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Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
'Irreplaceable' cyclist, 19, dies after horrific crash during race
Samuele Privitera has sadly died aged 19 Promising young cyclist Samuele Privitera has sadly passed away after a crash at the first stage of the Giro Valle d'Aosta. Privitera, 19, was rushed to hospital after the incident during a descent in Pontey, Italy, on Wednesday, but died following his injuries. He had been riding for the Hagens Berman Jayco team in the Under-23 race, and organisers have cancelled the second stage of the event scheduled for Thursday. Privitera was known for his climbs, and came in 63rd place in the Under-23s tour of Italy. Team owner Axel Merckx said: "It is with a very heavy heart that I share news no one in our community ever wanted to hear. Our rider, our teammate, and our dear friend, Samuele Privitera, has passed away following the race yesterday at Giro Val d'Aosta. "Samuele was and always will be the life and personality of this team. This team has always been a small family, and moments like this are unimaginable. He was irreplaceable. "His joy, his spirit, his kindness, was always a bright light to whatever room or race that he was in at that moment. To lose him is devastating beyond words. Personally, I am struggling to express the sadness I feel but I am deeply grateful for every moment we shared with him and for the joy he brought to our team every single day. "He loved the bike, he loved the camera, he loved to smile, he loved to laugh, but most of all he loved his family and his teammates. Privitera had been rushed to hospital after his injuries ( Getty Images) "Please keep Samuele's family and friends in your thoughts and prayers as they navigate the days ahead. On behalf of everyone at Hagens Berman Jayco, thank you for standing with us and honoring Samuele's memory. Rest in peace, Samuele. You will always be part of this team." UCI, one of Hagens Berman Jayco's rival teams, said: "Our thoughts are with his family, friends, teammates and everyone who supported him. Samuele's loss is felt across the cycling community." Team Israel - Premier Tech added: "Our deepest thoughts and sympathies go out to Samuele's family and friends, the Hagens Berman Jayco team, and the Valle d'Aosta peloton after this devastating loss." GreenEDGE Cycling said: "The entire organisation mourns the loss of such an incredible, talented rider, with a big heart and special personality."
CBC
05-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
2025 Canada Cup Women's Softball: Israel vs Triple Crown Colorado
Watch Team Israel and Triple Crown Colorado go head-to-head from the 2025 Canada Cup at Softball City in Langley, B.C.
Indianapolis Star
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Purdue basketball's Daniel Jacobsen, Omer Mayer in FIBA U19 Wold Cup: How to watch, schedule
Two promising young Purdue men's basketball talents will be on display in the FIBA U19 World Cup in Lausanne, Switzerland, beginning Saturday. Second-year center Daniel Jacobsen and Team USA begin with an 11:45 a.m. tipoff against Australia. Incoming freshman guard Omer Mayer and Team Israel follow at 2 p.m. against Switzerland. Games will be streamed on the FIBA YouTube account: Jacobsen helped Team USA win gold at the U18 AmeriCup last summer. He set an AmeriCup record with 19 blocks and was named to the All-Star Five second team. This is Irael's first trip to the U19 World Cup. It qualified with a fourth-place finish in last summer's FIBA U18 European Championhip. Mayer averaged 18.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game in that tournament. Below is the schedule for both Boilermakers, with all times Eastern: Team USA vs. Team Australia, 11:45 a.m. Team Israel vs. Team Switzerland, 2 p.m. Team Israel vs. Team Jordan, 10:45 a.m. Team USA vs. Team France, 2 p.m. Team USA vs. Cameroon, 11:15 a.m. Team France vs. Team Dominican Republic, 2 p.m. Round of 16, TBA Quarterfinals, TBA Semifinals, TBA Championship, TBA
USA Today
27-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
USC baseball alum Garrett Stubbs heads back to World Baseball Classic with Team Israel
Coming off their first NCAA Tournament berth in a decade, it is certainly an exciting time for USC baseball. In addition to the current team, it is also an exciting time for a notable alum of the program. On Thursday, it was announced that former USC star catcher Garrett Stubbs will once again represent Team Israel in next year's World Baseball Classic. Stubbs previously played for Israel in the World Baseball Classic in 2023. Although he is from San Diego, he is eligible to play for the team due to the fact that he is Jewish. 'I'm incredibly excited and honored to represent Israel in the World Baseball Classic," Stubbs said. "Being able to connect with my heritage on such a global stage, alongside so many talented players, is a truly special opportunity. I'm ready to help Team Israel compete at the highest level.' Stubbs played at USC from 2012-2015. During his senior year, he was named an All-American behind the plate and won the Johnny Bench Award as the top catcher in the country. He also helped lead the Trojans to what was, prior to this past season, their most recent NCAA Tournament appearance. The Houston Astros selected Stubbs in the eighth round of the 2015 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut with the team in 2019 and spent parts of three seasons with the team before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in November 2021. Stubbs spent the past three seasons as Philadelphia's backup catcher, but has spent all of 2025 thus far with Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Time of India
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Captain America's new coach
The writer is an author, entrepreneur and host of the satirical podcast 'The Nation Wants No More' Bibi's an edgy chap who's rewriting the playbook: Now every duck by a player is a coded attack signal America has just been made great again. It's thrown out the dusty constitution, the will of its simple hardworking people, and outsourced the brain of its executive. Its leadership no longer goes by the book. They go by Coach Bibi. No, not the fair-playing, rulebook-led grey-haired bloke you imagine. But an edgy chap who thinks every duck by a player is a coded attack signal. Bibi sees a threat everywhere – the kind that only he can spot. Limited edition Bibi-goggles, mostly trained on the barbecue fires in people's back yards, saw 'most dangerous weapons' being cobbled together. Bibi's words, not mine. The International Atomic Energy Agency brought its own binos to double-check. They faithfully reported it was meat, not plutonium – no heavy water in the mocktail mix. It wrote a memo too. But the voice of Coach Bibi was too loud, too repetitive. One has to, after all, listen to the force of civilisation. Enter Donald, uhh…Captain America to the world, who was really just a VIP bystander in the match in which Bibi was lead coach. Perfect opportunity, coach! Rope him in before your boys tire out, they haven't had a break for months now. Make Donald think Team America is playing in a match between Team Israel and Team Iran – a game America isn't even in. Confuse him, let him lend you his boys so you can end the match before the coin toss. So the coach muddies the playbook, which is easy to do. He starts with a few pre-game videos. Grainy stuff, with a bit of AI generated magic in which a bunch of unknowns are supposedly sloganeering 'Death to America', and some rookies are tripping and falling. A few knees bruised and so on; you know how it is when boys play rough. 'They think they can play rough?' says Captain America, 'Oh boy, I can play rougher.' 'Strike the barbecue pits to end the game,' whispers the coach. 'No food, no energy, no game.' And that's how we have all ended up watching a fixed match – big, beautiful, magnificent and utterly avoidable. Game on. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
