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The Hindu
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Ranking series wrestling event: Priya Malik gets silver, Manisha clinches bronze
Priya Malik picked up a silver medal after being beaten 4-3 by Brazil's Pan-American silver medallist Thamires Machado in the women's 76kg final at the Ranking Series wrestling event in Budapest. The 20-year-old Indian, a former World under-20 champion and a two-time Asian under-23 champion, performed well to upset 2016 Olympics bronze medallist Elmira Syzdykova of Kazakhstan 7-2 and World under-23 bronze medallist Valeriia Trifonova 11-1 to book a place in the final. Asian champion Manisha Bhanwala (62kg) bagged a bronze medal. India topped the women's team ranking with two gold, two silver and two bronze.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Indian sports wrap, July 20: India's Priya Malik wins silver in Budapest Ranking Series
WRESTLING Budapest Ranking Series: Priya Malik wins silver, Manisha grabs bronze Priya Malik picked up a silver medal after being beaten 4-3 by Brazil's Pan-American silver medallist Thamires Machado in the women's 76kg final at the Ranking Series wrestling event in Budapest. The 20-year-old Indian, a former World under-20 champion and a two-time Asian under-23 champion, performed well to upset 2016 Olympics bronze medallist Elmira Syzdykova of Kazakhstan 7-2 and World under-23 bronze medallist Valeriia Trifonova 11-1 to book a place in the final. Asian champion Manisha Bhanwala (62kg) bagged a bronze medal. India topped the women's team ranking with two gold, two silver and two bronze. -Team Sportstar GOLF Average day for Bhatia and Rai at British Open Indian American golfer Akshay Bhatia shot a 1-under 70 in the third round to be Tied 34th at the British Open here. Bhatia had two birdies on the seventh and the ninth and seemed to be ready to get more before two bogeys on the back nine. Indo-British Aaron Rai, who had shown a lot of promise in the first eight holes on the first day, seemed to have lost that momentum. He shot even par 71 and was 18 places down on his second round to be T-44. Sahith Theegala had missed the cut. -PTI Related Topics Priya Malik
CNBC
5 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
36-year-old lives and travels in her truck full-time, spends $1,305/month: 'I'm comfortable in very small spaces'
In 2019, Ashley Kaye took a scuba diving trip to Honduras that changed the course of her life. On that trip, Kaye met someone who travels full-time, and the conversation they had helped her realize she wanted to leave her career and life in Wisconsin behind and continue traveling. "He told me he wished he had done it sooner because it's so much easier and cheaper than you think. That changed everything for me," Kaye tells CNBC Make It. "I went home and worked more and more until I quit the next year." When Kaye quit her job in 2020, she says she had about $37,000 in savings, but what she struggled with the most was not having a job to fill her time. "I didn't know how to just do nothing. The first few months were really hard and I wasn't sure if I was making the right decision," she says. "Once I got into my rhythm of traveling and growing my confidence through that experience, I've never looked back and don't have a single regret about leaving." Kaye spent the next three years traveling the world, including to South Africa. In 2022, a couple reached out to Kaye on Instagram to ask about her time there and shared their own experience overlanding in a Toyota truck with a camper. Overlanding is a form of self-reliant travel that involves adventuring to remote destinations, typically in a vehicle of some type. After doing a bit of her own research, Kaye was all-in and purchased a Toyota Tacoma truck for $42,934, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. Kaye picked up the truck in South Dakota and drove it back to Wisconsin, where she had just sold her childhood home for $320,000. In March 2023, Kaye drove to Baja California, Mexico, where she spent time arranging the necessary renovations to make the truck more livable. "My life is kind of like 'the plan is there is no plan.' Most people plan this type of adventure for years. I didn't even have a truck when I accepted the offer on my house," she says. "It was very spur of the moment, so I needed to take a pause and figure things out." She estimates she spent over $50,000 on the renovations. The costs included purchasing a camper, adding solar power, replacing the truck bed, upgrading the suspension, new tires, customizing a bumper, and installing an electric cooler. When the truck was ready, Kaye decided to journey the Pan-American highway, starting in Denver. The highway stretches from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina. "It's really an incredible way to travel because you get to set your own pace and if you find somewhere that's beautiful and peaceful you can stay as long as you want," Kaye says. "But there's pros and cons to every mode of travel and a lot of red tape and logistics