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Pep Guardiola has urged his Manchester City flops to use the pain from their shock FA Cup final defeat as fuel to salvage their dismal season by qualifying for the Champions League. Guardiola’s side will finish without major silverware for the first time in eight years after crashing to a 1-0 defeat against Crystal Palace at Wembley on Saturday. Eberechi Eze’s 16th-minute strike and Dean Henderson’s penalty save from Omar Marmoush late in the first half condemned troubled City to the latest setback in their turbulent season. Henderson made a series of superb stops to deny City, who claimed the…
Jasmine Paolini etched her name in Italian tennis history on Saturday by defeating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 to win the Italian Open, securing her second WTA 1000 title just weeks before the start of Roland Garros. Late bloomer Paolini, who also won in Dubai last year, is the first Italian woman to win the Rome event since Raffaella Reggi in 1985 after overcoming former U.S. Open champion Gauff in straight sets. The hugely popular 29-year-old delighted the packed center court at the Foro Italico by winning the first of a potential three titles for local players at this year’s event…
Jasmine Paolini etched her name in Italian tennis history on Saturday by defeating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 to win the Italian Open, securing her second WTA 1000 title just weeks before the start of Roland Garros. Late bloomer Paolini, who also won in Dubai last year, is the first Italian woman to win the Rome event since Raffaella Reggi in 1985 after overcoming former U.S. Open champion Gauff in straight sets. The hugely popular 29-year-old delighted the packed center court at the Foro Italico by winning the first of a potential three titles for local players at this year’s event…
Jasmine Paolini etched her name in Italian tennis history on Saturday by defeating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 to win the Italian Open, securing her second WTA 1000 title just weeks before the start of Roland Garros. Late bloomer Paolini, who also won in Dubai last year, is the first Italian woman to win the Rome event since Raffaella Reggi in 1985 after overcoming former U.S. Open champion Gauff in straight sets. The hugely popular 29-year-old delighted the packed center court at the Foro Italico by winning the first of a potential three titles for local players at this year’s event…
Championship leader Oscar Piastri kept his cool under intense pressure Saturday, producing a near-perfect lap to snatch pole position for McLaren at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The 24-year-old Australian posted a blistering time of 1 minute, 14.670 seconds, navigating traffic at the final corner to edge the four-time world champion by 0.34 seconds. In a qualifying session marred by two red flags and lengthy delays, Piastri secured his third pole of both the season and his career. McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who trails Piastri by 16 points in the drivers’ standings, will start…
Prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms for 32 suspects over a devastating fire that tore through a luxury ski resort hotel in northern Türkiye, killing 78 people, according to media reports citing an indictment released Saturday. The blaze engulfed the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Jan. 21 at the Kartalkaya ski resort, with survivor testimonies and expert analysis revealing widespread safety lapses. According to the indictment, prosecutors in Bolu are pushing for up to 1,998 years in prison for 13 key defendants – including the hotel’s owner, top executives, Bolu’s deputy mayor, the deputy fire chief and…
Prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms for 32 suspects over a devastating fire that tore through a luxury ski resort hotel in northern Türkiye, killing 78 people, according to media reports citing an indictment released Saturday. The blaze engulfed the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Jan. 21 at the Kartalkaya ski resort, with survivor testimonies and expert analysis revealing widespread safety lapses. According to the indictment, prosecutors in Bolu are pushing for up to 1,998 years in prison for 13 key defendants – including the hotel’s owner, top executives, Bolu’s deputy mayor, the deputy fire chief and…
Prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms for 32 suspects over a devastating fire that tore through a luxury ski resort hotel in northern Türkiye, killing 78 people, according to media reports citing an indictment released Saturday. The blaze engulfed the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Jan. 21 at the Kartalkaya ski resort, with survivor testimonies and expert analysis revealing widespread safety lapses. According to the indictment, prosecutors in Bolu are pushing for up to 1,998 years in prison for 13 key defendants – including the hotel’s owner, top executives, Bolu’s deputy mayor, the deputy fire chief and…
Hours after meeting the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, the returning Jannik Sinner stormed into the Italian Open semifinals Thursday, dismantling Casper Ruud in a dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory, while Coco Gauff battled through a grueling three-set thriller against China’s Zheng Qinwen to secure her spot in the women’s final. American Gauff will meet Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in Saturday’s championship clash after edging a marathon match 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) that lasted more than three and a half hours. Ruud, fresh off a clay-court title in Madrid and expected to be Sinner’s toughest hurdle since returning from a three-month doping…
Hours after meeting the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, the returning Jannik Sinner stormed into the Italian Open semifinals Thursday, dismantling Casper Ruud in a dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory, while Coco Gauff battled through a grueling three-set thriller against China’s Zheng Qinwen to secure her spot in the women’s final. American Gauff will meet Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in Saturday’s championship clash after edging a marathon match 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) that lasted more than three and a half hours. Ruud, fresh off a clay-court title in Madrid and expected to be Sinner’s toughest hurdle since returning from a three-month doping…