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[ad_1] PARIS : Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz was made to sweat but clinched his first French Open title by beating Germany’s Alexander Zverev 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 in Sunday’s final. The world number three has now won three Grand Slams, after his Wimbledon title last year and his U.S. Open triumph in 2022, and he […]

[ad_1] BRUSSELS : Injured fullback Thomas Meunier will not travel with Belgium when they leave for the European Championship on Wednesday but will stay behind to continue treatment on a hamstring injury, the Belgian football association said on Sunday. The right back was injured early in Saturday’s warm-up international against Luxembourg in Brussels and will […]

[ad_1] EAST MEADOW, New York : A sold-out crowd descended on Eisenhower Park on Sunday for a clash of cricketing arch-rivals India and Pakistan, set to face off in a T20 World Cup match that fans called a dream come true. The cricketing titans share one of the most intense rivalries in all of sport, […]

[ad_1] Romelu Lukaku extended his Belgium scoring record as they ended their preparations for the European Championship with a 3-0 win over neighbours Luxembourg in Brussels on Saturday. Lukaku netted a 42nd-minute penalty for his 84th international goal and tapped in a second after being set up by Jeremy Doku’s jinking run down the left […]

[ad_1] AMSTERDAM : Frenkie de Jong has returned to the training field, in a boost for the Netherlands one week before their opening game at the European Championship, coach Ronald Koeman said on Sunday. The playmaking midfielder is seen as keen to Dutch hopes at the tournament in Germany, and he joined the rest of […]

[ad_1] Sale Sharks fly-half George Ford will miss England’s three test matches in Japan and New Zealand due to a pre-existing achilles injury, the RFU said on Sunday. Ford, who has earned 96 caps for England and scored 10 tries, is the second prominent back to miss the tour with Elliot Daly choosing to remain […]

[ad_1] PARIS: Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova claimed the French Open women’s doubles title on Sunday (Jun 9) with a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory over Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini – a day after the latter’s crushing loss in the singles final. The win was Siniakova’s eighth women’s Grand Slam doubles crown and Gauff’s first. […]

[ad_1] Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs said he is aiming to improve his time and technique ahead of the Paris Games after electrifying the home crowd in Rome by retaining the men’s 100m title at the European Athletics Championships on Saturday. The Italian, who claimed two gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (100m […]

[ad_1] Czech Republic midfielder Michal Sadilek will not be travelling to the European Championship in Germany after falling off a bike and hurting his leg, the national team’s spokesperson said on Sunday. The 25-year-old featured in the last Euros in 2020. He has played 24 matches for his country and scored one goal. On Friday […]

[ad_1] Pedri is rediscovering his best form and will have an important role to play in Spain’s European Championship campaign, head coach Luis de la Fuente said after the Barcelona midfielder scored twice in a 5-1 win over Northern Ireland. The 21-year-old, who struggled with injury problems last season and didn’t play for Spain in […]