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With the Tokyo Olympics around the corner, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially selected the next city to host the Summer Games in 2032. Brisbane, Australia is the city of choice, making Australia a three-time Olympic Host. Sydney held the games in 2000 and Melbourne hosted them in 1956. The IOC now has the next three locations for the Olympic Summer Games mapped out, with the 2024 games taking place in Paris, 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and now Brisbane in 2032. Brisbane has become the first city to win the summer bid under the new selection process. The old bidding process received a lot of criticism for corruption and instability as candidates often pulled out of contention too late. IOC President Thomas Back said in a statement, “Brisbane 2032 is the first future h...

Titleist has designed three recently developed Scotty Cameron models, labeled as the Champions Choice line. Made in a special edition run to be available this summer, the latest putters show off the silky build of the Special Select kinsfolk of putters. The Champions Choice putters come in three models: Newport Button Back, Newport 2 Button Back, and Flowback 5.5 Button Back. The whole lot highlights a milled 303 stainless steel body and modern vibration dampening technology. Every one of the Champions Choice models contains a precision milled Teryllium insert outlines into the 303 stainless steel putter head; this continues to be refined upon using recent milling and manufacturing techniques. The Flowback 5.5 also includes a 6061 aircraft aluminum sole plate to transfer weight to the outs...

Los Angeles Rams‘ top running back has suffered a torn Achilles during training camp, forcing the star athlete to miss the upcoming 2021 NFL season. Last year, Akers finished the season as the Ram’s leading rusher. The season saw the young player average 6.3 attempts per game to over 20 in the latter part of the season. From Week 13 through to the Super Bowl LV, Aker had 645 rushing yards, the fourth most in the entire NFL. It gave the Rams plenty of hope for the 2021 season, which was expected to place Akers at the focal point of the Rams’ playbook. In a press appearance earlier this week, Coach Sean McVay said, “We’ve got some young backs on our roster that I’m intrigued about seeing how they handle this opportunity. I don’t know that the veteran route is something that we would rule out...

FIFA is reportedly experimenting with new changes to the rules of football, with the controversial ideas each being trialled during the Future of Football Cup youth tournament. The wide-ranging new rules would see the game look almost entirely different from its current iteration, with everything from game lengths to suspensions potentially changing. One of the most notable changes is the introduction of two 30 minute halves, which would replace the game’s current 90 minute length. This drastic will be supplemented by a new rule meaning that the clock stops whenever the ball goes out of play. Other changes being trialled include unlimited substitutions (up from five or three, depending on the tournament), as well as throw-ins being played with feet and an automatic 5 minute suspension for ...

Jordan Brand has released a new documentary, telling the dual stories of Zion Williamson and the current state of basketball in Britain. Titled The Next Dance, the documentary has a particular focus on how British players are influenced by stars across the Atlantic, with Williamson’s rise to the top of the sport a particular inspiration for a generation of players. Launching the project, director Laurence McKenna explained, “We wanted to create something that beautifully captured the current state of British basketball and the potential it has, couple that with Zion’s unique personality and story. Throughout we discovered the parallels between the two and how basketball, as a whole, can seek to inspire and motivate all across the world, no matter where you come from.” On one side, The Next...

With the NBA finals closing in on Game 6, comparisons between Devin Booker and the legendary Kobe Bryant have been a topic of discussion lately, but the Phoenix Sun’s shooting guard shared a blunt response to the matter. In a recent interview with Richard Jefferson, Booker was asked how he feels being compared to Bryant. The 24-year-old made it known that there shouldn’t be any comparisons made to his Hall of Famer mentor. “I haven’t really thought about it much,” Booker stated. “I know it’s something that everybody is gonna ask right now, and I didn’t make that comparison myself. I just leave it at what he’s done for me as a mentor and the advice that he’s left me with, so I try to take bits and pieces of his mentality and approach, but I should never be compared to Kobe Bryant.” A lot ca...

