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  • Tour de France 2026: Mauro Schmid Lands Stage 13, Pogacar Keeps Overall Lead

    Swiss rider Mauro Schmid edged Colombian Harold Tejada in a two-way sprint to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar safely kept his overall lead on Friday. With several riders closing in behind them, Schmid made the decisive move with 200 meters left and held off Tejada before lifting his front wheel at the line in celebration. Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock finished just behind in third. Pogacar’s yellow jersey group cruised in a few minutes later as the high temperatures of recent heat waves finally dropped. Four-time Tour champion Pogacar remains 3 minutes, 36 seconds ahead of two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard in the overall standings, and 4:06 ahead of Remco Evenepoel in third place. Pidcock climbed up to fourth at 4:15 behind Pogacar.

    BY Photo Webdesk 18 July 2026

    | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy : Switzerland's Mauro Schmid celebrates on the podium after winning the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Dole and finish in Belfort, France, Friday, July 17, 2026.
  • Tour de France 2026: Merlier Wins Crash-Marred 12th Stage, Pogacar Retains Overall Lead

    Belgian rider Tim Merlier earned another stage win at the Tour de France while several riders fell as they sprinted to the line Thursday. Defending champion Tadej Pogacar avoided the crash and kept his significant overall lead over second-place Jonas Vingegaard after 12 stages. It was Merlier’s third stage win on this year’s Tour and sixth of his career. Dutch rider Olav Kooij finished second and Jasper Philipsen of Belgium was third. With riders fighting for position on the home straight, Colombian Fernando Gaviria went down after clipping the wheel of another cyclist and fell to his left, bringing Norwegian rider Soeren Waerenskjold — Wednesday’s stage winner — down with him. Just behind them, four other riders had no room to swerve around them and flew over their

    BY Photo Webdesk 18 July 2026

    | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus : Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best climber's dotted jersey celebrates on the podium after the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours and finish in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, Thursday, July 16, 2026.
  • Waerenskjold Powers To Victory During Stage 11 As Pogacar Protects Tour de France Lead

    Norwegian rider Soeren Waerenskjold attacked late and powered to victory in the fastest ever stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday while Tadej Pogačar protected his overall lead on the 11th day of racing. Waerenskjold finished just ahead of Olav Kooij, Jasper Philipsen and a host of other riders in a sprint finish that seemed inevitable on the relatively short and flat 161.3-kilometer (100.2-mile) route from Vichy to Nevers in central France. Pogačar, who stretched his lead to more than 3½ minutes with his third stage win of this Tour on Tuesday, finished among a bunch of riders with his main challenger Jonas Vingegaard to maintain his advantage.

    BY Photo Webdesk 17 July 2026

    | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy : Norway's Soren Waerenskjold celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Vichy and finish in Nevers, France, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
  • Tadej Pogacar Demoralizes Opponents With Stage 10 Victory At Tour de France

    Four-time champion Tadej Pogačar dealt his rivals another crushing blow by winning the 10th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday to extend his already commanding overall lead. “You never know how long it lasts,” said Pogačar, who is on course to equal the record for Tour wins. Only Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spaniard Miguel Indurain and Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault have five Tour victories to their names. “We just need to be grateful for this moment to be riding in the biggest race of the world,” the 27-year-old Pogačar said. Pogačar, who had already sapped his rivals’ morale with victory on the iconic Col du Tourmalet on Thursday, again stamped his authority with a break just over 900 meters from the summit of the Col de Pertus, the penultimate climb on Tuesday’s hilly stage.

    BY Photo Webdesk 17 July 2026

    | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy : Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates after winning the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Aurillac and finish in Le Lioran, France, Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
  • IND Vs ENG, 2nd ODI: Men In Blue Suffer Four-Wicket Defeat In Cardiff

    Joe Root rescued England yet again to beat India by four wickets Thursday and set up a decider in their one-day international series. Root was required to bat after just one ball in England’s innings and anchored the chase with an unbeaten 99 at Sophia Gardens. He was stranded when Gus Atkinson pulled Prasidh Krishna to the boundary for the winning runs. England reached 235-6 with 5.5 overs to spare after bowling out India for 233 with six overs unused. The third and last ODI in the tied series is on Sunday at Lord’s. Half-centuries by Virat Kohli (65) and Shreyas Iyer (66) propped up India’s 233. But they had been 178-3.

    BY Photo Webdesk 17 July 2026

    | Photo: Steven Paston/PA via AP : England's Joe Root and Gus Atkinson shake hands with India's players after winning the match in the second ODI between England and India at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, Thursday July 16, 2026.
  • ESPY Awards 2026: Jalen Brunson, A'ja Wilson Grab Best Male And Female Athlete Honours

    The 2026 ESPY Awards, hosted by Marcello Hernández at New York's Lincoln Center, honoured the year's top athletes and teams. Jalen Brunson emerged as the biggest winner, taking home Best Men's Athlete, Best NBA Player and Best Championship Performance, while the New York Knicks were named Best Team. A'ja Wilson won Best Women's Athlete, Alysa Liu was named Best Breakthrough Athlete, and Lionel Messi received the Best Soccer Player award. Other notable winners included Shohei Ohtani, Carlos Alcaraz, Lando Norris and Stephen Curry.

    BY Photo Webdesk 16 July 2026

    | Photo: AP/Frank Franklin II : Mike Tyson, left, DJ Khaled, center, and Jake Paul present best single game performance award at the ESPY Awards in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York.

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