Madrid, March 24 (AFP/APP): Primoz Roglic extended his lead in the Tour of Catalunya on Friday by dropping his key rival Remco Evenepoel on the upper slopes of the final climb of the day. Roglic lost out to Evenepoel at the Tour of Spain last […]
Miami Gardens, United States, March 24 (AFP/APP):Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff advanced to the third round at the Miami Open with straight sets wins on Thursday. World number three Pegula got her campaign under way with a confident 6-3, 6-1 second round win over […]
Paris, March 23 (AFP/APP): Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday. Speaking after a meeting of the global track and field federation’s decision making […]
MIAMI 23 Mar (Online): French veteran Gael Monfils was forced to retire during his first round match at the Miami Open dealing a blow to his return from a lengthy injury absence. The 36-year-old left the court, wincing in pain with his match with compatriot […]
MADRID 23 Mar (Online): Argentine Jorge Sampaoli was sacked and replaced by Jose Luis Mendilibar as coach of struggling Sevilla on Tuesday, with the club just off the La Liga relegation zone. “I go with my head held high,” said Sampaoli. The side are 14th […]
ISTANBUL 23 Mar (Online): World Cup winner Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from football on Wednesday after an illustrious international career with Germany and club spells with Real Madrid and Arsenal. The 34-year-old helped Germany to glory in Brazil in 2014 but bitterly quit the […]
Chennai, India, March 22 (AFP/APP): Australian spinners Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar turned the match to hand India their first one-day international series defeat at home since 2019 in a thrilling third and final match in Chennai on Wednesday. Left-arm spinner Agar removed in-form Virat […]
La Molina, Spain, March 22 (AFP/APP): Remco Evenepoel outsprinted Primoz Roglic in the final drag to the peak at La Molina on Wednesday to win the third stage of the Tour of Catalunya but the Slovenian clung to the overall lead. When Evenepoel, a Belgian […]
FRANCE 21 Mar (Online): Kylian Mbappe has succeeded the retired Hugo Lloris as France captain, AFP reported. Paris Saint-Germain forward Mbappe, 24, accepted the proposal after discussions with coach Didier Deschamps earlier on Monday. Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris brought an end to his international career in […]
LONDON 21 Mar (Online): Rafa Nadal’s absence from Indian Wells saw the 22-times Grand Slam champion slip out of the top 10 for the first time since 2005 on Monday but the Spaniard will still be the “man to beat” at the French Open if […]
