Soccer-France bids for 2025 women’s Euros
PARIS (Reuters) - France announced on Thursday that it was bidding to host the 2025 European Women’s Championship, formally entering a crowded field to secure the tournament.
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Winning Afcon would help Mo Salah get best footballer awards, says Ruud Gullit
Former Dutch national team footballer Ruud Gullit said winning the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) would help Mohamed Salah's claims to be crowned the best player on the planet.
France bids for 2025 women’s Euros
PARIS : France announced on Thursday that it was bidding to host the 2025 European Women’s Championship, formally entering a crowded field to secure the tournament.
Ski jumping-'Snow Ruyi' the star of the show for now
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : An ever-present in Olympic competition since the 1924 Games in Chamonix, ski jumping has seen a raft of changes over the years, but it has arguably never had a more spectacular venue than the "Snow Ruyi" facility purpose-built for the Beijing Games.
Four Tennis Players Including Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna Included In TOPS Core Group Till Asian Games
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan were on Thursday included in the core group of athletes under the Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) till the Hangzhou Asian Games later this year. The decision to include quartet for support under TOPS was taken at a meeting of the Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell after receiving a request from the All India Tennis Association (AITA). Besides, the MOC also approved Rs 3.62 lakh to teenage archer Manjiri Alone for purchase of a recurve bow set. She won bronze in the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships in Wroclaw, Poland in August last year.
Four tennis players including Sania, Bopanna included in TOPS core group till Asiad
Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan were on Thursday included in the core group of athletes under the Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) till the Hangzhou Asian Games later this year. The decision to include quartet for support under TOPS was taken at a meeting of the Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell after receiving a request from the All India Tennis Association (AITA).
In times of Messi and Ronaldo, Lewandowski is undervalued: Ruud Gullit
Laureus World Sports Academy, Gullit took questions from TOI and other select journalists on the best footballers on the planet. Excerpts… Robert Lewandowski has been nominated again for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award. Has he now overtaken Lionel Messi as the number one footballer?I think he has been very unlucky that he is playing in an era with (Cristiano) Ronaldo and Messi.
ERC star Marczyk congratulates Cais for WRC heroics
Miko Marczyk has praised Erik Cais for his standout performance on Rallye Monte-Carlo last month. Marczyk and Cais were frontrunners in last season’s FIA European Rally Championship – the established feeder category to the WRC – with Marczyk winning the ERC-MICHELIN Talent Factory ahead of several young stars, including Cais, in his ORLEN Team Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo.