Canada races to women's eight bronze at world rowing championships
Canada's women's eight rowing team continued its medal-winning ways at the world championships on Sunday.
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Texas shuffles NASCAR Cup playoff standings
Texas marked the fourth consecutive playoff race that the winner didn’t advance to the next round.
The Roger Federer 20: Swiss legend's greatest and most important matches ranked after retirement from tennis
Roger Federer is officially retired from tennis. The 20-time Grand Slam champion called time on a legendary career after playing alongside great rival and friend Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup, losing to Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe in his final competitive outing. Ad ‘Fedal’ were beaten 4-6 7-6(2) 11-9 by the Team World duo in London in an emotional showing at the O2.
Spain will play Portugal like it's a final, says Luis Enrique
BRAGA : Spain manager Luis Enrique said his full-strength side will be totally focused when they visit Portugal in the League A-Group 2 decider on Tuesday for a place in the Nations League final four.
ITV Loose Women fans think they noticed Janet Street-Porter's 'sly dig' at Phil and Holly over 'Queuegate'
Loose Women fans took to Twitter after panellist Janet Street-Porter appeared to make a reference to the 'Queuegate' row surrounding ITV colleagues Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. The panel on the ITV talk show were discussing being woken up by a cockerel when Janet told a story about being jolted from a nice dream by her dog Badger having a nightmare.
Bourne finishes rollercoaster season with silver
George Bourne rode the wave of a topsy-turvy season to chisel out silver at the World Rowing Championships. The Cambridge rower joined forces with Harry Leask, Matt Haywood and Thomas Barras to reach the podium in the men's quad sculls in RaÄice, Czech Republic. Ad Bourne's season began in the double with Haywood and ended on the global rostrum on his first appearance at the Championships.
George hoping tough world lessons will propel him to Paris
Cheltenham rower Tom George wants the tough lessons brought by world bronze to propel him to the Paris Olympics. George and crewmate Ollie Wynne-Griffith overhauled Serbia in the final few strokes to claw their way onto the podium at the World Championships in RaÄice, Czech Republic. Ad But the 27-year-old was gunning for gold and rued a sluggish start for slipping behind Romania and Spain, consigned to the minor medals.
Stewart starts new chapter for British rowing with World Championship gold
Will Stewart started a new chapter in the storied history of the British men's four with gold at the World Rowing Championships. The British quartet of Stewart, Samuel Nunn, Freddie Davidson and David Ambler roared to victory in the men's four in RaÄice, Czech Republic. Ad The boat class is a storied one for British rowing with a run of five successive Olympic triumphs coming to a dramatic end in Tokyo last summer.