Lebanon miss out on basketball glory after FIBA Asia Cup final defeat to Australia
LONDON: Lebanon’s basketball team fell at the final hurdle in the FIBA Asia Cup final after going down 75-73 to Australia in Jakarta on Sunday evening.
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Clarke holds off Harrington surge to win Senior Open
Darren Clarke holed a 72nd hole birdie to win the Senior Open and avoid a play-off against his old Ryder Cup team-mate Padraig Harrington at Gleneagles.
Pat Spillane recalls his late father on a 'special day'
On a day when he watched his two nephews Killian and Adrian win their first All-Ireland medals, Pat Spillane remembered his late father Tom, who he says "would have been a proud man to now have 21 All-Ireland medals into his house".
Vingegaard wins maiden Tour de France title
Jonas Vingegaard claimed his maiden Tour de France title after Sunday's 21st and final stage, completing a triumph he effectively sealed in the mountains after a vintage duel with Tadej Pogacar.
O'Connor: 'We needed a jolt at half-time'
After guiding Kerry to the fourth All-Ireland title of his now storied management career, Jack O'Connor described their hard-fought final victory over Galway as the best kind of win and expressed the hope it would be "the start of something good."
Joyce rages at disputed free: 'I couldn't get over it'
In the aftermath of a "bitter" All-Ireland final defeat, Galway manager Padraic Joyce expressed his pride in his team's performance but couldn't hide his annoyance over that free awarded against John Daly in the closing stages.
Boyce 25th in men's 35km race walk in Oregon
Ireland's Brendan Boyce finished 25th in the men's 35km race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.