Real Madrid beat Inter Milan 2-1 in Champions League

Madrid: Jose Mourinho enjoyed a victorious return to European football at the Bernabeu as his Real Madrid side beat Inter Milan 2-1 to kickstart their Champions League campaign on Tuesday.

Kylian Mbappe and Fede Valverde fired the home side into a commanding position inside the opening 25 minutes, before Carlos Augusto halved the deficit for Inter late on as Mourinho's charges held on in a nervy finale to start the league phase with a win.

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Classic 2026 opens tomorrow at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, and the draw brings together a number of heavyweight round-one clashes. chickenroad-game.rodeo

A number of champions, former champions and home hero Abdulla Al-Tamimi will enter the fray today at the prestigious indoor sports venue in Doha.

World No.1 Mostafa Asal will begin his Qatar Classic title campaign against Switzerland’s Nicolas Muller, with the Egyptian determined to avoid another near-miss in Doha. Asal has finished runner-up at the Qatar Classic in each of the past two years, and the top seed will be determined to go all the way to the top this time.

Four-time champion Mohamed ElShorbagy also begins his campaign against France’s Bernat Jaume, while No.3 seed and former champion Diego Elias faces American Timothy Brownell.

Elias remains one of the most consistent players on the PSA Tour and could face Asal in the semi-finals if the seeding holds. If both of them reach the semis, it would be their fifth meeting of the year.

Defending men’s champion Paul Coll will also be in action, opening his title defence against India’s Veer Chothrani. The New Zealander is bidding to claim his second Qatar Classic crown.

For the home crowd, the spotlight will be on 2016 champion Karim Abdel Gawad, who faces Al-Tamimi.

Al-Tamimi returned to competition last month following injury and is using the Qatar Classic as valuable preparation ahead of the Asian Games in Japan. Qatar’s other representative, Salem Al-Malki, will take on France’s Melvil Scianimanico.

On the women’s side, defending champion Hania El Hammamy starts against fellow Egyptian Hana Moataz. El Hammamy has already lifted the Qatar Classic trophy twice, in 2023 and 2025.

El Hammamy will be also looking to defend her World No.1 status, which will be challenged by World No.2 and reigning World Champion Amina Orfi who faces fellow Egyptian Hana Ramadan.

Meanwhile, former World No.1 and World Champion Nouran Gohar is back on the PSA Tour after a year away following the birth of her first child in April.

Gohar’s comeback begins against compatriot Kenzy Ayman, in what promises to be a demanding first test for the 2024 Qatar Classic runner-up. Four-time finalist Nour ElSherbini, seeded No.3, opens against Egypt’s Nada Abbas, while USA No.1 Olivia Weaver, seeded fourth, is in action against Egypt’s Sana Ibrahim.

Madrid: Charles Leclerc on Thursday conceded he was at fault when he clashed with Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton during the opening lap at the Italian Grand Prix.

Speaking to reporters at the new Madring, ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, the Monegasque driver said the pair had discussed the incident and settled their differences.

The clash saw Hamilton run off into the gravel and lose six places while Leclerc continued, but then crashed out on lap two at last Sunday's Grand Prix in Monza.

Leclerc had initially said "we went too far", a claim that Hamilton disagreed with by stating that "there was no 'we' in it".

"I think it's kind of clear that we never want to see a car of the same team in the grass," Leclerc said in the Spanish capital.

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"After reviewing, we spoke with Lewis, I obviously know I went too far in Turn Two and I said it to Lewis and I think it's very clear what we should do or should avoid going forward."

Leclerc added that it was "not acceptable" to see his team-mate in the gravel, but pointed out that more was made of the incident because it occurred at the team's 'home' race.

"We are driving for Ferrari and if there's one race where you don't want that to happen it is Monza and when these things happen at our home race, then it does a huge mess outside," the 28-year-old added.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton said he also discussed the matter with Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur and that there was no bad blood.

"That's the positive of where we've got to over the past 15 months," the 41-year-old explained. "We've got to a place where we have really great communication internally and the same with me and Charles.

"I think it's great that there was no shying away from having a discussion. We sat face to face, just him and me and we talked and we were both open and honest. We squashed it. We can move on."