Fittingly, Rooney 2004: World at His Feet is only half an hour long, when you expect any documentary these days to drag on for 60 minutes at least. It sweeps you up, flashes a moment of fantastical sporting immortality at you, then dumps you back down to earth, leaving you tearful and rueful but still … Read more
For today’s football line-up quiz, we want you to find the Euro 2020 winners of three years ago. It’s fitting for a number of reasons. In case you’ve been living in a cave (no Wales jokes, anyone), Euro 2024 starts today – so it’s fitting to look back on the 11 players who started the … Read more
The notification flashed up on Nicolo Fagioli’s phone. The provisional Italy squad for Euro 2024 was out. He had hoped but did not expect to be in it. And yet, as Fagioli scrolled down the list of 30 names, sure enough, he’d made it. “I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “It was a fantastic feeling.” … Read more
Jack Massey was crowned the new European and Commonwealth cruiserweight champion after earning a split decision over Isaac Chamberlain. At Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park, on the undercard of the WBO cruiserweight title fight between Richard Riakporhe and the champion Chris Billam-Smith, he recovered from being at risk of a stoppage in the eighth round to … Read more
With rain, tire strategy gambles, crashes, mechanical issues and the first safety car period of the race, the seventh hour of the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours had it all. The safety car made its first appearance after a big shunt on the run down to Mulsanne Corner. Dries Vanthoor in the No. 15 Team … Read more
Can a new manager transform Bolivia’s underwhelming recent Copa America record? Since Marcelo Martins Moreno’s retirement, the challenge has only become more difficult. How to follow Euro 2024 and Copa America on The Athletic… The manager A Copa America winner as a player with Brazil in 1999, Antonio Carlos Zago is now 15 years into … Read more
Mateo Retegui underlined his pride at representing Italy, his hunger to impress at Euro 2024 and his debut season in Serie A. The 25-year-old Argentine-born striker was a surprise inclusion in the Azzurri squad under Roberto Mancini last year, eligible to represent the nation through his great-grandparents, and he quickly impressed, netting four goals across … Read more
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June 15, 2024 03:26 PM Coming off his first career defeat in February, Dan Azeez was unable to get back in the win column against Hrvoje Sep as the two ended up drawing over eight rounds at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park. Source link: Azeez, Sep battle to a draw at Selhurst Park
Luke Littler made a winning start on his Poland Darts Masters debut, fending off a valiant fightback from Adam Gawlas to advance to the quarter-finals with a 6-4 success in Gliwice on Friday. Littler, 17, survived a late scare to see off UK Open semi-finalist Gawlas, who fought back from 5-1 down to threaten an … Read more