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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
This Windsor, Ont.,-based boxer celebrated her 21st birthday with a gold medal
Rosalind 'Soup' Canty says ever since the first few first fights she saw live, she knew she wanted to be a boxer. She's made that a reality, and then some, with a recent gold medal at a recent Under 23 women's boxing championship in Quebec.
The Sun
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Awkward moment Brentford star falls over advertising hoardings while getting ready to take throw-in
A BRENTFORD starlet was left with egg on his face after a hilarious tumble during a youth game against Bournemouth. The Cherries hosted the Bees at the Vitality Stadium on Wednesday in an exciting encounter that saw the visitors winning 3-2 in the Under-23 PDL-2 play-off final. 1 However, it was one moment that made the match go viral and momentarily steal the spotlight from the Europa League final between Manchester United and Tottenham. Brentford won a throw-in on 51 minutes down the left flank and Iwan Morgan went to take it on. Morgan, 19, walked backwards as he planned a long throw into the Bournemouth box. But the young striker got a little carried away as he tried to take too much space. That led to him falling over the advertising hoardings with a hilarious back flip. The fans in attendance were left laughing their socks off whereas the commentator exclaimed: "Whoops!" Nevertheless, Morgan proved to a be a good sport as he immediately got back up to his feet and carried on. Fans watching the game were left in stitches as they stormed social media. One supporter tweeted: "Over 2000 people seeing you do this live btw, I'd retire from football altogether." Another commented: "Outrageous time wasting method." A third wrote: "Haha, Bournemouth vs Brentford U21s is stealing the show, brother!" This fan said: "Yep, proper football, better than Spurs v Man Utd any day." Hojlund does this evening."
News.com.au
17-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
American sprint sensation Noah Williams slams ‘soft' Gout Gout move ahead of Diamond League debut
Gout Gout has been labelled 'soft' by American sprint rival Noah Williams after the Aussie phenom elected to run in an Under-23 event in his Diamond League debut instead of the open category. The 17-year-old sprint sensation will compete in the Under-23 200m event only in his Diamond League debut in Monaco on July 11, resisting the temptation to compete in the open category alongside the stars of the sport or in the 100m event. Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. But his decision to again not compete in the open category at the upcoming Diamond League meet has angered US athlete Williams, who says he is sick of hearing about Gout 'ducking' the best sprinters in the world. 'That's (the decision to not run in the open event at the Diamond League) really, really just soft,' Williams said on the Track World News podcast this week. 'The kid is super talented, but that's beside the point … the narrative now is he's ducking these professional races.' Gout has taken Australian sprinting by storm over the past 18 months, dropping some ridiculous times on the track and drawing regular comparisons to Jamaican legend Usain Bolt. But despite becoming a global sensation largely as a result of some sizzling 100m times around the elusive 10-second mark, Gout's preferred event is the 200m and he will opt to focus solely on that at the upcoming international meet. The theory behind that decision is Gout's team is focused on not putting too much on the plate of the teen as he continues to develop and grow as an athlete and a man. With such a one-of-a-kind talent on their hands, the last thing Gout's team want is for him to suffer a serious injury or put him in a position where he may feel he needs to prove himself against the best sprinters in the world and overdo it. So as a result Gout is yet to compete in the 100m sprint at open level, opting to instead just run in age categories. He also was held back from competing in the 4x100 relay at the World Athletics Relays event last week. Gout Gout's plan to reach heights of Usain Bolt Gout has broken a string of junior marks and dropped a stunning 20.04 seconds at December's Australian All Schools Championship, breaking the national 200m record held by Peter Norman since 1968. And while he recently conceded his regular Usain Bolt comparison 'gets tiring', he immediately invoked the name of the eight-time Olympic gold medallist – who holds both the 100m (9.58s) and 200m (19.19s) world records – in a recent interview with Foxtel's The Back Page. 'I think the limit is just obviously winning Olympics and winning world championships and honestly dominating like Bolt did,' he declared. 'I think that limit is reachable for me.' With sprinters typically reaching their peak in their late 20s, many have tipped Gout to star in his home Olympic Games in Brisbane in 2032. But the confident youngster is already eyeing off the Los Angeles Games in just three years' time. 'The times I've run so far could potentially make it into finals, make the top four, top five, top six,' he said. 'Just getting better and aiming for LA obviously would be a great achievement and trying to be on that podium running against (Olympic 200m gold medallist Letsile) Tebogo, Noah (Lyles), (Lachlan) Kennedy, all them athletes. 'That's definitely a goal in mind and keep aiming for the top.'
