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Bale returns as Zidane stays tight-lipped on Neymar
ROMA:
Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale played for the first time in four pre-season matches on Sunday to suggest he could yet regain his place under coach Zinedine Zidane.
Bale came off the bench as Madrid drew 2-2 against Roma in the Stadio Olimpico, before losing the friendly on penalties.
After the game, Zidane was also asked about a possible move for Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar but h... |
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Serena powers past number one-bound Osaka
TORONTO:
Serena Williams won the rematch Friday, dominating Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 to ensure the Japanese star won’t leave Toronto with a title to go with her number one world ranking.
Williams fired 12 aces and didn’t face a break point as she beat Osaka for the first time in three meetings — avenging her shock loss in last year’s controversial US Open final in which the American star was dock... |
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Sana Mir eyes ODI win over India
Former Pakistan women’s team captain Sana Mir is optimistic about beating India, if the upcoming ODI and T20I series against their arch-rivals takes place according to plan.
After making her One-Day International (ODI) debut against Sri Lanka in 2005, Mir has represented Pakistan in 118 ODIs and 105 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) over the course of her career.
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Hazard opens Real Madrid goal account
SALZBURG:
Eden Hazard scored his first goal for Real Madrid in a 1-0 pre-season friendly win over Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday.
The Belgian international, who moved from Chelsea in the summer, found the target with a left-foot finish after being set-up by Karim Benzema.
Gareth Bale’s stand-off with Real Madrid continued after the forward was left out of Zinedine Zidane’s squad for the ga... |
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Kyrgios suffers first-round loss in Montreal Masters
MONTREAL:
Nick Kyrgios crashed back to earth with a first-round loss at the ATP Montreal Masters on Tuesday, a 6-3, 6-4 victim Briton Kyle Edmund.
Two days after winning the ATP 500 series title in Washington with a burst of consistent form, the Australian court jester was unable to maintain momentum in a match delayed for 90 minutes in the second set by light rain.
“I’m a little bit tired... |
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German cancer researcher becomes first woman to win 4,000km cycling race
BREST, FRANCE:
German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger won the mixed annual 4,000km cycling Transcontinental Race on Monday, becoming the first woman to do so.
Kolbinger, 24, arrived in Brest, north-west France, after 10 days two hours and 48 minutes in the saddle since starting the seventh edition of the race in Bulgaria on July 27.
“I am so happy to win. I was targeting the women’s pod... |
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Messi out with injury ahead of La Liga restart
BARCELONA:
Barcelona captain Leo Messi is out of action less than two weeks ahead of the opening of La Liga season after injuring his right calf in training on Monday.
“I wanted to get started and unfortunately I had a mishap during the first training session which will keep me out of action for a while,” the five-time Ballon d’Or winner posted on Instagram.
The Argentina star has already ... |
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Hamilton shows pace to go top with record lap
HUNGARORING:
Lewis Hamilton proved he retains his pace and the intensity required for a title scrap when he topped the times for Mercedes in Saturday’s third and final practice for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
With dark clouds threatening rain, the revitalised defending five-time world champion responded to a record-breaking lap from Dutch tyro Max Verstappen of Red Bull with an outright re... |
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Kvitova withdraws from Toronto, Williams seeded
TORONTO:
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has withdrawn from next week’s Rogers Cup in Toronto after failing to recover from an arm injury which has dogged her season, organisers said Friday.
Tennis Canada said in a statement that the 29-year-old Czech star’s withdrawal would mean former world number one Serena Williams is now given a top eight seed.
Venus Williams will take ... |
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US women's league seeks World Cup-winning bounce
NEW YORK CITY:
The US women’s football team is the best on the planet, but the sport’s domestic league is virtually unknown.
Players, organisers and fans hope that is about to change as the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is looking to capitalise on the national team’s triumph at the World Cup in July — and it could already be seeing a bounce.
“We’re seeing a huge wave from the World... |
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