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[ad_1] BRISTOL, England : A superb second-half brace by Mary Fowler set Manchester City on course for a 4-0 away win over Bristol City on Sunday that moves them six points clear at the top of the Women’s Super League table, relegating Bristol City in the process. With 20 of their 22 league games played, […]

[ad_1] EAUBONNE, France : Boosted by the absence of favourites Russia, the United States will aim for the gold medal in artistic swimming at the Paris Games after qualifying for the Olympic team event for the first time since 2008. The Americans punched their ticket to the Games following the world championships in Doha in […]

[ad_1] He does not believe his team can afford to drop any points as they chase an unprecedented fourth straight English top-flight title. “We prefer they (Arsenal) lose, we cannot control what they do, they make a good result,” said the City boss, whose team are now unbeaten in 31 matches in all competitions. “Four […]

[ad_1] Paris St Germain won their 12th Ligue 1 title on Sunday, the first step in what manager Luis Enrique hopes will be an historic treble in a season which had threatened to be overshadowed by Kylian Mbappe’s imminent departure. Luis Enrique has proven himself to be the perfect man for the job, at a […]

[ad_1] NOTTINGHAM, England :Manchester City took another step in their bid to win a fourth consecutive Premier League title with a 2-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest on Sunday, with Josko Gvardiol and Erling Haaland on target. Pep Guardiola’s men kept the pressure on leaders Arsenal, pulling to within a point of the Gunners – […]

[ad_1] Olympique Lyonnais grabbed a superb 2-1 win at Paris St Germain in their all-French women’s Champions League semi-final second leg on Sunday to complete a 5-3 aggregate win that secured them a final showdown against Barcelona in Bilbao on May 25. With Lyon having overturned a 2-0 deficit to win the first leg 3-2 […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka described a nerve-racking last 20 minutes as his team hung on for a vital 3-2 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday to stay ahead in the Premier League title race with three games left. Mikel Arteta’s team were cruising after scoring three unanswered goals before halftime but ended up […]

[ad_1] JEREZ, Spain :Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia won his third straight Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to make up ground on Jorge Martin in the world championship standings after the Pramac Racing rider crashed out of the race while leading. Pole-sitter Marc Marquez, a six-times MotoGP champion, finished second for Gresini Racing at the […]

[ad_1] Kiria, who is ranked 64th in the world, made her Games debut at the COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She is the second Singapore fencer to book her ticket to Paris, after compatriot Amita Berthier confirmed her spot at the Games last month. Berthier, 23, qualified for the Olympics after finishing joint 20th in […]

[ad_1] Former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has been elected president of FC Porto, bringing an end to predecessor Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa’s highly successful 42-year tenure at the Portuguese club. Villas-Boas, who began his coaching career at Porto as an assistant to Jose Mourinho, guided them to a treble in 2011 […]