Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel crowned themselves the Austrian Men’s Volleyball Cup winners for the first time in the club’s history. In the city of Zwettl, Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel beat 4-time holders VCA Amstetten NÖ in the final of the 2021/22 Men’s Austrian Volley Cup with a score of 3-1 (20-25, 27-25,Read More →
Tadej Pogačar raised the famous Tirreno-Adriatico winner’s trident trophy in celebration for a second consecutive year, having dominated the week-long race to confirm his incredible stage racing talents yet again. The UAE Team Emirates rider won the points and young rider classification in addition to his big victory in the general classification. The 23-year-old nowRead More →
The Reds midfielder opened up on how he met the legendary coach while half asleep Liverpool star Fabinho opened up on how he was caught off guard in his pyjamas during his first meeting with Jose Mourinho before signing for Real Madrid. The Brazilian midfielder had a short stint withRead More →
Sune Luus chose to chase as South Africa went in search of their first win at a World Cup over England in 20 years, since the last time the tournament was held in New Zealand. Though England have the historical advantage, they are winless from two matches in the tournament soRead More →
Formula 1 returned to the familiar surroundings of the Bahrain International Circuit for Day 1 of the Official Pre-Season Test, with teams ramping up their preparations for the 2022 campaign. For some, the focus was mileage after a lack of it in Barcelona, for others it was all about longerRead More →
I’ve always loved pull-ups, partly out of spite. There is a common fitness refrain that women can’t do them, and I don’t like to be told I can’t do something — especially if the reason is my gender. As a teenager, I pushed lawn-mowers and hauled rocks just to showRead More →
Who’s leading after day one? The weather. And it may be leading after day two. And even day three. During Thursday’s first round of the Players Championship, not only did storms stop play for hours, it paused the difficulty at TPC Sawgrass, softening greens and forcing officials to allow the generousRead More →
When it comes to playing in the wind, two things traditionally help: (1) Being able to hit hard enough to keep the breeze from blowing your shots around; and (2) taking the little steps needed to adjust to any last-second gusts that send the ball veering out of your strikeRead More →
As many as 10 seeded players or pairs crashed on an upset-dominated Day 3 of the YONEX GAINWARD German Open 2022. Women’s singles saw the most casualties, with the top two seeds – Tai Tzu Ying and world champion Akane Yamaguchi – losing to Sayaka Takahashi and He Bing Jiao. Yamaguchi, also the three-time defending champion, went downRead More →
The second round of the Losers Bracket of the 2022 Bullet Chess Championship presented by DigitalOcean ended with four decisive winners: GMs Oleksandr Bortnyk, Arjun Erigaisi, Brandon Jacobson, and Jose Martinez. Notably, the less established 18-year-old Jacobson defeated GM Fabiano Caruana, although in truth, judging by his past performance in bullet, he was not a real underdog in thisRead More →
In its meeting on 7 March 2022 in Cairo, Egypt, the ISSF Executive Committee decided also on various other matters including the following: To cover by the ISSF the expenses of the Organizers of 2022 ISSF Championships with regard to the required Covid-19 testing of the participants; To approve the Development FundRead More →
A team of 35 Swim England juniors will gain ‘valuable experience’ racing against some of the biggest names in the sport at the Edinburgh International Swim Meet. Olympic champions Adam Peaty, Tom Dean, James Guy, Anna Hopkin, Duncan Scott, Kathleen Dawson and a host of other Tokyo 2020 and internationalRead More →