Mbappe scores twice on Parc des Princes return, Marseille struggle in French league
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain returned to winning ways and Kylian Mbappe returned to the Parc des Princes with a bang on Saturday.
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World champions gold rush for Lyles, Richardson and Kipyegon
BUDAPEST: Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson, the two faces of the World Athletics Championships, won their third and second golds respectively by anchoring the US to 4x100m relay triumphs in Budapest on Saturday.
DSM-Firmenich win opening team TT as Vuelta starts in the rain
BARCELONA, Spain : Dutch outfit Team DSM-Firmenich took an unexpected victory as the 78th Vuelta a Espana began with a rain-soaked team time trial around the streets of Barcelona on Saturday.
Kenya's Kipyegon claims 5,000m win for second gold in Budapest
BUDAPEST : Kenya's Faith Kipyegon secured victory in the 5,000 metres on Saturday, having already captured gold in the 1,500m.
Vettel texted Verstappen his support in record bid
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands : Sebastian Vettel will have no hard feelings if Max Verstappen equals on Sunday the retired German's decade-old Formula One record of nine wins in a row.
Max Verstappen grabs Dutch Grand Prix pole
Red Bull ace Max Verstappen claimed pole position for his home Dutch Grand Prix after qualifying at Zandvoort on Saturday.
Max Verstappen Soaks Up Pressure To Claim Pole At Home Dutch Grand Prix
Max Verstappen claimed pole position for his home Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday to the delight of his orange army of fans packing the stands at Zandvoort. McLaren's Lando Norris will start alongside the Red Bull double world champion on the front row of Sunday's race. A runaway leader by 125 points in the championship Verstappen has a perfect record since his home event returned to the F1 calendar in 2021, starting from the front of the grid and winning both races. In tricky changeable conditions at the unforgiving seaside circuit two red flags led to a frantic closing couple of minutes - just time to nail one final flying lap. And not for the first time Verstappen produced the goods.
Max Verstappen Tops Storm-Hit Final Practice At Dutch Grand Prix
Max Verstappen shrugged off a storm to top an action-packed third practice at his home Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday. Red Bull's double world champion coped best with a Zandvoort circuit hit by heavy rain forcing his thousands of fans to don their plastic ponchos. Verstappen, 25, seeking to match Sebastian Vettel's record of nine consecutive wins on Sunday, was just under fourth tenths of a second quicker than George Russell for Mercedes, with Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull in third. Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin, and Lewis Hamilton in the other Mercedes completed the top five. McLaren's Lando Norris, who had bettered Verstappen in Friday second practice, came in 10th, one place behind Charles Leclerc, the fastest of the two Ferraris.