the spaniard was defeated by portugal's nuno borges in straight sets at the swedish open in bastad on had been using the tournament to ramp up his preparations for the olympics in paris in a week's time, and afterwards he reflected on his week. in some way i felt that i arrived here practising much better than i played in the tournament for the whole week. i arrived here feeling that i was playing at a good level and i was not able to show that during the whole week and that is something i am not happy with. newly—crowned tour de france champion tadej pogacar says the sport of cycling is the "cleanest sport" pogacar underlined his dominance of this year's race with a victory in the final time trial, extending his winning margin to six minutes, becoming the eighth rider in history to win the giro d'italia and the tour in the same year. the slovenian says that despite the doubts of whether the sport is fully clean from doping, the idea of doping is simply not worth it. i think this is one of the cleanest sports in the whole world, of sport in general. because of what happened so many ye

the thirty-eight-year-old athlete lost to the portuguese nuno borges with a score of 36-26.s the first trophy at atp tournaments, nadalje played in the final for the first time since the spring of 2022. mercedes driver lewis hamilton was the first in formula 1 history to achieve 200 career podiums. at the last hungarian grand prix, the thirty-nine-year-old briton took third place. in the final laps, hamilton collided in the fight for the podium with reigning red bull champion max verstapin. as a result, verstapin was thrown off the track and could only finish fifth. well, he won. but after the command order he let his partner go ahead. inter miami held a ceremony honoring lionel messi on the eve of the mls match, it was dedicated to winning the forty-fifth title of leo's career. in the central circle was a large poster with the number 45. around it stood 45 children, each holding a picture. with messi's separate title, the striker won his last trophy at the moment in the last america's cup as part of the argentina national team. lionel is now the most titled football player

the thirty-eight-year-old athlete lost to the portuguese nuno borges with a score of 3-6-26.d borges, this is the first trophy at atp tournaments. nadalzhe played in the final for the first time since spring 2022. mercedes driver. lewis hamilton became the first formula 1 driver to reach 200 career podiums. at the last hungarian grand prix , the thirty-nine-year-old briton took third place. in the final laps, hamilton clashed with reigning red bull champion max verstapin in the fight for the podium. in as a result, verstapin flew off the track and was able to finish only fifth, while mclaren driver oscar piastri won the hungarian grand prix. the second was his teammate landa noris, who was in the lead a few laps before the finish, but after the team order , he let his partner go ahead. inter miami held a ceremony honoring lionel messi on the eve of the mls match, it was dedicated to winning the forty-fifth title. leo in his career. in the central circle was a large poster with the number 45. around it stood 45 children, each of whom held a picture with a separate messi title.

he will face the seventh seed in tomorrow's final nuno borges.lympics in paris and two—time 0lympic rowing champion helen glover is looking for a third. she's supported by husband and tv nature presenter steve backshall, who is passionate about using sport to promote environmental change. glover admits herfamily are a big inspiration to her as she prepares to compete. 0ur reporter sarah dawkins caught up with the pair. i took a year out after tokyo, i was umming and ahhing. when i pictured their three little faces on the finish line, that did it for me. that was the reason. we are talking about sustainability, the climate issues surrounding these games, you are incredibly passionate about the environment. why did you want to take part in this cycle and should we be worried about the impact on our environment, with heat, climate change? we should absolutely be worried. one of the things sport can do really well is amplify messages. british rowing have done an extraordinaryjob in recent years, we are talking about how important water quality is, no

he'll face seventh seed nuno borges in sunday's final.tournament to build his fitness ahead of the olympic games. judd trump is through to the shanghai masters final after a 10—3 win over ronnie o'sullivan. the world number two dominated the match, winning six frames in a row at one stage. he'll face shaun murphy tomorrow. tributes have been paid to former world snooker champion ray reardon who's died at the age of 91. the welshman dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning six world titles. he also played a key role in growing snooker�*s popularity. andy swiss looks back on his life. he was one of snooker�*s greatest players and entertainers. cheering. ray reardon helped transform what had been a pastime into one of britain's biggest sports. reardon was born in tredegar in south wales, he practised snooker in the local club and worked as a coalminer until an accident which left him trapped underground changed his life. when it happened i thought that is it, i am a goner, and probably i did black out for seconds, i don't know, i was just a

. for the first time since june 2022 , thirty-eight-year-old rafa’s opponent was the portuguese nuno borges11 years younger, the pre-start layouts did not promise anything good for nadal, he had too much strength... left in previous matches, the age difference affected, in the end borges prevailed in just an hour and a half 6: 3-6-2, this is the first final lost by a spaniard on clay in 9 years. in the post-match interview, he made the fans shed a lot of tears, it’s a great honor for me to play in front of such a crowd, thank you for your support, you gave me energy in difficult moments, i don’t know if i’ll be back again, most likely not, but i definitely liked it here. the france 2024 tour is history. remko evenpool. the big trio finished together in the top three in the fourth time, this happened on the eleventh, fourteenth and fifteenth stages, after which they climbed to the final podium together. the fact that the fight for victory would take place between the slovene, the dane and the belgian became clear already at the first control mark located at the top. in laturbie's second cate

thirty-eight-year-old rafa was the portuguese nuno borges, who was 11 years younger.t plans did not bode well for nadal; he had left too much energy in previous matches. the age difference ultimately affected the result. borzes took the upper hand in just an hour and a half, 6:3-6-2. this is the first final the spaniard has lost on clay in 9 years. during the match interview he made the fans shed a lot of tears, it’s a great honor for me to play in front of such a crowd, thank you for your support, you gave me energy in difficult moments, i don’t know if i’ll be back again, most likely not, but i definitely liked it here, the tour de france 2024 went down in history, the most prestigious cycling race ended with an individual time trial, the final twenty-first stage confirmed the dominance of the athletes of the first three of the general classification, tadej pogačer, jonas vingegaard and remco evenpoel. the big trio finished together in the top three for the fourth time, this happened in the eleventh, fourteenth and fifteenth stages, after which they climbed to the f

world number 51 nuno borges beat rafael nadal in straight sets to win the swedish open.was defetaed in straight sets. it's a first atp title for borges in what was his first final. not long until the start of the paris olympics, but australia's chef de mission says the team are trying to replace the missing luggage of the matildas' soccer team ahead of their paris debut in four days' time. anna meares says they are having to find medical equipment like tape, scissors and massage tables that got lost after they took a private jet from spain's marbella to marseille. the australian olympic chief told reporters that football australia decided to hire a chartered flight to try to avoid those issues, but unfortunately, some bags still got lost. the matildas arrive in paris after a run of 14 sold—out matches in their home nation. opening ceremony for the olympics starts on friday, that's all from the bbc sport centre for now. people on the spanish island of mallorca are protesting against the impact of record levels of tourism. spain has seen a number of demonstrations across d