Pogacar’s UAE-Team Emirates-XRG wealth comes from the region’s oil resources and so appears limitless, while other big-budget teams are the Netherlands’ Visma-Lease a Bike of two-time Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard and Germany’s Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe who have Belgian superstar and Olympic road and time trial champion Remco Evenepoel. In a past three seasons, Ineos Grenadiers have…
Gay’s two centuries this year, the first of which came on the season’s opening day, follow four in Division One in Durham’s relegation season last year. One of those in 2025 came against champions Nottinghamshire and another against Surrey, who finished second. “Is he good enough? Quite possibly,” said BBC Newcastle commentator Martin Emmerson, who…
Discussion about LIV’s future went into overdrive earlier this month as the tour prepared for its latest event in Mexico. Several media outlets – across golf, sports news and finance – reported its imminent closure, before chief executive O’Neil insisted it was business as usual in a tubthumping email to staff. It was striking O’Neil…
CHICAGO — Munetaka Murakami hit a three-run homer in a big seventh-inning rally, and the Chicago White Sox held off the slumping Angels for an 8-7 win Monday night. Andrew Benintendi had three RBIs as Chicago improved to 6-4 in its last 10 games. Former Dodger Miguel Vargas hit a solo drive, and Tristan Peters had two…
Cardiff City are hopeful of signing Nathan Trott permanently following the goalkeeper’s promotion-winning season on loan from Copenhagen. Trott joined last summer and has played 41 League One games for the Bluebirds as they have secured an instant return to the Championship. The 27-year-old has impressed with his shot-stopping as well as his ability on…
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic believes Luka Modric will be fit to lead his side at this summer’s World Cup after the AC Milan midfielder had surgery on a broken cheekbone. The 40-year-old was injured following a clash of heads with Juventus midfielder Manuel Locatelli when their sides drew 0-0 on Sunday. Milan said Modric had…
Hearts forwards Claudio Braga and Lawrence Shankland and Motherwell attackers Elijah Just and Tawanda Maswanhise are the four candidates for PFA Scotland’s Premiership player of the year award. Portuguese striker Braga, 26, and Scotland forward Shankland, 30, have scored 34 goals between them this season for leaders Hearts. Zimbabwe international Maswanhise, 23, is the division’s…
Dungannon began their defence of the Irish Cup with a routine 3-0 victory over Championship side Ards at Stangmore Park, courtesy of first-half goals from Sean McAllister, Junior and Tiernan Kelly. Rodney McAree’s side then came from behind in the sixth round to beat Portadown 2-1 with McAllister on the scoresheet again and Andrew Mitchell…
Nikola Jokic scores a triple-double to keep the Denver Nuggets’ play-off hopes alive with a 125-113 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Source link
A clear trend in world football has been the increase in man-to-man defending, something Premier League coaches Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta have stressed all season. With Luis Enrique’s team constantly moving around the pitch, opponents tasked with following their man eventually lose their player, either unintentionally or purposefully deciding to retreat when being pulled…