Briton trailed Isaac del Toro by 1min 21sec before stage Yates establishes 3mins 56sec lead in remarkable attack The Colle delle Finestre is a sporting theatre in the north of Italy and just a short ski run from the border of France but it has become the site of two...
Caleb Plant stunned by unheralded Armando Reséndiz in massive upset
Reséndiz wins interim WBA title in major shock Plant outlanded 186–108 in high-volume battle Charlo drops LaManna three times, wins by TKO Armando Reséndiz pulled off a massive upset on Saturday night, defeating former world champion Caleb Plant by split decision to capture the interim WBA super middleweight title at...
At least 81 arrested in Paris as fans celebrate PSG’s Champions League victory
Police on the Champs-Élysées use teargas and pepper spray to keep order after huge crowds had gathered for game At least 81 people have been arrested after violent clashes in Paris after huge crowds of fans gathered to watch PSG’s victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League final. The...
Maja Stark leads chaotic US Women’s Open as contenders falter
Stark shoots 70 to take solo lead at 7-under overall López Ramirez surges with 68 after recent surgery Tricky greens trigger triple bogeys across the field Maja Stark could tell pretty early Saturday that Erin Hills would provide much more of a challenge than it had in the first two...
PSG win Champions League for first time with record 5-0 final hammering of Inter
The suffering only makes it sweeter and how Paris Saint-Germain had suffered in the Champions League after the Qatar Sports Investments takeover of 2011. Before this season, it had been 12 consecutive qualifications for the knockout rounds and 12 assorted sets of heartbreak, some scarcely believable. A first success in...
‘I’m open about how hard it is’: Stephanie Case breastfed her baby in 100km race and still won
Human rights lawyer returned to running at the Snowdonia ultra-trail six months after giving birth In Chamonix Stephanie Case is swaying the sway of a new mother. Pepper, her baby, is cocooned in a sling, defying sleep and gurgling politely over the video call. They became viral sensations last month...
‘Never think you’re too old’: Meet the world’s fastest 75-year-old woman
Sarah Roberts is a grandmother and global record holder but only took it up after a parkrun eight years ago Along a sun-dappled canal towpath in picturesque Hertfordshire countryside, a grey-brown bob rises and falls with the effortless bounce of a lithe, spectacled figure gliding her way past dog-walkers and...
Mao Saigo fires 66 for US Women’s Open lead as she chases second major of year
Saigo leads at 8 under after six birdies in strong round Korda shoots 67, tied second in best U.S. Open showing Kim, Shibuno among six chasing as play halts at sunset Mao Saigo already won her first major title this year. She’s putting herself in position for another at US...
England’s Smith takes five after Jones and Beaumont tons in ODI canter past West Indies
1st ODI: England, 345-6, bt West Indies, 237, by 108 runs Debutant spinner Smith takes superb five for 36 In Charlotte Edwards’s first press conference as England head coach, she was pretty clear about her priorities: “I think we’ve got to look at our ODI game. I think that’s probably...
Despotism v capitalism: PSG v Inter is clash of styles on and off pitch | Jonathan Liew
Champions League final features opposing tactical approaches and two radically different ownership models In 2021, Oaktree Capital quietly rebranded its “Distressed Debt” division as the “Opportunistic Credit” platform. For decades the LA-based investment fund had specialised in picking up what is known in the trade as distressed assets, a strategy...