Category: Sports
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Water sports park planned for Lake Nona
A new water sports park is being planned for Orlando’s Lake Nona development, the Tavistock Group said Monday. (Photo via Tavistock Development Co.) Nona Adventure Park will feature a solar-powered water ski and wakeboard cable park, an inflatable aqua park, a climbing tower with a ropes course and climbing walls, the Bahamas-based private investment organization…
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Kaká Leaves Lasting Impact on Soccer In Orlando
Kaká will say goodbye to the Orlando City game against Columbus Crew on Sunday. After three years in the beautiful city, the Lions captain will move on to the next chapter of his life. For those years spent with Orlando, Kaká brought something to the city that has changed the soccer community forever. Being a…
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Paris to host 2024 Olympics with LA venue for 2028 Games
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]aris and Los Angeles have been named as hosts of the 2024 and 2028 summer Games respectively by the International Olympic Committee. Both cities had wanted to host the 2024 event, before LA agreed to wait an extra four years after the IOC made guarantees on funding. The Paris Games, which had fallen short with…
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Stars turn out for Bradley Lowery charity football match
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]radley Lowery – Thousands have descended on Goodison Park this afternoon for a star-studded football match in tribute to Bradley Lowery. (Pictured: The stars line up and pay tribute to Bradley Lowery with a silence before the start of the game – above) The six-year-old captured the hearts of the country as he bravely battled…
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Italian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton breaks all-time record with 69th career pole position
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ewis Hamilton broke the all-time record for pole positions by taking the 69th of his career with a sensational performance in wet qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton was 1.148 seconds quicker than Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in second place as title rival Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari could manage only eighth. But Vettel will…
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European football comes to Orlando for the International Champions Cup tournament
Though Orlando has some of the most soccer-savvy fans in the country who flock to Orlando City games regularly, most of our exposure to European soccer takes place over the airwaves, as Premier League or La Liga games aren’t really feasible to get to. But with the arrival of the International Champions Cup in Orlando…
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Golf tip: How to straighten out that slice
Golf tip – One of the more deflating things a golfer can go through during a round is watching shot after shot sail off to the right. The dreaded slice. According to Frank Dully, PGA head professional at Kernwood Country Club in Salem for the last 20 years, two major things that cause the ball…