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'UAE Team Emirates made me feel so welcome - I want to repay the faith with more wins'

Approaching the final 300 metres in the Bredene Koksijde, I was just focused on victory. There was no panic, no cloudiness in my thought process, no second-guessing of my judgement, I was laser focused on the job in hand; a job that I’d managed to accomplish once in my career already, so this wasn’t a step into the unknown. Having attacked a little too late in the race in previous years, I saw my gap with 300m to go and launched my sprint with everything I had left and took home my first victory in UAE colours.

U.S. sprint star quartet meets at 200m at USATF Golden Games at Mt. SAC

World champion Christian Coleman and Olympic medalists Fred Kerley, Rai Benjamin and Michael Norman meet at 200m at the USATF Golden Games at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday, live at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC, NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app.

A U.S. women’s marathon era nobody predicted hits Boston

New U.S. road running star Molly Seidel streamed the Houston Marathon on Jan. 16 and saw another American, Keira D’Amato, break the 16-year-old national record in the women’s marathon.

Long Beach leftovers: Chevy’s new approach; Newgarden’s quest; Herta team’s early errors

LONG BEACH, California – The streets of this port city welcomed the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach back to its beloved traditional springtime date for the first time in three years last weekend.

Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2022: Who will be crowned Queen of the Cobbles at Hell of the North?

Paris-Roubaix Femmes is back for its second edition this weekend, the women taking on the famously brutal cobble stones of northern France on Saturday as the race returns to its customary spring slot in the calendar. Last year’s winner Lizzie Deignan is not returning to defend her trophy, sitting out the 2022 season as she is expecting her second child. That leaves the field relatively open but there are a few familiar faces on the starting list that are definitely worth keeping an eye on.

‘It’s not about taking part, it’s about winning’ – UCI chief David Lappartient on diversity in cycling

If professional cycling is to grow, it needs to reach beyond its traditional white, male, middle-aged audiences. That’s the view of UCI president David Lappartient, shared with The Cycling Show this week. Lappartient believes that to find new audiences, it needs to offer new role models, from beyond the heartlands of Western Europe.

Emma Hinze: 'I don’t intend to emulate any records, I just want to do it my way'

German track sprinter Emma Hinze lifts the lid on the high-pressure environment of the UCI Track Champions League in episode three of Back on Track — set to air on Monday 18 April. In the latest show, the league’s inaugural Sprint champion addresses the media’s natural comparisons made between her and German track cycling legend Kristina Vogel.

Dog-lovers speak out in favour of banning 'barbaric' and 'horrendous' breeding of Pugs and French Bulldogs

Dog-lovers have been speaking out in favour of banning the 'barbaric' breeding of Pugs and French Bulldogs, after a pet charity vowed to try and end the breeding of the dogs across the country. It comes as the UK could see a 'crackdown' on the dangerous breeding of the popular dogs.

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'UAE Team Emirates made me feel so welcome - I want to repay the faith with more wins'

U.S. sprint star quartet meets at 200m at USATF Golden Games at Mt. SAC

A U.S. women’s marathon era nobody predicted hits Boston

Long Beach leftovers: Chevy’s new approach; Newgarden’s quest; Herta team’s early errors

Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2022: Who will be crowned Queen of the Cobbles at Hell of the North?

‘It’s not about taking part, it’s about winning’ – UCI chief David Lappartient on diversity in cycling

Emma Hinze: 'I don’t intend to emulate any records, I just want to do it my way'

Dog-lovers speak out in favour of banning 'barbaric' and 'horrendous' breeding of Pugs and French Bulldogs