Girmay first African to win Tour de France

Girmay first African to win Tour de France

Biniam Girmay made history by becoming the first African to win a stage at the Tour de France after a late crash disrupted Mark Cavendish's sprint into Turin. According to the BBC, Girmay from Eritrea clinched victory in a reduced sprint, with Fernando Gaviria of Colombia and Arnaud de Lie of Belgium taking second and third places respectively. Following the race, an emotional Girmay, aged 24, who previously won a […]

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Sport

USA crash out of Copa in group phase as Uruguay, Panama advance

The United States crashed out of the Copa America on Monday after a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay, as Panama sealed their place in the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over Bolivia. The tournament hosts suffered an upset 2-1 defeat to Panama last week and went into Monday's final Group C game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City needing to match or better Panama's result against Bolivia to […]

July 2, 2024 9

Sport

BOKS v IRELAND: The playing field is more level than before

Ireland will be coming to altitude and crossing the equator but the eagerly anticipated two-game series against the world champion Springboks that starts with the first test in Pretoria on Saturday has a much more level playing field than has been the case for past incoming tours. While England and Wales will be starting their respective series against New Zealand and Australia in the Antipodes at the end of […]

July 2, 2024 11

Sport

Girmay dedicates Tour stage win to Africa as Carapaz takes lead

Eritrean Biniam Girmay dedicated his stage three win at the Tour de France on Monday to "the continent of Africa" as Richard Carapaz took the overall race lead in Turin. The 24-year-old Girmay described himself as the "first Black African to win at the Tour", and dedicated the win to the whole continent. Carapaz became the first Ecuadorian to wear the leader's yellow jersey, taking it from […]

July 2, 2024 8

Sport

Slovenia’s historic Euro 2024 run bittersweet for coach Kek

Slovenia boss Matjaz Kek hopes his side's run to the last 16 at Euro 2024 will be the launching pad for future success after a heart-breaking exit on penalties to Portugal. Kek was shown a red card in extra-time after Portugal were awarded a spot-kick that Jan Oblak saved from Cristiano Ronaldo. But it was Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa who proved to be the hero in the shoot-out […]

July 2, 2024 19

Sport

Martinez hails Ronaldo after Portugal shootout win over Slovenia

Portugal coach Roberto Martinez praised Cristiano Ronaldo after a roller-coaster night against Slovenia in which the captain missed a penalty in extra time and then scored in a 3-0 shootout win to help take them into the quarterfinals at Euro 2024. Ronaldo was left in tears after his extra-time spot kick miss left the score at 0-0 but redeemed himself by scoring with the first kick of the […]

July 2, 2024 22

Sport

European sprint champion Asher-Smith ‘so happy’ as she bids for Olympic gold

European 100 metres champion Dina Asher-Smith believes she is well-placed to "create history" as she bids to become the first British woman to win an Olympic sprint gold medal at the upcoming Paris Games. Asher-Smith showed her class with victory in the 200m at the UK Athletics Championships in Manchester on Sunday. The 28-year-old sealed her place in the British team for Paris by winning in […]

July 1, 2024 24

Business / Economics

Air France says Olympic Games has cut summer traffic to Paris

Air France-KLM warned Monday that the Olympic Games would lead to a drop in revenues of up to 180 million euros ($193 million), due to a decline in travel to Paris over the summer. Some 15 million visitors are predicted to attend the Games, including two million from abroad, according to the Centre for Law and Economy of Sport (CDES), which has been monitoring the Paris […]

July 1, 2024 25

Sport

Pogacar claims Tour lead while Vingegaard shows great form

Tadej Pogacar claimed the Tour de France overall lead with a late attack in Sunday's second stage, though the Slovenian may have been surprised by how easily defending champion Jonas Vingegaard followed him despite his recent lack of racing. While the 2020 and 2021 Tour winner's lightning attack on the ascent of San Luca left fellow favourites Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel seemingly glued to the road, Vingegaard […]

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