This Is Beirut 2024-06-12 17:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French Open champions Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal have been named in the Spain team for the 2024 Olympic Games, the Spanish tennis federation (RFET) announced on Wednesday. World number two Alcaraz won his first Roland Garros title last weekend on the clay in Paris, where the Olympic tournament will take place from July 27 to August 4. Nadal ...
2024-06-12 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Riyadi qualified for the semifinals of the Asia Champions Club Championship, BCL Asia, after securing their second victory in Group A against the Emirati club Chabab al-Ahli, with a score of 102-88 at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall. This victory secured the top spot in the group for Al Riyadi, who will face the second place team from ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-12 11:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice for Portugal as they comfortably beat the Republic of Ireland 3-0 on Tuesday in their final Euro 2024 warm-up friendly. Joao Felix was also on target, as Roberto Martinez's side bounced back from a defeat by Croatia last week to build confidence for the tournament in Germany. Ronaldo, 39, watched that match from ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-12 10:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The captain and star of the Lebanese national football team, Hassan Maatouk, concluded his international career in the best possible way by leading his country to a resounding 4-0 victory against Bangladesh in his final match of the Asian qualifiers for Group I. In their final match of the combined qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-11 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti denied on Monday that the Champions League winners would refuse to play in next season's expanded Club World Cup, claiming comments he made to an Italian newspaper had been misinterpreted. "In my interview with Il Giornale, my words about the FIFA Club World Cup have not been interpreted in the way I intended," ...
Makram Haddad 2024-06-11 14:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a few weeks, Paris will host the Paralympic Games, which are set to kick off on August 28, just 17 days after the “great celebration of sport,” the Summer Olympics. Although we are far from the early days of the first edition of these Games in Rome in 1960, there is still a long way to go to achieve full recognition of these Games and their ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-11 13:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
2024-06-11 12:33 - Reading : less than a minute
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 16:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 16:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-06-10 15:43 - Reading : less than a minute
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-10 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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 ...