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Adelaide will be “one of the safest circuits on the calendar”, says MotoGP's deputy CEO
The legendary and much-loved Phillip Island circuit will bid farewell after the 2026 event, and from next season onwards, the championship will head to Adelaide – a track ...Keep reading
England losing tennis courts as number of padel facilities rises exponentially
Country loses 200 tennis courts in three years, but they still outnumber padel facilities by a factor of 11 to one
England has lost almost 200 tennis courts in three years as padel facilities have grown nearly sixfold. newssport.cv
Guardian analysis of Sport England data found that the country has lost 183 tennis courts since 2023 – the first such decline since at least 2000. The data includes local authority and community-owned courts, privately run health facilities, schools and sports clubs.
Continue reading...Fernando Alonso and Liam Lawson will start F1 Italian GP from pitlane
Parc ferme rules were breached on both cars, as Aston Martin opted to give Alonso fresh power unit parts – an MGU-K, a battery and a control electronics unit – having already exceeding his yearly allowance previously.
“Yesterday in Q1 we identified some abnormal ...Keep reading
‘It was tough to be Jonah Lomu’: new film sheds light on late All Blacks hero
New Zealand great made his name at 1995 Rugby World Cup but rapid rise to fame took a toll as his health worsened
Making a film about Jonah Lomu’s life was never going to thrill everyone. The big man’s widow, Nadene, took legal action in an unsuccessful attempt to block the project and declined to be involved. You can’t imagine Mike Catt being overly delighted either. Even 31 years later, the brutal footage of Lomu running straight over the top of England’s full-back in the 1995 World Cup semi-final in Cape Town almost merits an 18 certificate on its own.
Happily, the makers of Lomu went ahead regardless and have managed to shine a fresh light on the biggest rugby phenomenon in history. There was always way more to Jonah’s story than a huge pair of thighs and here it is, laid out in a manner that is thought-provoking, affecting and wincingly nostalgic. As the former All Blacks doctor John Mayhew puts it: “I’m disappointed he didn’t have the life he deserved to have. I wonder, even [with] the magnificent gifts he had, whether he was ever truly happy.”
Continue reading...Infantino nektet å svare om fremtiden
Fifa-president Gianni Infantino feide unna spørsmål om presset mot ham da han var til stede på en kamp i U20-VM for kvinner.
Infantino er under hardt press etter at forsøk på å selge andeler i VM til private investorer gikk i vasken. Flere nasjonale fotballforbund har krevd at han trekker seg eller erstattes.
– Det er mye å si, men det må være riktig tid og sted for det. Det er ikke i dag, og det er ikke her. Her og i dag nyter vi fotball, sa Infantino til Sky News før kampen mellom vertsnasjon Polen og Argentina lørdag.
Det internasjonale fotballforbundet (Fifa) rykket tidligere i uken hardt ut mot Det europeiske fotballforbundet (Uefa) og beskyldte dem for å ha en svertekampanje mot Infantino. Det kom etter at det ble kjent at Uefa vurderer å ta rettslige skritt mot Infantino.
– Vi fortsetter selvsagt arbeidet i Fifa med å gi alle hjørner av verden en sjanse og en mulighet til å bli bedre, slik at vi kan feire fotballen vi alle elsker, sa Infantino lørdag.
56-åringen svarte ikke da han ble spurt om han har vurdert å trekke seg. Infantino har ledet Fifa siden 2016. Han har vervet til kongressen i mars neste år, og han har varslet at han vil stille til gjenvalg for å forlenge perioden til 2031.
Uefa besluttet tidligere i sommer å boikotte alle Fifa-turneringer, men den ble nylig satt på pause slik at europeiske lag kunne delta i utvalgte turneringer den neste perioden. U20-VM er blant dem.
Norges J17-landslag skal spille VM i Marokko i oktober.
(NTB)