Cyclist Van der Poel pleads guilty to assault in Australia
Top Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel pleaded guilty on Monday to common assault after being arrested over an altercation with two teenage girls at a Sydney hotel, a court official said.
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Former Chelsea star slams Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold as ‘Championship-level’
Former Chelsea defender Frank Leboeuf has blasted Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold, labelling him a ‘Championship-level’ defender.
Eric Cantona reveals rejected Manchester United job offer and gives verdict on the Glazers
Eric Cantona has revealed that he offered Manchester United his services as their inaugural 'president of football' last year but was turned down by his former club.
Putin orders mobilisation, Italy's elections, Iranian protests, Lebanon closes banks
Polls ahead of Sunday's general election are predicting the hard-right trio of Georgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi are favourites to form the country's 70th coalition government since World War II and the first with a far-right prime minister since the war. Meloni has been squarely on the side of Ukraine in the war with Russia, but her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party also has a proven track record of bashing Brussels.
EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell slams 'sham referendums' held by Russia in Ukraine
Speaking to FRANCE 24 from the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Borrell tells Europe Editor Catherine Nicholson that "nobody is going to recognise" the results of the referendums in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which represent about 15 percent of Ukrainian territory.
"I'll Be There Too": Roger Federer To Be At Next Year's Laver Cup "From A Different Position"
The 2022 Laver Cup was a momentous one in more ways than one. First, it was Roger Federer's final match as a professional tennis player and then Team World won the prestigious competition for the first time. Frances Tiafoe led Team World to their first Laver Cup title as the American saved four match points in a dramatic victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas that denied Roger Federer a farewell trophy on Sunday. While Federer had hoped to mark the end of his career by lifting the trophy in a tournament he helped create, the Swiss legend was left to salute Tiafoe and the rest of the Team World squad.