Roma boss Jose Mourinho sends message to Ainsley Maitland-Niles after Arsenal return
Roma boss Jose Mourinho has sent a farewell message to Ainsley Maitland-Niles after the Europa Conference League-winning midfielder returned to parent club Arsenal.
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Fabio Quartararo delighted with 'unexpected' Mugello podium
Defending MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo has said he did not expect a podium finish at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, but that he was delighted with the pace and performance he showed.
Declan Rice in, Jorginho out: Five players Chelsea should sign and sell this summer
A new era at Chelsea is underway after a consortium led by Todd Boehly officially completed its takeover of the Premier League club on Monday, ending 19 trophy-laden years under the ownership of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Lionel Messi Tips Karim Benzema For "Deserved" Ballon d'Or
Real Madrid's France star Karim Benezema deserves to win the Ballon d'Or, according to seven-time laureate Lionel Messi. Benzema was crucial in Madrid's Champions League victory this season, culminating with a 1-0 win over Liverpool in Paris on Saturday. Although he did not score in the final, Benzema's back-to-back hat-tricks in the knock-out rounds, starting with a 17-minute treble against Messi's Paris Saint-Germain to overturn a 2-0 aggregate deficit, were crucial to generating the momentum that swept the Spaniards to the title.
Iga Swiatek Survives Scare Against Injured Zheng Qinwen At French Open, Andrey Rublev Wins
World number one Iga Swiatek survived a scare at the hands of injured Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen on Monday, dropping the first set in their French Open last-16 clash before going on to make the quarter-finals with a 32nd successive win. Swiatek prevailed 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-2 to equal the third best winning streak this century set by Justine Henin 14 years ago. In an 82-minute opening set, 74th-ranked Zheng saved five set points, had two of her own and then clawed her way back from 2/5 down in the tiebreak to stun the top seed.
Lionel Messi tips Karim Benzema for 'deserved' Ballon d'Or
Real Madrid's France star Karim Benezema deserves to win the Ballon d'Or, according to seven-time laureate Lionel Messi. Benzema was crucial in Madrid's Champions League victory this season, culminating with a 1-0 win over Liverpool in Paris on Saturday. Although he did not score in the final, Benzema's back-to-back hat-tricks in the knock-out rounds, starting with a 17-minute treble against Messi's Paris Saint-Germain to overturn a 2-0 aggregate deficit, were crucial to generating the momentum that swept the Spaniards to the title. "There's no doubt, it's very clear that Benzema has had a spectacular year and has ended it by winning the Champions League," Messi told Argentine channel TyC Sports.
World No.2 Daniil Medvedev Knocked Out Of French Open By Marin Cilic
World number two Daniil Medvedev and fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the French Open in the fourth round on Monday as women's top seed Iga Swiatek took her winning streak to 32 matches after surviving a huge scare. US Open champion Medvedev was beaten by 20th seed Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in just 1hr 45 min on Court Philippe Chatrier. Tsitsipas, the 2021 runner-up to Novak Djokovic, was defeated by Danish teenager Holger Rune 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 earlier in the day. Cilic will face Russia's Andrey Rublev in his third career Roland Garros quarter-final.
Davidson to lead first all-female team of referees in men's test
Hollie Davidson will lead the first all-female team of referees to officiate a men's test when she takes charge of a match between Portugal and Italy next month, World Rugby said.