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Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

Yuki Kurihara storms to Puyo Puyo title aged 11Organizers ‘not satisfied’ with sluggish ticket salesWeightlifting world records continue to tumbleEel-loving schoolboy Yuki Kurihara, 11, won an Asian Games gold medal in Japan on Saturday, more weightlifting world records were set and organizers admitted they were “not satisfied” with ticket sales after swaths of empty seats were seen at the athletics.Kurihara, believed to be the youngest competitor at the Games in Aichi-Nagoya, romped to a 10-2 victory in the esports game Puyo Puyo Champions after going 1-0 down in the final. Continue reading...

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

For eight years, the Los Angeles Lakers operated under a star-driven power dynamic where LeBron James wielded immense influence over front-office roster decisions. ESPN reported in 2022 that Vice President of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka granted James “greater influence… than in the typical player-management relationship,” including direct input on major moves like the trade for […] The post “Do Your Jobs”: Luka Doncic’s Clear Message to JJ Redick & Rob Pelinka Reveals Truth Behind Lakers Roster Decisions appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

When things are going awry, the Albiceleste will no longer be able to rely on their ultimate get-out clauseIt isn’t quite over yet. Lionel Messi will return a week on Wednesday for his formal farewell in a friendly against Benin, but, before that, Argentina face two games when they will begin to experience a future without the most potent get-out-of-jail-free card football has known.Messi’s international career falls into two distinct halves. There was the first decade when there was a sense that he didn’t quite fit, was somehow insufficiently Argentinian, didn’t care for his country. That was always absurd and can be recognised now as a manifestation of the Argentinian public’s frustration at their trophy drought despite the presence in their forward line of one of the best three to play the game. Continue reading...

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

Colorado senior wide receiver DeAndre Moore Jr. was hit in the head and briefly knocked unconscious during the second quarter of the Buffaloes’ Big 12 conference opener against Baylor. On a critical third-down play, Moore went over the middle to make a catch and absorbed a brutal, high-force hit from a Baylor defender. He remained motionless on […] The post Colorado Fanbase Rips Officials as Deion Sanders’ WR Helped Off Field After Scary Hit appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

Tour de France Femmes champion powers to victoryShe beats Poland’s Kasia Niewiadoma in big finishThe Tour de France Femmes champion, Demi Vollering, won the longest-ever edition of the women’s UCI world road race championship in a brutal and compelling sprint finale in Montreal.The 29-year-old’s success climaxed a remarkable season in which she has also won a second Tour de France title, the Giro women, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour of Flanders. Continue reading...