This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 18:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Oscar Piastri took his maiden Formula One win in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, with Lando Norris in second for a McLaren 1-2. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton completed the podium at the Hungaroring where McLaren locked out the front row of the grid for the first time since 2012. "Amazing day for us as a team. Oscar controlled the race and he deserved ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 15:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Preparations for the Paris Olympics went up a gear on Saturday as security teams scoured the banks of the Seine ahead of Friday's opening ceremony and top International Olympic Committee officials met in the French capital. Police with sniffer dogs were seen checking the six-kilometer (four-mile) route along the Seine for the ceremony in which up ...
Jad Ramadan 2024-07-21 13:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At this year's Paris Olympics, basketball will once again be one of the main attractions. Numerous teams from all over the world will be competing from July 26 onwards, hoping to represent their nation to the best of their ability by winning a medal, preferably a gold one. For some, a place on the podium may be enough. For others, qualifying for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 12:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tadej Pogacar will be firmly in the spotlight as he goes down the ramp last on Sunday's final day individual time trial in his adopted home of Monaco, with a third Tour de France title all but secured. The final stage of the 2024 Tour will be broadcast around the world as he speeds along the corniche from Monaco to Riviera town Nice. "I can ride ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
South Sudan's basketball team nearly delivered a stunning upset to a United States team of NBA superstars on Saturday before losing 101-100 in an Olympics warm-up game in London. LeBron James, 39, the all-time NBA scoring leader, registered a game-high 25 points, including the deciding points on a driving layup with eight seconds remaining at the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 20:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lando Norris claimed pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of Oscar Piastri as McLaren celebrated their first front row lock-out in over a decade. Red Bull's three-time world champion Max Verstappen took third in qualifying to start Sunday's race on the second row with the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz for company. Verstappen's under ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 19:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Noah Lyles set himself up perfectly for the Paris Olympics by haring to a personal best in winning the 100m at Saturday's Diamond League meeting. In the last sprint before the Olympics, Lyles was relatively quick out of his blocks and tore down the track at London Stadium to win in 9.81 seconds. Importantly, he easily held off a clutch of ...
Makram Haddad 2024-07-20 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Saint-Moritz is undoubtedly a significant milestone for Lebanese sports, as it was in this small Swiss town that the Olympic adventure for athletes from the Land of Cedars began in 1948. It was at the Winter Games of 1948 in Saint-Moritz that the first Lebanese delegation, comprising two athletes, Ibrahim Geagea and Mounir Itani, embarked on ...
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 ...