Sarah Healy wins gold at Continental Tour meet in Turku
Ireland's Sarah Healy delivered a superb performance in Finland to take gold in the 1500m at the Continental Tour meet in Turku.
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'Nothing is lost yet' - Remco Evenepoel upbeat about recovery despite fading late at Stage 3 of Tour de Suisse
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) insists ‘nothing is lost yet’ after he tried and failed to push to the top of the general classification standings at Stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse. The world champion is bidding for glory in Switzerland and went on the attack with 6km to go on the climb up Villars-sur-Ollon. Ad However, a sluggish finish saw the Belgian come fourth, with Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) taking a victory that leaves him 17 seconds ahead of Evenepoel in the GC.
Andreescu posts straight-sets win over Turkish opponent to begin play at Libema Open
Canada's Bianca Andreescu defeated Turkey's Zenyep Sonmez 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday in first-round play at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Saudi Arabian Football Federation, CIES Football Observatory launch online research platform
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has announced a partnership with the CIES Football Observatory to launch a SAFF-based online research platform for the men’s professional game. The collaboration agreement will allow CIES Football Observatory to create and develop a platform that will include competitions’ data on demographics, and technical and physical performance covering players, clubs, leagues, and national teams.
Turkiye turns to quest for hosting football Euros after Champions League final
GENEVA: Turkiye’s quest to host the men’s European Championship is among the great unfulfilled goals in world soccer. Having newly re-elected state President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sit next to UEFA leader Aleksander Čeferin at the Champions League final in Istanbul on Saturday should only help before Turkiye’s next two tournament bids are put to votes on Oct. 10.
Player ratings: Manchester City, champions of nearly everything
Manchester City are the champions of Europe after their triumph in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League final, a hard-fought victory over Inter Milan on Saturday.
Yannick Mettler to join Theeba Motorsport as fourth driver for Spa 24H
Yannick Mettler will join Reema Juffali, Ralf Aron and Alain Valente as they compete around Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the fourth round of the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe and the third round of competition this season for Theeba Motorsport.
Al Ahly wins record-extending 11th African Champions League title
His goal cancelled the lead Yahia Attiyat Allah gave the defending champions and earned the Cairo club a 3-2 aggregate victory after building a 2-1 first-leg lead seven days ago.