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Sara Byrne one off the lead as Irish all make cut in Rabat

Sara Byrne is in a share of second place at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco after a four-under-par 69 in the second and penultimate round.

D Gukesh Starts Moderately In Freestyle Chess Grand Slam

World Champion D Gukesh began his campaign at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour with three draws and a lone loss, signalling that he is gradually coming to terms with the new format. A brainchild of World's number one Magnus Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the freestyle chess event marks the beginning of what could be a permanent fixture for professional chess players despite a showdown with FIDE, the world's apex chess body. Freestyle basically is a new name given to what was known as the Fischer random chess -- the name attributed to the 11th world champion Bobby Fischer who advocated this format that has the chess pieces randomly set up at the start of the game instead of conventional chess that sees a fixed alignment of forces on both sides.

Alonso urges final push as Leverkusen eye Wolfsburg win to cap hectic run

BERLIN : Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso wants his players to give one last big push as they look to crown an intense phase of nine matches in less than a month with a win at VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

FIFA says January transfer spending reached record levels in 2025

Clubs worldwide spent a record $2.35 billion on international transfers in men's soccer in the January window, nearly a 58 per cent increase from last year, world soccer's governing body FIFA said in a study published on Friday.