Passé tout près de la défaite, Gaël Monfils s’est néanmoins qualifié mardi pour le 2eme tour du tournoi d’Auckland après avoir renversé l’Espagnol Martinez en trois sets, nouveau record à la clé. Validation également, mais à Adelaïde, cette fois-ci, d’Arthur Cazaux et de Manuel Guinard, qui ont rejoint au 2eme tour Benjamin Bonzi, qualifié sans…
Glasgow Rangers won’t take many positives from their weekend draw at Easter Road, especially considering the Ibrox side led 2-0 and 3-2 at stages during the game, yet they still managed to draw 3-3. Defensive issues ensure the Light Blues won’t win the Premiership title this season, as Robin Propper and Dujon Sterling struggled against…
Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen all feature among a star-studded 2025 Premier League Darts line-up. The tournament will be staged on Thursday nights from February until May, as the sport’s top stars battle it out for the coveted title and £1m in prize money. Littler and Humphries are part of an eight-player…
A different Artur Beterbiev will be looking for a knockout in his rematch with Dmitry Bivol, according to promoter Bob Arum. In their undisputed light-heavyweight world title fight in October, Beterbiev won a contentious majority decision. But he will go straight into a February 22 rematch with Bivol, putting all four of the major 175lb…
Le journaliste de Canal+ a tiré la sonnette d’alarme au moment d’exprimer ses souhaits pour 2025. Passage à la nouvelle année oblige, la période est aux vœux de début d’année. Un exercice auquel s’est prêté Bertrand Latour sur le plateau de Jour de Foot, lundi soir. L’occasion de dresser un bilan pour le moins inquiétant…
Europe will look to claim a historic Ryder Cup win on American soil later this year, with 20 players hoping to feature in Luke Donald’s side battling it out this week in a special three-day team competition. The ‘Team Cup’ sees DP World Tour golfers from Great Britain and Ireland take on players from Continental…
Four teams remain in the 2024/25 edition of the Carabao Cup, with the semi-final first legs being played this week. A competition which so many are initially indifferent about suddenly takes on newfound importance when there’s a trip to Wembley on the immediate horizon. There are narratives in abundance heading into this season’s semi-finals. Mikel…
Chelsea basically disassembled their talented and young defensive ranks and pieced them back together with some big-money names that have failed to hit the bullseye for one reason or another. Fikayo Tomori has won the Serie A with AC Milan, Andreas Christensen left on a free transfer to sign for Barcelona and Marc Guehi is…
Britain’s Cameron Norrie avoided disqualification for throwing his racket into the crowd during his straight-sets defeat at the Auckland Classic. Norrie let out his frustration after a poor forehand return which hit the net to give opponent Facundo Diaz Acosta match point, with the Argentinian sealing the win 6-2 6-3. The spectator was hit by…
Victor Wembanyama peut l’avoir mauvaise. Alors que les Spurs sont à la lutte pour décrocher une place en play-offs ou tout du moins en play-in, la franchise texane a concédé une défense embarrassante sur le parquet de Chicago. San Antonio a en effet mené durant tout le match si ce n’est dans la dernière minute,…
Luke Littler has only been the world champion for a matter of days but he is already targeting more titles in 2025, including becoming the back-to-back Premier League champion. Littler made history on Friday night at Alexandra Palace by becoming the youngest-ever winner of the World Darts Championship at 17 years of age, surpassing his…
La sortie sur les réseaux sociaux d’Antoine Dupont après le choc entre La Rochelle et le Stade Toulousain, samedi, passe mal auprès de certains. Le Stade Toulousain est vite passé à autre chose. Au lendemain du déplacement des Rouge et Noir à La Rochelle, Antoine Dupont et ses coéquipiers se sont en effet envolés vers…
Alors qu’elle s’apprête à passer le Cap Horn, Violette Dorange a exprimé sa crainte alors qu’une tempête est prévue dans les prochaines heures. Loin des leaders, qui ont franchi l’équateur et ne sont plus qu’à une semaine des Sables-d’Olonne, Violette Dorange est en passe de quitter le Pacifique. Mais à l’approche du Cap Horn, la…
S’il pointe finalement à la sixième place du général avec seulement 15 minutes de débours sur le leader, Sébastien Loeb a songé à jeter l’éponge, dimanche, alors qu’il était confronté à des problèmes de surchauffe de son moteur. L’étape marathon du Dakar aura fait de gros dégâts. Tenant du titre, Carlos Sainz a ainsi été…
The Carabao Cup semi-finals get underway on Tuesday night as Arsenal welcome Newcastle United to the Emirates. These two-legged affairs will decide who competes for glory at Wembley in March, with the winner of this tie facing either Tottenham Hotspur or Liverpool under the famous arch. Arsenal extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to…
Just in case you required further proof, Gameweek 20 was on hand to show that nothing is a given in the Premier League. After title hopefuls Arsenal and Chelsea dropped points away from home on Saturday, the world projected a Liverpool massacre as they welcome a slumping Manchester United team – potentially the worst of…
The stage was set for Liverpool to take complete control of the Premier League title race after Arsenal and Chelsea dropped points away from home on Saturday. The league-leading Reds welcomed a Manchester United team reeling off the back of four-straight defeats to Anfield on Sunday afternoon knowing that victory would see them extend their…
These are heady days for Nottingham Forest. The last time they won this many consecutive games in the top division they were champions of Europe. There is a growing conviction that this current run of results is going to take them back there, spurred further by a 3-0 win against Wolves on Monday Night Football…
Alors qu’il va disputer la dernière saison de sa carrière professionnelle, Christopher Froome propose, dans une interview accordée à La Gazzetta dello Sport, de limiter les braquets afin de diminuer le nombre de chutes graves. C’et un sujet qui revient régulièrement ces dernières années, en raison des nombreuses chutes qui émaillent parfois les courses cyclistes,…
Nottingham Forest made it six Premier League wins in a row as they saw off a much-improved Wolves side to move level on points with second-placed Arsenal. Goalkeeper Matz Sels made some fine saves to keep Wolves out in a bright first-half showing and at the other end Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi…
