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The Asian Games begins on Saturday in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan, and run through October 4.Here are some of the athletes expected to make their mark at the continental multi-sport event. PAN ZHANLE – SwimmingWorld record holder Pan Zhanle lit up the pool at the Paris Olympics by winning gold in the 100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay, as well as silver in the 4x100m mixed medley relay. The 22-year-old won seven medals, including three golds, at the Asian Games in Hangzhou three years ago. HARUKA KITAGUCHI – JavelinOlympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi heads into her home Asian Games in outstanding form after breaking her own Japanese record with a winning throw of 68.92m at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest. Kitaguchi, 28, is expected to battle China’s teen sensation Yan Ziyi for gold. AN SE-YOUNG – BadmintonWorld number one An Se-young won Olympic gold in Paris and world titles in 2023 and 2026, and is tipped to beat China’s Wang Zhiyi and Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi to gold in Nagoya. The 24-year-old, the first South Korean women’s singles player to win a world title, won gold in the singles and women’s team event at Hangzhou. INDIA – cricketThe Indian men’s team features a blend of established stars and emerging talent, including 15-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. India are the holders of the Twenty20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and Asia Cup, and it will be a massive shock if they do not win gold. The women’s squad is equally formidable and is led by captain Harmanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana. CARLOS YULO – gymnasticsCarlos Yulo became the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medallist in gymnastics after winning the men’s floor exercise in Paris, and added a second gold in the vault. ALEXANDRA EALA – TennisPhilippine trailblazer Alexandra Eala enjoyed a breakthrough season on the tour, with her huge fan base and rapid progress making her one of the sport’s hottest young stars. The 21-year-old, ranked 18th in the world, won bronze medals in women’s singles and mixed doubles in Hangzhou. ARSHAD NADEEM – AthleticsOlympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem will start as the overwhelming favourite after India’s Neeraj Chopra was ruled out of the Asian Games with an ankle ligament tear. Related Story Source link
Rafal Nadal is seen with Roger Federer. Retired Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal will return to the court in front of a crowd for the first time since retirement in October to celebrate his academy’s 10th anniversary.The Rafa Nadal Academy confirmed Wednesday the 40-year-old, who won 22 Grand Slams in a glittering career before retiring in November 2024, will participate in some exhibition matches.Nadal will compete at his academy in his home town Manacor in Mallorca “in a series of exhibition matches together with big names from the sport”, said the academy in a statement.The other players will be announced in the coming days, and will be “some of his rivals and friends who have accompanied him throughout his career”.A clay court expert, Nadal won the French Open 14 times in a remarkable career which spanned more than 20 years. Related Story Source link
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Barcelona’s Raphinha celebrates after scoring against Feyenoord at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. (AFP) Raphinha continued his superb goalscoring form with a brace as Barcelona demolished Feyenoord 5-1 to begin their Champions League campaign in perfect fashion.Karim Adeyemi curled home brilliantly from long range in between Raphinha’s strikes and Lamine Yamal bent in a free-kick as Hansi Flick’s team made light work of their Dutch visitors. After Sem Steijn pulled one back, Barca substitute Gabriel Jesus netted a fifth, the forward’s first goal since joining from Arsenal this summer.The Catalan giants, who last won the competition in 2015, have triumphed in all five of their matches across all competitions this season – and scored five goals in four of them.Winger Raphinha has been playing up front after Barca sold Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres, and has rapidly taken to his new position, plundering eight goals in five games.”Playing in front of our fans we always have to show perfect football, or nearly perfect, and with the support of the fans it’s a lot easier,” Barca captain Raphinha said. “I think we were very good, from the start of the game, controlling the game and with the chances we had we were able to score and it gives us a lot of confidence.”The Brazil international said that despite the club’s excellent start, there was still a long way to go. “In a season as long as this, there are many ups and downs,” added Raphinha. “Starting the season like this obviously gives us a lot of confidence and we have to continue like this. We have to hope the downs are as small as possible.”Flick made five changes to the team that thrashed Valencia on Sunday in La Liga, although he maintained star attackers Yamal and Raphinha, as well as new arrival Rodri in his line-up.After days of baking weather in Barcelona, a storm broke ahead of the game, lashing rain down on the Camp Nou pitch and sending supporters scurrying for shelter. By the time it stopped pouring early in the first half, Barcelona were already ahead.Raphinha netted the opener after three minutes. The Brazilian was razor sharp to break into the box and cut inside, sending two defenders sliding the wrong way on the slick turf, before slotting home.Adeyemi, in for Anthony Gordon, doubled Barcelona’s lead with a superb strike from outside the area, bent beyond Feyenoord goalkeeper Tjark Ernst. Anis Hadj Moussa threatened for Feyenoord at the other end but Joan Garcia pushed out his shot at the near post.Barca kept generating openings and defender Joao Cancelo came close to adding a third when he skinned Givairo Read and crashed a shot against the outside of the post. Raphinha netted again before the hour mark for Barca’s third, running on to Pedri’s perfect through-ball and slotting home.The Dutch side thought they had pulled one back straight away when Nacho Ferri slotted home but it was disallowed after a VAR review for offside in the build-up. Yamal bagged Barca’s fourth, direct from a free-kick which crept through the wall, his first such strike for the club.Feyenoord sent on Shaqueel van Persie, the 19-year-old son of former Dutch international Robin van Persie, to try and salvage some pride.Steijn eventually pulled one back for the visitors when he escaped Jules Kounde and Goncalo Borges picked him out with a dangerous low cross to the back post.It was the only blot on Barca’s copy book on an otherwise strong start to their league phase, rounded off by Jesus’s glancing header from Yamal’s cross for the fifth. Demirovic hits hat-trick in Stuttgart’s winMeanwhile, Ermedin Demirovic struck a 12-minute first-half hat-trick to give VfB Stuttgart a 3-1 victory over Viking Stavanger.In Stuttgart, Demirovic opened the scoring after 20 minutes with a touch at the near post, but Viking, making their first appearance in the Champions League group phase, were level two minutes later when Zlatko Tripic finished a swift counter-attack with his left foot.Demirovic quickly re-established the lead in the 26th minute and then completed the hat-trick with a hooked volley six minutes later. Related Story Source…
