Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has called for patience amid growing speculation over his future, assuring that clarity will come at season’s end as he aims to steady the ship following a humbling Champions League defeat to Arsenal. The 3-0 quarterfinal first-leg loss on Tuesday has intensified scrutiny on Ancelotti, who has come under fire for his team’s lackluster display. The Italian manager remains under contract with the club until the end of next season. “I shouldn’t talk about things about my future, because the contract is quite clear. Whatever it is, it will be talked about at the end…
Carlos Alcaraz charged into his first Masters final in 13 months with a hard-fought 7-6(2), 6-4 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Monte Carlo on Saturday, though not before his Spanish compatriot saved five match points in a fierce battle. Alcaraz will face Lorenzo Musetti in Sunday’s final after the Italian staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(4). The second-seeded Alcaraz struggled to break Davidovich Fokina, converting just three of 19 break points. He also squandered three set points in a tense opening set that stretched over an hour. Davidovich Fokina’s defense was exceptional, but…
The United States has excluded certain electronics like smartphones and computers from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to a list of items published by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection late Friday. The U.S. CBP listed some 20 products, also including semiconductor-based transducers, solid-state storage devices and flat panel displays.
Oscar Piastri has brushed off suggestions that McLaren will be hindered by a rule change in June, asserting that he expects the team to remain strong throughout the season. Starting with the Spanish Grand Prix on June 1, the FIA will impose stricter front wing load tests to limit flex, following previous adjustments made to rear wings. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner noted in Japan last weekend that the change could have a major impact, with uncertainty about which teams will be affected. “We have a big regulation change coming at race nine. How is that going to affect…
Kylian Mbappe’s legal team has appealed to both the French sports minister and UEFA, demanding that his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, pay him 55 million euros ($61.25 million) in unpaid wages. On Thursday, they revealed that several of PSG’s accounts had been frozen. “We’re going on the attack,” said Mbappe’s lawyer, Delphine Verheyden, during a press conference. Despite the French League (LFP) ordering PSG to settle the amount last year, the French Football Federation ruled that Mbappe’s request was inadmissible due to an ongoing civil court case. Now, Mbappe’s legal team has turned to a Paris court to freeze 55…
Kylian Mbappe’s legal team has appealed to both the French sports minister and UEFA, demanding that his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, pay him 55 million euros ($61.25 million) in unpaid wages. On Thursday, they revealed that several of PSG’s accounts had been frozen. “We’re going on the attack,” said Mbappe’s lawyer, Delphine Verheyden, during a press conference. Despite the French League (LFP) ordering PSG to settle the amount last year, the French Football Federation ruled that Mbappe’s request was inadmissible due to an ongoing civil court case. Now, Mbappe’s legal team has turned to a Paris court to freeze 55…
With higher U.S. tariffs postponed by 90 days, European Union finance ministers will brainstorm on Friday how to use that time to get a trade deal with Washington and how to coordinate their efforts to handle higher tariffs if they do not. U.S. President Donald Trump suspended on Wednesday for 90 days the reciprocal tariffs of 20% he imposed on Europe on April 2, though a 10% rate is in place as it is with most other countries globally. He also said he expected Europe to buy more U.S. oil and gas as part of the rebalancing of the trade…
Hungary on Thursday suggested a “biological attack” as a possible source of the country’s first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in more than half a century, which has triggered border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle in the northwest. Hungary reported a first case of foot-and-mouth disease in over 50 years on a cattle farm in the northwest near the border with Austria and Slovakia last month, the World Organisation for Animal Health said, citing Hungarian authorities. Animal health authorities had made checks at nearly 1,000 farms across Hungary by Thursday, with only four in the affected northwestern region returning positive…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia was conducting “systemic work” in China to recruit fighters for its war in Ukraine, days after announcing Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Moscow. “It is obvious that these are not isolated cases, but systemic Russian work, in particular, on the territory and in the jurisdiction of China, to recruit citizens of this state for war,” he said in a statement on social media.
Kel’el Ware posted 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to lead a patched-up Miami Heat squad to a 117-105 victory over the struggling Philadelphia 76ers, who dropped their 12th consecutive game. Miami (36-43) bounced back from a two-game slump, securing the win without Bam Adebayo, who was sidelined due to back spasms. The Heat are now just half a game behind the ninth-place Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference play-in race. With Adebayo out, Ware started at center and delivered his best scoring effort since March 15. His stellar rebounding performance also marked his second double-double in the last…