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[ad_1] MELBOURNE : World record holder Ariarne Titmus eased into the 400m freestyle final at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials in Brisbane on Monday, with Elijah Winnington qualifying top in the men’s 400 heats. Olympic champion Titmus won her heat comfortably in four minutes and 01.57 seconds at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, six seconds off her […]

[ad_1] MONTREAL : Sergio Perez will have a three-place grid penalty at the next Formula One race in Spain after the Mexican drove his Red Bull in an unsafe condition at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. Champions Red Bull were also fined 25,000 euros ($26,935). Perez retired in the pits after driving around the track with […]

[ad_1] New Zealand loose forward Akira Ioane has taken up an offer to play in Japan after the Super Rugby Pacific season, leaving the Auckland Blues without their starting blindside flanker from 2025. The 21-test All Black confirmed the move on the Blues’ social media channels without disclosing which team he would be playing for. […]

[ad_1] :A goal from Angel Di Maria earned Argentina a comfortable 1-0 win over Ecuador in a pre-Copa America friendly in Chicago on Sunday. Di Maria, who will retire from international duty after the Copa America, gave Argentina the lead five minutes before the break after a through ball from Cristian Romero. However, they were […]

[ad_1] BORDEAUX, France :France and Canada played out a 0-0 draw in a friendly on Sunday as the two nations concluded their preparations for Euro 2024 and the Copa America. France threatened to take the lead in the first half but efforts by N’Golo Kante and Marcus Thuram were denied by fine saves from goalkeeper […]

[ad_1] MONTREAL : George Russell secured Mercedes their first podium of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday but the Briton said he should have done better than third. After taking pole position for the first time since 2022, Russell led for the first 21 laps of a wet to dry race before McLaren’s […]

[ad_1] It was a baptism of fire for the midfielder, who made three appearances for Japan at the under-17 World Cup in 2013. “It was the first time I could not get minutes. Before I was a professional player, I would always play 90 minutes, 75 minutes,” Nakamura recalled. In addition, competition for a spot […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Carlos Alcaraz said his maiden French Open triumph on Sunday was the proudest moment of his glittering career, after the Spaniard became the youngest man to win Grand Slams on all three of the sport’s surfaces following his Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles. The 21-year-old beat German Alexander Zverev 6-3 2-6 5-7 […]

[ad_1] MONTREAL : Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen completed a Canadian Grand Prix hat-trick of victories on a wet, wild and tricky Sunday at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Verstappen, who started on the front row alongside Mercedes pole sitter George Russell, stayed clear of trouble on a day of changing conditions, snatching the […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Carlos Alcaraz outlasted German Alexander Zverev to win a maiden French Open and become the youngest man to capture Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces with a 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 victory in a nail-biting final on Sunday. The contest may not have been a classic, but the Spaniard showed […]