Canadian Denis Shapovalov upset at Italian Open
Lithuania's Vilius Gaubus upset 27th-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov in straight sets Friday at the Italian Open tennis tournament.
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‘Mr Dakar’ Peterhansel returns with Defender for 2026
RABAT: ‘Mr Dakar’ Stephane Peterhansel, a record 14 times winner of the Dakar Rally, will return to the gruelling endurance event next year aged 60 as a driver for Jaguar Land Rover’s Defender brand. The Frenchman, who turns 60 in August, did not enter this year after Audi withdrew but will be back in Saudi Arabia next January competing in the Stock category for production-based vehicles.
Rallying-'Mr Dakar' Peterhansel returns with Defender for 2026
'Mr Dakar' Stephane Peterhansel, a record 14 times winner of the Dakar Rally, will return to the gruelling endurance event next year aged 60 as a driver for Jaguar Land Rover's Defender brand.
Sidi Gueye, international basketball prospect, joins Arizona - ESPN
Sidi Gueye, one of the top international prospects in his age group, told ESPN on Wednesday that he has committed to Arizona.
Former Lyon, Celtic forward Dembele buys second-tier Lithuanian club Minija
VILNIUS, Lithuania :Former Celtic, Olympique Lyonnais and Fulham striker Moussa Dembele has bought FK Minija Kretinga, the Lithuanian club confirmed on Monday.
German teen Dedura-Palomero makes most of Monfils' Munich pullout
German teenager Diego Dedura-Palomero said speaking to French veteran Gael Monfils had helped settle him down as he prepared to compete in his first ATP Tour main-draw match.
Day of monster discus throws condemned as 'weather doping'
Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics field events but now some observers are claiming "weather doping" was behind a slew of discus records at a meeting in the United States on Sunday.
Mykolas Alekna Smashes His Own World Discus Record
Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania obliterated his own world discus record with a throw of 75.56 metres on Sunday at the same venue where he set the previous mark a year ago. The Olympic silver medallist became the first man ever to launch a discus further than 75m with his effort in the fourth round at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition in Ramona. That heave improved his mark from 12 months ago by more than a metre. In fact, he first broke the previous record by half a metre with his opening throw of 74.89m.