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South Africa's Meintjes powers to stage win at Vuelta

South Africa's Louis Meintjes powered to victory in stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana with a lung-busting solo effort on Sunday as Belgian Remco Evenepoel extended his lead at the top of the general classification. It was Meintjes' maiden stage win at the Vuelta as he emerged the strongest among the nine-man breakaway group, finishing more than a minute ahead of Italian duo Samuele Battistella and Edoardo Zambanini. Evenepoel put in another strong showing, pulling away from his general classification rivals in the closing stages to cross the line fourth and open up a minute 12-second lead over local favourite Enric Mas. Three-times defending champion Primoz Roglic struggled on the 171.4km course from Villaviciosa to Les Praeres, fading towards the end and falling almost two minutes behind Evenepoel of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl in the overall standings.

Canada remains unbeaten after 9-0 rout of Japan at women's hockey worlds

Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice and had an assist for Canada in a 9-0 win over Japan at the women's world hockey championship on Sunday.

BWF World Championships 2022: Imperious Viktor Axelsen Wins Second Badminton World Title

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen won his second badminton world title on Sunday, beating Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16 in the final in Tokyo. World number one Axelsen has lost only one singles match this season and was too much for 21-year-old rising star Vitidsarn, who was blown away in the first game. Axelsen, who won Olympic gold last year, also claimed the world title in Glasgow in 2017. The 28-year-old Dane has been in imperious form this week in Tokyo, reaching the final without losing a single game.

BWF World Championships 2022: Akane Yamaguchi Retains Her Women's Singles Title

Japan's Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo on Sunday, beating China's Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14. The top-seeded Yamaguchi, who won her first world title last year in the Spanish city of Huelva, had to dig deep to see off the challenge of Olympic champion Chen. Chen was bidding to become the first player from badminton powerhouse China to win a women's singles world title since 2011. China has won a total of 15 women's singles world titles -- five times more than any other country -- but number four seed Chen was the nation's first women's world finalist since 2014.

Dutch climber Wout Poels latest COVID exit from Vuelta, remainder of Bahrain Victorious team continues in bubble

Dutch climber Wout Poels is the latest rider to drop out of the Vuelta a Espana after testing positive for COVID. Poels completed the eighth stage of the Spanish Grand Tour, but will not continue. Ad His team, Bahrain Victorious, released a statement on Sunday morning, saying: «Wout Poels will not start stage 9 of La Vuelta a España due to a positive COVID-19 test with mild symptoms.

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South Africa's Meintjes powers to stage win at Vuelta

Canada remains unbeaten after 9-0 rout of Japan at women's hockey worlds

BWF World Championships 2022: Imperious Viktor Axelsen Wins Second Badminton World Title

BWF World Championships 2022: Akane Yamaguchi Retains Her Women's Singles Title

Dutch climber Wout Poels latest COVID exit from Vuelta, remainder of Bahrain Victorious team continues in bubble

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