This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 17:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal reached his first final since winning the 2022 French Open, defeating Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic in a three-set tussle in Bastad on Saturday. A day after his four-hour quarter-final victory, the 22-time Grand Slam champion was again tested to the limit by Ajdukovic, the world number 130 who had won just two tour-level matches ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 09:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
McLaren's Lando Norris said he had no intention of changing his "nice guy" behaviour after he outpaced world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull to top the times on Friday in a sweltering second free practice ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Briton, who trails Red Bull's three-time champion by 84 points in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 19:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal fought into the semi-finals of the Bastad Open on Friday as he defeated Argentina's Mariano Navone 6-7 (2/7), 7-5, 7-5 in three hours and 59 minutes. The 22-time Grand Slam champion is through to the last four of a tournament for the first time since Wimbledon two years ago. "It was very close, long and tiring," said Nadal, whose ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 18:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Football Association (FA) have identified a "number of candidates" to replace Gareth Southgate as they search for an England manager capable of "winning a major tournament." Southgate resigned on Tuesday in the aftermath of England's Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain. The end of Southgate's eight-year reign has forced the FA into a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 14:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Carl Lewis says winning four successive Olympic long jump titles was the stand-out moment of a star-studded career during which he pioneered professionalism in a bid to leave track and field in a better place. Lewis showed remarkable longevity to claim long jump golds at the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics. The 63-year-old American's Olympic ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 13:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Denver Nuggets plan to sign NBA veteran Russell Westbrook as a free agent after the future Hall of Famer clears waivers, the Denver Post reported on Thursday. Westbrook picked up a $4 million player option in June to return to the Los Angeles Clippers, who moved him via a sign-and-trade on Thursday to the Utah Jazz, who are expected to reach ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 09:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata has been sent home from the Paris Olympics over allegations of smoking, local media reported on Friday. The Japan Gymnastics Association was investigating the 19-year-old captain of the women's gymnastics team to decide if she had breached their code of conduct, reports said. Smoking is illegal under the age of 20 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 18:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Controversial English forward Mason Greenwood was poised on Thursday to sign for Ligue 1 side Marseille for a reported 30 million euros ($33 million) and fill the vacuum left by veteran Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The interest in Greenwood, 22, has not been universally welcomed in the port city due to charges including rape and assault being ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 16:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Danish Formula One driver Kevin Magnussen will leave Haas at the end of the current season, the US constructor announced Thursday ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. "MoneyGram Haas F1 Team can confirm Kevin Magnussen will depart his race seat upon the conclusion of his current contract at the end of the 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship," the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 10:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
LeBron James was pleased with the progress made by the USA in their 105-79 victory over Serbia in a friendly game in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, but insists there is "so much room to improve" in the hunt for Olympic gold. After a narrow win over Australia on Monday, that saw the United States nearly blow a 20-point lead towards the end of the clash, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-17 18:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Wednesday, the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) in Geneva ruled in favor of American star Ashford Tanner Golden in his international lawsuit against Iraq's Karkh Educational Sports Club. The BAT accepted the request filed by Golden's legal representative, Maitre Ralph Charbel. The Swiss court ruled that the Iraqi club had unilaterally ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-07-17 17:22 - Reading : less than a minute
Meet Philippe Wakim, Lebanon's fencer set to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics starting on July 26.