PARIS: Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will miss his second straight race after he was ruled out of Sunday’s Czech Grand Prix following another operation on his fractured right arm, his team said Tuesday. “After undergoing a second operation on his injured right arm, Marc Marquez and HRC have […]
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Denmark’s staging of the Tour de France’s start, known as the ‘Grand Depart’, has been pushed back a year to 2022, Danish organisers said in a statement on Monday. COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s staging of the Tour de France’s start, known as the ‘Grand Depart’, has been pushed back a year to […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Fiji’s Vijay Singh, a three-time major champion, has withdrawn from this week’s PGA Championship with an injury, allowing Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo into the field. The PGA Championship, the year’s first major tournament, starts on Thursday at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco and is being staged without spectators […]
Rory McIlroy says the coronavirus shutdown has made him more focused on adding to his tally of four major titles, the last of which came in 2014. The 31-year-old will compete in the PGA Championship at Harding Park starting on Thursday, before the U.S. Open and the Masters in September […]
Lewis Hamilton is uncatchable in this year’s drivers’ world championship, according to his main rivals. SILVERSTONE: Lewis Hamilton is uncatchable in this year’s drivers’ world championship, according to his main rivals. Both Max Verstappen of Red Bull and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari effectively conceded the title on Sunday after the […]
CHICHESTER, United Kingdom: Glorious Goodwood felt more like Gloomy Goodwood this weekend despite the sunshine after a pilot scheme to welcome 4,000 spectators was cancelled at short notice due to an uptick in coronavirus cases. The scheme had offered hope for dozens of racecourses in Britain that they could admit […]
NEW YORK: The St Louis Cardinals, already facing multiple COVID-19 cases that wiped out their weekend Major League Baseball games, expect more positive results from testing on Sunday (Aug 2), ESPN reported. The Cardinals said in a statement they do not expect an update on test results before Monday and […]
SYDNEY: Some of Australia’s top women’s cricketers on Monday (Aug 3) blasted a decision by India to schedule its T20 Challenge during the Big Bash League as a “huge shame” and “sad for the game”. Indian cricket bosses on Sunday said the women’s T20 Challenge will take place in the […]
Washington – Danielle Kang held off France’s Celine Boutier over the final holes on Sunday (Aug 2) to win the LPGA Drive On Championship, the tour’s first tournament since February after a COVID-19 shutdown. It was the fourth career title for the 27-year-old American, whose first win was a major, […]
LEEDS: Israel Folau’s decision not to kneel down with his team mates before Sunday’s Super League match between his Catalan Dragons and St Helens was a “personal choice”, his coach Steve McNamara said. The former Australia rugby union international remained standing as other players and match officials “took a knee” […]