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Verstappen's winning run in F1 is in doubt after qualifying 11th in Singapore with Sainz on pole
Verstappen's winning run in F1 is in doubt after qualifying 11th in Singapore with Sainz on pole
Shanti Pereira became the first Singaporean in 49 years to land an Asian Games athletics medal, after she came in second in the women's 100m final in Hangzhou.
The PGMOL admitted error following Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Tottenham on a disputed Luis Diaz first-half goal.
South Korea won the women’s team singles in badminton on Sunday at the Asian Games, defeating China 3-0. An Seyoung and Kim Gaeun won their singles matches and Lee Sohee and Baek Hana teamed up in doubles to beat the sport's No. 1-ranked female pair, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China. “Playing in China against the Chinese pair who are also the world No. 1, I didn’t expect to win,” Lee said.
Albeit not as rewarding as football, tennis or Formula 1 in terms of monetary benefits, the popularity of badminton rivals every major sport on the planet owing to its simplistic nature. In almost every corner of the world, individuals across a myriad of age groups can be seen venturing out with badminton racquets in hand on a fine evening. Whether male or female, it’s the relatability factor that is responsible for the popularity of badminton and its players among the masses. However, it would
North Korea thrashed South Korea 4-1 in women's football while India battle Pakistan in hockey later Saturday as fierce rivalries took centre stage at the Asian Games.Arch-rivals Pakistan and India face off in a men's hockey group match in what is sure to be a fierce encounter between more neighbours with fraught ties.
Saturday's Ryder Cup matches ended with an enraged Rory McIlroy and a newly inspired American squad.
Fiji just avoided the kind of mega shock it is more used to dishing out at the Rugby World Cup. The Flying Fijians were constrained by a fully committed outsider in Georgia for 50 minutes before coming back from 9-0 down to win 17-12 in their Pool C game on Saturday. The fighting victory put Fiji on the cusp of making the quarterfinals for the first time since 2007, but not quite there yet and the deal will have to be sealed in a final pool game against another underdog in Portugal.
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The United States put up a fight late, but Europe was simply too strong all week long.
Jrue Holiday didn't stay in Portland for long.
The legendary PSG.LGD trio of Ame, Somnus, and Chalice led the Chinese national team to the Dota 2 event's gold medal match.
Top-seeded Ons Jabeur won her fifth career title at the Ningbo Open with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over teenager Diana Shnaider on Saturday. The seventh-ranked Jabeur, a three-time Grand Slam finalist, saved her best performance of the tournament for the final and raced to victory in 78 minutes. “I felt tactically I played very well, I had an advantage in that I had more experience than her to manage certain points,” Jabeur said.
Third-ranked Daniil Medvedev showed composure to overcome a characteristically tenacious Alex de Minaur on Saturday, and secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the China Open. The second-seeded Medvedev emerged with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win in Beijing, but not before his 12th-ranked Australian opponent had staged a comeback from trailing 5-2 in the first set to force a tiebreaker. “It’s crazy how every time he is down in a match, you know he is going to start playing like he is No. 1 in the world," Medvedev said.
The Ryder Cup is set for a fiery climax on Sunday after Rory McIlroy's row with Patrick Cantlay's caddie overshadowed the American's late surge in Saturday's fourballs which gave the USA a glimmer of hope.Rose had sunk the key 19-foot putt to halve his Friday fourballs match in stunning fashion and on Saturday the English Ryder Cup veteran repeated the trick on the 16th.
Rishi Sunak gets very animated during a game of table football on a visit to the Burnley Boys and Girls Club with his wife Akshata. The prime minister excitedly celebrates goals, high fives his young team mate and exclaims “that’s all me” when his team concede at the other end. .
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Georgia has held the top spot in 15 straight AP Top 25s, dating to the middle of last season before the Bulldogs won a second straight national title. Georgia (5-0) extended its school-record winning streak to 22 games at Auburn on Saturday, but yet again the Bulldogs didn't look much like the clear best team in the country. For the second time in two Southeastern Conference games, Georgia trailed at halftime — this time against an Auburn team that simply does not have a functional passing game.
STORY: Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete as neutrals at next year’s Paris Paralympics.That's after the International Paralympic Committee, the IPC, voted against maintaining a full ban of the two countries, imposed after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.Competing under the neutral banner means going without a national team or emblems, flags and anthems.The move was criticized by a Ukrainian official on social media, who said the decision would only embolden Russia.The international athletes-led Global Athlete movement also expressed disappointment. It had wanted the IPC ban on Russia to continue in Paris.The International Olympic Committee, the IOC, will make its decision on whether Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in Paris in about two weeks.The IOC has not sanctioned the Russian or Belarus Olympic Committee or Russian members of the IOC, but did ban athletes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a special military operation. In March the IOC issued a set of recommendations for international sports federations to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return.The IOC has said athletes should not be punished for the actions of governments.
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are leading their Saudi Arabian clubs into the second matchday of the Asian Champions League in starkly different form. Ronaldo is the Saudi Pro League's top scorer with 10 goals for Al-Nassr. Neymar has yet to find the net for Al-Hilal.