World champion Francesco Bagnaia avoids Marquez mayhem to win MotoGP opener
PORTIMAO, Portugal: World champion Francesco Bagnaia won Sunday’s season-opening Portuguese MotoGP after a costly mistake by pole-sitter Marc Marquez.
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PORTIMAO, Portugal: World champion Francesco Bagnaia won Sunday’s season-opening Portuguese MotoGP after a costly mistake by pole-sitter Marc Marquez.
Robin van Persie is tipping his former club Arsenal to end their 19-year wait for a Premier League title. The Gunners last won the league under Arsene Wenger in 2003/04, and have had lean years in the top flight in recent times. Ad Unai Emery and Freddie Ljungberg did not have the impact that was hoped, but Mikel Arteta has transformed The Gunners’ fortunes.
MALTA : Goals by forward Mateo Retegui and midfielder Matteo Pessina steered Italy to a 2-0 win over Malta in their Euro 2024 qualification Group C clash at Sunday.
Bianca Andreescu defeated fellow former Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4 to continue her Miami Open run and set up a last-16 clash with Ekaterina Alexandrova, who beat Belinda Bencic as another big name fell. Ninth seed Bencic might have fancied her chances of claiming her third title of the year after seeing several big names go out in the early rounds, including Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia, Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari.
Afghanistan vs Pakistan, 2nd T20I Highlights: Led by a spirited bowling display, Afghanistan stunned Pakistan once again in the second T20I by seven wickets in Sharjah and clinched a first series win over their opponents. Chasing a below-par total of 131, Afghanistan crossed the finishing with seven wickets and one ball to spare. Earlier, top knocks from Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan guided Pakistan to 130 for 6 in 20 overs. Opting to bat, Pakistan faced an early blow after Fazalhaq Farooqi dismissed Saim Ayub for a duck on the second ball of the innings. He then trapped Abdullah Shafique LBW on the very next delivery to take Afghanistan to a dream start. Pakistan kept on losing wickets at regular intervals but imad Wasim's 64 not out off 57 and Shadab's 32 off 25 took them to respectable total. (SCORECARD)
John Rankin hailed his Hamilton Accies heroes and said their SPFL Trust Trophy win showed the spirit they will need to survive in the Championship.
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo made history on Sunday with the Norwegian recording a 20th win of the season in the men's 20km cross country mass start classic in Lahti. Having already sealed the crystal globe, Klaebo demonstrated his dominance of the event as he outsprinted compatriot Paal Golberg and Sweden's William Poromaa to take gold. Ad Klaebo's time of 44:13.0 saw him finish 5.4s ahead of Golberg who took silver, with Poromaa just behind to take bronze.
Japan’s emergence in the Gulf as a racing powerhouse continues after they added the $12 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan to last month’s triumph in the $20 million Saudi Cup in Riyadh.