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IRONMAN World Champion Patrick Lange reveals 2025 race schedule with five STANDOUT targets
Patrick Lange, the reigning men’s IRONMAN World Champion, says he “is all in” on both defending that title and trying to add the IRONMAN Pro Series crown in 2025. The German superstar was a brilliant winner in Kona last year, running away from the field with a perfectly-paced 2:37 marathon. That was the 38-year-old’s third
In a perfect world, Holly Holm would do both MMA and boxing after parting ways with the UFC
January 17, 2025 4:20 pm ET Holly Holm may have opted to leave the UFC, but she’s not done fighting. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and boxing Hall of Famer requested her UFC release, and got her wish. Holm was inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017 and the International
IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship 2024: PRO Men podium picks and predictions
It’s not (quite) time to put the 2024 professional triathlon racing season into Christmas jumpers, and decorate the tree. I am of course referring to this weekend’s IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, which – four years later than planned thanks to the global pandemic – finally reaches Taupō, New Zealand. This coming weekend (Friday and Saturday
UNESCO World Heritage Awards: Preserving Cultural and Natural Treasures
The UNESCO World Heritage Awards stand as a testament to the global commitment to preserving humanity’s most cherished cultural and natural landmarks. Established in 1972 under the World Heritage Convention, these awards aim to protect sites of outstanding universal value, ensuring their survival for future generations. From architectural marvels to breathtaking natural wonders, UNESCO’s efforts
Excel world champion solves ‘Warcraft’ spreadsheet to win crown
Image: YouTube The Microsoft Excel World Championship handed the 2024 trophy to a beaming, bearded Canadian: Michael Jarman, whose spreadsheet skills topped all others in a heated competition in Las Vegas this week. Jarman, a modelling director at Operis (financial, not swimsuit) also walked away with a $5,000 check and the appreciative cheers of those
2025 FIFA Club World Cup: draw revealed for revamped competition
MyFootballFacts > Articles By Martin Graham | 6th Dec 2024 The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is taking shape after the tournament draw was finalized, bringing renewed attention to the long-awaited reformatted competition. Initially scheduled to debut in China in 2021, the expanded format was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it now promises an
The Warcraft franchise is celebrating an astonishing 30 years, and its most famous export, World of Warcraft, has been flying the flag for MMORPGs in the mainstream for 20 years, too. As part of the celebrations, the team at Blizzard has a whole slew of announcements across the core strategy franchise, WoW, Hearthstone and Warcraft
World of Warcraft dev confirms new feature that has been requested by fans for 10 years
In case you missed it, Blizzard is throwing a party. The Warcraft developer is celebrating thirty years of its biggest franchise, with twenty years of World of Warcraft and a decade of Hearthstone rolled into the celebrations, too, as well as a year of Warcraft Rumble on mobile. Fresh off of its Warcraft Direct event
FIFA sets Dec 5 as date for inaugural FIFA Club World Cup
The world’s best football clubs will discover their group stage opponents for the inaugural 32-club FIFA Club World Cup at the draw on December 5 in Miami.The draw will kick off at 1800 GMT to determine the eight groups of four teams who will compete in the tournament in the United States from June 15
Voting Open for 2024 World Athlete of the Year: Support Kenyan Stars!
Three Kenyan athletes have earned nominations for the 2024 World Athlete of the Year awards. In the women’s category, Beatrice Chebet, the double Olympic champion and world 10,000m record holder, and Faith Kipyegon, the three-time Olympic 1,500m champion, made the shortlist.They compete against Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred from Saint Lucia, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone from the