4 Celtic transfer priorities after Jota and Bernabei with new striker and the next Tom Rogic high on the agenda
You get the feeling things are yet to properly get going at Celtic this summer.
Slalom Sport News
Laurence Whiteley retires from rowing after double Paralympic success
Two-time Paralympic champion Laurence Whiteley has retired from the GB Rowing Team. After a nine year career in the sport, the 30-year-old is stepping away to pursue “a new direction”. Ad/> Having waited to find the right partner for 18 months, Whiteley teamed up with Lauren Rowles in 2015, and it proved to be a dream pairing in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls.
Franklin celebrates birthday with World Cup gold in Krakow
Britain's Mallory Franklin was satisfied with a job well done as she celebrated her 28th birthday in style with canoe slalom World Cup gold in Krakow. The Olympic silver medallist, who claimed European gold last month, surged to the top of the podium with a time of 103.31 seconds — 1.17 seconds ahead Marjorie Delassus of France.
Eden Hazard hopes Nations League form for Belgium can spark revival in Real Madrid career
On the evening of Real Madrid’s arrival back in the Spanish capital parading the club’s 14th European Cup, Eden Hazard took the microphone that was being passed around as the heroes of the victory over Liverpool celebrated at the city’s Cibeles fountain. It was a surprising gesture. Hazard was not, by any stretch of the imagination, one of the campaign’s heroes.
Remembering the magic of Belle Isle
Last Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear was an epic way for the 2.35-mile racetrack to sign off its time on the IndyCar schedule. Will Power’s triumph by one second over Alexander Rossi meant the Team Penske ace landed Chevrolet’s 100th win since it returned to the sport at the start of the 2.2-liter V6 twin-turbo era in 2012, and he did so in the marque’s – and Roger Penske’s – backyard.
Today's rugby news as Louis Rees-Zammit wins top award and Scotland plan raid for fly-half
Here's your round-up of all the latest rugby headlines for Wednesday, June 8.
Franklin claims European gold and silver in Slovakia
Britain's Mallory Franklin enjoyed a dream start to the 2022 season after completing the full set of medals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovsky Mikulas. The Olympic silver medallist followed up Saturday's K1 bronze medal by being crowned European champion in the C1, beating France's Marjorie Delassus by 1.72 seconds. Ad/> Franklin crossed the line in 1:53.35 to win the title for the first time since 2019 as Czech paddler Tereza Fiserova took bronze behind Delassus in a time of 1:55.77.
Franklin welcomes confidence-boosting European bronze
Mallory Franklin was satisfied to medal despite not being at her best after clinching bronze in the K1 event at the European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovsky. The Tokyo 2020 C1 silver medallist completed the podium behind Italy's Stefanie Horn and Slovakia's Eliska Mintalova after they took joint gold in an identical finishing time.