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Bastad, Sweden, July 15 (AFP/APP): Results from the Bastad ATP tournament on Friday (x denotes seed; players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries): Quarter-finals Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) bt Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP […]

St Andrews, United Kingdom, July 15 (AFP/APP):Australia’s Cameron Smith seized the second-round lead in the 150th British Open at St Andrews on Friday as a superb 64 left him on 13 under par for the tournament, but an emotional Tiger Woods bowed out after his […]

L’Alpe d’Huez, France, July 14 (AFP/APP): British rookie Tom Pidcock, riding for Ineos, showed world class skills as he won stage 12 of the Tour de France on the Bastille Day holiday on Thursday. A daredevil descent lit the fuse for the 22-year-old’s win while […]

Nairobi, July 14 (AFP/APP): Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala on Thursday secured a last-minute visa to travel to the United States for the World Athletics Championships although he will have to start his 100m campaign just hours after arriving. Another African sprinter, Gift Leotlela, a […]

Dole, France, July 9 (AFP/APP): French rider Geoffrey Bouchard of the AG2R team has withdrawn from the Tour de France after testing positive for Covid-19 ahead of Saturday’s 8th stage between Dole and Lausanne. The 30-year-old Tour debutant is the first cyclist to pull out […]

Dole, France, July 9 (AFP/APP): A teammate of the Tour de France defending champion Tadej Pogacar has tested positive for Covid-19, weakening the Slovenian’s chances of retaining his current overall lead. The 33-year-old Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen, often seen pulling at the front of the […]

Dunedin, New Zealand, July 9 (AFP/APP): Ireland made history on Saturday by beating the All Blacks on New Zealand soil for the first time with a 23-12 triumph in the second Test in Dunedin. Prop Andrew Porter was the hero for the visitors, scoring both […]

London, July 8 (AFP/APP):Leading second-round scores in the DP World (European) Tour Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club, North Berwick on Thursday (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 71): 133 – Cameron Tringale (USA) 61-72 136 – Gary Woodland (USA) 64-72, Doug Ghim (USA) 67-69 […]

Monterrey, Mexico, July 8 (AFP/APP):The United States steamrolled Jamaica 5-0 on Thursday to book a return to the women’s World Cup, helped by Haiti’s 3-0 victory over Mexico in the CONCACAF W Championship. Sophia Smith bagged a brace in the space of three minutes and […]