Coco Gauff and her dream of winning an Olympic gold medal came to an end after her 6-7, 2-6 third round loss to Croatia's Donna Vekic on Tuesday. It looked like the 20-year-old American star was going to cruise into the quarter-finals after going up 4-1 in the opening set. Vekic however fought back and forced a tie-break which she won 9-7. Things did not get...
Super Falcons coach Randy Waldrum is upbeat about his team's chances of qualifying for the knockout phase at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics. The Nigerian ladies are yet to win a game in Group C after narrow losses to Brazil and world champions Spain. The Falcons will need to defeat Japan by at least three unreplied goals in their final group game against Japan on Wednesday...
The South Africa women's Sevens rugby team bagged their first win at the Paris 2024 Olympics after defeating Fiji 21-15 on Tuesday to finish the competition in 11th place. The Blazeboks lost all their three group games against Australia (34-5), Ireland (38-0) and Great Britain (26-17). This was followed by a narrow 15-12 loss to Japan in the 9th-12th place playoffs semis. The game against Fiji...
Yankuba Minteh and Simon Adingra were among the goalscorers as Brighton & Hove Albion recorded a 4-2 win over Tokyo Verdy on Sunday to conclude their pre-season tour of Japan. The Seagulls had defeated the Kashima Antlers 5-1 in their first game with Minteh opening the scoring. The newly-signed Gambian forward was at it again against Tokyo Verdy when he scored just before the half time...
Lewis Hamilton claimed his 105th Formula 1 victory after his Mercedes teammate George Russell was disqualified from Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. The former Williams driver was the initial winner with Hamilton in second, giving Mercedes their first 1-2 since the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Russell was however disqualified from the race at Spa-Francorchamps when motorsport governing body, FIA, found his car to be underweight during...
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