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Evans wins Rome's crash-hit Formula E race as Cassidy goes top

ROME : Jaguar's Mitch Evans won a crash-halted first of two Formula E races in Rome on Saturday, as fellow New Zealander Nick Cassidy retook the overall lead in the electric championship for Envision Racing.

Saudi Arabia wins record medal haul at 15th Arab Games

ALGERIA: Saudi players concluded their participation in the 15th Arab Games in Algeria on July 14, winning nine medals on the final day of the tournament. The victories raised the total number of Saudi medals to 47, with the Kingdom’s athletes taking part in 17 games, including 14 Olympic and three Paralympic, breaking the previous record of 45 medals at the 2011 tournament in Doha, Qatar. Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, head of the Saudi delegation in the tournament, crowned Saudi karate star Sanad Sufyani, who snatched gold in the +84 kg competition after defeating his Jordanian opponent, Mahmoud Sajjan, at the end of the karate games.

Arsenal sign Declan Rice from West Ham for a deal worth a reported $138m

LONDON: England midfielder Declan Rice joined Arsenal for a deal worth a reported 105 million pounds ($138 million) on Saturday, ending his nine-year association with West Ham. The fee wasn’t officially announced by either club, but West Ham said the 24-year-old Rice was moving for a British-record transfer fee. Arsenal are reportedly paying an initial fee of 100 million pounds, plus add-ons.