Dayana Yastremska: Ukraine tennis player wants to win for her country
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska has reached the Lyon Open quarter-finals less than a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa.
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El Mallorca incorpora al centrocampista Clément Grenier
Tras unos días a prueba después de incorporarse a los entrenamientos, el club balear ha llegado a un acuerdo con Clément Grenier (Annonay, Francia, 1991) que se convierte en nuevo jugador de la plantilla mallorquinista hasta final de la presente temporada más otra opcional dependiendo del rendimiento del jugador.
Trio return for France ahead of Wales Six Nations tie
Wings Gabin Villiere and Teddy Thomas have been recalled to the France squad for their Six Nations Championship fixture against Wales on March 11, with flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert also back in the 42-man selection.
WTA roundup: No. 3 seed Viktorija Golubic stages rally in Lyon
No. 3 seed Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 win in her first-round match against Japanese alternate Mai Hontama on Wednesday at the Open 6eme Sens Metropole in Lyon, France.
Nathan Lyon targets clean sweep for Australia in Pakistan Tests
Nathan Lyon said on Wednesday he was proud to be involved in the team's first tour of Pakistan in 24 years and hoped for a 3-0 Test series win to make the trip even more memorable. Australia completed a 4-0 Ashes series victory over England earlier this year and while they face vastly different conditions in Pakistan Lyon said the goal was to win every match. "My mindset is every game we go into, we will look to win, not draw or lose. My mindset is to win 3-0 in Pakistan," Lyon told reporters ahead of the first Test, which begins on Friday in Rawalpindi. Major teams have shunned Pakistan since an attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in 2009 that killed six policemen and two civilians but international sides have recently started touring the country again. "Pakistan haven't had the opportunity to have a lot of international cricket here over a number of years so to be able to be the first Australian team to come here to play ... It's a pretty proud moment," Lyon said. "We've spoken as a group about how big it is for the people of Pakistan to see the likes of Steve Smith, David Warner, Pat Cummins and Marnus Labuschagne ... these guys are proud to come out here and play to be role models."
Spinner Swepson ready for Test debut: Lyon
Australia's frontline spinner Nathan Lyon expects fellow tweaker Mitchell Swepson to cash-in if gifted his Test debut on intriguing Pakistani pitches.
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska claims emotional win in Lyon WTA event
tennis player Dayana Yastremska, who fled from her home country last week, saved two match points to win a gruelling match at the WTA event in Lyon on Tuesday. The 21-year-old, who was awarded a wildcard for the tournament before Ukraine was invaded by Russia, beat Romania's Ana Bogdan 3-6, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (9/7) after over three hours on court in the first round. Yastremska fell to the ground in tears after finally securing victory on her fourth match point, before a warm embrace with Bogdan at the net. She celebrated in front of the crowd with a Ukrainian flag draped around her shoulders. "I've never played such a match before in my life, with so much stress," said Yastremska, who has won three WTA titles but none since May 2019.
Nathan Lyon targets 3-0 Test series sweep against Pakistan
Australia are in Pakistan for what will be a historic Test series - their first visit in 24 years - but there will be no room for sentiment once play begins in Rawalpindi on Friday.