5 h. ago Quel triomphe! Tour de France celebrates 50 years of finishes on Champs

From LeMond’s astonishing comeback to Cavendish’s four victories, the final dash up the great avenue is now part of race folkloreIt is impossible now to conceive of the Tour de France without two things: the race leader’s yellow jersey and the finale on the Champs-Élysées, a spectacle that is half a century old this summer. The finish has moved away from the great avenue once in the last 50 years, during the Olympic buildup in 2024, and the Tour cannot really be imagined without that final dash up the great avenue with its high-end shops and cafes, its gardens and plane trees.The Tour had always finished in Paris, postwar on the velodromes at the Parc des Princes and the Cipale velodrome in the Bois de Vincennes, and it had frequently used the Champs for a ceremonial start; the idea for an “apotheosis” on the great avenue seems to have been inspired by the 1974 Giro d’Italia, which included a circuit race within Milan. The suggestion came from a television presenter, Yves Mourosi, w...

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4 d. ago IOC Executive Board approves medal and diploma reallocation for London 2012 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games

IOC Executive Board approves medal and diploma reallocation for London 2012 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games  Olympics.com

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6 d. ago Supermarket to stop selling Israeli carrots and Russian vodka in new ‘peace’ policy

The supermarket said the policy had been approved by the group board

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1 week ago FA board approves Women's Super League expansion to 14 clubs for 2026/27 season

Two teams will be automatically promoted from Barclays WSL 2 at the end of next season

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3 w. ago Andy Murray makes admission on 'unique opportunity' after Novak Djokovic split

The long-time British No.1 retired from professional tennis after the 2024 Olympics before hooking up with old foe Novak Djokovic as coach - a deal that ended last month after just four tournaments

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4 w. ago USMNT add Walker Zimmerman, Paxten Aaronson, Nathan Harriel to Gold Cup training camp

DeJuan Jones, Folarin Balogun, Sean Zawadski ruled out Aaronson brothers could play together The US men’s national team have made changes to their pre-Gold Cup training camp roster, adding Walker Zimmerman, Paxten Aaronson, and Nathan Harriel to the squad that is set to play friendlies against Turkiye and Switzerland in the coming international break.All of the additions are injury replacements. They arrive in place of defender DeJuan Jones (who has what US Soccer called a lower body injury), midfielder Sean Zawadzki (knee injury) and striker Folarin Balogun (ankle injury). All of the replacements appeared for the US at the 2024 Olympics, in which the team made a run to the quarter-finals. Continue reading...

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