Sports

Rodez, France, July 17 (AFP/APP): Regional newspaper Le Progres groaned over the long wait for a home Tour de France stage winner this weekend with the scathing headline “Blue, Blanc, Lose”, a play on the French tri-colour using lose instead of Rouge. The issue has […]

NEWPORT 16 July (Online): Britain’s former world number one Andy Murray was knocked out of the ATP Hall of Fame Open, falling to Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik 7-5, 6-4 in a Friday quarter-final. Former world number one falls 7-5, 6-4 to Kazakh opponent in grass-court event’s […]

LONDON 16 July (Online): Norway suffered a shock exit from Euro 2022 as the pre-tournament title contenders crashed to a 1-0 defeat against Austria on Friday. Despite the presence of Lyon star Ada Hegerberg in their line-up, former European champions Norway paid the price for […]

Los Angeles, July 16 (AFP/APP):Leading scores after Friday’s second round of the US PGA Tour Barracuda Championship at Truckee, California, using the Modified Stableford Scoring System that awards and subtracts points for birdies and bogeys (USA unless noted): 28 – Chez Reavie 9-19 25 – […]

Eugene, United States, July 16 (AFP/APP):In-form American Fred Kerley fired out a warning shot to rivals for the men’s world 100m crown with a sensational heat-winning 9.79 seconds in round 1 in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday. Kerley, who set a world lead of 9.76sec when […]

Wellington, July 16 (AFP/APP): Ireland made history on Saturday as they held off the fast-finishing All Blacks to win the deciding third Test 32-22, becoming the first touring team in the professional era to win a series on New Zealand soil. Ireland scored three tries […]

SaintÉtienne, France, July 15 (AFP/APP):Mads Pedersen became the third Dane to win a stage on this year’s Tour de France when an escape group beat the peloton to Saint-Etienne on a baking hot dash across the Rhone Valley on Friday as riders braced to face […]

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 […]