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[ad_1] MELBOURNE : After mounting Commonwealth Games podiums for Australia, gymnast Georgia-Rose Brown will achieve a long-awaited Olympic dream in a New Zealand leotard in Paris having thrilled her Kiwi mum with a successful late-career switch. Born in Australia’s eastern Queensland state and based in Melbourne, Brown will compete for New Zealand in the all-around […]

[ad_1] TOKYO : Japan’s two-times figure skating world champion and three-times Olympic medallist Shoma Uno said on Thursday he is retiring from competition. Uno, 26, won a second consecutive world title last year despite suffering an ankle injury. “My skating life started when I was five, and I am very grateful that I was able […]

[ad_1] Japan’s Ano Kuwai will take part in her second Olympics in July with a whistle rather than a rugby ball in hand after being named in the 23-strong squad of match officials for the Sevens tournament in Paris. Kuwai, who scored Japan’s first try in the inaugural Sevens tournament at the 2016 Rio Games, […]

[ad_1] MADRID : Vinicius Jr was at his brilliant best on another epic European night for Real Madrid as he helped his side progress to their sixth Champions League final in 10 years with a stunning 2-1 comeback win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday. Yet the Brazilian, who was almost unplayable at times, said that the recipe for […]

[ad_1] Former All Black and coach Jamie Joseph is set to be the proud father of a New Zealand international after his daughter was selected in her maiden Black Ferns squad. Maia Joseph was named starting scrumhalf in the match-day squad to face the United States in Hamilton on Saturday along with uncapped lock Maama […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Bermuda’s sparkling Great Sound offered the perfect arena last weekend for SailGP to showcase a media technology which it hopes will help the league backed by Oracle founder Larry Ellison reach new fans and be used by other sports. As SailGP’s futuristic F50 foiling catamarans flew up and down the Bermuda race […]

[ad_1] MADRID : Real Madrid striker Joselu was in dreamland after he came on in the dying moments of their Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich on Wednesday and turned the game on its head with two goals to snatch a stunning victory. Joselu, whose journeyman career has included spells at clubs such as Hoffenheim, […]

[ad_1] MADRID : Real Madrid’s Joselu scored twice in the final minutes as they fought back from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2-1 second-leg win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday that sent them through 4-3 on aggregate. Real progressed to their sixth Champions League final in 10 years and will […]

[ad_1] NEW YORK : American Nelly Korda is keeping it simple as she vies for a record sixth consecutive LPGA win this week at the Cognizant Founders Cup on a tricky course at Upper Montclair Country Club. Korda clinched her second major title and fifth straight win at the Chevron Championship last month, equalling the […]

[ad_1] BRUGES, Belgium :Lucas Beltran scored a late penalty as Fiorentina secured a 1-1 second-leg draw at Club Brugge on Wednesday to win their semi-final tie 4-3 on aggregate and secure back-to-back appearances in the Europa Conference League final. The Italians led 3-2 from the first leg in Florence, but Hans Vanaken levelled the tie […]