Liverpool pay the penalty as Bournemouth escape basement with shock victory
Liverpool were brought back down to earth as they slipped to defeat at relegation-threatened Bournemouth just six days on from their historic victory over Manchester United.
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Tadej Pogacar fends off General Classification rivals to take Stage 7 summit victory of Paris-Nice
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) edged out General Classification rivals David Gaudu (Groupama — FDJ) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) to take victory on Stage 7 of Paris-Nice. The Slovenian timed his attacks to perfection as 2022 Tour de France winner Vingegaard struggled to match his efforts atop Col de la Couillole.
Riiber cements return to form with World Cup victory in Oslo
Jarl Magnus Riiber continued his sharp return to form as he claimed World Cup gold on home snow in the Nordic combined in Oslo on Saturday afternoon. Having started the season in fine style with four early World Cup victories, the Norwegian came into the event in Oslo having not won a World Cup since December. Ad However, an impressive haul of four gold medals from the recent World Championships in Planica signalled that he was back to his best ahead of the tail end of the season.
Mikaela Shiffrin shines in record-setting World Cup victory
ARE, Sweden — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin set the outright World Cup record for career victories with 87 by winning a slalom Saturday.
South Africa ease to 284-run victory in second test v West Indies
JOHANNESBURG: Captain Temba Bavuma smashed a career-best 172 and Gerald Coetzee and Simon Harmer shared three wickets each as South Africa completed a 284-run victory over West Indies for a clean sweep of the two-match series at The Wanderers on Saturday (Mar 11).
Marco Odermatt on verge of overall Alpine skiing World Cup title after victory in Kranjska Gora
Marco Odermatt all-but confirmed his second overall Alpine skiing World Cup title after he battled to another giant slalom victory in Kranjska Gora. Odermatt was the class of the field in the first run but looked tired in the second leg and just did enough to beat Alexis Pinturault by 0.23 seconds to win his fifth giant slalom of the season. Ad Only Aleksander Aamodt Kilde could mathematically beat Odermatt to the overall Crystal Globe, but he’s not racing in Slovenia this weekend, so the Swiss skier is guaranteed to wrap up the title after Sunday’s giant slalom.
'GOAT' - Mikaela Shiffrin lauded after landmark 86th World Cup victory sees her draw level with Ingemar Stenmark
Mikaela Shiffrin equalled Ingemar Stenmark’s 86 World Cup wins on Friday, and the world of winter sports took to social media to praise her remarkable achievement. Shiffrin took a giant slalom victory in Are as she beat out a pack including Federica Bringnone and Sara Hector to pull level with Stenmark. Shiffrin said it was the «greatest honour of my career to be mentioned in the same sentence as Ingemar Stenmark».
Murray and Raducanu battle to victory at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Ca. :Britons Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu both showed remarkable heart to come out on the winning side of tough first round matches at Indian Wells on Thursday.