Francesco Bagnaia hailed a “fantastic” win in an eventful Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday to end crash-victim Marc Marquez’s perfect start to the MotoGP season.Six-time elite class world champion Marquez was set fair to make it six wins out of six in Texas after romping to victories in the sprints and main races …
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The NBA champion Boston Celtics and Western Conference leaders Oklahoma City continued their march to the playoffs on Saturday as the Los Angeles Lakers bounced back with a win over the Memphis Grizzlies.Jayson Tatum scored 29 points with 10 rebounds and eight assists to propel the Celtics to their eighth straight victory, 121-111 over the …
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Lionel Messi returned to action for Inter Miami after his injury layoff and scored just two minutes after entering as a second-half substitute in his team’s 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.Messi had missed Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers in South America during the recent international window after picking up an adductor strain in …
Ilia Malinin dazzled with six quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in his closing free skate Saturday to win his second straight men’s figure skating world title.The 20-year-old known as the “Quad God” had teased the prospect of seven quadruple jumps in the free skate, but even though he doubled one of them it was …
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World number one Aryna Sabalenka, fresh from her Miami Open triumph on Saturday, credited her consistent form this season on mastering the temper which once plagued her performances.Sabalenka added Miami to the title she won at Brisbane by beating American Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 at Hard Rock Stadium.The Belarussian has also featured in the finals …
World number one Aryna Sabalenka powered her way to the Miami Open title on Saturday, beating American Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 in the WTA 1000 event at Hard Rock Stadium.The title was the Belarusian’s first at Miami and her second of the season following her January triumph in Brisbane.Having lost the final at Indian Wells …
The New York Yankees made Major League Baseball history on Saturday with batters smashing home runs on the first three pitches their lineup faced.Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge each smacked a homer off the first offering he saw from Milwaukee pitcher Nestor Corales, a former Yankee left-hander.Austin Wells added a two-out homer to …
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Australian Min Woo Lee birdied seven of the first 14 holes in firing a seven-under par 63 to seize a four-stroke lead after Saturday’s third round of the PGA Houston Open.The 26-year-old from Perth finished one off the Memorial Park course record to stand on 17-under 193, a 54-hole tournament record.”Just some solid golf,” Lee said. …
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Alysa Liu won the women’s figure skating world title on Friday, delivering a dazzling free skate to edge three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.Liu, who walked away from the sport in 2022 at the age of 16 and returned just a year ago, defied the pressure Sakamoto piled on with a brilliant free skate …
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Czech teenager Jakub Mensik marched into his first Masters semi-final in Miami on Thursday when he defeated France’s Arthur Fils 7-6 (7/5), 6-1.Fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic also took his place in the last four with a 6-3 7-6 (7/4) win over American Sebastian Korda.Fils had enjoyed one of the biggest wins of his career on Wednesday …