crossing borders. It can be exhausting, especially when you're alone. You have to find a balance that works for you, but overall, it's definitely one of the coolest adventures of my lifetime." Kaye's time on the road is split between travel days and leisure days. On a travel day, she gets up early to break everything down and secure it all in the camper before embarking on a five- to seven-hour drive. On average, Kaye estimates that she spends $556 a month on gas and $453 a month on food. "The easiest part for me is being comfortable in very small spaces and I'm totally content. I can spend all day inside the camper and not feel suffocated or claustrophobic," Kaye says. "I'm constantly seeing so many vast spaces within nature that I'm really content." Once she reaches her destination, Kaye likes to stay for two to three nights before moving on to the next one. Since Kaye's truck doesn't have a bathroom, she uses a box toilet and a portable shower bag. "I try to organize everything in the truck and camper so that it's just the way that it's supposed to be. Powering down is the kind of goal on the second day," Kaye says. Kaye's other expenses include $96 a month for her cellphone bill and $200 a month for her Starlink internet. She's also spent upwards of $6,000 for unique experiences like a week-long scuba diving trip in the Galápagos Islands. Kaye has been living in the truck for years now, but says the most challenging part is still setting up and breaking down the camper. "Even though it is very simple, it's one of those things you have to do every time," she says. "If you are somebody who makes your bed every time, it's no problem, but if you're somebody who doesn't, it feels like a burden." While Kaye still hasn't finished journeying the Pan-American Highway, she is considering selling the truck at the beginning of next year. "Part of me wants to just get rid of it and move on and enter the next chapter of my life but then the larger part of me is like 'no, maybe just wait because I want to see some other places and just chill,'" she says. "I just want to finish my adventure. I'm not tired of living in the camper and I'm not tired of that lifestyle, but I am tired of driving." Kaye doesn't know where she'll settle if she ever sells the truck, but returning to the U.S. full-time is unlikely. If she ever does buy another house in the States, Kaye says it will be an investment and a source of income if she decides to rent it out. She's currently considering a life in the South of France, Spain or Italy. "Each one of them has their challenges. For me, it's about finding somewhere that I want to be and then I can deal with whatever the challenges and hoops are that come with that," she says.
Irish Daily Mirror
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Katie Taylor: The 10 greatest duels of the iconic boxer's career
When you count it all up, Katie Taylor has competed in the ring in official fights 212 times. The 39-year-old has won all but 11 of those fights. She puts it all on the line again in the early hours of Saturday morning Irish time at Madison Square Garden in New York and the rumours and reports that she is ready to retire are louder than ever. There were calls for her to retire in the wake of her final contest as an amateur, the shocking Rio Olympics quarter-final defeat she suffered in 2016. Almost nine years on, Taylor is the queen of the pro ring, her legacy as a trailblazer of the sport safely secured no matter what happens against Amanda Serrano. To get to this point in a fabled career, Taylor has experienced mostly greatly highs but some difficult lows, too. This list joins the dots from landmark moment to landmark moment in the boxing life of Katie. Taylor had started boxing at 11, causing controversy by disguising herself as a boy to fight in competition because there was nothing available to her as a girl. But Katie created history when, as a 15-year-old, she boxed Alanna Audley at the National Stadium in the first officially sanctioned female boxing match in Ireland. Taylor won and the pair became firm friends. The 20-year-old Bray bomber had retained her European crown less than two months earlier when she stepped up to world championship level at 60kg in New Delhi. Taylor beat the reigning champ Tatyana Chalaya of Russia in the semi-final. And history was made when she overcame Argentina's Erica Farias in the gold medal decider. Ireland had a first female world boxing champion. Although by now a multiple European and World champion, this was a real taste of the big time as she took her place on the undercard of the WBA super bantamweight world title clash between Bernard Dunne and Ricardo Cordoba at Dublin's 02. Taylor lapped up the surroundings as she coasted to a 27-3 victory over Caroline Barry, a three-time Pan-American champ from the US. Katie's dream was to fight in the Olympics and her success was a driving force in the OCI opening the door to women's boxing in London. Almost 20 years on from Michael Carruth's gold in Barcelona, Taylor made the ExCel Arena her own as 10,000 