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Thibaut Pinot refuses to be drawn on an official date for his retirement. Pinot, 33, is preparing for what is supposed to be his final ever Tour de France after being selected by the Groupama-FDJ team. Ad First, however, he will head to the French National Championships road race, which starts on June 25.
Yamaha and their Road Racing Manager Andrea Dosoli are still hopeful of luring Franco Morbidelli to World Superbike from MotoGP. Yamaha are set to lose Toprak Razgatlioglu to BMW at the end of the 2023 season and are exploring options for a possible replacement to go alongside Andrea Locatelli, signed until 2025. Ad One option could be Morbidelli, who was spotted in the garage at the recent Italian World Superbike Grand Prix at Imola and currently races for Yamaha in MotoGP.
Fabio Jakobsen’s bike “is in three pieces” but the Soudal-QuickStep rider is “okay” after his crash in Stage 4 of the Tour de France, according to the team’s directeur sportif, Tom Steels. After a day of little drama, there were chaotic scenes in the final few kilometres when several riders crashed as the pack made their way round the tarmac track of the motor-racing circuit in Nogaro. Ad One was Dutchman Jakobsen.
France captain Kylian Mbappe took time out from fielding questions about his club future to score a goal and assist another as Les Bleus beat Gibraltar 3-0 in Portugal. Didier Deschamps picked a strong French line-up and they went ahead inside the first three minutes, with Giroud nodding in at the back post. Ad One might have expected a flurry of goals to follow, but a combination of France moving the ball slowly and dogged Gibraltar defending kept the lead at just one until first-half stoppage time.
West Ham and Fiorentina have been charged by UEFA following incidents during Wednesday’s Europa Conference League final in Prague. The Premier League club have been charged with invasion of the field of play and throwing of objects, and their opponents have been charged with throwing of objects and the lighting of fireworks.
Coco Cauff says world No.1 Iga Swiatek is the toughest opponent to face on tour after failing to beat the Pole in any of their six previous meetings. Gauff overcame Veronika Kudermetova in three sets to reach the last 16 in Stuttgart on Wednesday and will face Anastasia Potopova next. Ad One thing she might be relieved to see is that Swiatek is on the other side of the draw, so any potential battle between the top and fifth seeds will have to wait until the final.
Eurosport expert Mats Wilander believes Novak Djokovic is “playing a percentage game” after the Serbian revealed his “objective is longevity” in the final part of his tennis career. Djokovic turns 36 years old in May, ahead of the French Open, where he will hope to win his 23rd Grand Slam to move ahead of Rafael Nadal in the so-called ‘GOAT race’. Ad One of Djokovic’s biggest rivals, Roger Federer, retired in September at the Laver Cup at the age of 41.
Picking a winner at Indian Wells over the last few years has been difficult. Did anyone have Cameron Norrie beating Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2021 final? Or Paula Badosa the same year? Or wild card Bianca Andreescu in 2019? Even Taylor Fritz last year? Ad One of the biggest tournaments of the season, Indian Wells will see most of the top players – aside from Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal – competing over the next 10 days. ATP Indian WellsIndian Wells: Schedule, draw, seeds, prize money plus Djokovic and Nadal updatesYESTERDAY AT 11:03 But given it has been so unpredictable in recent seasons, who could cause a surprise this time around? Cameron Norrie — World No.