Sports,Football
Italy went behind after 12 seconds but came back to beat France 3-1 in a highly-entertaining Nations League A Group 2 opening game on Friday.Bradley Barcola found the net in the opening minute when he caught Giovanni Di Lorenzo napping and raced into the area before curling his shot past Gianluigi D...
Sports,Tennis
Newly-crowned U.S. Open women's doubles champion Lyudmyla Kichenok had plans to get married this week but revealed on Friday that her unexpected appearance in the latter stages of the Grand Slam forced a postponement.Kichenok is engaged to fellow Ukrainian Stas Khmarsky, the coach of her doubles...
Brazil got back to winning ways in the South American World Cup qualifiers with a drab 1-0 victory over Ecuador on Friday thanks to first-half goal by Real Madrid forward Rodrygo.After its first streak of losses in three successive qualifiers, Brazil did just enough to earn the win that lifted the s...
Sports,Cricket
Argentina claimed a 3-0 home win over Chile on Thursday thanks to second-half goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Julian Alvarez and Paulo Dybala, to strengthen their grip on top of the South American World Cup qualifying.The Copa America champions looked dominant and untroubled by the absence of talism...
Euro 2024 champions Spain were held to a dour goalless away draw with Serbia in Nations League Group Four on Thursday, ending a nine-game winning streak and dropping their first points since March.Playing their first match after a stunning European Championship campaign in which they won all seven g...
Iga Swiatek swept past Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 6-1 at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the quarter-finals at the U.S. Open on Monday as the top seed continued her flawless run through the Flushing Meadows draw.Swiatek, the only former women's champion still standing, has not dropped a set in New York...
World
China urged the European Union to be "objective and fair" and careful with words and actions on issues in the South China Sea, after the bloc remarked on an incident that occurred over the weekend. China said it was "strongly dissatisfied" with the European Union's "...
After helping Liverpool administer an emphatic 3-0 victory over Manchester United, Mohamed Salah revealed that this would be his last season at Anfield.The Egyptian, who is the highest scoring visiting player to Old Trafford in Premier League history with seven goals, netted and provided two assists...
Coco Gauff's U.S. Open title defence ended in a 6-3 4-6 6-3 loss to fellow American Emma Navarro in the fourth round on Sunday, the reigning women's champion becoming the latest big name to make an early exit at Flushing Meadows this year.Meanwhile, Alexei Popyrin was left ruing a missed opp...
Gus Atkinson took five wickets to get himself on the Lord’s honours board for the second time in the match as England sealed a comprehensive 190-run win over Sri Lanka on Sunday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-test series.England' newest superstar followed his swashbuckling f...
Forward Raphinha scored the first hat-trick of his career and delivered two assists to guide an imperious Barcelona to a 7-0 rout of Real Valladolid in LaLiga on Saturday.Barcelona will go to the international break on top of the standings on a perfect 12 points from four games, five ahead second-pl...
Erling Haaland's second successive hat-trick propelled Manchester City to a 3-1 win at West Ham United on Saturday, maintaining the champions' perfect start to the Premier League season.The Norwegian striker missed an early chance but made no mistake with the second, calmly slotting past Alp...
Novak Djokovic's quest for a record 25th Grand Slam title ended at the U.S. Open on Friday as the defending champion was sent packing from the third round by Australian Alexei Popyrin, while Coco Gauff overcame a big scare to advance.A second stunning result in as many days at the year's fin...
Sports
Zakia Khudadadi, the first athlete from the refugees team to clinch a medal at the Paralympics, is hoping to represent France at the next games in Los Angeles in 2028 and wants to expand her repertoire by competing in both taekwondo and athletics.Khudadadi, who was granted asylum by France in 2021 a...
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr fired in a second-half penalty to cancel out Alberto Moleiro’s early opener as the Spanish giants salvaged a nervy 1-1 draw at lowly Las Palmas on Thursday.A feeble Real Madrid had to dig deep to avoid a shock first LaLiga defeat of the season in another dreary ...
Former champion Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out of the U.S. Open in a stunning straight-sets defeat by world number 74 Botic van de Zandschulp on Thursday, while top seeds Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek moved on to the third round with little fuss and Naomi Osaka madde exit from second round.Spanish th...
South American football was in mourning on Tuesday following the death of Uruguayan defender Juan Izquierdo, who collapsed on the pitch after suffering an irregular heartbeat during a Copa Libertadores game last week.The 27-year-old had been undergoing medical treatment since collapsing during Nacio...
A late goal by new signing Dani Olmo gave Barcelona a nervy 2-1 comeback victory at Rayo Vallecano on Tuesday, as the LaLiga leaders continued their perfect start to the season with a third consecutive win.After missing Barca's first two games as he was unregistered due the club's struggles ...
Top seed Jannik Sinner left the doping controversy that marred his U.S. Open preparations in the rear view mirror on Tuesday with a largely drama-free start to his campaign while fellow title contender Carlos Alcaraz also advanced after a minor blip.Women's top seed Iga Swiatek overcame Kamilla ...
Novak Djokovic's bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title kicked off on Monday with a rusty 6-2 6-2 6-4 win over qualifier Radu Albot in the U.S. Open first round as the defending champion returned to the court after his Olympic triumph.Three weeks after winning the singles title at the Paris Game...
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