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Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for 2nd straight year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard has won the Tour de France for a second straight year as cycling’s most storied race finished Sunday on the famed Champs-Élysées.With a huge lead built up over main rival Tadej Pogačar, the 2020 and 2021 winner, Vingegaard knew the victory was effectively his again before the largely ceremonial stage at the end of the 110th edition of the Tour.Vingegaard drank champagne with his Jumbo-Visma teammates as they lined up together and posed for photos on the way to Paris.It had been a three-week slog over 3,405 kilometers (2,116 miles) with eight mountain stages across five mountain ranges. Vingegaard seized control of the race over two stages in the Alps.Little had separated the two rivals until Vingegaard finished a time trial 1 minute, 38 seconds ahead of Pogačar on Tuesday, then followed up the next day by finishing the toughest mountain stage of the race almost 6 minutes ahead of his exhausted rival.“I’m dead,” Pogačar said.The Slovenian ri...

Tour de France Winners

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

2023 — Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark2022 — Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark2021 — Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia2020 — Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia2019 — Egan Bernal, Colombia2018 — Geraint Thomas, Britain2017 — Chris Froome, Britain2016 — Chris Froome, Britain2015 — Chris Froome, Britain2014 — Vincenzo Nibali, Italy2013 — Chris Froome, Britain2012 — Bradley Wiggins, Britain2011 — Cadel Evans, Australia2010 — x-Andy Schleck, Luxembourg2009 — Alberto Contador, Spain2008 — Carlos Sastre, Spain2007 — Alberto Contador, Spain2006 — y-Oscar Pereiro, Spain2005 — z-Lance Armstrong, United States2004 — z-Lance Armstrong, United States2003 — z-Lance Armstrong, United States2002 — z-Lance Armstrong, United States2001 — z-Lance Armstrong, United States2000 — z-Lance Armstrong, United States1999 — z-Lance Armstrong, United States1998 — Marco Pantani, Italy1997 — Jan Ullrich, Germany1996 — Bjarne Riis, Denmark1995 — Miguel Indurain, Spain1994 — Miguel Indurain, Spain1993 — Miguel Indurain, Spain1992 — Miguel Indurain, ...

Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for 2nd straight year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for 2nd straight year.Source

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge faces live pitching for the first time since right toe injury

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge faced live pitching on Sunday for the first time since tearing a ligament in his right toe on June 3.In a simulated game against Jonathan Loáisiga, who is rehabbing from right elbow surgery, Judge saw 16 pitches. He did not put any balls in play but fouled off four pitches, including one to the upper deck behind home plate.“To be able to take pitches where your swing says no, those are tests that he’s got to go through in working his way back,” manager Aaron Boone said before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with the Royals. “So it seemed like a good day all around.”The Yankees were awaiting feedback from Judge before determining what the next step in his rehab would be.Judge faced Loaisiga in front a watchful audience that included his teammates, several Little Leaguers in the left field stands and a few Royals, including reliever Jose Cuas and his young son.“When you take into consideration how long he hasn’t seen live ...

Live updates | Brian Harman wins the British Open for first major title

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Brian Harman is a major champion for the first time.The 36-year-old American won the British Open by six strokes after shooting 1-under 70 in a soggy final round at Royal Liverpool. He was 13-under par for the tournament.There was a four-way tie for second place between Jon Rahm (70), Jason Day (69), Sepp Straka (69) and 21-year-old Tom Kim (67).Harman’s win was built on keeping his ball out of the bunkers and his brilliance on and around the greens. He missed just one putt under 10 feet all week on the Hoylake links.___WHAT TO KNOW— Harman builds a 5-shot lead at British Open— Jon Rahm sets Hoylake record with 63 to give himself a chance — Younger brother of U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick in the top 10 — Rory McIlroy lets chances slip away with poor putting___HARMAN ON THE BRINKBrian Harman has reached 13-under par for the first time this week and is on the brink of winning the British Open.Harman made birdie from 8 feet at the par-5 15th to restore the...

American Brian Harman wins the British Open by six strokes for his first major title

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — American Brian Harman wins the British Open by six strokes for his first major title.Source

The Open Championship Leaders Cards

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

SundayAt Royal Liverpool Golf ClubHoylake, United KingdomYardage: 7,383; Par: 71Final RoundPar out444453443–35Brian Harman454462343–35Jason Day445443532–34Tom Kim554333442–33Jon Rahm444443444–35Sepp Straka543443442–33Par in444345435–36–71 Brian Harman444434435–35_67-65-69-70_271Jason Day444344435–35_72-67-69-69_277Tom Kim434344435–34_74-68-68-67_277Jon Rahm444255434–35_74-70-63-70_277Sepp Straka534345336–36_71-67-70-69_277Source

Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspends Sweden’s special envoy over desecration of Quran

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has suspended the status of Sweden’s special envoy over a string of Quran burnings in Stockholm that sparked anger and mass protests in a number of Muslim countries.The organization comprised of 57 Muslim-majority nations said Sunday that the suspension was due to the “ granting by the Swedish authorities of licenses that enabled the repeated abuse of the sanctity of the Holy Quran and Islamic symbols.” The Islamic holy book was burned or defaced during recent public demonstrations in the Swedish capital. An Iraqi man of Christian origin living in Sweden as a self-proclaimed atheist announced plans to burn the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm on Thursday. Demonstrators In Iraq stormed the Swedish Embassy and the Iraqi government cut off diplomatic relations with Sweden. In the end, the man in Sweden kicked and stepped on the Islamic holy book but stopped short of setting it ablaze.The Organization of Islamic...

Polls close as Spain awaits results from election that could take the country to the right

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

MADRID (AP) — The majority of polls closed Sunday in a general election that could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the political right. Polls in Spain’s mainland and the Balearic Islands closed at 6:00 p.m. GMT. Polls on the Canary Islands remained open one more hour due to the archipelago falling in a different time zone. Once they close, the first results from Sunday’s election are expected to come out.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is trying to win a third consecutive national election since taking power in 2018. But his Socialists and the other party in his leftist coalition took a beating in regional and local elections in May.The mainstream conservative Popular Party led most polling during the campaign and is hoping that its first national victory since 2016 could let candidate Alberto Núñez Feijóo unseat Sánchez. But it may need the help of the far-right Vox party to do so.Such a coalition would return a far-right force to the Spanish government...

Brian Harman unstoppable in drama-free British Open win at Hoylake

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:19:58 GMT

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place among major champions Sunday with a victory that was never seriously in doubt at Royal Liverpool.Harman twice responded to a rare bogey with back-to-back birdies, leaving everyone else playing for second. He closed with a 1-under 70, making an 8-foot par putt on the last hole for a six-shot victory.At age 36, he is the oldest first-time major winner since Sergio Garcia was 37 when he won the Masters in 2017.Garcia wasn’t a surprise. Not many would have seen this victory coming at the start of the week. Harman had gone 167 tournaments over six years since his last win in the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship. This is only his third title in his 12 years on the PGA Tour.And then the avid outdoorsman made winning golf’s oldest championship look as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.Masters champion Jon Rahm birdied his last hole for a 70 to make...