The season-opening Tour Down Under will next year become the first WorldTour race to hold men's and women's stages on the same course, on the same day, and over the same distance, organisers said.
Three weeks before kickoff in the first-ever World Cup match in Canada, football leaders in the country voiced hope the tournament would finally give the sport the cultural prominence it deserved.
Alec Segaert won the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday after a surprise late attack denied the sprinters their chance of a bunch finish, as his teammate Afonso Eulalio again stayed in the overall lead.