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Sjefene tar varmegrep i Tour de France

Sjefene tar varmegrep i Tour de France

Det internasjonale sykkelforbundet (UCI) tar grep og myker opp forpleiningsreglene i Tour de France for å ta bedre hensyn til rytternes helse i ekstremvarmen.
Tiltakene kommer fram i en pressemelding fra UCI tirsdag formiddag.
Konkret åpner man unntaksvis for bruk av forpleiningsposer i soner som opprinnelig kun var godkjent for utdeling av flasker, såkalte vannflaskesoner, selv om disse befinner seg på offisielle klatrestrekninger.
Hensikten er å gjøre det mulig å dele ut flere flasker til hver rytter samtidig, slik at man sikrer optimalt væskeinntak under de varslede værforholdene.
UCI understreker at tiltaket innføres på prøvebasis, og at det vil bli evaluert fortløpende ut fra værforhold, effektivitet og innvirkning på gjennomføringen av rittet. ipltable.lol

The US supreme court’s ruling on trans people in sports is an assault on bodily autonomy | Judith Levine

Laws banning trans athletes claim to defend science, fairness, and women’s safety. They do the opposite

Last week, the US supreme court ruled that states may restrict participation in girls’ and women’s sports to “biological females” and exclude transgender athletes from competing. In the past six years, 27 states have enacted such bans; before the court were challenges to West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act and Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.

The majority opinion, penned by justice Brett Kavanaugh, upholds the laws’ legality under Title IX, the federal statute that guarantees women’s equal participation in college sports, and their constitutionality under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. It also vindicates Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order “Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports”. That directive withdraws funding from “educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy”. US policy, the order continues, will “oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth”.

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Newcastle close in on signing Ajax generational talent Steur for £23m

  • Howe rebuilding side after Tonali and Gordon exits

  • Widely hyped as Amsterdam club’s next De Jong

Newcastle are close to completing the signing of Sean Steur from Ajax for around £23m. The two-footed central midfielder is only 18 but has been widely hyped as the Amsterdam club’s brightest emerging midfield talent since Frenkie de Jong.

While De Jong has graduated to Barcelona, Steur, who can operate as a No 6 or a No 8, seems almost certainly Tyneside bound. At St James’ Park he is likely to start next season competing with Lewis Miley to fill Sandro Tonali’s old central midfield role and will be given time to adjust to the Premier League’s physicality.

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El sueño cumplido de Cala: "Era mi oportunidad de volver a casa"

Mañana frenética en el RCD Espanyol, con la oficialidad del fichaje de Quilindschy Hartman (24 años), cedido por el Burnley hasta final de temporada, y la puesta de largo de Àlex Calatrava (26), primera incorporación de la 'era Monchi'. El director general deportivo del club perico destacó que el mediapunta de Parets del Vallès "reúne todo aquello que Manolo quería para esa posición" y puso en valor que "su predisposición ha sido tremenda".

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In brief

La Real Sociedad cierra la renovación de Pellegrino Matarazzo Ya es una realidad: la Real Sociedad y Pellegrino Matarazzo seguirán caminando de la mano. El club donostiarra ha acordado la prolongación del contrato del técnico, corroborando de manera definitiva la exclusiva que adelantó este periódico a lo largo de la pasada semana. La sintonía entre los despachos de Anoeta

Mauricio Pochettino, la despedida amarga del seleccionador del EE UU, el gran defensor de Trump y el ‘indulto’ de Balogun El entrenador argentino se marcha eliminado del Mundial asumiendo como propias las intromisiones del presidente en la FIFA

USA Knows What World Cup Disappointment Feels Like. It Hurts All The Same. The U.S. men's national team opens up with raw emotions about being knocked out of the 2026 World Cup on home soil.

Wimbledon 2026 quarter-finals: Sinner, Osaka, Djokovic and Gauff in action – live Quarter-final action, under way in SW19 from 1pm (BST) Wildcard Fery extends Wimbledon fairytale | Mail DanielOn BBC, they note that Gauff hasn’t made a Wimbledon quarter until this year, though she made round three as a 16-year-old. Mainly, that’s because grass doesn’t suit her game as well as other