Month: May 2025
Casper van Uden claims Giro d’Italia stage four on all-Dutch podium in Lecce
Picnic PostNL’s Casper van Uden claimed his maiden grand tour victory after a sprint finish on stage four Casper van Uden claimed his maiden grand tour victory in a sprint finish on stage four of the Giro d’Italia to top an all-Dutch podium in Lecce. The Picnic PostNL rider Van Uden powered ahead of his…
Real Madrid confident of beating Chelsea to signing of in-demand Dean Huijsen
Bournemouth defender has £50m release clause Huijsen’s preference is to join the Spanish side Real Madrid are ramping up their efforts to sign Dean Huijsen and are confident of beating Chelsea to the Bournemouth centre-back. Huijsen’s contract contains a £50m release clause, reportedly to be paid in three instalments, and he is attracting interest from…
Court urged to jail Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father for ‘regime of repeated abuse’
Prosecutor cites ‘culture of fear in the home’ Gjert Ingebrigtsen denies all charges The father of the Norwegian track and field superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen should go to prison for two and a half years for “a regime of repeated abuse” that spanned a decade, prosecutors have told a court in Norway. Summing up the state’s…
New research into menstrual cycles offers hope of reducing ACL injuries
Academic study will analyse hormone concentrations from footballers’ blood samples in search of more answers “I’ve had not one, two, but three ACL tears – all three have been on my period.” Those were the frank words of the double World Cup-winning former United States international Megan Rapinoe, speaking on her podcast A Touch More…
Goodison Park saved from bulldozers with it set to become home of Everton Women
Exclusive: US owners confirm it will become the country’s first major stadium dedicated to a women’s team next season Goodison Park, one of the UK’s oldest football stadiums, has been saved from demolition and will become the country’s first major stadium dedicated solely to a women’s team next season, the Guardian can reveal. Hailed as…
Tom Cruise unlocks major acheivement ahead of ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ release
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ is set to release on May 23Tom Cruise has just unlocked another major milestone few days before the release of his much-awaited film, Mission: Impossible 8. The 62-year-old has received another prestigious award after receiving the highest civilian award…