Surfing-Japan's O'Leary beats world number one Dora to take J-Bay win
Japan's Connor O'Leary won his first world championship tour title at the Corona Open J-Bay in South Africa on Friday.
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Emotional Martin happy to be back competing after injury setbacks
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin said he was glad to be back on the race track at the Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix after missing 10 of the 11 rounds because of injuries.
Ionescu, Cloud carry Liberty torch in WNBA 3-point, skills contests
INDIANAPOLIS :Liberty teammates Sabrina Ionescu and Natasha Cloud swept the opening night of the WNBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis on Friday, winning the 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge, respectively, to bring more hardware to New York.
Paralympian Frech eyes 'biggest party of all time' as LA28 approaches
LOS ANGELES :For American Paralympian Ezra Frech, the countdown to the LA28 Paralympic Games is an all-consuming passion as he prepares for what he calls a transformative moment for the city and the world.
Usyk winds up Dubois in Wembley weigh-in ahead of heavyweight fight
LONDON :Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk tried to play mind games with Britain’s Daniel Dubois during their weigh-in at Wembley's BoxPark ahead of their undisputed heavyweight world title fight on Saturday.
Spain show experience to shrug off Swiss challenge at Women's Euros
BERN :Spain missed two penalties and struggled to break down Switzerland in their Euro 2025 quarter-final on Friday but the world champions leveraged all their experience to score twice in the second half to set up a showdown against either France or Germany.
Swiss coach Sundhage said historic tournament run about more than winning games
BERN, Switzerland :While upstart Switzerland's dream run at the Women's European Championship run came to an end on Friday in a 2-0 quarter-final loss to world champions Spain, a proud coach Pia Sundhage and her players celebrated as if it was a victory.
Spain cruise into women's Euros semis with 2-0 win over Switzerland
BERN :Spain forward Athenea del Castillo came off the bench to open the scoring and Claudia Pina added a superb second as they beat hosts Switzerland 2-0 on Friday to reach the women's Euro semi-finals, where they will face France or Germany.