3 h. ago Rangers 'arrange' friendly against French Ligue 1 side as Russell Martin squeezes in final Champions League warm up game

Reports in France say that the Light Blues will take on Toulouse on July 18

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6 h. ago PSG president in fresh dig at Kylian Mbappe and takes swipe at Premier League fans

Paris Saint-Germain finally won the Champions League last week, but the French club's president could not resist making a dig at former player Kylian Mbappe in the celebrations

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22 h. ago ‘I had no idea’: Chris Harper happy to share spotlight after Simon Yates banishes Giro d’Italia demons | Martin Pegan

The Australian cyclist was on the ride of his life to a breakthrough Grand Tour stage win as the decisive story of the 2025 race unfolded behind himAustralian cyclist Chris Harper is yet to properly soak up the ride of his life and first Grand Tour stage victory by watching a replay of his long-range and daring solo attack over the Colle delle Finestre and up the Sestrière. But the 30-year-old climber won’t have to look too hard to find highlights in the future after his ride was a major subplot as the decisive story of the 2025 Giro d’Italia unfolded behind him.Harper arrived in Albania for the opening three stages of the Giro with ambitions to prove himself as a general classification contender. A top-10 placing by the time the three-week race finished in Rome was the realistic goal. But a bout of illness hit the Team Jayco AlUla rider on the second rest day and Harper had to lift himself in the third week just to turn his focus toward chasing a stage win. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Kylian Mbappe bites back over PSG's Champions League win and Luis Enrique dig

Kylian Mbappe left Paris Saint-Germain for Real Madrid last summer in the hope of winning the Champions League, but it was the French side who actually lifted the European Cup this year

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55 h. ago Sports quiz of the week: Champions League, French Open and Giro d’Italia

Have you been following the football, rugby league, cricket, horse racing, cycling, tennis, Formula One and boxing? Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Liverpool star Ibrahima Konate explains Anfield influence on PSG wonderkid Desire Doue

Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate has lauded Desire Doue after the Paris Saint-Germain talent helped inspire the French giants to victory in the Champions League final

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4 d. ago ‘I was pretty p***ed off’: Tom Pidcock on his first Giro d’Italia and life after Ineos as his new team’s leader

It’s been a long three weeks for Tom Pidcock at the Giro d’Italia, but both he and the team broke new ground at one of cycling’s most storied races, as he tells Flo Clifford

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4 d. ago ‘I was pretty pissed off’: Tom Pidcock on his first Giro d’Italia and life after Ineos as his new team’s leader

It’s been a long three weeks for Tom Pidcock at the Giro d’Italia, but both he and the team broke new ground at one of cycling’s most storied races, as he tells Flo Clifford

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6 d. ago Ousmane Dembele gets hero’s welcome as he presents Champions League trophy at French Open

Dembele helped PSG end their wait for a Champions League title on Saturday

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6 d. ago Inside Simon Yates' Giro d'Italia victory and sports' biggest fairytale finish

Simon Yates has become the latest Brit to win a Grand Tour - and he did so on the slopes of a climb that has come to define his career

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6 d. ago The Simon Yates lesson that Isaac del Toro must learn from unforgettable Giro d’Italia

The Mexican phenom emerged as the sport’s future, but the romantic race provided a throwback to reward both patience and experience in a thrilling final weekend to the grand tour

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6 d. ago Simon Yates rides away with prize of Giro d’Italia while rivals lose the plot | William Fotheringham

Del Toro and Carapaz became distracted by each other, allowing the Lancastrian to claim a second Grand TourThe Mexican standoff is a much-loved cinematic device, but the stalemate beloved of western movie script writers has rarely, if ever, decided one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The 2025 Giro d’Italia was the exception, appositely as the biggest loser was an actual Mexican, Isaac del Toro, with the unassuming Lancastrian Simon Yates the two-wheeled equivalent of the bandit who skips off with the loot, while two other bandits – in this case Richard Carapaz and Del Toro – stare each other down waiting for the other man to blink.Yates’s second career Grand Tour win, forged on the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday afternoon in a peerless display of courage and cunning, and sealed 24 hours later in the streets of Rome, will go down in cycling’s annals as one of the most improbable heists the sport has witnessed. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Simon Yates’s unfinished story gets its happy ending with a Giro d’Italia triumph seven years in the waiting

Having come so close in 2018 only to be beaten by Chris Froome at the last, Simon Yates finally tastes Giro victory

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6 d. ago Police clash with PSG yobs at Champions League parade on second day of chaos

Paris Saint-Germain supporters clashed with riot police for a second night in the French capital, following the club’s historic Champions League victory on Saturday.

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6 d. ago Armed riot police clash with PSG fans at Champions League parade on second day of chaos

Paris Saint-Germain fans clashed with riot police on the second day of clashes in the French capital after PSG won the Champions League for the first time on Saturday night

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6 d. ago Giro d’Italia winner Simon Yates hails ‘huge moment in my career’

Lancastrian claims second Grand Tour victory‘I’m in disbelief I have managed to pull it off’Simon Yates reflected on a “sweet success” he had been targeting for much of his life after a spectacular and decisive coup in Saturday’s final mountain stage ensured he would ride to victory in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday.At 32, the Lancastrian had not been tipped to add to his sole Grand Tour victory, the 2018 Tour of Spain, but in the mammoth stage over the Colle Delle Finestre, he confounded those expectations to win the sport’s second most prestigious race, after the Tour de France. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Simon Yates’ unfinished story gets its happy ending with a Giro d’Italia triumph seven years in the waiting

Having come so close in 2018 only to be beaten by Chris Froome at the last, Simon Yates finally tasted Giro victory in Rome

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7 d. ago British rider Simon Yates WINS the Giro d'Italia after stunning display as he secures second Grand Tour title in Rome processional

Yates took a lead of almost four minutes into stage 21 and finished safely in the peloton as Visma-Lease a Bike team-mate Olav Kooij came out on top in a sprint finish.

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7 d. ago Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates seals overall victory as Olav Kooij wins final stage – live

Yates wins pink jersey as teammate triumps in RomeEmail Luke with your thoughts on this year’s race“I never truly believed until the very last moment there,” Yates told the reporter and former pro rider, Adam Blythe. “I’m speechless, really.“It’s still sinking in I couldn’t hold back the tears. It’s something I’ve worked towards yeah. I’ve had a lot of setbacks, but I finally managed to pull it off.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Simon Yates atones for past heartbreak as he claims Giro d'Italia glory in Rome

Simon Yates previously endured a near miss in the Giro d'Italia but seven years on from that disappointment he claimed glory as he rode into Rome to claim another Grand Tour success

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