27 h. ago Tour of Flanders: Pogacar stops Van der Poel’s bid while Kopecky earns third women’s title

Slovenian takes title in style after 19km solo attackLotte Kopecky makes history and adds to previous winsTadej Pogacar denied Mathieu van der Poel a record fourth Tour of Flanders title when the Slovenian won the second Monument of the season in Belgium for the second time in his career on Sunday.The 26-year-old Pogacar, who skipped the 2024 edition to focus on a Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double, had won the Tour of Flanders in 2023. Second in the 268.9-km race, which started in Markt in Bruges and concluded in Minderbroedersstraat in Oudenaarde, was the Dane, Mads Pedersen with Belgium-born Van der Poel coming third to complete the podium. Home heros Wout Van Aert and Jasper Stuyven rounded up the top five. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Tadej Pogacar gets revenge on Mathieu van der Poel with dominant Tour of Flanders victory

Beaten in thrilling fashion by the Dutchman at Milan San Remo a fortnight ago, there was no denying Pogacar in Belgium

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29 h. ago South Carolina and UConn meet in another national showdown for women's NCAA Tournament title

Dawn Staley and South Carolina hope to finish off a second straight season with an NCAA championship, which would give the Gamecocks a third women's basketball title in four years

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60 h. ago Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar resume hostilities in Spring Classics duel for supremacy

Two of the sport’s heavyweights are back in the ring, in part two of this gripping spring trilogy

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3 d. ago Women’s chess takes centre stage with World and European titles up for grabs

Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi are playing in Shanghai for the world crown, while 136 players, six of them from England, compete in Rhodes for the European championshipWomen’s chess takes centre stage this week. In Shanghai and Chongqing, there is an all-Chinese 12-game match for the women’s world crown between Ju Wenjun, 34, the holder, and Tan Zhongyi, 33, the challenger. The pair are closely matched on ratings (2561 to 2555) and level on head-to-head. The prize money pool is $500,000. Thursday’s game one, with Ju playing White in a Sicilian Defence, was a routine draw by threefold repetition in 39 moves.There is live commentary from 7am BST each day from the all-time No 1, Judit Polgar, and England’s popular Jovanka Houska on YouTube. Saturday is a rest day, game three (of 12) is on Sunday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Max Verstappen indicates he was unhappy Red Bull sacked Liam Lawson

Yuki Tsunoda replaces Lawson for Sunday’s Japan GPLewis Hamilton describes demotion as ‘pretty harsh’Max Verstappen has intimated he was unhappy with the way his Red Bull team suddenly sacked their driver Liam Lawson after just two races and replaced him with Yuki Tsunoda from sister team Racing Bulls, speaking in the buildup to this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.Red Bull dropped Lawson with a shocking speed after he underperformed in his first two races for the team, a bluntly emphatic act even by F1 standards. In the immediate aftermath the former driver Giedo van der Garde described Red Bull’s treatment of the 23-year-old as “closer to bullying or a panic move” and that they “gave Liam two races only to crush his spirit” in a post on Instagram, which was liked by Verstappen. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Sean O’Malley vs Merab Dvalishvili 2 tops UFC 316 with women’s title fight in co

Kayla Harrison will challenge Julianna Pena for the women’s bantamweight belt in the chief support bout

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5 d. ago Duhan van der Merwe’s British and Lions hopes given boost after injury update

Scans on an ankle injury suggest that the Scottish wing is in line to return ahead of the tour

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5 d. ago Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction

American authors of All Fours and Tell Me Everything are competing for the 30th award alongside four other novels highlighting ‘the importance of human connection’American writers Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout have been shortlisted for the 30th Women’s prize for fiction alongside four debut authors.The six titles in contention for the £30,000 prize all draw on “the importance of human connection” in different ways, said writer and judging chair Kit de Waal. “What is surprising and refreshing is to see so much humour, nuance and lightness employed by these novelists to shed light on challenging concepts.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Edinburgh confirm extent of Duhan van der Merwe injury and what it means for Lions selection

Update also issued on international lock forward Marshall Sykes

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6 d. ago Injury update means Duhan van der Merwe is on track for action with Lions

Edinburgh say the South Africa-born 29-year-old is scheduled to return some time next month.

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7 d. ago Duhan van der Merwe and Marshall Sykes injury updates as Edinburgh explain star man's 'day

How Edinburgh are shaping up ahead of Lions visit

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7 d. ago Love, actually: How intimacy survives marriage and motherhood | Saman Shad

The key isn’t chasing some impossible ideal of passion that never fades, but learning to appreciate love in all its evolving formsThe first thing a friend did when I told her the title of my book was laugh. “The Sex Lives of Married Women?” She asked. “You mean The No Sex Lives of Married Women.”I laughed too. She wasn’t wrong – married people aren’t exactly known for their thriving sex lives. And I suspect the only couples reliably having sex must be the ones who have scheduled it into their Google calendars, probably in a shared folder alongside “Bunnings trip” and “remortgage review”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago A WWE Women's World Title Match Headlines The London Episode Of RAW

A WWE Women's World Title Match Headlines The London Episode Of RAW  TheRingReport.com

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8 d. ago Darts star calls out 'Luke Littler fanboys' in brutal takedown of Premier League players

Luke Littler's rivals in the Premier League have been called out for being too friendly to the youngster on stage at events by Dutch player Vincent van der Voort

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8 d. ago Gary Neville said he'd 'nip to shower to strip' to avoid buff Man Utd legend

Manchester United icon Gary Neville joked about being left embarrassed by a fellow Red Devils legend - who showed off his truly incredible physique

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9 d. ago ‘What the hell?’ Alysa Liu wins USA’s first women’s figure skating world title in 19 years

Liu completes stunning comeback with world titleJapan’s Sakamoto finishes second and Chiba thirdAlysa Liu completed her stunning comeback to competitive figure skating with a world championship title on Friday night in Boston, becoming the first American woman to win the sport’s biggest competition outside the Olympics in nearly two decades.The 19-year-old from Clovis, California, who vanished from the sport nearly three years ago uncertain if she’d ever return, delivered a spellbinding free skate inside a sold-out TD Garden to dethrone three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. Skating in a shimmering gold dress to the pulsing sounds of Boston-born Donna Summer, Liu landed all of her jumps cleanly and drew a standing ovation before finishing with 222.97 points overall – enough to secure gold in front of a rollicking home crowd. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Edinburgh Rugby's vital win inspired by classy Darcy Graham but Duhan van der Merwe picks up injury

Edinburgh’s URC play-off push gets boost but concern over two injuries

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1 week ago Everton flop with pet zebra was caught in strip club by wife's private detective

This Dutch ace's time at Everton was an unmitigated disaster on the pitch and he didn't fare much better off it, but he's now turned over a new leaf since retiring

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1 week ago Demi Vollering missed the Tour de France title by four seconds. What did she do next?

The Dutch rider was narrowly beaten in her bid to retain her title. But she has stormed back at the start of this season using lessons from her childhoodEarlier this month, on the final climb of the Strade Bianche, Demi Vollering flew past Anna van der Breggen, her former coach and renewed rival, handily winning by 18 seconds. As the first spring classic of the year, the Italian race is renowned for its white gravel roads and regarded as a barometer of early season fitness. Vollering, already one of her sport’s best riders, showed she was capable of an even higher level.“The whole team was motivated, so I wanted to win for them,” says Vollering, “but I didn’t feel a lot of pressure before the race, because everything is new with the team.” Continue reading...

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