Lotte Kopecky secures UAE Tour Women crown as Amber Kraak wins final stage
Lotte Kopecky has become the second winner of the UAE Tour Women after securing overall victory following the fourth and final stage in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
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Akram Afif: Qatar's Asian Cup hero says he would 'love' to play in Europe
Akram Afif lit up the Asian Cup final on Saturday, converting a hat-trick of penalties against Jordan to secure back-to-back continental titles for Qatar.
High Jumper Tejaswin Shankar Wins Season-Opening Meet In Belgium
National record holder in high jump Tejaswin Shankar won the top prize in the International High Jump Gala Elmos 2024 athletics meet in Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium with a leap of 2.23 metres. Shankar, competing for the first time since October last year, finished ahead of Greece's Antonios Merlos (2.20 metres) in the World Athletics Indoor Tour Challenger event on Saturday. The 25-year-old, who holds both the men's high jump and decathlon national records, however, could not better his personal best of 2.29m. Shankar is also focusing on decathlon and had won bronze and silver in the discipline in the Asian Championships and Asian Games last year.
Kopecky takes decisive win in penultimate stage of UAE Tour on Jebel Hafeet
After paving the way for her teammate Lorena Wiebes to win the first two sprint stages of the UAE Tour, it was Lotte Kopecky’s turn to take the spotlight on the penultimate stage on Jebel Hafeet on Saturday.
Man United outcast Donny van de Beek receives apology from manager over brutal snub
Eintracht Frankfurt boss Dino Toppmoller has said sorry to Donny van de Beek after leaving the Manchester United player out of his European squad. The Dutch midfielder, who is on loan at the German club until the end of the season, was left out of Frankfurt's 25-man squad for the knockout rounds of the Europa Conference League.
Afif coy on Europe after guiding Qatar to second Asian Cup title
LUSAIL, Qatar : Qatar's Akram Afif underlined his credentials as one of Asia's finest forwards with a hat-trick in the Asian Cup final to guide his team to back-to-back titles, but the forward was coy on playing for another European club in future.
Canada's William Dandjinou golden again at World Cup short track event in Germany
Canadian short track speed skater William Dandjinou continued his winning ways at a World Cup event in Dresden, Germany, on Saturday.
Haaland double helps City see off stubborn Everton
Erling Haaland scored his first goals since November as champions Manchester City finally wore down Everton to claim a hard-fought 2-0 Premier League win on Saturday.