Skipper John Carroll to miss key EuroBasket qualifiers
Ireland men's captain John Carroll will miss this week’s FIBA EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers against Austria and Switzerland due to a knee injury.
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NFL: Ranking all 32 defences from 'Elite' to 'More Holes Than Swiss Cheese'
In the latest of our tier ranking articles, we take a look at which defences are looking good ahead of the 2022 NFL season, and which teams should be worried with what they have.
Tour de France 2022 – Yellow jersey guide and predictions: Three but not so easy for Tadej Pogacar?
The wait is almost over. The riders are taking in the sights of Copenhagen; all Covid tests have been taken and eleventh-hour substitutes drafted in; Quick-Step have finished toying with fans over their lamentable will-they-won’t-they selection of Mark Cavendish (they won’t); at least seven teams have released new or limited edition Tour kits; even EF Education-EasyPost have awoken from their dreams of dragons and deigned to make their cutesy eight-man squad selection known a few seconds before the deadline… Some 3,328km of rampant riding over the roads of Denmark, France, Belgium and Switzerland now lie in store, along with 20km of cobbles, 18km of exposed sea bridge, over 53km of time trialling, 61 categorised climbs and no fewer than six mountaintop finishes.
Ryan Peniston's Wimbledon journey over in the second round after straight-sets defeat to Steve Johnson
Ryan Peniston's Wimbledon dream is over after losing to Steve Johnson in straight sets, 6-3 6-2 6-4. Britain's Peniston had impressed in the build-up to the tournament, reaching the quarter-finals of Queen's — beating French Open finalist Casper Ruud — and then impressively seeing off Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen in the first round of SW19 for the loss of just nine games.
Xherdan Shaqiri's attempt at swinging from the crossbar at Lyon will forever be hilarious
Xherdan Shaqiri’s spell at Lyon was certainly nothing to write home about.
Xherdan Shaqiri: Ex-Liverpool man's hilarious attempt at swinging from crossbar
Xherdan Shaqiri’s spell at Lyon was certainly nothing to write home about.
Captain Carroll ready to lead the line for Ireland
John Carroll is being thrown into the deep end as the new captain of the Irish men's basketball team ahead of two of their biggest games in recent memory, but it’s something he believes he’s ready for.
List of Tour de France champions
PARIS : List of Tour de France champions since the event was first staged in 1903 (no races during the World Wars):