West Ham cruise into Conference League group stage
PARIS: West Ham shrugged off their dismal Premier League start to ease into the Europa Conference League group stage on Thursday with a 6-1 aggregate rout of Viborg in their playoff tie.
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Roger Federer highest paid player in 2022 despite year-long absence: Forbes
Roger Federer retained his place at the top of the list of the world's highest paid tennis players for a 17th year despite not playing a match for nearly 14 months, Forbes has revealed. Federer, 41, has not featured since Wimbledon last year after he had another operation on his knee, which has bothered the Swiss great in the twilight of his career. However, the 20-times Grand Slam champion still raked in an estimated $90 million before taxes and agents' fees over the last 12 months to top the list, with the money coming from "endorsements, appearances and other business endeavours".
Robbie Neilson proud despite Hearts crashing out of Europa League
Robbie Neilson was proud of his Hearts players for putting FC Zurich under “massive pressure” before Jorge Grant’s second-half red card swung their Europa League play-off back in favour of the Swiss champions.
Duplantis soars to pole vault victory on banks of Lake Geneva
LAUSANNE: Olympic champion and world record holder Armand Duplantis won the Lausanne Diamond League pole vault competition staged on the banks of Lake Geneva on Thursday (Aug 25).
Marie-Philip Poulin paces Canada over Finland in women's hockey worlds opener
Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse each had goal and an assist for Canada in a 4-1 win over Finland to open the women's world hockey championship Thursday.
Canada's Fernandez draws France's Dodin in 1st round as U.S. Open draw is finalized
Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu learned their first-round opponents at the 2022 U.S. Open Thursday as the Canadians look to make another deep run at the final tennis major of the season.
Is ‘pump tourism’ a new travel trend? More Swiss cars spotted filling up in France
Switzerland has a privileged position at the heart of Europe. Not only do residents have the glorious Swiss Alps and azure lakes to explore, they can easily border hop to other amazing destinations in Austria, France, Germany and Italy.
John McEnroe on Roger Federer’s tennis return: ‘He won’t go the Australian Open to lose in the first round’
Eurosport expert John McEnroe believes Roger Federer won’t return to Grand Slam action “to lose in the first round” with the Swiss star set to make his comeback to tennis in September. Federer has been out of action since his defeat to Hubert Hurkacz at the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last year as he underwent knee surgery. Ad The 20-time Grand Slam champion has since dropped out of the top 1000 in the ATP rankings for the first time since 1997.