Breaking Champion jockey Lester Piggott dies aged 86
Lester Piggott, whose Classic haul included nine Derby victories, has died at the age of 86.
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Game 7: Heat, Celtics set to finally decide East champion
MIAMI: Erik Spoelstra didn’t even have to finish the sentence. The Miami Heat coach was speaking in the locker room after a season-extending win in Boston, players and staff standing around him in a semicircle.
'Miss,' 'Mrs.' dropped from Wimbledon champion honour board
Chris Evert appreciates that she, Serena Williams and other Wimbledon women's singles champions will now be listed on the All England Club's honour boards in a Centre Court hallway simply by their first initial and last name — the way the men's title winners always have been — instead of preceded by "Miss" or "Mrs."
French Open champion covers ears and gives salty handshake in rollercoaster loss
Jelena Ostapenko had a salty reaction to her rollercoaster three-set loss in her first French Open night session match on Thursday. The 2017 champion suffered defeat to home hope Alize Cornet and covered her ears to shut out the cheers of the French fans before storming off following a frosty handshake with her conqueror.
Loreburn Primary pupils meet cycling champion Anna Shackley in Dumfries
Loreburn Primary pupils were put through their paces in a fun-filled day with top time-trial cycle champion Anna Shackley to help promote the British National Road Race Championships in Dumfries next month.
World champion Tammara Thibeault headlines Canada's boxing team for Commonwealth Games
Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault, who fought her way to a world championship gold medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Istanbul last week, will lead Canada's team at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
French Open: Former champion Halep knocked out by Chinese teenager Zheng
Simona Halep crashed out in the second round of the French Open on Thursday as she failed to find a way past the aggressive game of Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen and fell to a 2-6 6-2 6-1 loss. Halep, who lifted the trophy at Roland Garros in 2018 before winning Wimbledon the following year, came into the contest on Court Simonne Mathieu having won her only prior meeting against the 19-year-old Zheng in straight sets in Melbourne in January. The 30-year-old Romanian got off to a flying start by dominating play from the baseline, breezing through the opening set and going up a break before Zheng, ranked 74th in the world took control.
Former champion Halep knocked out by Chinese teenager Zheng
PARIS : Former world number one Simona Halep crashed out in the second round of the French Open on Thursday as she failed to find a way past the aggressive game of Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen and fell to a 2-6 6-2 6-1 loss.