#sports-achievements

#sports-achievements

Mathieu van der Poel won the combativity award for the first week of the 2025 Tour de France, receiving over 1,000 retweets in a fan vote.

"If I would lose here earlier, maybe I would be able to play two more weeks on grass and then be a better grass player... I love playing on clay, so I'm not going to give up that ever."

He just held us accountable from the first day in the fall. Every practice was a grind. Every day has been a grind. He's keeping us held to a higher standard.

"When I won my first Flanders, I was a kid. I was 23 years old and I did not realise what I did."

On February 16, 1989, Orel Hershiser signed a groundbreaking three-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the first MLB player to surpass $3 million in salary.

We believed and we never stopped believing, so I know it's been a long time coming. I think you've forgotten over the last 18 years that this are the greatest, the biggest club in the country.

London, despite not housing the most successful clubs in England, boasts more top-level football teams than any other city in Europe due to its vast population and numerous local clubs.

"I got to get like a glass box and have it on display, maybe a little thing where it rotates in my house or something. I got to do something special with the first one, for sure."