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Federica Brignone all but locked up the women's overall World Cup title by winning a super-G on Friday in La Thuile, Italy, giving the Italian a near-insurmountable lead in the season standings.
Italy's Federica Brignone had a second career Alpine skiing World Cup overall crystal globe within her grasp after winning a super-G by the smallest possible margin on home snow in La Thuile on Friday.
MUNICH, Germany : Bayern Munich's trip to Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Saturday will not be easy, coach Vincent Kompany said on Friday, with the league leaders desperate to bounce back from last week's shock 3-2 home loss to VfL Bochum.
MELBOURNE : Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur backed Lewis Hamilton to get into his stride quickly at the Italian outfit after the Briton made a slow start in his first free practice sessions at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday.
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PARIS: Athletic Bilbao beat 10-man Roma 3-1 in their Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday, while Eintracht Frankfurt put four past Ajax to book their place in the quarter-finals with a 6-2 aggregate win. Euro 2024 winner Nico Williams grabbed a vital brace as Bilbao overturned a one-goal first-leg deficit to progress 4-3 on aggregate against the Italians. The tie swung dramatically in the hosts’ favor in the 11th minute when veteran Roma center-half Mats Hummels received a straight red card for a last-man tackle on Maroan Sannadi. Bilbao cranked up the pressure and finally found the breakthrough they were so desperately craving three minutes into first-half additional time. Inaki Williams’ cross from the left traveled all the way across the box to his brother at the back post who shot first time, his goalbound effort taking a wicked deflection off Angelino to beat Mile Svilar. A bullet Yuri Berchiche header from a corner gave the Basques a 2-0 lead in the 68th minute at the San Mames and Nico Williams grabbed a fine second eight minutes from time. A 93rd-minute penalty by Leandro Paredes gave the Romans hope in the final seconds, but Bilbao held firm. It was a better evening for fellow Italian capital club Lazio, who progressed 3-2 on aggregate against Viktoria Plzen. Pavel Sulc levelled the tie for the Czechs shortly after half-time, but Alessio Romagnoli nodded in a corner with 19 minutes remaining to tie the score at 1-1 in the Stadio Olimpico and send Lazio through. Elsewhere in the Europa League, goals by Jean-Matteo Bahoya and Hugo Ekitike, as well as a Mario Goetze brace, handed Eintracht Frankfurt a 4-1 home win against Ajax. The German side progressed to the next stage with a 6-2 win over both legs. Nor
Pressure has been growing on some EU members, like Italy and Spain, which have yet to meet NATO’s target spending.
The offices of two parliamentary assistants from the European People’s Party and Renew Europe have been sealed by Belgian judicial authorities amid investigations on alledged bribes from Chinese tech company Huawei to influence EU decision-making.