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Vuelta a España: Pederson sprints to stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains lead

  • Belgian wins in photo finish to keep sprint leader’s jersey

  • Vingegaard retains 48-second lead over Almeida

The Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.

Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo finish at Monforte de Lemos.

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Alex Márquez wins Catalan Grand Prix to end brother’s unbeaten run in Moto GP

  • Marc Márquez’s winning streak ends at home grand prix

  • Alex bounces back after crash in Saturday’s sprint race

Gresini Racing’s Alex Márquez ended his brother Marc’s remarkable unbeaten run by winning their home Catalan Grand Prix on Sunday, redeeming himself after crashing out of the lead in Saturday’s sprint for just his second career race victory.

Marc had won the last 15 sprints and races and had he won Sunday’s race would have had the opportunity to clinch a seventh title on Ducati’s home turf at next weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix.

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Israel-Premier Tech drop name from riders’ jerseys for Vuelta after protests

  • Wednesday’s stage disrupted by pro-Palestinians

  • Team to wear monogram-branded kit for rest of race

The Israel-Premier Tech team have removed their full name from riders’ jerseys for the rest of the Vuelta a España after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the finish on stage 11 on Wednesday.

The stage ended without a winner after organisers decided to take the time at three kilometres before the line as police struggled to contain hundreds of Palestinian flag-waving protesters in Bilbao. The Israel-Premier Tech team were also stopped on the road by a group holding Palestinian flags during last week’s team time trial in Figueres.

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New Zealand back to winning ways after holding off South Africa in Eden Park battle

  • All Blacks bounce back from shock defeat to Argentina with 24-17 win

  • New Zealand’s unbeaten run in Auckland extends to 51 matches

New Zealand stayed firm at their Eden Park fortress to claim an attritional 24-17 win over South Africa in a heavyweight clash between the world’s top two rugby sides.

Under pressure after conceding a first-ever defeat on Argentine soil against the Pumas two weeks ago, the All Blacks responded with a performance of grit and discipline to stretch their unbeaten run at their Auckland stronghold to 51 matches.

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João Almeida trumps Jonas Vingegaard on Angliru for Vuelta stage victory

  • Portuguese rider wins stage 13 after brutal climb

  • Britain’s Tom Pidcock holds on to third spot overall

Portugal’s João Almeida held off race leader Jonas Vingegaardat the top of the brutal summit finish of Angliru to win stage 13 of the Vuelta a España on Friday.

The top two in the general classification battled it out for the stage win, leaving the rest behind in the final 5km. Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) did all the work on the climb and stayed ahead of Visma-Lease a Bike’s Vingegaard in the sprint to the line.

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Vuelta a España: Ayuso outsprints compatriot Romo to grab glory on stage 12

  • Stage passes without incident after abandonment

  • Jonas Vingegaard retains overall race lead

Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) outsprinted his Spanish compatriot Javier Romo (Movistar) to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a España, his second stage win of this year’s race, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) retaining the overall lead.

Palestine flags were in evidence again after protests had brought Wednesday’s stage to a premature end but the race passed without serious incident, while the Israel-Premier Tech team have said pulling out of this year’s Vuelta would “set a dangerous precedent in the sport of cycling” in reaction to the incidents on stage 11.

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France’s female boxers are banned from world championships due to genetic sex test delay

  • French federation calls exclusion ‘a profound injustice’

  • World Boxing insists it warned all competitors of policy

French female boxers have been barred from competing at the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool after failing to meet a deadline for a genetic sex test that the French boxing federation (FFBoxe) said was incompatible with French law.

World Boxing, which issued a list of competitors for Thursday’s opening rounds with no French entrants included, said it would not comment on individual cases but added it had warned all federations of the policy.

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Imane Khelif ‘has right to appeal’ over gender tests but will miss world championships

  • Olympic boxing body stands firm over new testing rules

  • Gold medalist has appealed to Cas over eligibility bar

Imane Khelif has the right to appeal against World Boxing’s decision barring her from events unless she undergoes genetic sex testing but the Algerian has not entered the world championships in Liverpool, the World Boxing president, Boris van der Vorst, has said.

