Verstappen fastest in final US Grand Prix practice
AUSTIN, Texas: Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen was fastest in final practice on Saturday for a US Grand Prix likely to hand the constructors' title to his Red Bull team.
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Pender takes €300,000 purse in Saudi Arabia
Kildare's Mikey Pender claimed a massive victory in Saturday five-star Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, taking the top prize of €300,000.
Motor racing-Verstappen fastest in final US Grand Prix practice
AUSTIN, Texas : Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen was fastest in final practice on Saturday for a U.S. Grand Prix likely to hand the constructors' title to his Red Bull team.
Nottingham Forest shocks Liverpool in 1-0 win
NOTTINGHAM, England: Nottingham Forest produced a shock to beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. The last-place team at the start of the day secured only their second win of the season in the game at the City Ground. Taiwo Awoniyi struck in the 55th-minute to end Liverpool’s mini-revival, which saw them beat Rangers, Manchester City and West Ham in their previous three games.
Marseille fan faces attempted murder charge for crowd unrest
MARSEILLE, France: A supporter of French club Marseille has been handed preliminary charges including attempted murder for allegedly firing a flare that seriously injured a visiting German fan during crowd violence at Stade Velodrome last month. The Marseille public prosecutor’s office on Friday indicted the 26-year-old Marseille supporter, who allegedly launched the flare in the parking lot when Eintracht Frankfurt visited for a Champions League match on Sept. 13.
Kiwis upstage defending champion Australia in T20 World Cup
SYDNEY: Devon Conway and Finn Allen plundered 46 runs off the first three overs to set New Zealand on course for a thumping 89-run win over defending champion Australia on Saturday in the opening game of the Super 12 stage at the Twenty20 World Cup. Less than a year after losing the 2021 final to Australia in Dubai, the New Zealanders dominated immediately after being sent in to bat in overcast conditions and posted 200-3, their highest-ever total in a T20 World Cup game. Australia was bowled out for 111 in 17.1 overs in reply for its biggest-ever defeat in a T20 World Cup game, with Tim Southee taking the first and the last wickets to secure New Zealand’s first win here in 11 years.
FIFA slams unacceptable TV deal offers for Women’s World Cup
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Broadcasters were criticized by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Saturday for what he called unacceptably low offers for rights to screen the Women’s World Cup next year. Offers of just 1 percent of the value of men’s World Cup rights deals have been rejected, Infantino said, for the tournament that starts in July in Australia and New Zealand.
Burgeoning Banyana Banyana handed tough draw for next year's World Cup
Banyana Banyana's focus on prioritising matches against high-class opposition in the build-up to next year's FIFA World Cup now looks even more useful after they were handed a very tough draw for the showpiece next year.