Fifteen stadiums, five cities in Saudi 2034 World Cup bid
Saudi Arabia, the only bidder for the 2034 World Cup, will host the 48-team tournament in fifteen stadiums across five cities, including eight in the capital, state media said on Wednesday.
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Judo-Georgian Bekauri retains judo title, Croatia's Matic wins historic gold
PARIS : Georgia's Lasha Bekauri retained the men's under 90kg judo title he won in Tokyo three years ago, while Croatia's Barbara Matic won her country's first gold medal of the Paris Games on Wednesday in the under 70kg category.
Jürgen Klopp 'rules out' return as England, USMNT manager - ESPN
Jürgen Klopp has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant positions as coach of the United States and England men's teams and said he would «rule out» a return to coaching following his departure from Liverpool at the end of last season.
Equestrian: Von Bredow-Werndl tops qualifying as Werth seeks record medal
VERSAILLES, France: Germany's reigning champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl got the best score of the Olympic dressage so far during the second day of qualifiers on Wednesday as the top 15 riders present in Paris all made the cut.
Diving: China's Quan and Chen claim gold in women's synchronised 10m platform
PARIS: China's Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi won gold in the women's synchronised 10-metre platform event on Wednesday (Jul 31), extending the country's winning streak in diving.
Ukraine's 1st medal of Paris Olympics won by fencer who refused to shake Russian opponent's hand
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'That's It For Me As A Coach' Says Ex-Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klopp has ruled out a return to coaching in the near future, including for the vacant England job, saying Wednesday "as of today, that's it for me as a coach". Speaking at a German Football Coaches Association meeting in Wuerzburg, the former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund mentor said: "I didn't decide to stop on a whim, it was a general decision." Klopp stood down as Liverpool boss at the end of the 2023-24 season citing exhaustion after 23 years in club management. The 57-year-old was almost immediately linked to several vacant jobs, including as England coach when manager Gareth Southgate stood down the Three Lions lost the Euro 2024 final in Berlin.
Paris Olympics: Anush Agarwalla Makes History In Individual Dressage Despite Elimination
India's lone rider, Anush Agarwalla, astride Sir Caramello Old, finished ninth in Group E in the Dressage Grand Prix Individual Qualifier round of the 2024 Olympics Equestrian competitions in Versailles, France on Wednesday. The ninth-place finish in his group meant, Agarwalla, the 24-year-old from Kolkata who has been training in Germany since he was 17, was eliminated from the competition in the first stage. But it was still a good enough achievement for Indian equestrian as Agarwalla became the first Indian to compete in dressage at the Summer Olympic Games after achieving the Minimum Eligibility Requirement (MER) four times to obtain a quota for the country.