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'The one to beat' - Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig's quest to dethrone Annemiek van Vleuten at Tour de France Femmes

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ–Suez) has a bold target for this year’s Tour de France Femmes: topple Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) and win the yellow jersey. The animated Dane won a stage at last year’s inaugural women’s Tour, just one day after seeing her GC hopes unravel following a nasty crash that forced her FDJ co-leader Marta Cavalli out of the race. Ad Buoyed by her victory, Uttrup Ludwig went on to finish seventh in the battle for yellow – albeit 8’59” off runaway winner Van Vleuten.

Andy Murray says 'demoralising' Monte Carlo defeat to Alex De Minaur was one of the worst of his career

Andy Murray says he put in one of the worst performances of his career in a «demoralising» first-round Monte Carlo Masters defeat to Alex De Minaur. The 35-year-old produced 26 unforced errors and failed to earn a single break point as he collapsed to a 6-1 6-3 defeat on his first appearance at the tournament since 2017. Ad Murray’s miserable display sealed back-to-back first-round tournament exits, following a straight-sets loss to Dusan Lajovic at the Miami Open, and he was furious with his efforts in Monaco.

Ronaldo angered by blow to title hopes of Al-Nassr, opponents hail 'checkmate'

Al-Nassr suffered a huge blow to their hopes of winning the Saudi Professional League after a goalless draw with lowly Al-Feiha, and Cristiano Ronaldo left the pitch in anger after a frustrating performance on Sunday (Apr 9).

Monte Carlo Masters 2023: Andy Murray exits with a whimper to Alex De Minaur after error-strewn display

Andy Murray went out with a whimper at the Monte Carlo Masters as he fell to an error-strewn 6-1 6-3 defeat to 14th seed Alex De Minaur in the first round. The former world No.1 was broken in the opening service game and things went downhill from there as he produced 26 unforced errors and failed to earn a single break point in a disappointing start to his clay court campaign.

Veteran Kadeisha Buchanan latest injury setback for Canada coach Bev Priestman

Canada's injury list has grown ahead of Tuesday's friendly with fifth-ranked France in Le Mans.

Exclusive: Andy Murray targets French Open return - 'I don’t know how many more chances I’ll get'

Andy Murray has outlined his plans to for a busy European clay court season, including a potential French Open return. The former world No.1 has competed at the French Open just once since making the 2017 semi-finals, a first-round exit in 2020. Ad Murray is a four-time semi-finalist and was runner-up in 2016 at the Grand Slam in Paris, but he has battled repeated injury problems in recent years.

Music show: Brandt Brauer Frick on creating club-like free spaces

We also take a look at new releases by Metallica, Feist and Dave Okumu.

Lisandro Martinez shows emotional reaction to Martial goal for Manchester United in new footage

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez emotionally fell to his knees after Anthony Martial doubled Manchester United's lead against Everton.

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'The one to beat' - Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig's quest to dethrone Annemiek van Vleuten at Tour de France Femmes

Andy Murray says 'demoralising' Monte Carlo defeat to Alex De Minaur was one of the worst of his career

Ronaldo angered by blow to title hopes of Al-Nassr, opponents hail 'checkmate'

Monte Carlo Masters 2023: Andy Murray exits with a whimper to Alex De Minaur after error-strewn display

Veteran Kadeisha Buchanan latest injury setback for Canada coach Bev Priestman

Exclusive: Andy Murray targets French Open return - 'I don’t know how many more chances I’ll get'

Music show: Brandt Brauer Frick on creating club-like free spaces

Lisandro Martinez shows emotional reaction to Martial goal for Manchester United in new footage