Tadej Pogačar won at the summit of Alpe d’Huez and is now the rider to have taken the shortest time to climb the 13,800 metres of tarmac with an average gradient of 8.1 per cent leading up to the Alpe: thirty-five minutes and twenty-seven seconds, one minute and thirteen seconds faster than Marco Pantani’s time in 1995

Paolo Maldini and Leonardo approached Carlo Ancelotti and went to court Pep Guardiola. They’ve set their sights on the very best. They could turn to Andrea Pirlo for a project aimed at restoring the national team to its former glory within 8 to 10 years

In the Luxembourg time trial prologue of the 1989 Tour de France, the Spaniard appeared at the start 2’42” after the time trial had begun. “My head was in the clouds,” he explained

The American basketball player had said she believed it was necessary to protect girls in changing rooms and at sporting events, arguing that they should not compete against biologically male athletes. And immediately, the werewolf altar boys of the internet sprang into action with the excommunication procedure

In Orcières-Merlett, the Ecuadorian climber won the 18th stage of the Grande Boucle. His long journey through the mountains in search of the joy of victory has come to an end

In the United States, 66.4 million people watched the World Cup final; above all, it has become a daily habit for a great many people. This is partly because the World Cup has become Americanised

The seventeenth stage of the 2026 Tour de France was an inclusive stage, open to all. It resulted in just under four hours of chaotic fun, culminating in a sprint finish between a small group of riders and the Belgian, who was amazed to have finally managed to win

The Belgian champion was the fastest to complete the 26.1-kilometre 16th stage of the 2026 Tour de France, the only individual time trial in this year’s race. Tadej Pogačar had to settle for second place

Ever since football began, alongside incidents of mob violence, the game has always been regarded as an art form in the regions around Buenos Aires and Rosario. Yet at this World Cup, the Selección has tried to present itself almost exclusively as a rough and aggressive side

 The dirt track, the cloud of dust, a traffic jam, a line of cars and motorbikes, the impossibility of catching up. And so, on the penultimate stage of the 1947 Tour de France, the Italian lost his chance to wear the yellow jersey in Paris