World Boxing, which will oversee the tournaments at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, introduced mandatory sex testing for all boxers in its competitions in May, less than a year after Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting won gold in Paris amid a gender-eligibility row.

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European football: Keinan Davis on target as Udinese shock Inter

  • Juventus win 1-0 against Genoa after Vlahovic header

  • VAR drama mars Barcelona’s draw with Rayo Vallecano

Inter were handed a shock 2-1 loss at home to Udinese in Serie A despite taking the lead through Denzel Dumfries as the visitors responded with two goals before the break on Sunday.

Cristian Chivu’s side won their opening game 5-0 at home to Torino but looked well off that form despite opening the scoring in the 17th minute when Dumfries tapped in from a Marcus Thuram pass in the box.

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Jonas Vingegaard powers to Vuelta stage nine win with Valdezcaray climb

  • Dane cuts nearly two minutes off gap to leader Træen

  • Tom Pidcock and João Almeida finish second and third

The twice Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard won stage nine of the Vuelta a España with a solo attack on the climactic climb to Valdezcaray on Sunday, shaving nearly two minutes off the gap to the overall leader Torstein Træen, who is ahead by 37 seconds.

Visma-Lease a Bike’s Vingegaard dominated the 13.2km category one climb at the end of the 195.5km ride from Alfaro to the Valdezcaray ski resort and although Tom Pidcock and João Almeida tried to chase, they finished 24sec off the pace.

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European football: Bayern hold on to win as Leverkusen waste two-goal lead

  • Bayern Munich beat Augsburg 3-2 after leading 3-0

  • Bayer Leverkusen held 3-3 at Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich almost imploded in their 3-2 Bundesliga victory at Augsburg , conceding two goals for the second consecutive match after going 3-0 up soon after the break.

Bayern’s back line looked vulnerable, just as it had in Wednesday’s German Cup first round win over third-tier Wehen Wiesbaden in which they conceded two goals and needed a stoppage-time winner to advance.

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Vuelta a España: Philipsen sprints to stage win again as Træen stays in red

  • Jasper Philipsen pips Viviani and Vernon in photo-finish

  • Torstein Træen retains overall lead from Vingegaard

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen sprinted to victory in stage eight of the Vuelta a España, edging Elia Viviani and Ethan Vernon in a photo-finish as Torstein Træen retained the red jersey.

Viviani’s Lotto teammates tried to lead him out in the last 1,000m of the 163km flat ride from Monzón to Zaragoza, but Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Philipsen, who had also won the first stage, pushed in the final moments to steal the victory.

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‘Next time, don’t wonder why I hit you’: Tsitsipas rages at opponent’s underarm serves

  • Former world No 3 beaten by Daniel Altmaier at US Open

  • German deployed underarm serve in fourth set

A frustrated Stefanos Tsitsipas took exception to his opponent’s tactics after blowing a match point and exiting the US Open in the second round courtesy of a five-set loss to Daniel Altmaier on Thursday.

The 7-6 (5), 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 defeat means the former world No 3 Tsitsipas will end the season without playing in the third round of a grand slam for the first time since 2017.

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Jay Vine’s solo attack wins Vuelta’s sixth stage as Vingegaard loses lead to Traeen

  • Australian seals stage win in adopted home of Andorra

  • Vingegaard more than two minutes behind overall leader

Australian cyclist Jay Vine launched a solo attack off a breakaway group in the final 20 kilometres to win stage six of the Vuelta a España on Thursday, with Torstein Traeen of Norway taking second place and the overall race lead from Jonas Vingegaard.

Vine was part of a 10-man group which got away early on the 170.3km ride from Olot to Pal in Andorra, before the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider went for broke and held off the chasers to secure the third individual Vuelta stage win of his career.

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Vingegaard retakes Vuelta lead while Israel Premier-Tech delayed by protesters

  • Vingegaard regains red jersey after team time trial

  • Israeli team stopped by protesters with Palestinian flags

Jonas Vingegaard regained the red jersey after stage five of the Vuelta a España in a dramatic team time trial in which Israel Premier-Tech were delayed by pro-Palestinian protesters on the route.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG won the stage but Visma-Lease a Bike’s second-placed finish allowed Vingegaard to regain the lead from Groupama-FDJ’s David Gaudu.

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