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Poland Striker Worries Worsen as Lewandowski Limps Off Before Euro 2024
Poland Striker Worries Worsen as Lewandowski Limps Off Before Euro 2024

Poland's talismanic striker Robert Lewandowski came off injured on Monday after 32 minutes as the team won their last Euro 2024 warm-up 2-1 against Turkey in Warsaw. His strike partner in Hellas Verona's Karol Swiderski had already left the field after hurting his right ankle celebrating scoring the goal that gave Poland a 12th-minute ...

Basketball: Lithuania Defeats Lebanon in Friendly Match
Basketball: Lithuania Defeats Lebanon in Friendly Match

Lebanon lost to Lithuania in their first warm-up game for the Olympic qualifying tournament, 100-71. The Riyadi stars were absent due to their participation in the Asian Club Championship. Omari Spellman, who lost around 20 kg, scored 14 points on his return to the national team. The team will play two more games against Lithuania this week ...

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Padel Tennis: "Champions Challenge," a Resounding Success in Zouk Mikael

Lebanon experienced a historic evening in the world of padel tennis last Sunday at the Nohad Nawfal Complex in Zouk Mikael. Spectators witnessed high-level exhibition matches featuring international players and the best Lebanese talents. The Lebanese audience, present in large numbers since the afternoon, enthusiastically followed the padel ...

France Stifled by Canada in Euros Warm-Up
France Stifled by Canada in Euros Warm-Up

In their final warm-up friendly before Euro 2024 favorites, France were held to a 0-0 draw by Canada on Sunday, although late substitute Kylian Mbappé almost stole the win. With the superstar striker nursing an injury, France coach Didier Deschamps experimented with his attack. With Olivier Giroud in a classic central role flanked by Marcus ...

Lebanon Hosts Region's Biggest Padel Tournament with World's Top Players
Lebanon Hosts Region's Biggest Padel Tournament with World's Top Players

The world's top padel players gathered at Nouhad Naufal Stadium on Sunday for the region's biggest padel tournament. Arturo Coello (ranked first in the world), Agustin Tapia (ranked third), Juan Lebron (ranked fourth), and Paquito Navarro (ranked 8th), competed alongside high-level Lebanese players such as Jamil Ali Hassan, Marc Boustany, and ...

Verstappen Wins Crazy Rain-Hit Canadian Grand Prix
Verstappen Wins Crazy Rain-Hit Canadian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen returned to form and completed a hat-trick of Canadian Grand Prix wins on Sunday when he triumphed for Red Bull in a thrilling, tactical, and incident-filled race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. "Pretty crazy race," said the Dutchman at the finish. "A lot happening. We stayed calm." The series leader and three-time champion rode ...

Celtics Beat Mavericks 105-98 for 2-0 NBA Finals Lead
Celtics Beat Mavericks 105-98 for 2-0 NBA Finals Lead

The Boston Celtics, fueled by 26 points from Jrue Holiday, thwarted a desperate Dallas rally in the final minutes to beat the Mavericks 105-98 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals. On a night when early struggles from three-point range bedevilled the Celtics, their all-around effort on both ends of the floor saw them notch a second ...

Alcaraz Beats Zverev to Win First French Open Title
Alcaraz Beats Zverev to Win First French Open Title

Carlos Alcaraz fought back to defeat Alexander Zverev in a five-set French Open final on Sunday and become the youngest man to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces. The 21-year-old battled cramps to recover from 2-1 down in sets and win a gripping contest 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 after four hours and 19 minutes on Court Philippe ...

Basketball-BCLA: Riyadi Crushes China's Liaoning Flying Leopards
Basketball-BCLA: Riyadi Crushes China's Liaoning Flying Leopards

The Riyadi club, reigning champions of Lebanon, the WASL, the WASL Final 8 and the Dubai International Championship, started their Champions League Basketball Asia (BCLA) campaign on the right foot. The Lebanese club, representing West Asia, thrashed China's Liaoning Flying Leopards 118-75 on Sunday in Dubai. Riyadi delivered a convincing ...

Cedars Rally: Roger Feghali Dominates in the Heights
Cedars Rally: Roger Feghali Dominates in the Heights

Roger Feghali and his co-driver Joseph Matar, driving a Skoda Fabia, won the 29th Cedars Rally, organized by the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL), over two days in the Northern Governorate. In hot summer weather, twenty-five teams started the rally on Saturday, and twenty-three reached the finish on Sunday. This race was the second ...

Alcaraz Eyeing History in French Open Final Against Zverev
Alcaraz Eyeing History in French Open Final Against Zverev

Carlos Alcaraz says that he is hoping to join the long list of Spanish French Open champions when he bids to become the youngest man to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces in the final against Alexander Zverev on Sunday. The 21-year-old defeated Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon last year and also lifted the US Open trophy as a teenager in ...

Athletics: Imperious Jacobs Rules Rome as Italy Basks in 'Super Saturday'
Athletics: Imperious Jacobs Rules Rome as Italy Basks in 'Super Saturday'

Home favorite Marcell Jacobs retained his European 100m crown in Rome as Team Italy basked in their own “Super Saturday” with two further golds to surge to the top of the medals table. In a night of high-quality track and field at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, there was a record-extending seventh discus title for Croatia's Sandra Elkasevic. There ...