Six-time MotoGP champion Marquez to ride for Ducati factory team from 2025
Ducati officially confirms that Marc Marquez will be Francesco Bagnaia’s factory teammate for the 2025 MotoGP season.
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From Ronaldo to Kroos: who will retire after UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany?
Euro 2024 is the last European Championship for several legendary players entering the twilight of their careers.
Saudi Arabia accused of using forced labour ahead of Fifa World Cup decision
Union’s claim of ‘epidemic of migrant worker abuses’ could force Fifa to reject state as 2034 host if it fails to meet rights obligations
Saudi Arabia, the likely host of the 2034 World Cup, is facing allegations of widespread use of forced labour among its vast migrant workforce, in a complaint filed at the UN’s International Labour Organization.
The complaint to the ILO alleges that migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are subject to a raft of labour rights violations including failing to pay wages, passport confiscation, illegal recruitment fees, debt bondage and preventing workers freely changing jobs.
Continue reading...T20 World Cup brings cricket ‘home’ for New York’s South Asian community
New York's semi-professional cricketers hope the T20 World Cup will inspire the next generation to play the game.
Ohtani’s former interpreter Mizuhara pleads guilty in sport betting case
Mizuhara pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $17m from the Los Angeles Dodgers player to pay off illegal gambling debts.
Novak Djokovic pulls out of French Open with knee injury
The world number one suffered an injury in his right knee in the third round at Roland-Garros.
Preview: Belgium will be tricky opponents at Euro 2024, De Bruyne says
Belgium were quarterfinalists at past two editions, and captain Kevin De Bruyne says his team are ready for Euro 2024.
Euro 2024 preview: Croatia out to bring World Cup form to Euros party
Croatia, led by inspirational captain Luka Modric, want to shock the footballing world again at Euro 2024 in Germany.
Real Madrid sign France’s Kylian Mbappe on free transfer after PSG exit
Mbappe joins the Spanish and European football champions as a free agent a month after terminating his PSG contract.
Thousands of homeless people removed from Paris region in pre-Olympics ‘social cleansing’
Campaigners say operation to bus ‘undesirable’ people out of city and wider Île-de-France region has intensified
Thousands of homeless people have been removed from Paris and the surrounding area as part of a “clean-up” operation ahead of the Olympic Games, campaigners say.
Those moved on include asylum seekers, as well as families and children already in a precarious and vulnerable situation, the collective Le Revers de la Médaille, which represents 90 associations, said in a report released on Monday.
Continue reading...‘He’ll be proud’: work starts on Rob Burrow motor neurone disease centre in Leeds
Grief and adoration at ceremony just day after death of rugby league great, who dedicated last years to help others with disease
A blue mural on a wall close to Headingley stadium in Leeds bears the words of Rob Burrow: “In a world full of adversity, we must dare to dream.”
The former Leeds Rhinos rugby league scrum-half died on Sunday, five years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
Continue reading...Namibia vs Oman: Wiese holds nerves in super over finish at T20 World Cup
Wiese scored 13 runs and restricted Oman to 10 in the super over after the match was tied at the end of 20 overs each.
Preview: Sri Lanka at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024
Wanindu Hasaranga's men can be hard to stop at the T20 World Cup if they start well and gain momentum.
Russell and Chase to the rescue as West Indies beat PNG in T20 World Cup
West Indies beat PNG by five wickets thanks to a late surge in their opening game after the minnows gave them a scare.
Nagelsmann condemns survey asking if German team has enough white players
- Coach backs Kimmich’s view of ‘absolutely racist’ ARD survey
- Participants asked if they preferred more white players in team
The Germany head coach, Julian Nagelsmann, has said he is shocked that a public broadcaster asked survey participants if they would prefer more white players in the national football team.
Nagelsmann has agreed with midfielder Joshua Kimmich, who said on Saturday that the survey for German state broadcaster ARD was “absolutely racist” and that it was “madness for a public broadcaster to ask such a question”.
Continue reading...Marathon man Djokovic beats Musetti in latest-ever finish at French Open
Defending champion wins a four-and-half-hour epic to keep alive his hopes of winning a 25th Grand Slam title.
More than 2,000 officers police protests and Champions League final in London
Forces outside the capital drawn on for Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid match and a Tommy Robinson march and counter-protest
More than 2,000 officers have been deployed across London, including more than 400 from outside the capital, to police the Champions League final, a protest by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson and a counter-demonstration.
The final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid takes place at Wembley on Saturday evening. And, earlier, a protest organised by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, more commonly known as Tommy Robinson, set off from the Victoria area on Saturday, ending in Parliament Square where speeches took place.
Continue reading...Will the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 help cricket finally take off in the US?
Cricket has been historically unsuccessful in winning over the US, so how can the T20 World Cup help flip the script?
Preview: USA vs Canada – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 opening match
History, reputation and bragging rights will be on the line as USA host Canada in the first match of the T20 World Cup.
Teenager arrested in France on suspicion of Olympics attack plot
Interior ministry says 18-year-old Chechen suspected of planning ‘Islamist-inspired’ attack in Saint-Étienne
French security services have arrested a Chechen teenager suspected of plotting an “Islamist-inspired” attack on a football game during this summer’s Olympics, the interior ministry has said.
The domestic intelligence agency DGSI arrested an 18-year-old of Chechen origin in Saint-Étienne, in south-east France, the ministry said on Friday, calling it the “first foiled attack against the Olympic Games”.
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