Valencia stun deflated Barcelona to win Copa del Rey
Seville, Spain Barcelona wanted a trophy to ease their Champions League heartache but instead fell to another shock defeat as Valencia pulled off a thrilling 2-1 victory on Saturday to win the Copa del Rey. We deserved to win.? Messi admitted on Friday his team had still not recovered from the ?hard blow? suffered against Liverpool and certainly they seemed ...
Amla, de Kock get going before rain washes out warm-up
West Indies, after opting to field, got to bowl a total of 12.4 overs - in spells of 8.2, 1.1 and 3.1 - at Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock, in which South Africa scored 95 runs, before the stop-start encounter was called off, everyone having had enough of watching the rain. Amla, who had scored a 61-ball 65 ...
Hamilton wins Monaco Grand Prix in the spirit of Lauda
Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday, nursing his car?s worn tyres to the finish in a nail-biting victory worthy of the team?s late great Niki Lauda. Ferrari?s Sebastian Vettel was runner-up, ending Mercedes?s run of five successive one-two finishes, with Hamilton?s team mate Valtteri Bottas third. ?That was definitely the hardest race I?ve had ...
Federer turns on the style on Roland Garros return
Roger Federer returned to the French Open and breezed into the second round with a 6-2 6-4 6-4 win against Italian Lorenzo Sonego on Sunday, four years after hitting his last ball on the Parisian clay. The third-seeded Swiss, who won his only title at Roland Garros 10 years ago, treated the crowd at the renovated court Philippe Chatrier ...
Celtic win historic treble-treble with Scottish Cup win
That?s nine trophies out of nine, it?s remarkable.? Ryan Edwards gave Celtic a scare with a goal for Hearts in the 52nd minute but French striker Odsonne Edouard grabbed a brace, the second a penalty, to give Lennon?s side victory and a place in history.
Valencia knock Barcelona off Copa del Rey throne
Valencia beat Barcelona 2-1 to win the Copa del Rey on Saturday, ending the Spanish champions? four-year winning streak in the competition and denying them a domestic double. ?We?ve made history in a really significant year, our centenary year.? Valencia finished fourth in La Liga after a strong second half of the season, reaching the Europa League semi-finals and ...
Dutch see Nations League as a prize worth winning
?We do want to win, a prize with the national team would be extraordinary.? With Spurs facing Liverpool in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday, Van de Beek does not want to dwell on missing out on club football?s ultimate game. ?Naturally missing out on the Champions League final will be going through my head before Saturday ...
No surprise as Kerber shown the exit in first round
?Of course I?m disappointed, but I tried everything the last two weeks to be here to play a match, and I was happy about the process the last days, but at the end, I didn?t have real match practice.? Kerber, who would have reclaimed the world number one ranking by lifting the Suzanne Lenglen Cup on June 8, did not really believe in her own chances.
Bernd Wiesberger wins Made in Denmark golf title by one shot
Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger ended on 14-under par to beat Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre by a single stroke in a thrilling finale at the Made in Denmark Open to claim his fifth European Tour title on Sunday. Wiesberger, who started the final round with the same lead over MacIntyre, carded a five-under par 66 to win his first title since recovering ...
Lewandowski strikes twice as Bayern seal German double
Champions Bayern Munich beat RB Leipzig 3-0 on Saturday thanks to two goals from Robert Lewandowski to win their 19th German Cup and complete a domestic league and Cup double. Bundesliga top scorer Lewandowski headed the champions into the lead in the 29th minute, wrong-footing keeper Peter Gulacsi, and Kingsley Coman?s superb first touch and shot in the ...
Zverev outlasts Jarry in thrilling final to clinch Geneva Open title
Germany?s Alexander Zverev did his French Open preparations a world of good by beating Chile?s Nicolas Jarry 6-3 3-6 7-6(8) in a gruelling, rain-hit final at the Geneva Open on Sunday. Top seed Zverev, looking for his first title win on clay since clinching the Italian Open last year, had endured a disappointing season so far and had ...
British climber dies on Everest as death toll of climbers in Nepal reaches 18
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A British climber too weak to descend from Mount Everest died on Saturday, officials said, the eighth climber to die on the world?s tallest mountain and the 18th in Nepal?s Himalayas during the current climbing season. Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, died in the so-called ?death zone? known for low levels of oxygen on descent from the ...
Sri Lanka U19 beat Pakistan by 26 runs in opening match
LAHORE, May 26 (APP):Sri Lanka U19 beat Pakistan U19 by 26 runs in the first of the five-match 50-over cricket series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka on Sunday. Duvindu Tillakaratne took three for 48 in his 10 overs as the tourists were bowled out for 208 in 47.3 overs, said the information ...
Pakistan-Bangladesh warm-up game abandoned as rain plays spoilsport
Bangladesh play one more warm-up game against India on Tuesday while Pakistan have no more warm-up matches to play, kicking off their World Cup campaign against West Indies on Friday at Trent Bridge. Hashim Amla hit an undefeated 46-ball 51 with one six and eight fours and opening partner Quinton de Kock was 37 not out after West Indies ...
Pakistan-Bangladesh warm-up game abandoned as rain plays spoilsport
Bangladesh play one more warm-up game against India on Tuesday while Pakistan have no more warm-up matches to play, kicking off their World Cup campaign against West Indies on Friday at Trent Bridge.
Sri Lanka U19 Beat Pakistan By 26 Runs In Opening Match
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 26th May, 2019 ) : U19 beat U19 by 26 runs in the first of the five-match 50-over series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota, on . First 50-over match, Hambantota, U19 won by 26 runs Scores in brief: U19 234-9, 50 ...
PCB allows families to accompany players in World Cup
The PCB said that it revised its earlier decision to not allow families to accompany players after taking into consideration the policies adopted by other boards ? earlier, only Haris Sohail and Asif Ali were exempted from the said decision.
Boult strikes as New Zealand thrash India in World Cup warm-up
Kohli?s men were in danger of being dismissed for under a hundred when MS Dhoni, the captain of the India side that won the 2011 World Cup, fell to Southee to leave his team on 91 for seven.
Emery seeks Europa League success to salvage Arsenal’s season
Unai Emery?s first season at Arsenal will be judged a success or failure depending on the outcome of a single game ? the Europa League final against Chelsea ? but the Spaniard has a habit of saving his best for Europe?s second-tier competition. However, it is not only a first European trophy for 25 years at stake for ...
Curtain up for returning Federer at new-look Roland Garros
Roger Federer returns to a new look Roland Garros on Sunday after a four-year absence, admitting he?ll be an underdog in his attempt to claim a 21st Grand Slam title. Play on a rebuilt Court Philippe Chatrier starts with women?s fifth seed Angelique Kerber taking on precocious Russian 18-year-old Anastasia Potapova, ranked at 81 in the world. ?I ...
