Motor racing: Tributes planned for Lauda at Monaco GP
Formula One will honor Niki Lauda at this weekend’s showcase Monaco Grand Prix, with teams and drivers on Wednesday still coming to terms with the triple world champion’s death.
Soccer: U.S. ’99 World Cup win should have done more for women’s game – Foudy
The United States’ World Cup triumph on home soil in 1999 was a watershed moment for the sport but midfielder Julie Foudy had hoped it would help the women’s game grow at a much faster pace.
Olympic marathon silver medalist Kirwa suspended for doping
Bahrain’s Olympic women’s marathon silver medalist Eunice Kirwa has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said in a statement.
Motor racing: Leclerc dream and Lauda memories stir Monaco emotions
Charles Leclerc will race around his home streets in a Ferrari for the first time in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, a boyhood dream come true, but dominant Mercedes also have sentiment on their side.
Motor racing: Statistics for the Monaco Grand Prix
Statistics for Sunday’s Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, the sixth race of the season.
Cameroonian girls defy prejudice to pursue soccer dreams
When Gaelle Asheri first started playing soccer in the dirt streets near her home in Cameroon’s capital, she was the only girl on the informal neighborhood teams which used stones for goal posts and kept score by chalking results on a wall.
South Korea’s Ji targets women’s World Cup knockout stages
South Korea are hopeful of qualifying for the knockout stages of the women’s World Cup in France next month despite being placed in a tough group, midfielder Ji So-yun has said.
Injury-hit Osaka heads to French Open after ‘rocky’ clay season
After pulling out of last week’s Italian Open due to injury, World number one Naomi Osaka admitted she has had a “rocky” claycourt season heading into the French Open.
Djokovic concedes he has mountain to climb at French Open
World number one Novak Djokovic has enjoyed two good weeks on red clay but admitted that winning a second French Open title would be a tall order after a crushing defeat by Rafael Nadal in last week’s Italian Open final.
Distracted Zverev seeks to rediscover spark
On the court Alexander Zverev has proved adept at shouldering the expectation heaped on him since his early teens, but off it the job of handling the business side of his tennis career is proving a more onerous task.
