Curragh 'would suit' Arrest after Espom Derby setback
Disappointing Derby favourite Arrest could bid for redemption in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh next month.
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Running clubs building community spirit in Gulf for locals and expats
“You do not stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”
French Open: Astonishing moment Ons Jabeur has 'brain freeze' and kicks ball away as serve lands in
Ons Jabeur suffered a remarkable «brain freeze» during her French Open quarter-final against Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday at a very important moment midway through the deciding set. Serving in an extended deuce while 3-1 down in the crucial third set, Jabeur found the line with an exquisite delivery out wide to Haddad Maia's backhand side, but then inexplicably stopped playing and lost the point on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Ad The reason? She thought that the serve had gone out, so kicked the return away with her foot as it came back from her Brazilian opponent.
Duane 'will give my everything' for World Cup swansong, mulls club affiliation with Durbell
It was while going to rent a generator for a charity function his wife was helping with that Duane Vermeulen remembered again how important the Springboks are to South Africans, and why he has promised to do everything within his power to be part of the squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France.
Kidambi Srikanth Wins; PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Out Of Singapore Open
India's Kidambi Srikanth made a winning start but PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy were ousted from the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament after suffering contrasting losses in the opening round in Singapore on Tuesday. Srikanth, a 2021 world championships silver medallist, beat Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15 21-19 in the opening round of men's singles competition. He will face Chinese Taipei's Chia Hao Lee, who beat Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in his opening match after being promoted to the main draw from the reserves.
Ons Jabeur's French Open journey ends at quarter-final stage
Ons Jabeur's French Open campaign came to a dramatic end as she lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia despite winning the first set of their quarter-final on Wednesday.
Benzema's deal raises questions about future of Saudi league top scorer
The arrival of Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema at Saudi Arabia champions Al-Ittihad may not be all positive as the deal puts the future of Saudi Pro League top scorer Abderrazak Hamdallah in doubt.
Germany under-17 national team racially abused on way to winning European title
FRANKFURT, Germany: Players on the Germany under-17 national team faced racist abuse on social media on their way to winning the European Championship, a team official said Wednesday. General manager Joti Chatzialexiou said racist comments on social media made for “unpleasant circumstances” around the team’s run to the European title, won on penalties against France on Friday.