Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Dubai: Neymar is ready to assume the mantle of the world’s best player and is now the equal of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Brazil great Ronaldinho. After a slow start to the current season, Neymar has struck a rich vein of form in recent weeks, culminating with a decisive performance in Barcelona’s 6-1 Champions League victory over Paris Saint-Germain last week, reports Xinhua news agency. “Neymar is a close friend and he is Brazil’s greatest idol today,” Ronaldinho told reporters. “He’s already at the same level as (Cristiano) Ronaldo…
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London: The Italian stallion has a spring in its step as Ferrari, Formula One’s oldest and most successful team, start a new season with fresh hope of returning to the top in the carmaker’s 70th anniversary year. A decade on from their last driver’s title, courtesy of Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, Ferrari emerged from eight days of testing in Spain with the fastest lap times coupled with impressive reliability. Their SF70H car, its name a nod to Enzo Ferrari’s first creation in 1947, has been scrutinised by anxious rivals up and down the pitlane. With media activities pared back, and…
Third-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova turned back a late charge by French Open champion Garbine Muguruza to reach the Indian Wells WTA semi-finals with a 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/5) victory. Trailing 5-2 in the second set, Spain’s seventh-seeded Muguruza battled back, saving two match points as they went to a second tiebreaker. It was to no avail, however, as Pliskova notched her sixth win in seven meetings with Muguruza. “Definitely the best match for me in this tournament,” Pliskova said. “It was a good player, so the level ultimately goes a little bit more up. “Definitely from the baseline I think…
Fernando Alonso, as frustrated as any double Formula One world champion would be in a slow and unreliable car, summed up McLaren’s testing woes in terms guaranteed to make Honda executives wince. “We have only one problem, and that is the power unit. There is no reliability and there is no power,” the Spaniard told reporters. Alonso did not stop there, quoted by his home media as saying he was fully motivated, the chassis felt good and everyone in the team was ready to win “apart from Honda”. “I am driving at my best…I feel the best driver out there,…
Tiemoue Bakayoko’s superb header fired Monaco into the Champions League quarter-finals as Wednesday’s 3-1 victory condemned Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City to a painful exit on away goals. Trailing 5-3 from the first leg in England, teenage starlet Kylian Mbappe put Monaco ahead on the night after just eight minutes at the Stade Louis II and Brazilian midfielder Fabinho converted the home side’s second just before the half hour. Leroy Sane’s 71st-minute goal handed City a 6-5 advantage on aggregate, but Bakayoko turned home Thomas Lemar’s free-kick 13 minutes from time as Monaco claimed a famous win. Monaco go through to…
Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak was the hero as the Spanish side reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the fourth year in a row after drawing 0-0 with Bayer Leverkusen in an open last-16 second leg on Wednesday. Slovenia international Oblak made an outstanding triple save to deny Julian Brandt and Kevin Volland in the second half and he made further impressive stops late in the game to shut out the Germans and secure a 4-2 aggregate success. Atletico had the better of the first half and it took a top- class save from Oblak’s opposite number Bernd Leno to…
Indian Wells: order paroxetine, clomid online. Nick Kyrgios ended three-time champion Novak Djokovic’s reign at Indian Wells on Wednesday, toppling the world number two in the fourth round of the year’s first Masters event. The 21-year-old Australian triumphed 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), notching his second victory over Djokovic in less than two weeks after stunning the Serb in their first career meeting at Acapulco. Djokovic had won 19 straight matches at Indian Wells in winning the title in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He also won the title in the California desert in 2008 and 2011. Kyrgios will get a shot at…
Photo Credit: Getty Images Indian Wells: Roger Federer reprised his Australian Open triumph over Rafael Nadal on Wednesday, sweeping past the Spaniard 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters. In the 36th career meeting between the two superstars, Federer needed just 68 minutes to advance to a meeting with Australian Nick Kyrgios, who toppled five-time Indian Wells champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). The victory marked the first time in a rivalry stretching back to 2004 that Federer has strung together three straight wins over Nadal. He beat him in the final at Basel in…
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