Novak Djokovic light-heartedly donned a cycling crash helmet on Saturday after being hit on the head by a water bottle at the Rome Open but insisted he was feeling "fine"."Thank you for the messages of concern," Djokovic wrote Saturday on X. "This was an accident and I am fine resting at the hotel with an ice pack.
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar won stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia, a 40-kilometre time trial, to extend his race lead in Perugia on Friday. The Slovenian, who is taking part in the Giro for the first time in his career, is aiming to become the first rider since Italy's Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. jr/nip/bsp/mw/ea
An elite cyclist who has fled to Reading has raised fears about his sporting career as he is at risk of being moved onto a ship by the Home Office.