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Sports Desk, Jun 16 (EFE).- Jude Bellingham’s 13th-minute header gave England a 1-0 win over Serbia in their Euro 2024 opener at the Auf Schalke stadium in Gelsenkirchen. Head coach Gareth Southgate of England reacts after winning the UEFA EURO 2024 group C match between Serbia and England in Gelsenkirchen,...
Sports Desk, Jun 11 (EFE).- Barcelona’s Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong, will miss the European Championship in Germany after failing to recover in time from ankle problems that have prevented him from playing since the end of April. Although he was initially expected to be ready to play during the...
Valencia, Spain, Jun 10 (EFE).- Three Valencia fans were sentenced Monday to eight months in prison and a two-year stadium ban for racially abusing Real Madrid player Vinicius Jr during a Spanish LaLiga match at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium. The incident occurred during Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat at Valencia on May...
Sports editorial, Jun 9 (EFE).- Dutchman Max Verstappen redeemed himself from his sixth place finish in Monaco two weeks ago by winning in the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix in his Red Bull Racing car, keeping his lead in the world championship in a wet race that saw five retirements....
Paris, Jun 9 (EFE) – Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz won his first Roland Garros and his third Grand Slam on Sunday after overcoming German Alexander Zverev in the final, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, in 4 hours and 19 minutes. At the end of the match, the 21-year-old, who climbed to...
Paris, Jun 8 (EFE).- Iga Swiatek, Poland’s world number one, defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini to win the French Open on Saturday. The victory makes it three consecutive titles – and four overall – for Swiatek, 23, at Roland Garros, to add to her US Open win in 2022. Swiatek continued...
Paris, Jun 3 (EFE).- Less than 48 hours after defeating Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a marathon match that finished at dawn, world no. 1 Novak Djokovic once again proved he could overcome the odds when he defeated Argentine Francisco Cerundolo to advance to his 10th quarterfinal at Roland Garros on...
Madrid, Jun 3 (EFE).- Spanish football club Real Madrid celebrated their 15th Champions League title after a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in London, with visits to traditional celebration spots Cibeles Square and Santiago Bernabeu. The celebrations began with the squad leaving the team’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on top of...
Chicago, US, Jun 2 (EFE).- Simone Biles, the most decorated American gymnast, won a record-extending ninth national championship on Sunday after breaking Alfred Joachim’s 77-year-old record of seven titles last summer. Biles had an outstanding performance in Fort Worth, Texas in what was her last test ahead of the United...
Madrid, May 29 (EFE).- The world soccer players’ union, Fifpro, will next week modify its statutes to change the way it is governed as part of a campaign to ensure “maximum transparency”, its current president David Aganzo told EFE. The process will culminate in elections in November. Following executive committee...
Paris, May 28 (EFE).- Rafael Nadal was eliminated in the first round of the French Open on Monday but did not indicate whether he would return to his favorite tournament next year. Men’s world number two Jannik Sinner of Italy and women’s world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland overcame...
London, May 22 (EFE).- Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino has decided to leave Chelsea by mutual agreement with the club after less than a year in the position. Despite the club’s qualification for Europe, after a fairly good second half of the English Premier League, the Argentine has decided not to...
