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[ad_1] PARIS : Four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka laboured past unseeded Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-1 4-6 7-5 in the first round of the French Open on Sunday to claim her first win at Roland Garros in three years. Returning from a 15-month maternity break this year, Osaka had fallen in the first round at […]

[ad_1] MILAN :AC Milan ended their Serie A campaign with a disappointing 3-3 home draw against relegated Salernitana on Saturday in what was the last game at the club for coach Stefano Pioli and striker Olivier Giroud. Rafael Leao and Giroud put Milan 2-0 up at the break, but Salernitana pulled a goal back through […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Thousands of spectators made their way through the Roland Garros gates under cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine to attend the French Open as the year’s second Grand Slam tournament got underway in western Paris on Sunday. Panama hats and sunglasses were tucked away on a cool morning but could well be […]

[ad_1] Tennis world number seven Casper Ruud believes his physically taxing victory at the Geneva Open on Saturday could work in his favour as he prepares for his French Open campaign with a first-round match against Brazilian Felipe Alves on Monday. Ruud played both the semi-final and final of the Geneva Open on Saturday after […]

[ad_1] AL AIN, United Arab Emirates : Coach Hernan Crespo credited his Al-Ain players for ending the club’s 21-year wait for a second Asian Champions League title as the Argentinian completed his own redemption journey with Saturday’s victory over Yokohama F Marinos. Al-Ain crushed the Japanese side 5-1 in Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in the […]

[ad_1] Tahitian surfer Vahine Fierro showed what a threat she will be at the 2024 Olympics with a commanding first round performance at the Games venue of Teahupo’o on Saturday, as the professional tour’s Shisheido Tahiti Pro kicked off. The 23-year-old wildcard, who qualified to represent France at Paris 2024, threaded two glorious tubes at […]

[ad_1] France forward Kylian Mbappe said he is leaving Paris St Germain with his head held high after the Ligue 1 champions’ 2-1 victory over Olympique Lyonnais in the French Cup final. Mbappe announced this month he would leave the French club at the end of the season after a seven-year stay during which he […]

[ad_1] BERLIN : Bayer Leverkusen’s German league and Cup double was the result of players keeping faith in the team throughout what turned into a dream season, their coach Xabi Alonso said on Saturday. Leverkusen added the German Cup to their Bundesliga crown with a 1-0 victory over second division Kaiserslautern. “In the end, to […]

[ad_1] :Kenyan Beatrice Chebet shattered the women’s 10,000 metres world record at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, as Britain’s Josh Kerr beat arch-rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the mile race at the Eugene Diamond League meet. Chebet clocked 28 minutes 54.14 seconds, taking nearly seven seconds off the previous world record set by Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey […]

[ad_1] PARIS : World number three Carlos Alcaraz returns to the French Open hoping to banish memories of the severe cramps that stopped his title charge in 2023 but will first need to address doubts caused by a recent injury when he plays J.J. Wolf on Sunday. Alcaraz’s semi-final last year with eventual Roland Garros […]