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[ad_1] Louise Butcher hopes that when she becomes the first woman to run the London Marathon topless on Sunday, having had a double mastectomy in 2022, the thousands of supporters lining the course see a powerful image of strength. The 50-year-old breast cancer survivor runs topless to help erase the stigma around the disease – […]

[ad_1] Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny suffered a fractured nose in last weekend’s derby draw with Torino but is unlikely to be seen wearing a protective mask on his return to action, with the Pole preferring to leave them for Zorro. Szczesny took a blow to the nose from the arm of Torino defender Adam Masina […]

[ad_1] Vast amounts of data generated in professional sports will be used to try to stem the number of serious knee injuries suffered by female soccer players, Stephen Smith, CEO of sports software company Kitman Labs, has told Reuters. The 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand was a huge success, but it […]

[ad_1] Al-Hilal coach Jorge Jesus denied his team had been complacent as the Saudi Pro League side saw their world record run of victories ended at 34 matches with a 4-2 semi-final first-leg defeat at Al-Ain in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday. Al-Ain’s Moroccan striker Soufiane Rahimi hit a first-half hat-trick to end a […]

[ad_1] The Serie A title could be won in a Milan derby for the first time on Monday but hosts AC Milan will be determined to postpone Inter Milan’s inevitable Scudetto celebrations. The title was all but wrapped up by early March and since then Inter fans have had their calculators in one hand and […]

[ad_1] FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round next season as part of a six-year agreement with the Premier League to strengthen the domestic competition, the Football Association (FA) announced on Thursday. The FA added that all FA Cup rounds will be played on weekends from next term, with the fourth and […]

[ad_1] SHANGHAI: Charles Leclerc said on Thursday (Apr 18) that Ferrari will be closer to Red Bull at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, but he still expects his fight to be for the minor podium places. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez secured a dominant one-two in Japan two weeks ago with the Dutch […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Tottenham Hotspur supporters would have had little sympathy for archrivals Arsenal after their Champions League quarter-final exit at the hands of Bayern Munich but they may not be laughing so hard come the end of the season. Arsenal’s 3-2 aggregate defeat, combined with holders Manchester City’s penalty shoot-out loss to Real Madrid, […]

[ad_1] Former player Daniele De Rossi will continue on as AS Roma’s manager for the next season and the “foreseeable future”, the Serie A club’s owners said on Thursday. De Rossi, who was appointed in January on a deal that ran until the end of the season, replaced Jose Mourinho and took over a side […]

[ad_1] Former Japan captain Makoto Hasebe will retire at the end of the season, the Eintracht Frankfurt defender said. Hasebe made 114 appearances for Japan, playing in three World Cups and guiding them to the Asian Cup title in 2011. He announced his retirement from international football in 2018 after Japan reached the last 16 […]