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Updated: Astana respond to deny contract violation and state compensation has been paid

Cavendish along with several other teammates currently wearing Oakley sunglasses during competition

Several teammates join Cavendish in Oakleys

The 37-year-old Cavendish is starting afresh at Kazakh team Astana as he aims to set the outright record for Tour stage wins this summer

For the past months, Turkish armed forces in northwestern Syria de-escalation zones have carried out redeployment and mergers at military points that were established under a Turkish-Russian agreement in 2017. According to an agreement within the framework of the Astana talks, Türkiye gained the opportunity to expand its deployment of…

Relations between Syria and Iran appear to have weakened amid reports that Tehran has been stalling in helping out its ally out of its unprecedented months-long fuel crisis. The “strategic” relations between Damascus and Tehran appear to have also taken a hit through the launch of normalization talks between Syria…

Cavendish has signed a one-year contract with the Kazakhstani team

The 40-year-old, who retired in 2016, started the Tour de France five times after turning professional at the age of 26 and tributes have now flooded in following his passing

"I did train a few times, but that would be the only time I could play with the senior team. Did they do that because I played a good season, and I could help the team? Or because they wanted me to extend my contract?"

Three years ago, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took Manchester United to Kazakhstan for a Europa League group match, but it wasn't the famous Red Devils side we were used to seeing