Mbappe breaks nose in France Euro 2024 win

Mbappe breaks nose in France Euro 2024 win

Kylian Mbappe will not need surgery but will wear a mask when he returns to action after the France captain suffered a broken nose in his team's 1-0 Euro 2024 win over Austria on Monday, the French Football Federation said. Mbappe's head violently collided with the shoulder of Austrian defender Kevin Danso as they competed for the ball in the air late in the Group D opener in […]

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India to interview ‘sole candidate’ Gambhir for coaching job

Gautam Gambhir is in pole position to become India's next head coach after media reports said Tuesday that he was the only applicant for the high-profile post. The 42-year-old, a flamboyant left-handed batsman who scored over 10,000 international runs across three formats, most recently coached Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL crown. Applications for the top job closed on May 27, with Indian media reporting Gambhir was the only […]

June 18, 2024 8

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West Indies thrash Afghanistan in final T20 World Cup group game

West Indies thrashed Afghanistan by 104 runs in the final group stage game of the T20 World Cup on Monday. Nicholas Pooran's blistering 98 off 53 balls (six fours, eight sixes) highlighted a dominant batting effort by West Indies as they piled up 218 for five after being put in as the two Super Eight qualifiers sparred in advance of the next phase of the tournament starting on […]

June 18, 2024 14

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Emotional Boult calls T20 World Cup exit his ‘last day’ for New Zealand

Left-arm paceman Trent Boult said he had played his "last day" of international cricket after New Zealand's disappointing T20 World Cup campaign ended with a seven-wicket win over Papua New Guinea in Trinidad on Monday. His 13-year stint in international cricket appeared to have ended in the downbeat setting of a 'dead' T20 World Cup game. "It feels a little bit weird, a few emotions obviously the last […]

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Germany’s golden oldies leading push for Euros glory

With a combined age of 106, Germany's three remaining 2014 World Cup winners Manuel Neuer, Thomas Mueller and Toni Kroos are leading the hosts' charge for Euro 2024 glory. Friends off the pitch, Neuer, Mueller and Kroos are the only players in the 26-man squad to have each played over 100 games for Germany. But not only are they the most experienced members of the squad, they can […]

June 18, 2024 10

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King, Murphy punch tickets to Paris as Ledecky wins again

Lilly King and Ryan Murphy are bound for their third straight Olympics after victories Monday at the US Olympic swimming trials, where Katie Ledecky expanded her options for her fourth consecutive Games in Paris. World record-holder King led all the way to win the 100m breaststroke in 1min 05.43sec and line up a chance to regain the Olympic title she won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. She […]

June 18, 2024 9

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Bellingham credits backroom staff with Alexander-Arnold celebration

Jude Bellingham said his "wolf" celebration with Trent Alexander-Arnold after scoring the only goal in England's 1-0 win over Serbia to kick off their Euro 2024 campaign was a nod to the backroom staff. Bellingham was man-of-the-match in Gelsenkirchen for an all-round outstanding display which lit up an otherwise flat opening night for the 'Three Lions' in Germany. The 20-year-old powered a header into the top corner on […]

June 17, 2024 10

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‘Shot of my life’ helps lift DeChambeau to second US Open title

Bryson DeChambeau, needing to get up and down from a bunker at 18 to win, delivered one of his greatest shots Sunday and sank a tension-packed putt to win the US Open. DeChambeau, having already escaped disaster once at Pinehurst's final hole, blasted a 55-yard bunker shot to four feet and rolled in the clutch putt to capture his second US Open crown. "That bunker shot was the shot […]

June 17, 2024 8

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Walsh follows up 100m fly world record with Olympic berth

Newly minted world record-holder Gretchen Walsh punched her ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday with a victory in the women's 100m butterfly in a blistering 55.31sec. The 21-year-old Tennessean couldn't match the astonishing 55.18 she threw down in the semi-finals to shatter Sarah Sjoestroem's previous mark of 55.48 -- but she clocked the second-fastest time ever and completed the most important job of the week in securing her […]

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