Mike Krack was sitting at home feeling under the weather when the discussions began that would ultimately lead to him becoming Aston Martin’s Team Principal, as of March 1 2022. “I was at Petit Le Mans – and I probably caught Covid at Petit Le Mans,” says Krack, speaking onRead More →
Could three seconds a day of resistance exercise really increase muscular strength? That question was at the heart of a small-scale new study of almost comically brief weight training. In the study, men and women who contracted their arm muscles as hard as possible for a total of three seconds a dayRead More →
Viktor Hovland stormed into a two-shot halfway lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, as Rory McIlroy was left to rue a costly finish to his second round. Hovland, chasing a fourth victory in his last eight worldwide starts, mixed seven birdies with a lone bogey to card a round-of-the-day 66Read More →
Former Top 20 player Varvara Lepchenko was given a four-year doping suspension on Friday by the International Tennis Federation after she tested positive for a banned stimulant during a tournament last year. Her lawyer, Howard Jacobs, wrote in an email to The Associated Press that Lepchenko intends to appeal the decision toRead More →
Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth admits it was frustrating to miss out on the India Open after contracting COVID-19 but says he’s fortunate to recover quickly from the infection and his main priority this year is to defend the Commonwealth Games gold. After struggling for the last few years, Srikanth finallyRead More →
The fourth round of FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade saw seven draws and only one win, nearly everything remained at a status quo. This means that GMs Sam Shankland and Dmitry Andreikin remain in the lead in Group A. In Group B, GM Anish Giri retains his full point lead. In Group C, GMs Vidit Gujrathi and Richard Rapport share the lead, whileRead More →
At the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol, which continues in Cairo, Egypt, athletes competed for medals in two more events. All awards were won by athletes from Europe. Patrik JANY from Slovakia won his second individual medal at the current competitions. The athlete won the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men. TheRead More →
A host of junior and senior international swimmers – including members of Team GB’s Olympic squad – are to don their club colours as the National Arena Swimming League finals return. Twenty clubs will be in action at the Cardiff International Pool for the B Final and Cup Final onRead More →
Polska Liga Siatkówki and PZPS have modified their rules in order to help Polish players return from war-affected Ukraine, as well as Russia and Belarus (their clubs are suspended by the FIVB and CEV), allowing them to play in PlusLiga and TAURON Liga for the remainder of the season. TheRead More →
Strade Bianche is one of the most prestigious Classics on the spring calendar but the new generation of Grand Tour riders who also like to race aggressively have invaded the Classics riders’ terrain and are starting to steal their thunder. Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën), who has raced Strade Bianche twelve timesRead More →
Jamshedpur FC took a major step towards securing the Indian Super League (ISL) winner’s shield after a dominant 5-1 victory over Odisha FC in Bambolim on Friday. Daniel Chima Chukwu (23rd, 26th) scored a first-half brace to take his season’s tally to nine goals before Paul Ramfangzauva (45 1) pulled one back for the KalingaRead More →
Shane Warne, one of cricket’s all-time greats, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 in Koh Samui, Thailand, while on holiday. Warne, who was named one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century, claimed 708 Test wickets in a 15-year career for Australia between 1992 andRead More →