Sports from Friday, July 18th, 2025

Arsenal have signed England winger Noni Madueke from Chelsea on a long-term deal, the north London club announced on Friday.

UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider Tadej Pogacar continued his charge towards an anticipated fourth Tour de France title when he stretched his overall lead to over four minutes by winning the 13th stage, a lung-busting 10.9 km uphill time trial on Friday.

Tadej Pogacar unleashed a vintage assault on the unforgiving slopes of Hautacam, crushing the Tour de France 12th stage and leaving chief rival Jonas Vingegaard gasping for air and clinging to fading hopes on a brutal, suffocating Thursday.

Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said.