Soren Waerenskjold won the fastest ever stage of the Tour de France with a long-range sprint in Nevers. The Norwegian followed an early move from Cees Bol inside the last few hundred metres of stage 11, getting several bike lengths ahead of the chasing pack and holding off the charge of Olav Kooij to claim his first career Tour win as Tadej Pogacar stayed safe in the yellow jersey.
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Spain are through to the World Cup final after surprising favourites France with a convincing semi-final victory at Dallas Stadium. Luis de la Fuente’s side blunted a France team brimming with attacking talent, controlled a game of few chances and will deservedly take their place in Sunday’s showpiece thanks to goals in either half from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro. They will tackle either England or Argentina in their quest to clinch a second world title.
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On a fast and furious stage of the Tour de France, where the racing belied the hot conditions and challenging parkour, Tadej Pogačar showed his dominance on the final category 1 climb, taking a commanding lead and getting revenge for his loss to Jonas Vingegaard in Le Lioran two years ago. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe) was seen to be suffering big time on the final climb, fighting for his GC position, but he pulled off an miraculous recovery to launch the sprint for second place, which he won.
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Croatia have reappointed former defender Slaven Bilic as the manager of their men’s national team. Bilic, whose first spell in charge of his country was from 2006 to 2012, replaces Zlatko Dalic. Dalic stepped down from the role, which he held for nearly nine years, following Croatia’s World Cup last-32 defeat against Portugal.
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Jannik Sinner demonstrated once again why he is the world’s best player after holding off Alexander Zverev to win back-to-back Wimbledon men’s singles titles. Italy’s Sinner gradually took control of an extremely tight contest to win 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 6-4 at the All England Club. German second seed Zverev played confidently and boldly as he looked to back up his maiden Grand Slam victory at the French Open last month.
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