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The UCI has suspended members of Cynisca Cycling after the team disguised a mechanic as a rider in an effort to gain entry to last year’s Argenta Classic. American team Cynisca were missing one of their five riders due to illness for the road race in Belgium. Mechanic Moira Barrett dressed as the fifth rider…
“I had my whole life in front of me when they told me. I remember thinking ‘Oh my God, I’m going to die.” Few Maidstone United players are cherishing the non-league club’s FA Cup run more than Sam Bone. Back in 2016, soon after being released by Charlton Athletic at the age of 18, Bone…
The England jersey appears to be “weighing heavy” for Steve Borthwick’s players after defeat by Scotland in the Six Nations, says Ugo Monye. England’s attack continued to struggle as the losing run against their oldest rivals stretched to four games. Former England wing Monye says Borthwick may have to “evolve” as head coach before the…
Everton’s punishment for breaching Premier League financial rules has been reduced from 10 points to six after an appeal. The club were immediately docked 10 points in November for breaching profit and sustainability rules (PSR) in the three-year period to 2021-22. The punishment – the biggest in Premier League history – took from 14th to 19th in…
A loveless marriage would soon end. Kylian Mbappe would, potentially, unite with his true love, Real Madrid; Paris Saint- Germain would seek its true path to footballing glory. The Mbappe-PSG wedlock, despite the ingredients for a long and successful bond, even a symbolic bond of romance – the boy from the banlieue of Bondy, the…
To get some understanding of just how hard Wigan Warriors had to do it at times in Saturday’s World Club Challenge win over Penrith Panthers, consider the time the hosts spent defending in their own half. Of the 29mins 52secs Penrith had the ball for during the match, nearly 17 minutes of that was spent…
Jonathan Dente was shown red by referee Christophe Ridley in the Six Nations game in Lille. France suffered a significant blow at the end of the first half of their Six Nations fixture against Italy as Jonathan Danty was sent off. Referee Christophe Ridley dismissed the Centre after he made direct head-on-head contact while attempting to tackle Juan Ignacio…
Australia completed a clean sweep of their three-match T20 series against New Zealand on Sunday as Matthew Wade’s side won a rain-affected clash by 27 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in Auckland. The Australia had already clinched the series after winning the first two meetings, and they racked up a score of 118-4 when batting…
Britain’s Kye Whyte won his first final “in ages”, claiming gold at the BMX Racing World Cup in Brisbane. The 24-year-old beat Switzerland’s Cedric Butti by less than two hundredths of a second to win his first gold medal since 2019. The Olympic silver medallist has endured a difficult 12 months but his victory in Australia is…
Bordeaux striker Alberth Elis is in an induced coma in hospital after suffering a serious head injury in a collision with an opponent. The club confirmed on Sunday that he had surgery following the incident against Guingamp on Saturday. In the French Ligue 2 encounter, a significant pause of eight minutes occurred when Alberth Elis,…