Canada's Vallieres claims shock women's road race world title
KIGALI :Canada's Magdeleine Vallieres took a surprise gold in the women's road race at the UCI road world championships after a decisive attack on the final climb on Saturday.
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International Paralympic Committee lifts partial suspensions of Russia, Belarus
The International Paralympic Committee has lifted the partial suspensions of Russia and Belarus.
Sinner survives to sink qualifier as Swiatek launches Beijing bid
BEIJING: Jannik Sinner survived a scare to sink French qualifier Terence Atmane 6-4, 7-5, 6-0 at the China Open on Saturday as Iga Swiatek launched her title bid. The world number two Italian Sinner will face 57th-ranked Fabian Marozsan of Hungary in the Beijing quarter-finals. “It was a very tough match today,” four-time Grand Slam champion Sinner said. “I felt like he was serving great.” Sinner said that he lost a bit of concentration during the second set but quickly recovered to steamroll past the 68th-ranked Atmane in the deciding set. “I started off very well in the third set then I saw (Atmane) struggling a bit physically. “It’s not how you want to win a match but very happy to be again in the next round.” Atmane declared it would be a fight with two aces in the first game and made Sinner work for the first set. Atmane sent down six more aces in the second and broke the 24-year-old Sinner to force a deciding set. With the Frenchman flagging, Sinner raced to victory. In the women’s draw, Swiatek breezed past home player Yuan Yue, cruising into round three with a 6-0, 6-3 victory. The world number two from Poland next faces Colombia’s Camila Osorio, ranked 83rd. Swiatek broke early to set the tone for an ultimately one-sided match against Yuan, winning the first set without dropping a game when the wildcard from China fired long. Cheered on by her home crowd, the world no.
Disappointed Wallabies coach bemoans inconsistent refereeing
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt said inconsistent refereeing was making his job harder after his side went down 33-24 to New Zealand on Saturday to lose any the chance of regaining the Bledisloe Cup for another year.
Bagnaia regains form with Japanese GP sprint win, Marquez on brink of title
MOTEGI, Japan :Twice MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia roared back to form as he won the Japanese Grand Prix sprint from pole position on Saturday, while his Ducati teammate Marc Marquez put himself within touching distance of a seventh MotoGP title by coming second.
Bagnaia smashes lap record to storm to pole at Japanese MotoGP
MOTEGI, Japan :Twice MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia clinched his second pole position of the season when the Ducati rider stormed to a lap record in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday.
Turkish soccer leader urges FIFA, UEFA to suspend Israel
ISTANBUL: Turkiye on Friday became the first UEFA member to publicly call for Israel to be suspended from soccer, calling the situation in Gaza “inhumane and unacceptable.” Turkish Football Federation president Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu’s letter to international soccer leaders came as European body UEFA moves toward a vote to suspend Israel, whose men’s team is in the middle of qualifying for next year’s World Cup. “It is now time for FIFA and UEFA to act,” Haciosmanoglu wrote in the letter quoted by the Anadolu news agency. “Despite positioning themselves as defenders of civic values and peace, the sporting world and football institutions have remained silent for far too long,” the Turkish official said. Haciosmanoglu is not on the 20-member UEFA ruling committee, which is expected to have a majority to exclude Israel if a vote is called. The committee includes Israel soccer leader Moshe Zuares, who was elected in April. The head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, is closely aligned with 2026 World Cup co-host the United States and President Donald Trump so is seen as unlikely to back a move to suspend Israel. The US State Department said on Thursday it will work to stop any efforts aiming to ban Israel’s team from the World Cup. Infantino chairs a meeting of FIFA’s ruling council next Thursday in Zurich. Norway hosts Israel in a World Cup qualifier in Oslo on Oct.
Hamilton misses F1 tire test to care for his seriously ill dog Roscoe
SCARPERIA E SAN PIERO, Italy: Lewis Hamilton missed a chance to test Formula 1’s 2026 tires for Ferrari on Friday as he stayed with his bulldog Roscoe, who was in a coma following a pneumonia infection. Hamilton said Roscoe was resuscitated after his heart stopped while under sedation for pneumonia treatment.