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[ad_1] MADRID: Real Madrid celebrated the Spanish title with thousands of supporters in May, pledging to return in June with the Champions League trophy. Los Blancos delivered on their promise, defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Wembley to claim a record 15th European Cup on Saturday (Jun 1). The triumphant players hit the city’s usual celebration […]

[ad_1] Italy defender Giorgio Scalvini will miss the upcoming European Championship after the centre back ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Italian media reported on Sunday. Scalvini suffered the injury playing for Atalanta on Sunday in their 3-2 home loss to Fiorentina. It was their postponed final game of the campaign, which […]

[ad_1] MADRID : Tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans celebrated their club’s 15th European Cup title on Sunday in the Spanish capital’s downtown area, escorting the team’s open-top bus and flocking to the city’s landmarks to get closer to the players. Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at London’s Wembley Stadium in Saturday’s Champions […]

[ad_1] PARIS :Second seed Jannik Sinner shook off a sluggish start and blazed into the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday with a 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-1 victory over local hope Corentin Moutet that kept his world number one dreams alive. Australian Open champion Sinner was in a spot of bother in front of partisan fans […]

[ad_1] Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano confirmed he was leaving the Serie A club after their season-ending win over Atalanta on Sunday. Fiorentina beat Atalanta 3-2 in their last game of the campaign thanks to an Andrea Belotti double either side of a strike by Nicolas Gonzalez, all inside the first half, a week after the […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur slid into the French Open quarter-finals for the second time when she earned a hard-fought 6-4 6-4 victory over Denmark’s Clara Tauson on Sunday, celebrating by having a singalong with her fans. World number nine Jabeur broke the 72nd-ranked Tauson’s service in a tight third game and nearly dropped […]

[ad_1] STOCKHOLM : Sweden’s Armand Duplantis failed in another attempt to break his own pole vault world record but continued to impress ahead of the Paris Olympics at the Diamond League meet at Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday. The Olympic and world champion broke his record for the eighth time with a vault of 6.24 […]

[ad_1] MUNICH, Germany : Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann on Sunday said a poll ordered by German broadcaster ARD that asked about the colour of national team players’ skin was racist, and said he was stunned it was even conducted. The poll, commissioned by ARD, a public broadcaster with rights to Euro 2024 starting in Germany […]

[ad_1] AMSTERDAM : Netherlands top midfielder Frenkie de Jong is not sure whether he will be fit in time for the European Championship, in what could prove a huge blow to Dutch hopes in Germany later this month. De Jong has been named in the squad for the tournament, where the Dutch take on Austria, […]

[ad_1] BRUSSELS : Belgium want a solution to the impasse between their coach and star goalkeeper but even after winning the Champions League on Saturday, Thibaut Courtois will not be called up for this month’s European Championship, the Belgian football association’s technical director Franck Vercauteren said on Sunday. While Belgium have named their squad for […]