Worldwide Sports

  Los Angeles, CA- The 38th running of the   Los Angeles Marathon presented by ASICS   takes off out of Dodger Stadium tomorrow morning at 6:29 a.m. with the pro wheelchair division, followed by 22,000 marathoners toeing the line.  In the professional foot race, new champions will be crowned as 2022 winners  John Korir  and  Delvine   Meringor  of Kenya will be racing elsewhere this spring.  For the second year, the  Morgan & Morgan Marathon Chase  will be in play, the unique race within a race format pitting the pro men against the pro women in a handicap competition where the women are given a head start and the question will be whether the lead man can run down the top woman for the big prize.  The race within the race gender matchup was first instituted back in 2004 and run for 11 consecutive years before the 2015 USATF Marathon Championship the 2016 Olympic Trials were contested in LA, sidelining the Chase....

  More than 80 swimmers from a dozen clubs from across Victoria will descend on Aquamoves for the indoor 25m pool competition on Sunday, March 26, the first short-course meet of the season. Short-course indoor swimming has the same events and distances as standard outdoor long-course events, with the competitions held indoors during the winter months. “The kids are actually quicker with their times in a 25m pool.” Racing will start at 11am on Sunday. People looking to get into competitive swimming will have the chance to dip into the action as well, with the club also hosting a come-and-try session on Sunday morning. “It is for any kids who want to come and try racing and see what the club is about,” Shaw said. “It is a good opportunity for them to check it out and to see if they want to take up swimming as the sport for them. “Come down, bring as many people as you can and give it a try. Even if you just want to have a look or ask questions, everyone is more than welcome.” It is g...

  A grudge match with title implications takes place on March 25 at the MGM Grand Garden  Arena in Las Vegas. Former world champions David Benavidez and Caleb Plant face off for bragging rights and the chance to punch swap with super middleweight king Canelo Alvarez.  Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) won the IBF super middleweight title in 2019 and defended it three times. After losing the belt to Canelo in November 2021, he returned in grand fashion in October, knocking out Anthony Dirrell with a violent blow to the face in Round 9. 1 second of 17 seconds Vo Plant added Stephen “Breadman” Edwards as his trainer for the Dirrell fight. With his dad also in the corner, Plant's confidence has never been higher. Even with a short turnaround for this fight, the former champ feels ready for battle. “Just bringing (Edwards) in, he has great chemistry with my dad and great chemistry altogether with the team,” Plant told  Boxing Scene . “We put in a lot of hard work last camp, took a sho...

Antonio Conte did not hold back as he hit out at Tottenham's players following Saturday's 3-3 draw with Premier League strugglers Southampton. Spurs led 3-1 in the closing stages at St Mary's Stadium, after Harry Kane and Ivan Perisic netted in quick succession. Yet Theo Walcott pulled one back for Saints before James Ward-Prowse slammed home a contentiously-awarded penalty deep in stoppage time. Tottenham have won just one of their last five league away games, and while they sit fourth, they are only two points ahead of Newcastle United having played two games more. Conte, whose future at Spurs is far from certain, did not mix his words in his post-match media duties, labelling his players as "selfish" and accusing them of lacking fight. He told reporters: "The problem is we have shown we are not a team. We are 11 players. "I see selfish players. I see players that don’t want to help each other, that don't play with heart." Conte suggested the ...

  Kyle Coetzer, the former Scotland captain who led his side to famous victories over No. 1-ranked England in 2018 and into the Super 12 stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup, has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 38. Coetzer, who was born and raised in Aberdeen, had stepped down from the captaincy in May 2022 at the end of Scotland's ODI tour of the USA and also retired from T20Is, but he has now called time in all formats to take up a role as assistant coach with Northern Diamonds in the Women's Hundred. "I don't ever think there's a perfect time for a decision like this, but I've been considering my options for some time, and an opportunity came up which was too good to turn down," Coetzer said in a retirement announcement through Cricket Scotland. "The balance that the Scotland team need at this time was outweighed by the opportunity for me to move into coaching, and I'm extremely excited about the chance to work with...

  The 2023 Netball World Cup is on schedule and planning for the sport's showcase event is moving towards a positive conclusion.  25 member squad within NSA will be taught a new system that will be used for the first time at the Netball World Cup. Several contracted Spar Proteas will also participate in the tournament, which Malokwane believes will be the perfect opportunity for national coach Dorette Badenhorst to gauge the form and fitness of her core group.