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The fifth World Nomad Games kicked off this week in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana. Dubbed the "Great Gathering on the S...
09/13/2024

The fifth World Nomad Games kicked off this week in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana. Dubbed the "Great Gathering on the Steppe", the Olympics of the nomadic world is a spectacular celebration of traditional sports, identity and culture from across inner Asia.

Part Highland Games, part Mongolian Naadam festival, and featuring sports like horseback wrestling and Central Asian strongman competitions, the World Nomad Games give a flavour of what the Olympics might have looked like if Genghis Khan had been in charge.

Formula 1 has announced the six grands prix which will host events in the sprint format in 2025.The races, which feature...
07/12/2024

Formula 1 has announced the six grands prix which will host events in the sprint format in 2025.

The races, which feature a shorter race on the Saturday before the main event on the Sunday, start with the second grand prix of the season in China on 21-23 March.

The others are Miami on 2-4 May, Belgium on 25-27 July, the US Grand Prix in Austin on 17-19 October, Brazil on 7-9 November and the penultimate race in Qatar on 28-30 November.

China, Miami, Austin, Brazil and Qatar are also sprint events on this year’s schedule.

Belgium hosted a sprint previously in 2023.

Megan Keith says she could not have dreamt of the impact she was going to make at 10,000m when she raced the distance fo...
06/18/2024

Megan Keith says she could not have dreamt of the impact she was going to make at 10,000m when she raced the distance for the first time as "an experiment" three months ago.

The Inverness athlete continued her remarkable rise since stepping up by claiming bronze at the European Championships in Rome in what was just her third 10,000m race.

Molly Caudery can be forgiven for finding herself drifting into daydreams when she allows herself to indulge in thoughts...
06/07/2024

Molly Caudery can be forgiven for finding herself drifting into daydreams when she allows herself to indulge in thoughts of Paris 2024.

After all, it was not so long ago that none of this seemed plausible to the 24-year-old. Or not so soon, at least.

Now Caudery is a world champion. Thrust from her preferred role as underdog, she has had no choice but to re-evaluate her goals amid what can only be described as a "whirlwind" period, in what is still only the dawn of her career.

Sale Sharks have agreed to re-sign former captain Will Addison on a one-year deal from next season with the option of a ...
05/29/2024

Sale Sharks have agreed to re-sign former captain Will Addison on a one-year deal from next season with the option of a further year.

The 31-year-old utility back came through the Sharks' academy and played more than 100 games for the club in his first spell.

An Ireland international, Addison went on to join Ulster in 2018 but has been restricted by two serious injuries whilst with the Irish province.

Arsenal and Manchester City are considering a summer move for Newcastle United's Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 26. ...
04/24/2024

Arsenal and Manchester City are considering a summer move for Newcastle United's Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 26. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in signing Guimaraes, who reportedly has a £100m release clause in his contract at St James' Park. (Talksport)

Liverpool will have to pay Feyenoord £8.59m in compensation if they want to make 45-year-old Dutchman Arne Slot their new manager. (Daily Mail)

Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva has decided to leave Manchester City and the 30-year-old, who has a release clause of £50m, is keen to make a switch to Barcelona. (Sport - in Spanish)

Chelsea are enquiring about RB Leipzig and France centre-back Castello Lukeba, 21, who has a release clause of close to £60m in his contract with the Bundesliga club. (FootMercato - in French)

Rangers and Celtic are to provide derby ticket allocations of "around 5%" for away supporters from next season.The Scott...
03/29/2024

Rangers and Celtic are to provide derby ticket allocations of "around 5%" for away supporters from next season.

The Scottish Professional Football League made the announcement "following engagement with both clubs".

The two remaining Premiership meetings in this campaign are not impacted by the agreement and will go ahead without any away fans.

Rangers host Celtic at Ibrox on 7 April and there will be a post-split derby at Celtic Park.

Maurizio Sarri resigns: Lazio manager quits after fifth defeat in six gamesLazio manager Maurizio Sarri has resigned aft...
03/13/2024

Maurizio Sarri resigns: Lazio manager quits after fifth defeat in six games

Lazio manager Maurizio Sarri has resigned after a fifth defeat in six games in all competitions.

Monday's 2-1 home defeat by Udinese left Lazio ninth in Serie A, seven points off the final European qualification place.

They were knocked out the Champions League last week by Bayern Munich.

Sarri, 65, joined Lazio in 2021 and led them to second place in Serie A last season, their best league finish since they won the title in 1999-2000.

Assistant manager Giovanni Martusciello has been placed in interim charge.

Lazio travel to third-bottom Frosinone on Saturday. They face Juventus in the semi-finals of the Italian Cup over two legs next month.

Sarri spent one season at Chelsea in 2018-19, when he won the Europa League, finished third in the Premier League and reached the Carabao Cup final.

