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Sixteen years ago, a small, stocky 23-year-old sprinter from the Isle of Man raced and won the world’s biggest bicycle race. Everyone knew Mark Cavendish’s name at the rain-soaked finish line of Stage 8 of the 2008 Tour de France. As he crossed the finish line, hands over his head in disbelief and flashing his signature cheeky grin for the cameras, it was the beginning of one of cycling’s greatest stories. Much has been said and much written since then. Cavendish has won the Tour de France so many times that for a while it became a given. Across generations…

Luke Littler is due to make his Betfred World Match Play debut later this month, while 2007 champion James Wade qualified at the last minute on Wednesday. Following the conclusion of Players Championship 14 in Milton Keynes, the 32-player field for the sport’s summer extravaganza was confirmed, with Wade qualifying in 16th place via the Pro Tour Order of Merit. This year’s World Matchplay will see stars compete for the Phil Taylor Trophy at the Winter Gardens from 13-21 July and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports and the PDC’s global broadcast partners. The PDC’s Top 16 will be…

Mobile phone maker OnePlus is set to hold its summer launch event on July 16, the company announced on Wednesday. The specific devices that will be announced are unknown. According to leaks, the OnePlus Nord 4 will debut at the OnePlus summer launch event. This will follow the release pattern of its predecessor, the OnePlus Nord 3, which was announced in July last year. OnePlus Buds 3 Pro, Watch 2R likely to launch alongside Nord 4OnePlus has released a new teaser image featuring the word “Nord” in silver, further hinting at the launch of the Nord 4. The company has…

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Luke Littler suffered his second surprising defeat in two days at The Players Championship 14 on Wednesday.Littler, struggling with an average of 89.4, was not selected for England’s World Cup of Darts squad before losing 6-3 to world number 92 James Hurrell in his second match.The 17-year-old also lost to world No. 116 Robert Grundy in the first round of The Players Championship 13 on Tuesday.The 47-year-old British player, who only gained his Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Tour Card in January after a 15-year break from darts, beat Littler 6-5.Before his second shock defeat, Littler was back on the winning…

The world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally complete, but it will be another 15 years before it’s operational, project scientists have announced.The ITER fusion reactor, made up of 19 giant coils looped together around multiple magnet rings, was originally scheduled to begin its first full-scale tests in 2020. Scientists now say it could start up no earlier than 2039.This is because fusion power generation, the cutting edge of which is the ITER tokamak, Solutions to the climate crisis.”Certainly, the delay of ITER is not a step in the right direction,” ITER Director General Pietro Barabaschi said at a press…

Nearly two years after Japan’s Digital Minister publicly declared a “war on floppy disks,” Japan reportedly stopped using floppy disks in its government systems as of June 28. Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Japanese government has “abolished the use of floppy disks in all systems.” By mid-June, the report said, Japan’s Digital Agency (an agency established during the COVID-19 pandemic to update the government’s technology) had “abolished all 1,034 regulations restricting the use of floppy disks, except for one environmental regulation on automobile recycling.” This suggests there is still one use the government can make of floppy disks, but…

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Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola and other big-name European coaches have been talked about potentially leading the U.S. men’s team in the future.Article informationauthor, Simon Stonerole, Football News Chief Reporter46 minutes agoIt’s been nearly eight years since Jurgen Klinsmann was fired as U.S. national team coach.Germany’s superstar coach was sacked after a dismal start to 2018 World Cup qualifying, bringing to an end a five-year tenure that was most notable for reaching the last 16 at the 2014 World Cup after surviving a group that included Germany, Portugal and Ghana.Now, coming off a disappointing Copa America…