Man United hero Cristiano Ronaldo has broken his own golden rule following Brighton drubbing
Cristiano Ronaldo left the AMEX Stadium separately from his Manchester United teammates following their 4-0 loss to Brighton on Saturday.
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Coco Gauff extends Angelique Kerber’s losing run as Leylah Fernandez and Simona Halep also advance at Italian Open
Coco Gauff recorded an impressive 6-1 6-4 victory over former world No.1 Angelique Kerber at the Italian Open as Leylah Fernandez, Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka all advanced in Rome. A semi-finalist last year, No. 15 seed Gauff took just 70 minutes to dismiss Kerber, who is now on a six-match losing streak.
Giro d’Italia 2022: How many stages can Quick-Step rider Mark Cavendish win at this year's Italian Grand Tour?
Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step — Alpha Vinyl) added a 16th stage win at the Giro d’Italia to his palmares after sprinting to success on Stage 3 of the Italian Grand Tour, but how many more could he win this year? The Manx Missile held off Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) and Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) — who finished second and third respectively — after a 201km ride from Kaposvar to Balatonfured. Ad/> Cavendish's participation at the Giro has largely been seen as a signal that the 36-year-old will not be making a 14th appearance at the Tour de France.
Oilers need return of potent power play for Game 5 bounce back
EDMONTON — Stacked with two of the NHL's top talents, the Oilers' power play is nothing short of lethal.
Alberto Contador expects 'irretrievable gaps' on Etna as Giro d'Italia GC battle hots up with Simon Yates in second
Alberto Contador expects the battle for pink to kick into life on Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia and “irretrievable gaps” to potentially be opened up. After Monday’s rest day, the race returns with a mountain-top finish at Mount Etna.
Giro d'Italia 2022: How long can Mathieu van der Poel keep it up? Why Mark Cavendish has to go to Tour
An enforced break to get the riders and race infrastructure all the way from Hungary to Sicily – a mere 2,000 kilometres by car – gives the cycling media a moment to pause and reflect on the events of the opening three days of the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia. If the race has largely kept to script, it has also thrown up no shortage of talking points. Here are 10 of them dissected by Felix Lowe before the race resumes with its first summit finish on Tuesday.
Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 4 - How to watch on Tuesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map
The 2022 Giro d'Italia heads to Sicily and the first mountain stage of the year and a race up the volcano of Mount Etna. After a day of rest — or day of travel from Hungary to Italy — the peloton returns to test the mettle of the climbers with a gruelling 30km uphill finish. Ad/> Mathieu van der Poel still leads the General Classification after victory on Stage 1 and second place in the Individual Time Trial of Stage 2.
Giro d’Italia leader Mathieu van der Poel expects to surrender pink jersey on Mount Etna during Stage 4
Giro d’Italia leader Mathieu van der Poel says he will make the most of wearing the pink jersey when the race resumes, as he does not expect to hold on to it for much longer. The Dutch rider goes into the first Italian stage at the top of the leaderboard for his Alpecin-Fenix team having built up an 11-second advantage over Britain’s Simon Yates after the three stages in Hungary. Ad/> “It’s nice to wear the pink and nice to take the jersey to Italy.