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[ad_1] LONDON : Stirling Moss was hailed as a true racer and all-time Formula One great at a memorial service in London’s Westminster Abbey on Wednesday for a man who remains a byword for speed and sportsmanship. Triple Formula One world champion Jackie Stewart led the tributes for a driver, widely regarded as the greatest […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-old Lionel Messi – who went on to become one of the game’s greatest players – with early bids reaching almost $300,000. The napkin was signed in December 2000 when Carles Rexach, then Barcelona’s […]

[ad_1] Natalie Robyn is leaving Formula One’s governing body after serving just 18 months as its first chief executive, the FIA said on Wednesday. Robyn was one of the most senior female executives in motorsport and her arrival from the auto industry was hailed by the FIA as a “transformative moment” for an organisation led […]

[ad_1] French rider Benjamin Thomas outsprinted his breakaway colleagues to win the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday, giving the Cofidis team their first victory this year. The four-man break escaped the peloton after the final intermediate sprint of the day, with 80km left to ride, and held off the chasing pack despite […]

[ad_1] Bayer Leverkusen will use last campaign’s Europa League loss against AS Roma as motivation when they host the Serie A side once again in the second leg of the semi-finals on Thursday, manager Xabi Alonso said on Wednesday. Leverkusen were knocked out by Roma after a goalless draw in the second leg of the […]

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia’s FA has recommended players consider hiring bodyguards while Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) has beefed up security for its squad after their midfielder Safiq Rahim became the third player to be attacked over the last week. Safiq, a former national team captain, had his car windscreen smashed by unknown assailants late […]

[ad_1] Coco Gauff was denied the chance to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after testing positive for COVID and the American says winning a medal at the Paris Games would be on a par with Grand Slam success for her this year. The 20-year-old is eager to make her Games debut when the […]

[ad_1] Getafe President Angel Torres said the LaLiga side hope to keep Mason Greenwood for another season and that he does not expect the forward to return to parent club Manchester United at the end of the campaign. The 22-year-old joined Getafe on loan in September after United said they wanted to avoid him becoming […]

[ad_1] BERLIN : Borussia Dortmund were not on anyone’s Champions League radar when the season started but the club’s sensational run to the final with a 2-0 aggregate win over Paris St Germain on Tuesday proved their plan was right all along, said coach Edin Terzic. Dortmund came into the season on the back of […]

[ad_1] Briton Andy Murray will make his comeback from injury at this month’s Geneva Open after the former world number one was handed a wildcard by the organisers of the French Open tune-up event on Wednesday. Murray, who turns 37 later this month, rolled his ankle in the final set of his defeat by Czech […]