French pair have World Cup bans confirmed
LONDON :France captain Manae Feleu and loose forward Axelle Berthoumieu will miss the rest of the Women’s Rugby World Cup after a disciplinary committee on Tuesday confirmed the players' bans.
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PSG fear impact of injuries as they put Champions League title on the line
PARIS: There is the sense that the new season gets up and running for real this week for Paris Saint-Germain as they begin their defense of the Champions League title amid doubts as to how much longer their squad can handle being pushed to the limit by a crowded calendar. PSG host Atalanta on Wednesday for their first game in Europe, three and a half months after their stunning 5-0 destruction of Inter Milan in last season’s final in Munich. Luis Enrique’s team will also entertain Bayern, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United in the league phase, with trips to Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Athletic Bilbao and to Lisbon to face Sporting on the horizon too. Those are tough games, although PSG’s poor start in last season’s Champions League has shown that they might not need to be at their very best immediately. The French champions lost three of eight league phase games last season, but still won Europe’s elite club competition for the first time following a dazzling run of form from the turn of the year. The concern now, however, is that last season’s exertions could catch up with them and seriously jeopardize their chances of retaining the trophy. The Parisians played 65 games during 2024/25, in a season spanning 11 months.
Global football campaign aims to boycott Israel
LONDON: Major football federations are being pressured to boycott matches against Israel as part of a new global campaign launched by high-profile organizations and figures from the world’s most popular sport.
Why Seattle's playoff hopes could rest on Dominique Malonga - ESPN
DOMINIQUE MALONGA SETTLES her 6-foot-6 frame into a chair in a Brooklyn hotel on a hot July 4 evening. The Seattle Storm rookie is fresh off a practice at Barclays Center after arriving in New York from Atlanta that afternoon.
PSG more confident than last season despite injuries, Luis Enrique says
Paris St Germain are more confident than last season as they begin their Champions League title defence at home to Atalanta, manager Luis Enrique said, despite key forwards Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue being sidelined.
Holloway's long reign as world champion ends in high hurdles semis
TOKYO :Olympic gold medallist Grant Holloway failed to get through the semi-finals of the 110 metres hurdles at the world championships on Tuesday, guaranteeing a new champion in the event in Tokyo.
Athletics-Holloway’s long reign as world champion ends in high hurdles semis
The 27-year-old American won the last three world titles over six yearsMason’s 13.12 was the top time of the three semifinals ahead of world leader Cordell TinchTOKYO: Olympic gold medallist Grant Holloway failed to get through the semifinals of the 110 meters hurdles at the world championships on Tuesday, guaranteeing a new champion in the event in Tokyo.The 27-year-old American won the last three world titles over six years but only finished sixth in 13.52 seconds in a highly competitive third semi won by Jamaican Tyler Mason.Mason’s 13.12 was the top time of the three semifinals ahead of world leader Cordell Tinch of the United States (13.16) and Japan’s Rachid Muratake (13.17), whose performance drew a rapturous cheer from the crowd at the National Stadium.American Ja’Kobe Tharp (13.19) and French young gun Just Kwaou-Mathey (13.22) went through to the final later on Tuesday as the two “fastest losers,” the latter by two thousandths of a second from Jamaica’s Demario Prince.
Champions League storylines: Will Arsenal finally win? - ESPN
The Champions League returns this week and some of the world's biggest clubs are attempting to dethrone reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain by lifting the European Cup in Budapest, Hungary, next May. Six Premier League teams, Spain's heavyweights of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich will all back themselves to topple PSG, while Italian champions Napoli could be a dangerous outsider.