'An absolutely beautiful moment': How the inaugural Tour de France Femmes can change women's cycling
By Issy Ronald, CNN
Cycling Sport News
'A huge step forward' - Lizzie Deignan hails Tour de France Femmes opportunity for women's cycling
British cycling legend Lizzie Deignan has hailed the Tour de France Femmes as «a huge step forward» and also a massive opportunity for the sport. The 33-year-old, who currently rides for Trek–Segafredo, said she has not yet walked away from the sport because of the «many opportunities» on offer and the momentum that women's cycling now has. Ad/> Speaking on Eurosport's 'Power of Sport' show, Deignan cited the maternity clauses in contracts as making it financially possible for women to return to the sport and also gave her thoughts on the start of the Tour de France Femmes.
'An absolute abomination': Residents hit out after skyscraper rejected for being 'too tall' now could be built - after height reduced by just ONE floor
Plans for a new skyscraper in Manchester which were rejected for being 'too tall' could be approved this week as the developer agrees to remove one floor. The tallest of the buildings planned as part of the 481-apartment scheme off Great Ancoats Street would stand at 33 storeys and feature four fewer flats.
Countries need to balance domestic leagues and international schedule: ICC
The ICC board met in Birmingham and discussed at length how to keep the format alive. "About relevance of ODIs, we talked about the structure of the game an d the way they are incorporated in FTP is countries and fans in different countries have different preferences with regards to formats. I think at this stage there were some discussions not specifically about ODIs but mix of formats within the calendar," ICC CEO Geoff Allardice said on Tuesday.
Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes’ commission
Allyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the International Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission on Thursday.
Tour de France Femmes: Widespread conservatism turned supposed thrilling gravel stage into bit of a damp squib, but why?
Conservative approach neutralises GC on sketchy gravel stage To gravel or not to gravel? That is the question, following today’s somewhat baffling stage of the Tour de France Femmes. Ad/> In a stage widely touted to be the one to light up the general classification, what actually unfolded on the ‘chenin blanc’ of the Champagne region was a reasonably entertaining spectacle, but certainly not one for the ages.
Didn't think of changing my mind on not playing Olympiad: Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand is happy being an "enthusiastic mentor" and never thought of reconsidering his decision of not playing in the Olympiad after it was moved out of Russia and allotted to Chennai. Anand, a five-time world champion, had decided not to participate this time but he will be guiding the Indian team at the showpiece event to be held in Mamallapuram from July 28 to August 10. "No, I did not (consider playing)...
No Significant Change In Number Of ODIs In Next FTP: ICC Chief
With the retirement of England's all-rounder, Ben Stokes from ODIs, the future of the 50-over format has been widely debated, and with the Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the upcoming cycle to be published within the coming days, one can speculate on how many 50-over matches will be present. However, ICC chief executive Geoff Allardice along with chairman Greg Barclay attended a video conference on Wednesday and made it clear that a healthy number of ODIs will be played in the upcoming FTP.