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Chelsea win Women’s FA Cup
Complete English treble in Bompastor’s first season
AFP | London, United Kingdom referee Stacey Fullicks wasting
no time in awarding a penalty.
helsea beat Manches - Baltimore, despite the massed
ter United 3-0 in the ranks of United fans behind the
CWomen’s FA Cup final at goal trying to distract her and
Wembley yesterday to complete some mind games from Phal-
an English domestic treble in lon Tullis-Joyce, coolly sent the
French coach Sonia Bompastor’s United goalkeeper the wrong
first season in charge. way from the spot.
Sandy Baltimore scored twice, An improved United had their
either side of setting up Catarina chances to equalise early in
Macario for the west London the second half and even the
side’s second. introduction of England star
France international Balti- Ella Toone off the bench
more opened the scoring from could not bring the Cup
the penalty spot in first-half holders a goal.
stoppage time before Macario And any hopes
headed in her free-kick to put of a United
the result beyond doubt in the fight back
84th minute. w e r e
Baltimore then wrapped up dashed
the scoring against United, last b y
season’s FA Cup winners, in the Macario
first minute of added-on time and Bal-
when she turned Lisa Naalsund timore’s
before lashing the ball home late goals.
from close range.
‘Invincibles’ Chelsea had al-
ready been crowned English
champions, becoming the first
team to remain unbeaten in a
22-game Women’s Super League
season as they won their sixth
successive domestic league ti- Chelsea’s English defender #04 Millie Bright lifts the trophy as Chelsea’s players celebrate
tle after previously lifting the to bed.” since she’s come in. And a treble, the semi-finals of the Women’s dominated the first half but
League Cup. Reflecting on how the side had what a way to start it!” Champions League -- a tourna- were kept waiting for an
“It tops off a brilliant season,” adapted to Bompastor’s meth- Bompastor took over at Chel- ment they’ve yet to win for all opening goal.
Chelsea’s Erin Cuthbert, the ods, she added: “There’s a lot sea after long-serving and suc- their domestic triumphs. It looked as if United
player of the match, told the BBC. of change but you just have to cessful manager Emma Hayes At Wembley, in a crowd of over would go into the break
“I’m so proud of the group. A embrace it. left to become the United States’ 74,000 featuring new Chelsea with the game still goal-
lot of hard work’s gone into this. “She’s a manager, she’s a win- national women’s team manager. women’s team investor Reddit less but poor defending Chelsea’s French striker #17 Sandy
To win in the fashion we did, we ner, as management and as a But their hopes of a quadruple co-founder Alexis Ohanian -- as from Celin Bizet saw her step Baltimore
were holding on a bit at 1-0 but player, so you’ve got to respect were scuppered when they lost well his tennis champion wife into Cuthbert and bring the
the second goal puts the game that. She’s done a brilliant job 8-2 on aggregate to Barcelona in Serena Williams -- the Blues Scotland midfielder down, with
Alcaraz downs Sinner to win Italian Open in Roland Garros warning
AFP | Rome, Italy the start of 2024, when his Ital- tion doping authorities accepted Mertens 6-4, 7-5.
ian rival began his rise to the top was accidental. Paolini secured that brace of
arlos Alcaraz won the Ital- of men’s tennis and three Grand His progress in Rome also sets victories a day after overcom-
Cian Open on Sunday after Slam titles. up the possibility of another fi- ing former US Open champion
beating rival Jannik Sinner 7-6 The 22-year-old has had a nal clash with Alcaraz at Roland Coco Gauff in straight sets, and
(7/5), 6-1 in the final and firing a hugely impressive clay court Garros, with the two young stars becoming the first Italian wom-
warning shot for Roland Garros. swing this season even with the of men’s tennis set to be the two an to win the Rome singles title
Alcaraz, who will climb to thigh injury which cost him the top seeds in Paris. since Raffaella Reggi in 1985.
world number two behind Sin- chance to compete at the Madrid Sinner was gunning to become
ner on Monday, won his third Open. the first Italian man to win at the
title of the season ahead of the Alcaraz won in Rome a second Foro Italico since Adriano Pana- BETTER
French Open which starts next Masters 1000 title of the year tta back in 1976, but he failed to
weekend. to go alongside his victory at make it a hat-trick of triumphs
The Spaniard claimed victory Monte Carlo last month. He also for home players in the Italian KNOW
in his fourth final of the season reached the final in Barcelona. capital.
and sent a message to the rest of Finishing runner-up is still a Earlier Jasmine Paolini be-
the men’s tour for Roland Garros hugely positive result for Sinner came the first woman since
where he will defend the title. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, Italy’s Jannik Sinner in his first tournament since his Monica Seles in 1990 to win the Rafael Nadal holds the record
Sinner tops the world rank- three-month ban for testing pos- Rome singles and doubles titles for the most Italian Open
ings but his 26-match winning also the man who had last beat final. Alcaraz is the only man to itive twice in March last year for when she and Sara Errani beat (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) men’s
streak was ended by Alcaraz, him in last year’s China Open beat Sinner in a tour final since traces of clostebol, a contamina- Veronika Kudermetova and Elise singles titles, having won the
tournament 10 times between 2005
and 2021.
British climber breaks his own record with 19th Everest summit
AFP | Kathmandu, Nepal day," a post on his Instagram interest... considering that so Most Everest hopefuls are es-
account said. many of the Sherpas have so corted by a Nepali guide, mean-
ritish climber Kenton Cool His 15th summit in 2021 many more ascents," he said ing more than 900 climbers will
Bsuccessfully climbed Mount tied him with American Dave then. tread the path to the summit
Everest for the nineteenth time Hahn for the most summits by Nepali climber Kami Rita this season.
on Sunday, extending his own a non-Nepali climber, and his Sherpa, 55, is also attempting Nepal is home to eight of the
record for the most summits of summit the following year gave to break his own world record world's 10 highest peaks and
the world's highest mountain by him a solo title. for the most Everest summits welcomes hundreds of adven-
a non-Nepali. Cool was once told he would with his 31st climb. turers each spring.
More than 50 climbers have not walk unaided again after Cool's latest summit comes A climbing boom has made
reached the summit since the a rock-climbing accident in after at least two people - a mountaineering a lucrative
spring climbing season began 1996 that broke both his heel Filipino and an Indian climb- business since Edmund Hillary
this month, taking advantage of bones. er - died on Mount Everest and Tenzing Norgay Sher -
a brief spell of good weather and He told AFP in a 2022 inter- this week. pa made the first ascent in 1
typically calmer winds. view after his 16th ascent that Nepal has issued 458 permits 953.
Mountain guide Cool, 51, first British mountaineer Kenton Cool (L) who summitted Mount Everest his Everest record was "not that to mountaineers this season and Last year more than 800
climbed Everest in 2004 and has (8,849-metre) for the 17th time, the most summits by a non-Nepali amazing" in the context of Ne- a city of tents hosting foreign climbers made it to the peak of
since had an expedition almost world's highest peak. for the 19th time at 11am Nep- pali climbers' achievements. climbers and support staff has Everest, including 74 from the
every year taking clients up the "Kenton summited Everest alese time (0515 GMT) on Sun- "I'm really surprised by the built up at the foot of Everest. northern Tibet side.

