Toulouse relegated after Dragons defeat
Toulouse Olympique's relegation from Super League was confirmed on Thursday after they went down 24-14 at home to fellow French side Catalans Dragons.
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La Vuelta 2022: The impulsive Remco Evenepoel is no more – Primoz Roglic should be terrified
It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do itAnd that's what gets results — Bananarama and the Fun Boy Three Was it really little more than a year ago that Remco Evenepoel was criticised by many of his fellow Belgians, including team-mates and Eddy Merckx, for the way he rode the Olympic road race? Ad “I think that it’s not the smartest attack I’ve done in my life”, Evenepoel admitted of the move he made 50km from the finish, which saw him blow up and of no use to co-leader Wout van Aert in the finale. Vuelta a EspañaRoglic admits he 'didn’t have legs' after Evenepoel humbling2 HOURS AGO Is it really less than a year since Evenepoel ignored the home team’s plan, and turned animator of the elite men’s World Championship road race in Flanders? “I did not understand why Remco attacked 180km from the finish when he had to be at my side with Jasper Stuyven in the final,” said Wout van Aert, after seeing Remco’s trade team-mate Julian Alaphilippe ride away to his second set of rainbow bands.
Tour de l'Avenir crash: Horror moment as bike bounces across finish line and wipes out two riders
A huge crash at the Tour de l’Avenir saw a bike bounce across the finish line and wipe out two riders. A narrow bunch sprint in the Stage 6 finale in Porte du Jura saw a host of riders in contention for victory, with Frenchman Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ) eventually edging the contest.
Ronnie O’Sullivan opens up about drugs addiction and how parents going to prison cause him to ‘lose his way’
Ronnie O’Sullivan described his issues with drugs when he was younger as “horrendous” when opening up about his addiction on Eurosport’s The Breakdown podcast. O’Sullivan went through a period, after he had won the UK Championship in 1993 to become the youngest ever ranking event winner at 18 years old, where both of his parents were in jail. Ad His father went to prison in 1992, then his mother in 1996, which led to a difficult spell for O’Sullivan during his 20s, which he explained to Eurosport's Greg Rutherford and Orla Chennaoui.
'My legs were almost too good' – Fred Wright gutted after another near-miss at La Vuelta 2022
Fred Wright’s wait for a breakthrough win goes on after another near-miss on Stage 5 at La Vuelta, with the Brit claiming his legs were “almost too good” as he bemoaned his poor luck. Wright (Bahrain Victorious) was part of an 18-strong breakaway on the run from Irun to Bilbao, with the group later joined by Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) before being slowly whittled down as the stage progressed. Ad With the day certain to go to the break, he later looked best-placed to take a first Grand Tour victory when two chase groups came together and had lone escapee Soler in their sights in the final kilometre.
Fred Wright must keep doing what he’s doing and the big win will come soon in La Vuelta
Watching a Fred Wright interview immediately after a race is a joy to behold. Few cycling fans will forget the 23-year-old Londoner’s emotional reaction to Matt Stephens’ kind words after Stage 19 of the Tour de France in July, when Wright came within striking distance of contesting for the win in Cahors after a spirited counter-attack inside the final hour of racing.
Opinion: MotoGP's new sprint hope for 2023 is a big gamble
At last weekend’s Austrian MotoGP, one of the biggest changes ever made in the history of the sport was announced.