Le Mans (France), May 21: Spanish rider Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) on Sunday won the French MotoGP, his third consecutive victory of the season, followed by Italians Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) and Valentino Rossi (Yamaha). Crashes from Johann Zarco (Yamaha) and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) paved the way for Marquez’s victory, widening his overall lead to 36 points […]
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Villarreal renews coach Calleja’s contract
Vila-real (Spain), May 20: Villarreal announced on Sunday the renewal of coach Javi Calleja’s contract for one year. Calleja will continue to lead Villarreal in the 2018-19 season, in which the Spanish club is set to compete in the La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League, reports Efe. “Javi Calleja trained as a […]
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Cilic reaches Italian Open semis
Rome, May 19: Fifth-ranked Croatian Marin Cilic rolled past Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open tennis tournament and book his first-ever berth in the final four of a clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. The 2014 US Open champion, a big server whose greatest success has come […]
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Djokovic to meet Nadal in Italian Open semis
Rome, May 19: Serbian great Novak Djokovic got off to a rocky start against Kei Nishikori before battling back to win 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 and set up an Italian Open semi-final showdown against seven-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain. Djokovic, a four-time champion at this clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, was outplayed from the […]
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Aguero continues recovery, trains with Argentine teammates
Buenos Aires, May 18: Sergio Aguero continues to make a “good recovery” from his left knee injury and trained along with Javier Mascherano, Manuel Lanzini, Nicolas Tagliafico and Eduardo Salvio, the other Argentine players selected to take part with their national team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. “The five players pre-selected by (coach) […]
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Sharapova defeats Gavrilova to reach Italian Open quarter-finals
Rome, May 18: Russian three-time champion Maria Sharapova rolled to a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Daria Gavrilova to book a spot in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open, a key French Open tune-up event. Sharapova needed an hour and 38 minutes during the match on Thursday to overcome the feisty Australian, who had upset Spain’s Garbiñe […]
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Top 10 teams unchanged in latest FIFA rankings
Moscow, May 18: The top 10 national teams remained unchanged from April in the new monthly rating list of football’s world governing body FIFA published on Thursday. “Just seven international ‘A’ matches, all friendlies, took place in the past month and, as a result, there are few movers in the latest FIFA World Ranking,” the FIFA […]
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Park Ji-sung expects Brazil to reach World Cup final
Seoul, May 17: Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung said on Wednesday that he thinks Brazil will be one of the finalists at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Park will commentate World Cup matches next month after he recently signed a deal to work for local broadcaster SBS, reports Yonhap news agency. Asked about […]
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Nigeria unveils 30-man provisional list for FIFA World Cup
Lagos, May 15: Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr has named the country’s league leading top scorers Junior Lokosa and Simeon Nwankwo as the new faces in the 30-man provisional list for the FIFA World Cup. Kano Pillars forward Lokosa got his first call up as well as Italian Serie A side Crotone’s striker Nwankwo, reports Xinhua […]
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Mexico coach to select World Cup squad from among 28 players
Bogota, May 15: The eight Latin American squads who qualified for the 2018 World Cup will put some of football’s biggest stars on the field when the tournament gets underway next month in Russia. And though the young are taking over, there is a number that is magic and common among some of the most outstanding […]