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'We want to create real change' - Lionesses urge Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak to build on Euro 2022 victory

England Women have written an open letter to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – one of whom will be the next UK prime minister – urging them to make “real change” after their historic Euro 2022 victory by giving every girl the chance to play football at school. The Lionesses won their first major trophy on Sunday as they beat Germany in extra-time at Wembley. Ad/> The tournament sparked huge interest in women’s football around the country and Women's Super League clubs have seen a large spike in demands for tickets for next season.

How they stand in WTCR

It’s almost WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst time and these are the provisional WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup standings. WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup for Drivers provisional standingsGoodyear #FollowTheLeader: Mikel Azcona, 200 points 2 Néstor Girolami, 164 points 3 Rob Huff, 148 points 4 Gilles Magnus, 142 points 5 Santiago Urrutia, 137 points Ad/> WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup for Teams provisional standings1 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, 298 points 2 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, 253 points 3 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, 211 points 4 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, 211 points 5 Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, 207 WTCRWTCR format refresher2 HOURS AGO WTCR Trophy provisional standings1 Rob Huff, 103 points 2 Mehdi Bennani, 62 points 3 Tom Coronel, 52 points 4 Dániel Nagy, 28 points Click HERE to view the full provisional standings The post How they stand in WTCR appeared first on FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup.

'This is unacceptable' - Erik ten Hag condemns Cristiano Ronaldo decision to leave Manchester United game early

Erik ten Hag has described Cristiano Ronaldo's behaviour as «unacceptable» after the forward left Manchester United's friendly against Rayo Vallecano early. Ronaldo played the first half of the 1-1 draw with the Spanish side, but was spotted outside Old Trafford by supporters before the full-time whistle. Ad/> The forward is pushing to leave Manchester United this summer, and Sunday's friendly marked his first appearance under Ten Hag.

'That is not fair' - Ivan Lendl hopes Novak Djokovic/Rafael Nadal GOAT debate is not 'affected by politics'

Ivan Lendl hopes that Novak Djokovic's absence from Grand Slam tournaments due to his vaccination status does not decide the debate about the greatest male tennis player of all time. Djokovic appears likely to miss the US Open having elected not to get the Covid vaccine, and was similarly absent from the Australian Open at the start of the year. Ad/> In his absence, Rafael Nadal moved on to 21 Grand Slam singles title with his second crown in Melbourne, further extending his record tally with a remarkable 14th triumph at Roland-Garros.

WTCR format refresher

Ahead of the inaugural WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst, here’s a reminder of how things work in the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup. Same Qualifying format but allocation of points tweakedThe three-phase Qualifying (Q1, Q2, Q3) elimination format remains unchanged but how points are awarded is all-new for 2022.

Defending the title harder than winning it says Ekström

CUPRA EKS driver Mattias Ekström entered the first season of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup as the defending ETCR title winner through his glory in PURE ETCR. The Swedish driver, after the five races held so far this season, is in second place in the drivers’ standings, just 14 points behind team-mate Adrien Tambay. Looking ahead to the rest of the season, Mattias says he will give his all against the tough rivalry he has encountered this year in FIA ETCR, from his own team-mates Tambay and Tom Blomqvist to former team-mate now driving for Hyundai Motorsport N, Mikel Azcona and Romeo Ferraris driver Maxime Martin.

YART top day two of testing for Suzuka 8 Hours

YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC ended the second day […] YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC ended the second day of testing ahead of this weekend’s 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours – round three of the FIM Endurance World Championship – as the only team to set a time in the 2min 06s at a hot and humid Suzuka. YART alsostartedthe day as the only team to set a time in the 2min 06s as the 2min 06.684secs lap, set by Karel Hanika, was posted in the first of the day’s five sessions.

Premier League players to stop taking knee at every match and target specific games instead

Premier League players will stop taking the knee before every match, instead targeting specific fixtures for the anti-racism gesture. It is hoped the new approach will have a greater impact, with the decision reached after talks led by the 20 top-flight captains.

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'We want to create real change' - Lionesses urge Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak to build on Euro 2022 victory

How they stand in WTCR

'This is unacceptable' - Erik ten Hag condemns Cristiano Ronaldo decision to leave Manchester United game early

'That is not fair' - Ivan Lendl hopes Novak Djokovic/Rafael Nadal GOAT debate is not 'affected by politics'

WTCR format refresher

Defending the title harder than winning it says Ekström

YART top day two of testing for Suzuka 8 Hours

Premier League players to stop taking knee at every match and target specific games instead