COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The UM Board of Curators unanimously approved the plans to build a new indoor football facility at its meeting on Wednesday. The budget for the project will be $33,140,000, and it will be funded by gifts donated to the school over the next seven years. MU said a new full-sized indoor football
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has given its 14 member schools $23 million each to help offset the financial impact of COVID-19 on their athletic programs. The league announced the supplemental revenue distribution on Wednesday. The SEC said it plans to use future conference revenues from increased media rights fees to pay for
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Karim Benzema has been recalled to the French national team for the first time in almost six years for the upcoming European Championships. The 33-year-old striker has not played for his country since 2015 after he was suspended by the national team for his alleged involvement in a scheme to blackmail his former teammate Mathieu
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If the board approves the proposed tuition increases, out-of-state and in-state undergraduate and graduate Mizzou students will see a five percent jump in tuition cost, starting this fall.
Continue Reading Roger Federer and Serena Williams may be able to boast 43 grand slam singles titles between them but both were left stunned by defeats within hours of each other on Tuesday. In his first match since he made his injury comeback in March, Federer was beaten by Pablo Andújar at the Geneva Open, while Williams
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With a little over two months until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, the possibility of a cancellation looms large over the Games. As Japan battles a fourth wave of coronavirus infections and a state of emergency in Tokyo and other prefectures remains in place until the end of the month, there is mounting pressure
Continue Reading New York Liberty point guard Sabrina Ionescu tallied 26 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds to record her first career triple-double in Tuesday’s 86-75 win over the Minnesota Lynx in the Women’s National Basketball Association. Ionescu, a one-time protege of the late Kobe Bryant and the number one pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft, completed
Continue Reading Less than 10 weeks out from the postponed start to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, organizers have promised athletes they are doing everything they can to ensure the Games take place safely. Japan is struggling with a renewed outbreak of coronavirus, with only about 1% of the population vaccinated — renewing calls for the Olympics to
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, May 18, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Rock Bridge 1 | Jefferson City 0 FINAL Helias 2 | Capital City 3 FINAL/PK’s HS BASEBALL Hickman 3 | Troy 2 FINAL Battle 3 | Liberty 1 FINAL North Callaway 3
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Fatima softball standout Sammey Bunch will return back to Mid-Missouri this weekend. The Northern Iowa shortstop will be competing in NCAA Regionals at Mizzou Stadium. “It’s just really special for me to be able to play so close to home,” Bunch said on a Zoom news conference Tuesday. “It’s just a
Continue Reading Venus Williams received some unwanted divine intervention during Monday’s defeat to Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, after she was given a time violation while waiting for heavy winds to die down before serving. “If the wind blows, then I can’t hit the ball,” she told the umpire. “I can’t control God, I can’t control the wind. I’m
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The first time Abraham Majok Matet Guem competed in a track race, he ran in his black school shoes. Guem — now a 21-year-old Olympian representing South Sudan — was so fast he quickly caught the eye of a coach, who bought him proper running shoes and sportswear. “I used those for some years, and
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Here are the local scores from Monday, May 17, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Battle 0 | Hickman 8 FINAL Owensville 2 | Fulton 0 FINAL HS BASEBALL New Bloomfield 3 | Vienna 1 FINAL Linn 9 | Dixon 5 FINAL Harrisburg 5 | Westran 2
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The UM Board of Curators will vote on the plans for a new football indoor facility at its meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk said he expects the board to approve the $33,410,000 project. Sterk spoke more about the facility on SportsZone Sunday night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6k1-KTx43o Sterk added he expects
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is the No. 8 overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The Tigers will host an NCAA regional for the first time in five years. MU will take on University of Illinois at Chicago in the first game of regional play on Friday at 3:30 P.M. Northern Iowa
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HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) For nearly the last half century, Hallsville has had the same baseball coach. Barry Koeneke outlasted 17 Royals managers, 10 Cardinals skippers, and eight Mizzou football coaches in his time with the Indians. “Somewhere along the line, I guess I developed some sense of loyalty that sometimes, you know, you gotta hang
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview at 10:30 on ABC 17. Sterk discussed a variety of topics, including the recent name, image and likeness legislation. Plus – he talked about capacity limits
Continue Reading Barcelona scored four first-half goals to defeat Chelsea 4-0 and capture the Women’s Champions League on Sunday for the first time. After taking the lead inside the first minute of the game in Gothenburg, Sweden, through Melanie Leupolz’s own goal, Barcelona never looked back and had all but wrapped up the title by halftime with
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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson swapped saving goals for scoring one as his stunning stoppage-time header helped Liverpool defeat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 on Sunday. It’s the first time in the club’s history that a goalkeeper has scored a competitive goal, according to data site Opta, and the header sparked wild celebrations from Liverpool’s players. Alisson came
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Despite protests from the public, skepticism from stakeholders and an ongoing state of emergency in Tokyo and other prefectures, organizers maintain that the Olympics will still go ahead later this year. Having already been postponed by a year, the Olympics are scheduled to run from July 23-August 8 and the Paralympics from August 24-September 5,
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