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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was in tears as he waited to be awarded the gold medal after the women’s mountain bike race. She has won so much but Olympic success had always eluded her in three previous Games. Now, in her final mountain bike race at the Paris Olympics, she struck gold in front of thousands of cheering French fans. “I’ve worked so hard for today. I felt amazing today. I can’t believe it!” she said after waving to the crowd and hugging her family.“I thought ‘it’s not possible, it’s not possible, it’s not me, it’s a dream.”But it was all…
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Como 1907 have completed the signing of French centre-back Raphael Varane on a free transfer, the club confirmed on Sunday.Varane has signed a two-year deal with the club — who won promotion from Serie B to the Italian top-flight last season — after becoming a free agent following the expiry of his Manchester United contract.A 93-time France international and World Cup winner, Varane will bring incredible pedigree to Como following a career that has seen him play 479 times for Real Madrid, Man Utd and Lens combined, winning a host of major honours along the way — including four Champions…
Watch highlights as Great Britain win their first women’s rugby sevens match against Ireland at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Rafael Nadal set up a tantalising second-round contest with old foe Novak Djokovic at Paris 2024 after coming through his opening Olympics singles match.Spain’s Nadal, 38, had cast doubt on whether he would even be able to play against Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics because of a thigh injury.But the 2008 gold medallist had enough to see off Fucsovics in a 6-1 4-6 6-4 win.Nadal, playing at the scene of his record 14 men’s singles titles, returned to Court Philippe Chatrier less than 24 hours after he played alongside Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s doubles.A superb first set against Fucsovics initially allayed…
By: Sean Crose Write off Claressa “T-Rex” Shields at your own risk. Those who feel the Flint, Michigan native is overrated can ask Vanessa Lepage Joanisse just how legitimate the 14-0, 29 year old Shields truly is. For it took Shields less than two rounds to win her fifth divisional title in Saturday night. It was the high point (so far) of a stellar career. In fact, she may not have ever looked better. Shields was on the attack in the first, zipping shots at Joanisse. A thunderous shot sent the defending champion to the mat in the second. Joanisse…
Stockport’s Daniel Hayes delivered a masterclass on the final day of the Carris Trophy, as he was crowned champion at Ormskirk Golf Club. The England Boys golfer raced out the blocks early on with three birdies in his first four holes, and went on to shoot a four-under 67 to contribute to an overall -16 to win by two shots ahead of nearest competitor Arthur Carlier from France. Carlier did pile on the pressure with three birdies from holes 8-11, but bogeys on 16 and 18 saw his hopes of winning fade away, despite a fine round of 69. Following…
The Denver Nuggets and guard Jahmir Young have signed a non-guaranteed training camp contract. This signing brings the Nuggets roster to the 21-player maximum allowed in the offseason. Young went undrafted out of Maryland at the 2024 NBA Draft. As a senior for the Terrapins, the 6-foot-2 point averaged 20.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. Young played in five games for the Nuggets at Las Vegas Summer League. He averaged 9.2 points in 17.8 minutes per game, mostly off Denver’s bench in Las Vegas.
Tom Aspinall took care of business. Again. Now the ball is in Jon Jones’ court. In the co-main event of UFC 204 on Saturday in Manchester, England, Aspinall authored an emphatic defense of his interim heavyweight title by defeating Curtis Blaydes via first-round knockout. Not only did Aspinall avenge a fluke injury loss to Blaydes from 2022, he kept himself in line for a fight with Jones, the UFC champion he has been angling to fight for more than a year. Aspinall assumes Jones was watching and that the last thing he wanted to see was Aspinall’s hand being raised.…
Paris Olympics, Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet: Adam Peaty Goes For Three-Peat Among Three Finals The second evening of finals at the Paris Olympics will include finals in the men’s 400 IM, women’s 100 butterfly and men’s 100 breaststroke as well as semifinals in the men’s and women’s 200 freestyle, women’s 100 breast and men’s 100 backstroke. The session begins at 8:30 p.m. CEST (2:30 p.m. ET in the United States) at La Défense Arena. Click here to view the full heat sheet. Leon Marchand will open the session in the men’s 400 IM final as the…