Rory McIlroy turns heads at Wimbledon by sporting his Masters green jacket at Center Court
History is made as Rory McIlroy goes back-to-back as Masters Champion.
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A year after Wimbledon heartache, Dimitrov sees off Berrettini for return to fourth round
LONDON, July 4 : A year after a devastating injury ended his Wimbledon campaign, Grigor Dimitrov returned to the fourth round with a 6-3 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 victory over Matteo Berrettini on Saturday for a chance to rewrite the chapter where his dream unravelled.
Antonelli follows up sprint win with British GP pole
SILVERSTONE, England, July 4 : Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli was too fast for Ferrari, and dealt another stinging blow to Mercedes teammate George Russell, as the Italian seized pole position for the British Grand Prix on Saturday after winning an earlier sprint race.
Wimbledon women's draw blasted open as Swiatek and Rybakina crash
LONDON, July 4 : Two gaping holes were blasted into the women's draw at Wimbledonon Saturday as defending champion Iga Swiatek was outplayed by Filipino crowd-pleaser Alexandra Eala and second seed Elena Rybakina was sent packing by Belgian Elise Mertens.
Vingegaard takes yellow jersey as Tour de France begins with team time trial
BARCELONA: Jonas Vingegaard took an early lead in his quest for a third Tour de France title as the Visma-Lease a Bike rider recorded the fastest time in stage one — a 19.6-km team time trial in Barcelona — with a finish in 21 minutes and 47 seconds on Saturday. Italian Filippo Ganna (Netcompany-Ineos) finished eight seconds slower, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was third, coming in 12 seconds behind Denmark’s Vingegaard, who claimed the yellow jersey for the first time since 2023.
Egypt coach dedicates historic World Cup win to ‘good people’ of Palestine
BEIRUT: Shortly after Egypt made history by reaching a World Cup 16th round for first time by beating Australia, their coach celebrated the victory by waving a Palestinian flag. Hossam Hassan’s players had just won their Round of 32 match against Australia in a penalty shootout at Dallas Stadium on Friday when he carried a Palestinian flag and headed to one of the corners to celebrate the historic win. Videos of Hassan celebrating while carrying the flags of Palestine and Egypt went viral. “My heart and soul are with the good people of Palestine. I thank them very much for being happy for us.
Kimi Antonelli beats Lewis Hamilton in sprint race at F1’s British Grand Prix
SILVERSTONE: Kimi Antonelli returned to winning ways on Saturday by denying Lewis Hamilton a crowd-pleasing home victory in the sprint race ahead of the British Grand Prix. Hamilton started on pole and held off Antonelli until lap eight of 17, when the Italian swept past with the help of electrical power. “Let’s go! Let’s go!” Antonelli told the team over the radio after taking the win. Lando Norris took third in McLaren’s white-and-green throwback livery after winning a thrilling back-and-forth battle with George Russell and Max Verstappen early on. Antonelli’s first win since last month’s Monaco Grand Prix stretched his Formula 1 standings lead to 43 points over teammate Russell, who was fourth after starting fifth. Russell had been complaining of a “strange” lack of pace in qualifying the day before, a setback after his win at the Austrian Grand Prix last week had boosted the British driver’s title chances. Qualifying is later Saturday for Sunday’s British Grand Prix.
Confident Japan punish Italy in 27-10 win in Tokyo
TOKYO, July 4 : Japan secured an emphatic win against Italy in front of a sold-out crowd in Tokyo on Saturday evening to kick off their Nations Championship challenge.
Popovic targets elite status to gain respect for Australia
ARLINGTON, Texas, July 3 : Australia coach Tony Popovic wants them to establish themselves among world football's elite in an effort to gain greater respect from officials after seeing his side exit the World Cup in a penalty shootout against Egypt on Friday.