Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown, episode 5 with Craig Weissenfels (CBP 381) | 2 October 2022

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This is the 5th episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc, covering the week of sports from 26 September to 2 October 2022

BERLIN MARATHON

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya set a World Record Marathon time in the Berlin Marathon on 25 September 2022 in a time of 2:01:09, eclipsing his time of 2:01:39 he set in 2018 at the same event | NN Running team website | https://www.nnrunningteam.com/team/eliud-kipchoge/

In the women’s event, Ethiopian runner, Tigist Assefa ran a course record of 2:15:37 She was also the 800 metre gold medal winner at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio | Women’s Running article: https://bit.ly/3e3ucKM

MLB

Aaron Judge finally hit HR number 61 – on 28 September against none other than the Toronto Blue Jays. Yankees won the game 8-3 | ESPN article: https://es.pn/3BU8fWo

Frankie Lasagna actually “interfered” with Kyle Mulligan who almost caught the ball; Jimmy Kimmel hosted him and invited him to New York on New Years Eve to “watch the ball drop” one more time. BlogTo has the story: https://bit.ly/3fFoxLl

NFL

Minnesota and New Orleans played in London and although the Vikings won 28-25, the highlight of the game was the 61-yard field goal attempt by Will Lutz of New Orleans that hit the left upright and then dropped to the cross-bar where it bounced back towards the line of scrimmage. The media made the reference to a “Double Doink”

CNN Sports article | https://cnn.it/3UUTZ8s

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Group F features the team from Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk. Because of the war, they are playing all home games at the Legia Warsaw’s “Polish Army Stadium” and train out of the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. Inside the Games article | https://bit.ly/3RxI3ql

WOMEN’S WORLD RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP

Starts in October (7th October)

The ninth edition of Women's Rugby World cup, that was postponed from 2021 due to Covid, will commence 8 October with reigning champions New Zealand hosting for the first time.

Telegraph article | https://bit.ly/3C1LQ9M

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS World Championship 2022

The “LoL World Cup” tournament kicked off on 29 September but the real story is the sponsorship of the “Summoners Cup” by jeweler, Tiffany. The “cup” weighs 44 pounds, is approximately 27 inches in height and is made of contemporary sterling silver. The winner will be awarded this cup on 6 November 2022

Hype Beast article | ​​https://hypebeast.com/2022/8/tiffany-co-league-of-legends-world-champion-trophy-official-reveal

FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup | in Sydney, Australia

Tournament ran from 22 September and 1 October 2022 with a total of 14 teams. USA defeated China 83-61 in the Gold Medal game

CNN article | https://cnn.it/3RvgHRy

ATHLETES UNLIMITED | WOMENS SPORT LEAGUES

Craig shared an interesting development in the world of women’s sports – Athletes Unlimited, a collective of women’s pro sports leagues, recently raised $30 million which included NBA Superstar, Kevin Durant investing through his media and investment company, 35 Ventures

Insider article https://bit.ly/3ST3ljs