This is Beirut 2024-10-12 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 to edge closer to the Nations League quarter-finals on Friday as 10-man Netherlands rescued a 1-1 draw in Hungary. Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz laid on a backheel for Undav's opener after 30 minutes in Zenica. The Stuttgart forward then made it two when he turned in ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-11 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Novak Djokovic proved his staying power on Friday, beating an opponent 18 years his junior 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6-4 to claim the last spot in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals. The 37-year-old's victory over the Czech Republic's Jakub Mensik came a day after one of his greatest rivals and contemporaries, Rafael Nadal, announced he would retire in ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-11 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
World number seven Taylor Fritz booked his place in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Friday, comfortably beating Belgium's David Goffin 6-3, 6-4. The American quickly took charge in the first set, breaking the 66th-ranked Goffin in the second and sixth games. Underdog Goffin, who knocked out second seed Alexander Zverev in the last round ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-11 10:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A 94th-minute winner by Vangelis Pavlidis gave Greece a 2-1 victory on Thursday against England in a Nations League clash overshadowed by the death of Greek player George Baldock on the eve of the game, while Italy were held to a draw by Belgium. Greek striker Pavlidis netted a brace, either side of a late Jude Bellingham goal, to send Greece top ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-10 17:34 - Reading : less than a minute
Rafael Nadal announced on Thursday that he will retire from professional tennis after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career in which he won 22 Grand Slam titles and Olympic singles gold. "I am retiring from professional tennis. The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially," Nadal said in a video on ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-10 11:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Italy will attempt to back up their strong start to the UEFA Nations League after a disastrous Euro 2024 campaign, while a rebuilding Germany are without several key players due to injury. Luciano Spalletti's Italy crashed out in the last 16 at the Euros in a dire defence of their title, but the Azzurri responded to that failure by winning in ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 15:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sinner Shanghai Masters Daniil Medvedev
World number one Jannik Sinner will face Daniil Medvedev in the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals, after both players had straight sets victories on Wednesday. Sinner put some old demons to rest in overcoming American Ben Shelton 6-4, 7-6 (7/1), while Medvedev took out Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. Shelton, ranked 16, knocked Sinner ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 10:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Padres Dodgers Major League Baseball
The San Diego Padres sent the star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink of postseason elimination with a 6-5 victory in a roller-coaster Major League Baseball playoff clash on Tuesday. A wild game at an electric Petco Park saw Los Angeles take a first-inning lead through a Mookie Betts solo home run before the Padres punished multiple Dodgers ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former Barcelona midfielder Andrs Iniesta, who won two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup with an all-conquering Spain team, announced his retirement from football on Tuesday at the age of 40. Iniesta announced that his time on the pitch was over while expressing his inability to stay away from football, which he considers his ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Barcelona are hoping to return to their legendary Camp Nou stadium, currently undergoing modernization and expansion work, "by the end of the year," club spokesperson Elena Fort said on Monday. The Catalan giants' construction roadmap was presented to the press on Monday, with officials insisting the club was "actively working" to return to the ...
Makram Haddad 2024-10-08 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese football team will not be able to participate in the upcoming international window scheduled from October 10 to 16 due to the tragic circumstances facing the country. This climate of insecurity has halted all sports activities, prompting the Lebanese Football Federation to cancel its participation in the friendly tournament in ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-07 11:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lakers LeBron James Bronny James
LeBron James and eldest son Bronny James made NBA history on Sunday after making their long-awaited first appearance alongside each other for the Los Angeles Lakers. The duo appeared together at the start of the second quarter in the Lakers' 118-114 preseason defeat to the Phoenix Suns in Palm Desert, east of Los Angeles. While LeBron James ...