Ciara Mageean runs her fastest ever 1500m season opener at Diamond League as Faith Kipyegon claims world record
Ciara Mageean ran her fastest ever 1500m season opener at Friday's Diamond League meeting in Florence.
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Kenya's Faith Kipyegon destroys women's 1,500m world record at Diamond League
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon staked her claim as the greatest women's 1,500-metre runner of all-time on Friday in Florence, Italy.
Rafael Nadal has hip surgery after missing French Open - ESPN
PARIS — Rafael Nadal had arthroscopic surgery Friday night for the injured left hip flexor that forced him to sit out the French Open for the first time since he won the first of his record 14 titles there in his 2005 tournament debut.
French Open lets Belarus’ Sabalenka skip standard news conference after questions about Ukraine war
PARIS: Two years after Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open when she was fined, then threatened with disqualification, for skipping news conferences, another top tennis player — No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion — was allowed to avoid the traditional postmatch session open to all accredited journalists and instead speak Friday with what was described as a “pool” of selected questioners. Sabalenka, who is from Belarus, didn’t appear at a news conference Friday after reaching the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Kamilla Rakhimova.
England move closer to big win over Ireland in cricket test
England are on the verge of a first victory of the summer after record-breaking innings by Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett almost saw Ireland defeated inside two days at Lord’s.
Tennis: Creaking Djokovic adjusting to new reality at French Open
PARIS : Novak Djokovic was pushed to his limit in a physically punishing French Open encounter by Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Friday and the 36-year-old twice champion said he had accepted the fact that his body behaved differently now.
Cricket: Pope, Duckett put rampant England on verge of win over Ireland
England's Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett struck record-breaking centuries and debutant Josh Tongue picked up his first wickets as the hosts took complete control of their warm-up test against Ireland on the second day at Lord's on Friday.
Tennis: Rybakina still adjusting to clay as French Open title bid continues
Elena Rybakina has cemented her status as one of the front-runners for French Open title after continuing her fine run on clay in Paris but the world number four is still finding her feet on the surface as she looks to dethrone Iga Swiatek.