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Rome, Aug 14 (AFP/APP): Italian artistic swimmer Giorgio Minisini won his second solo gold medal on Sunday at the European Championship, the first major competition to allow men-only events. Minisini added the free solo gold to the technical solo title he won on Friday. He […]

Munich, Germany, Aug 14 (AFP/APP):World and Olympic pole vault champion Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis will headline the European Athletics Championships that also features the top Norwegian duo of Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Italy’s Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs. Track and field will headline the […]

LIVERPOOL – August 12 (ONLINE) Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was left frustrated in his pre-Crystal Palace press conference after being asked how to combat his team’s “slow start” against Fulham. A far from ideal opening day performance from Liverpool left Klopp frustrated at full-time, leading […]

Belfast, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): Brief scores from the third Twenty20 international between Ireland and Afghanistan on Friday: At Belfast Afghanistan 189-5, 20 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 53, Najibullah Zadran 42; J Little 2-29) v Ireland 167-9, 20 overs (G Dockrell 58 no, F Hand 36; Naveen-ul-Haq […]

Toronto, Canada, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): Results from Friday in the WTA Toronto tournament (x denotes seed; players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries): Quarter-finals Simona Halep (ROM x15) bt Coco Gauff (USA x10) 6-4, 7-6 […]

Rome, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): David Popovici continued his dream summer of swimming on Friday by easing into the 100 metres freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships with a new European record of 46.98 seconds, while world champion Nicolo Martinenghi won the 100m breaststroke. Teen […]

Toronto, Canada, Aug 11 (AFP/APP): Results from Thursday’s fourth day of the WTA Toronto tournament (x denotes seed; players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries): 3rd rd Coco Gauff (USA x10) bt Aryna Sabalenka (x6) […]