hull has arrived in Japan to pursue his dream of becoming a grand champion sumo wrestler, as only the second Briton to win a place at one of the ancient sport’s professional stables.Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, left Yorkshire for Japan straight after finishing his GCSEs, to become the first British hopeful to join a stable since Nathan Strange – a Londoner who fought under the ring name Hidenokuni – in 1989. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Team physicians in college sports wary of greater liability risk with athletes now making big money

The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of medical liability lawsuits by injured athletes who claim a poor outcome caused them to lose future earnings

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