Before joining Chelsea he led hometown club Napoli to two second-place finishes in three years and was named Serie A manager of the year in 2016-17.

He won the title with Juventus in 2019-20.

Liverpool and Scotland left-back Andy Robertson, 29, is the top target for German champions Bayern Munich as they plan h...
02/28/2024

Liverpool and Scotland left-back Andy Robertson, 29, is the top target for German champions Bayern Munich as they plan how to replace Canada international Alphonso Davies, 23, who looks set to join Real Madrid. (Mail)

Arsenal's concern over the injury record of Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus, 26, is a factor in their striker search, with Brentford's Ivan Toney, 27, Napoli's Victor Osimhen, 25, Bologna's Joshua Zirkzee, 22, and Sporting's Viktor Gyokeres, 25, among options considered. (Mail)

The Gunners are keen on 17-year-old Ajax defender Jorrel Hato, but the Dutch club are hoping the one-cap Netherlands international will sign a new contract. (Evening Standard)

As part of a deal to sign Kylian Mbappe, 25, Real Madrid have also agreed to sign the France forward's younger brother Ethan, 17, from Paris St-Germain. (OK Diario - in Spanish)

Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is top of Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe's list to replace Erik ten Hag as Red Devils boss. (Foot Mercato - in French)

Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi is also a potential candidate to replace the Dutchman at Old Trafford. (MEN)

On the latest episode of BBC Radio Manchester's The Devils' Advocate podcast, Gaz Drinkwater, Jay Motty and Kim Burdett ...
02/12/2024

On the latest episode of BBC Radio Manchester's The Devils' Advocate podcast, Gaz Drinkwater, Jay Motty and Kim Burdett spoke about the win over Aston Villa and the performances of their young attacking players.

"Now we've got that front line, especially [Alejandro] Garnacho and [Rasmus] Hojlund, who feel like they have that threat that we've not had, especially since the back end of last year. I feel like they can win any game even if they're not playing necessarily well," said Gaz.

"I think Garnacho has been our best player this season."

Jay replied: "I think he's been very good. I like that he keeps going and keeps trying.

"Yes he can be a bit greedy at times but he's a kid who can score goals so I don't blame him too much but he doesn't give up running at his defender. I want to see that.

"Back in the day when we used to win things, if Ryan Giggs ran at a full-back and got tackled he wouldn't give up, he'd keep going and Garnacho has that about him.

"I'd rather see that than an attacking player who's going to stop, turn backwards and just not have the ability to run at players and he does that.

"And he must be a nightmare to play against."

Inter Milan went four points clear at the top of Serie A with a win over Juventus that was decided by a Federico Gatti o...
02/05/2024

Inter Milan went four points clear at the top of Serie A with a win over Juventus that was decided by a Federico Gatti own goal.

A cross from the right bounced off Gatti's chest in the 37th minute to put Inter ahead.

Federico Dimarco's low ball behind the defence put Inter's Marcus Thuram through on goal but he was denied by a last-ditch tackle from Gleison Bremer.

Inter have a game in hand over second-placed Juve and third-placed AC Milan.

The visitors to the San Siro had their chances, Dusan Vlahovic missing a gilt-edged opportunity for the Bianconeri when a poor first touch let him down following Weston McKennie's pass.

The Serbia striker also attempted an overhead kick from a corner which sailed over the bar.

Nicolo Barella's strike on the volley was brilliantly saved by Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who also denied substitute Marko Arnautovic late on.

The Nerazzurri are the only side yet to concede a league goal after the 75th minute this season.

Inter, who travel to Roma on Saturday, last won Serie A in the 2020-21 campaign.

Istanbul Basaksehir fine and loan out Israel's Eden Karzev for social media postIstanbul Basaksehir have fined Israeli m...
01/19/2024

Istanbul Basaksehir fine and loan out Israel's Eden Karzev for social media post

Istanbul Basaksehir have fined Israeli midfielder Eden Karzev following his social media post in support of his compatriots being held hostage in Gaza.

The Turkish Super Lig club have also sent the player out on loan to Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv following disciplinary proceedings.

On Instagram, Karzev had shared the slogan calling to "Bring them home now" in reference to the hostages.

Basaksehir said his post had "violated the sensitive values of our country".

The incident follows Sagiv Jehezkel also returning home to Israel from Turkey after making a gesture of solidarity with hostages in Gaza.

Jehezkel, who signed for Antalyaspor in September, was celebrating an equaliser in a Turkish Super Lig match on Sunday when he held up his bandaged hand that read "100 days. 7/10".

The bandage also included a star of David.

Sunday marked 100 days since Hamas launched its deadly attacks on southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people, mainly civilians. About 240 people were taken back to Gaza as hostages, approximately 132 of whom are still being held.

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