supporters crammed in to witness her greatest moment yet. The high drama of the final was a sign of what was to follow when she turned pro but she got the job done against her tough opponent Sofya Ochigava of Russia. Agony in Astana - a shocking first defeat for Taylor in the world champs since 2005, but also her second loss in weeks as the Rio Olympics came into view as the absence of her father, Pete, in her corner was becoming a crisis. The loss to Yana Alekseevna the previous month was worrying but this extremely tight Worlds semi-final loss to Estelle Mossely had alarm bells ringing as Taylor's bid for a sixth title ended in disappointment. It took five years for officialdom in form of Professor Bill McLaren's report into the 2016 Games to declare this crushing defeat as 'suspicious'. Katie's hopes of a second Olympic gold were ripped apart in a split decision quarter-final defeat to Mira Potkonin, with the fight going to a count-back. Taylor had comfortably beaten her Finnish rival in their previous five meetings but this defeat, only her 10th against 177 wins, was her last fight as an amateur. The pioneering spirit that propelled Katie to the summit of the amateur game was quickly transferred to the pro ranks at 30. And, having joined forces with promoter Eddie Hearn, her debut at the SSE Arena in Wembley was a sign of what was to come - this third round stoppage of out-classed Polish opponent Karina Kopińska set the tone for a quick-fire run of 12 victories in the next three and a half years. So began an era of epic, pro career-defining contests. Katie needed Delfine Persoon's WBC belt to become the undisputed lightweight champ and their first meeting lived up to the billing, with Katie controversially winning by majority decision with many believing the Belgian was victorious but the Irish woman's strong finish proved vital. Their second meeting, however, was a different story - Taylor was the clear victor. A homecoming at last for Katie and a tumultuous reception greeted her at the 02 Arena. But, after 22 pro wins in seven years, she was out-powered and out-classed by Northampton's Chantelle Cameron who won by majority decision, prompting questions about her future. Taylor responded in their rematch six months later at the same venue, earning redemption and becoming the undisputed super-lightweight champion in another closely fought encounter. The defining duel of Taylor's career resumes at MSG in the early hours of Friday morning. It was at the iconic New York venue that this rivalry exploded into life; then, in front of a massive Netflix audience, it continued in Arlington eight months ago. There's been so little to separate these two but, crucially, it is Katie who got the nod in both contests. Amidst reports that this will be her last dance, Ireland's greatest proponent of the sweet science is gunning for the hat-trick.
Miami Herald
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
First-ever HBCU women's wrestling program names head coach
Delaware State University is making HBCU history. The school has officially named Kenya Sloan as the inaugural head coach of its new women's wrestling program, making DSU the first HBCU to launch a varsity team in the sport. This groundbreaking hire comes ahead of the 2025–26 season, when women's wrestling will become a full NCAA championship sport. With this move, Delaware State positions itself as a trailblazer in expanding opportunities for Black female student-athletes. Sloan arrives at DSU from Sacred Heart University, where she served as an assistant coach for their women's wrestling team. She is a 2022 NAIA national champion from Campbellsville University and a former Junior Pan-American gold medalist. She also led the Knoxville Girls Wrestling Club to a Tennessee state freestyle title and has coached at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center. "This is about creating space and legacy," Sloan told "I'm honored to lead this groundbreaking program at Delaware State." This appointment makes Delaware State University the first historically Black college or university to sponsor varsity-level women's wrestling. DSU Director of Athletics Tony Tucker emphasized the significance of the hire in an official statement. "Kenya Sloan is the right leader at the right time," Tucker said. "She brings championship experience and a commitment to developing student-athletes at the highest level." Recruiting efforts for the program have already begun, with the team set to begin competition in winter 2025. This decision underscores the ongoing evolution of HBCU athletics, particularly in expanding gender equity and Olympic sport representation. With Sloan at the helm, Delaware State isn't just building a wrestling team-it's setting a national precedent. As the first HBCU to make this move, DSU is carving out a new lane in collegiate athletics, elevating both the profile of women's wrestling and the visibility of HBCU sports programs. The post First-ever HBCU women's wrestling program names head coach appeared first on HBCU Gameday. Copyright HBCU Gameday 2012-2025
