This Is Beirut 2024-08-23 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton on Thursday gave his "100 percent" backing to a Grand Prix in Africa, with Formula One bosses poised for talks over staging a race in Rwanda. "Why are we not on that continent?" Hamilton asked when quizzed about including an African stop on the Grand Prix circuit. F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-23 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Australian Jack Doohan, son of five-time 500cc motorcycling world champion Mick Doohan, will drive for Alpine next season, the struggling Formula One team announced on Friday. The 21-year-old has been promoted from reserve team driver and will partner Frenchman Pierre Gasly for the 2025 season. "Pierre and Jack give the team a balance of youth ...
Jalal Beaino 2024-08-23 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Three sporting elections are scheduled for the coming period: - The elections for the Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations will start soon, after the end of the Paris Olympic Games about a fortnight ago, and will run until the end of the year. - Elections for a new Olympic Committee Executive Committee, to be held next February. - The ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-23 12:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Chelsea secured their first victory under new coach Enzo Maresca with a 2-0 victory over Servette in their Conference League play-off round first leg on Thursday. The hosts struggled to break down their opponents in the first half at Stamford Bridge before Christopher Nkunku put them in front with a 50th-minute penalty, just his fourth goal for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-23 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Antonio Conte's notoriously prickly personality was on full view after Napoli's humiliating start to the Serie A season at Verona, and Bologna are likely to further test his team and his patience on Sunday. Napoli had a difficult summer after last season's disastrous league title defense, but the size of the task facing Conte was laid bare by a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 22:03 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese women's basketball team suffered a heavy defeat against Argentina, losing 60-49 in their third match of the Women's Basketball World Cup pre-qualifiers. With this third consecutive loss, Lebanon finishes at the bottom of their group without a single victory. This series of defeats highlights the urgent need to rethink the future of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 19:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Starting in the 2025-2026 season, the Japanese B.League, one of the strongest basketball leagues in Asia, will welcome Lebanese talents into its Asian quota (3 foreign players + 1 Asian or naturalized player). From now on, Japanese clubs can sign Lebanese players under this quota, providing a significant opportunity for our stars to compete in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen said on Thursday that he was less confident ahead of his home Grand Prix than at this time last year, with a "very close" race in prospect. Verstappen has never lost in front of his adoring fans since Zandvoort returned to the F1 circuit in 2021 and completely dominated the drivers' championship last ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-08-22 18:25 - Reading : less than a minute
In an exclusive interview with This is Beirut, Tamara Khalil, the manager of Lebanon's Women's Basketball National Team, discusses Lebanon's journey in the first-ever FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach Luis Enrique insisted Thursday that he is "delighted" with his current squad, as he played down the possibility of more new signings before the transfer window closes next week. PSG have already invested a reported 175 million euros ($195M), not including bonuses, on four players this summer but have not recruited ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 11:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Novak Djokovic, fired up by his emotional Olympic Games triumph, targets new Grand Slam records at the US Open starting Monday as title rival Jannik Sinner arrives in New York dogged by questions over two positive drugs tests. Defending champion Djokovic can become the oldest Open era champion at the tournament if he secures a fifth title, a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 09:56 - Reading : less than a minute
UEFA Champions League results on Wednesday: Play-off round, first legs: Young Boys (SUI) 3 (Monteiro 3, 40+4, Ugrinic 86-pen) Galatasaray (TUR) 2 (Batshuayi 66, 72) Midtjylland (DEN) 1 (Chilufya 79) Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 1 (Blackman 59) Malmo (SWE) 0 Sparta Prague (CZE) 2 (Stryger 31-og, Rynes 89) Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 0 Salzburg (AUT) 2 ...