The 24-year-old from Coventry beat Switzerland’s Fabienne Kocher by ippon. An early scoring waza-ari gave Giles the advantage and she showed the greater composure to secure success. “It feels so special to do it in Japan. I believed I could do it, my coach has always believed I could and it showed in today’s performance,”…
Biles was penalised on both floor and vault as her team finished on 170.526, behind the leaders’ mark of 171.629. With one group of athletes still to go, Biles remains in a qualifying place for each of the five individual finals. Great Britain are in fifth place with Jessica Gadirova on target for the floor…
Al Moez Ali scored twice, making Asian champions Qatar the first team to reach the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Saturday, holding on to beat El Salvador 3-2. Abdelaziz Hatim also scored for Qatar, who were invited as guests in the tournament, in the quarter-final clash in Arizona. Ali opened the scoring in…
Iranian refugee Kimia Alizadeh is one victory away from winning the Refugee Olympic Team’s first ever medal after three impressive wins in the Tokyo Games’ taekwondo tournament on Sunday. Alizadeh shocked two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Jones in the round-of-16, beating the British champion 16-12. Iranian refugee Kimia Alizadeh is one victory away from winning…
Nobody was watching Ahmed Hafnaoui in lane eight of the Olympic pool but all eyes were on the Tunisian teenager at the finish. Hafnaoui was the stunning winner of the 400 metres freestyle at the Tokyo Games on Sunday, beating a field of faster and older swimmers. The 18-year-old finished in three minutes, 43.26 seconds,…
Dutch rowing coach Josy Verdonkschot has tested positive for COVID-19, the Netherlands Olympic Committee (NOCNSF) said on Sunday and has gone into a 10-day quarantine in Japan. The news comes after 21-year-old Dutch single sculls competitor Finn Florijn tested positive on Friday. Another staff member on the Dutch rowing team, as well as Dutch taekwondo…
The leading scorer in the NPFL Silas Nwankwo has told SCORENigeria his personal target for the season is to score 25 goals.The 18-year-old Nasarawa United striker, who has far scored 16 goals in the league and one in the Aiteo Cup, said he hope to score at least 25 goals in all competitions this season.“My…
Exciting youngster Akinkunmi Amoo, who is wanted by several top clubs across Europe, has changed his agents.Amoo, 19, has parted ways with Patrick Mork and he has communicated this decision to his club Hammarby.It would be recalled that Mork also recently went separate ways with another Nigeria star, Alhassan Yusuf, who has since transferred from…
Cyriel Dessers grabbed an assist for KRC Genk in their opening 2021-2022 Belgian Jupiler league match against Standard Liege on Friday.Dessers started the game from the bench as Genk’s coach kept faith with last season’s top scorer Paul Onuachu.Super-sub Cyriel Dessers, however, came off the bench for his compatriot Onuachu immediately after Konstantinos Laifis gave…
