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Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old breakout star of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, set a new record in the men’s 400 meters at the Holloway Pro Classic on Friday, keeping alive his hopes of making the 4 x 400 relay team in Paris.Wilson broke the U-18 boys’ 400-meter world record and his own U.S. high school record in a time of 44.20 seconds to win the race at the American Track League meet in Gainesville, Fla. The Bliss School student beat out 2023 national champion Bryce Dedmon, who crossed the finish line in 44.23 seconds to take second place.Wilson…

England beat France with a ruthless, dominating scrum and a powerhouse performance that had even coach Steve Borthwick salivating to claim their first U-20 World Title since 2016. Try-scoring tries from forwards Joe Bailey and Arthur Green sealed the victory in Cape Town as England’s forward strength overpowered the defending champions.England were unstoppable at the scrum, winning penalties at will less than a week after Borthwick lamented his senior team’s set-piece problems. Props Asher Opoku-Ford-Juur and Afolabi Fasogbon may soon be promoted for their dominance in a pack lacking first-choice tighthead Billy Sera. Other players who improved their reputations included…

By Jon Brady and Katherine Lawton and Rory Tingle and Ben Endley 01:59 20 Jul 2024, updated 02:43 20 Jul 2024 Hundreds of flights were cancelled at British airports yesterday due to the fault Have YOU been left stranded? Email [email protected] up on the biggest technology meltdown in history in our liveblog HERE IT experts are battling tonight to finish bringing healthcare, financial and travel companies’ systems back online after they were crippled by a cybersecurity firm’s faulty update early on Friday.Texas-based firm CrowdStrike has admitted responsibility for the issue, thought to have affected hundreds of millions of Microsoft Windows computers…

Something great happened in American sports this year: the NCAA, the organization that governs college sports at the highest level and generates over $1 billion in revenue per year, struck a deal to pay college athletes, something that was long overdue. This deal is a huge win for student-athletes who have been working hard for free, but it also means big things for publisher EA, who can finally get back to making college football games.EA’s first college football game in over a decade is called EA Sports College Football 25, and it’s already one of the biggest games of the…

Smith 16-7 CrossAnd then the inevitable happened.Michael Smith reached the semi-finals of the World Matchplay with a convincing win over Rob Cross.Bully Boy will face Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final tomorrow night in Blackpool.Smith 14-7 CrossRob Cross is attempting the impossible.But tonight Michael Smith is unbeatable.Smith 13-5 CrossMichael Smith is three rounds away from the semi-finals.Great performance so far… Source link

Following Friday’s disruptive global IT outage – arguably the worst in global history – questions are beginning to be asked about who will pay for it.Somewhat surprisingly, shares of CrowdStrike, the company at the center of the outage, fell just 11% after doubling in pre-market trading, especially considering its stock has doubled this year and was trading at such a high valuation. This suggests investors have a fair amount of confidence that the once-Wall Street darling can repair its reputation after this disaster and, more importantly, that it won’t be liable for any damages.There are several reasons for this:First, immediately…

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Michael van Gerwen has won the World Matchplay three times, in 2015, 2016 and 2022.19 July 2024 22:37 BSTUpdated 39 minutes agoMichael van Gerwen beat Andrew Gilding 16-10 to book his place in the semi-finals of the World Matchplay in Blackpool.The world number two from the Netherlands started slowly against Gilding but then won eight consecutive legs to turn the match in her favour.He overturned an 8-6 deficit to lead 14-8 at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens as the Briton struggled to fight back.”Everybody knows I’m going to play him. [Gilding]”It’s difficult, he’s very slow and sometimes…

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Michael van Gerwen has won the World Matchplay three times, in 2015, 2016 and 2022.21 minutes agoMichael van Gerwen beat Andrew Gilding 16-10 to book his place in the semi-finals of the World Matchplay in Blackpool.The world number two from the Netherlands started slowly against Gilding but then won eight consecutive legs to turn the match in her favour.He overturned an 8-6 deficit to lead 14-8 at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens as the Briton struggled to fight back.”Everybody knows I’m going to play him. [Gilding]”It’s difficult, he’s very slow and sometimes it can be boring to…

England were crowned winners of the World Rugby U-20 Championship after defeating France 21-13 in the final in Cape Town on Friday night. Joe Bailey and Arthur Green featured for Mark Mapletoft’s side and were part of a select group that achieved the feat of winning the double following their Six Nations triumph. The match was evenly matched between the teams who beat Ireland and New Zealand respectively in Sunday’s semi-finals, with England leading 7-6 at half-time. Bailey was the first to score. The first 40 minutes were marred by errors, with two penalties from France’s Hugo Reus and a…

Lord’s young players produced a dominant performance to win the Junior World Cup.England’s talented young stars dominated the scrums and France were defeated.France won 21-13 thanks to a superb performance from England. England won the Junior World Cup in Cape Town, ending France’s dominance in the annual tournament by using the scrum as a weapon of mass destruction.Trys from Joe Bailey and Arthur Green and 11 points from Harlequins centre Shaun Carr propelled Mark Mapletoft’s England Under-20s to global glory. It was England’s fourth title and first since 2016, and it was down to pack power at set pieces.At a…