Italian team win final with sets of 25-23, 25-22, 25-22 in Ankara ISTANBUL Italy on Sunday upset Brazil with a 3-0 result to clinch the Volleyball Women’s Nations League. Italy won the final match with sets of 25-23, 25-22, and 25-22 as the game lasted 80 minutes in the Turkish capital Ankara. Paola Egonu of Italy, who will play for…
View More Italy beat Brazil 3-0 to win Volleyball Women’s Nations League
How things stand after stage 15 No change at the top… but this race is far from done… General classification after stage 15 1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 60hrs 00mins 50secs 2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 22secs 3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 43secs 4. Romain Bardet (Fra/Team DSM) +3mins 01secs 5. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 06secs 6.…
View More Tour de France stage 15 – Philipsen takes victory
France take on Iceland while Italy face Belgium with second place in Group D, and a quarter-final against Sweden, on the line in the final round of group games as the Euro 2022 group stages draw to a close on Monday With France’s Group D victory already sewn up, the fight to join them in the quarter-final rages between Italy,…
View More Women’s Euros preview: Italy, Belgium, Iceland battle to join France in Euro 2022 quarter-finals
On July 24th, for the first time since 1989, the women will roll out for their own Tour de France. The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will take place over eight days starting on the Champs Elysées in Paris on the same day the men will conclude their 21-stage journey. While it is not the first women’s Tour de…
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Faulty coordination, bad planning and multiple errors by French authorities were responsible for the chaos that marred this year’s Champions League soccer final just outside Paris, according to a parliamentary report published Wednesday that criticized officials for blaming English fans instead of acknowledging their own failings. The scenes of confusion and violence at the May 28 final between Real Madrid…
View More Bad planning and errors, not fans, led to Champions League chaos, says report.
Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time — double the number of any other team on the continent — after beating Liverpool 1-0 in a final that started 37 minutes late because of disturbing scenes outside the Stade de France on Saturday. Yet another Champions League title for Real Madrid, the undisputed king of Europe. Yet another…
View More Real Madrid win Champions League final marred by crowd chaos
Liverpool Chairman Tom Werner has demanded an apology from the French sports minister after she said fans with fake tickets and the club’s handling of their supporters were responsible for the trouble that marred Saturday’s Champions League final. The match at the Stade de France, which Real Madrid won 1-0, was delayed by more than half an hour after police…
View More Liverpool chairman demands apology for French minister’s comments: UEFA apologizes to fans over ‘frightening and distressing events’ at Champions League final
PARIS In an about-turn, the French government said it was “sad and sorry” that 2,700 mostly Liverpool fans missed out on the final. France had initially blamed fans and counterfeiters for chaos at the stadium. Gerald Darmanin, France’s minister of the interior, offered an apology on Tuesday to the many fans who were denied entry to the Stade de France…
View More France’s interior minister apologizes to fans over Stade de France debacle
Novak Djokovic has won his seventh Wimbledon title after beating Nick Kyrgios in a closely fought and at times fraught men’s singles final. The Serbian successfully defended the title in four sets, winning 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to claim his 21st Grand Slam tournament. “I lost words for what this tournament, for what this trophy means to me, to my…
View More Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios in Wimbledon men’s final to win 21st Grand Slam title
Elena Rybakina became the first player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam title by beating Tunisian third seed Ons Jabeur in a gripping Wimbledon final. Rybakina, 23, fought back to win 3-6 6-2 6-2 and become the youngest Wimbledon singles champion since 2011. After a shaky first set, she improved and pressured Jabeur into errors. Rybakina was born in…
View More Wimbledon: Elena Rybakina beats Ons Jabeur in women’s singles final