Lewis Hamilton, Formula One world champion got into an early, dangerous high-speed collision with Max Verstappen on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix this weekend. The collision resulted in Hamilton receiving a ten-second time penalty which dropped him down to fourth place after the pit stop. However, he was still able to overtake Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the final two laps to secure his eighth British GP win, defending his title. At the onset of the race, the Mercedes driver made several attempts to pass Verstappen on the first lap. When the drivers reached Silverstone’s Copse Corner, Hamilton’s front left-wheel grazed the Red Bull driver’s back-right tire, causing Verstappen to spin off the track and crashing into the barriers. Though the car was completely wrecked, Verstappe...

Designed to be the environmentally friendly sleeping option for some 18,000 athletes in the Olympics and 8,000 in the Paralympics, Tokyo is staying firm that the cardboard construction was not intended as a sex deterrent. While the rumors have already made headlines after the first case of COVID-19 in the Olympic Village, Irish gymnast, Rhys McClenaghan, has taken to Twitter to debunk the theories on the sustainable paper beds. In the video, the Olympian describes the rumors to be “fake news”, before giving the bed a few heavy jump tests. The beds may not be intended to discourage sex, an activity that some 70-75 percent of Olympians take part in during the games, but the lack of free condoms sure is. Traditionally, condoms are dispensed for free to prevent the spread of diseases amongst c...

Designed to be the environmentally friendly sleeping option for some 18,000 athletes in the Olympics and 8,000 in the Paralympics, Tokyo is staying firm that the cardboard construction was not intended as a sex deterrent. While the rumors have already made headlines after the first case of COVID-19 in the Olympic Village, Irish gymnast, Rhys McClenaghan, has taken to Twitter to debunk the theories on the sustainable paper beds. In the video, the Olympian describes the rumors to be “fake news”, before giving the bed a few heavy jump tests. The beds may not be intended to discourage sex, an activity that some 70-75 percent of Olympians take part in during the games, but the lack of free condoms sure is. Traditionally, condoms are dispensed for free to prevent the spread of diseases amongst c...

Collin Morikawa has won The Open on his first attempt on Sunday, July 18. Last year, Collin won the P.G.A. Championship, also on his initial try, at T.P.C. Harding Park in San Francisco to claim his first major. Morikawa is the first player in men’s golf to win two separate major championships in his first appearance at them. Alongside not having too much background on playing links courses, Collin arrived at Royal St. George’s a week before to figure out his strategy. Firstly, the pro chose to swap out his seven-, eight- and nine-irons before the start of the tournament. Also, on Wednesday, the day before the tournament began, he planned to go back to a conventional putting grip for long-range putts to get more control. Though he ranks near the bottom of the PGA Tour’s putting statistics ...

Collin Morikawa has won The Open on his first attempt on Sunday, July 18. Last year, Collin won the P.G.A. Championship, also on his initial try, at T.P.C. Harding Park in San Francisco to claim his first major. Morikawa is the first player in men’s golf to win two separate major championships in his first appearance at them. Alongside not having too much background on playing links courses, Collin arrived at Royal St. George’s a week before to figure out his strategy. Firstly, the pro chose to swap out his seven-, eight- and nine-irons before the start of the tournament. Also, on Wednesday, the day before the tournament began, he planned to go back to a conventional putting grip for long-range putts to get more control. Though he ranks near the bottom of the PGA Tour’s putting statistics ...

The Ugandan weightlifter who went missing after traveling to Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics left a note saying he didn’t want to return to his home country, according to Reuters. Julius Ssekitoleko was reported missing from the Ugandan team’s training camp in Izumisano, a city in Osaka, Western Japan. The 20-year-old failed to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was scheduled to return to Uganda next Tuesday. Ssekitoleko’s note indicated that he wants to remain and work in Japan as life in Uganda was “difficult.” He was last seen at a nearby train station, buying a bullet train ticket to Nagoya in central Japan. The Olympic Games and other international sporting events have long-since seen athletes unhappy with life in their home country claim asylum or, in the days of the Cold...