Kim Birrell, Maya Joint and James Duckworth advance on day twoBirrell plans to spend $265,000 pay day on upcoming weddingAn elated Kim Birrell plans on paying down her mortgage after surviving a match point and a restless night’s sleep to chalk up a life-changing US Open win in New York.The gritty Gold Coaster wore down…
Beth Mead and Niamh Charles are notable additions to the champions’ squad that looks just as strong as last seasonGuardian writers’ predicted position: 1st (NB: this is not necessarily Tom Garry’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 1st Continue reading…
Edward and Mo Farah among those to be inductedSonia Lannaman and Shirley Strong also honouredBritain’s first black Olympic medal winner Harry Edward is to be inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. Edward will join the likes of Mo Farah, former sprinter Sonia Lannaman and medal-winning hurdler Shirley Strong, who will all be honoured…
Spaniard beats Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4Alcaraz has not played since April with wrist injuryAs Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to the conclusion of his first singles set in more than four and a half months, like so many times in his career instinct took over. Up 5-4, 30-15 in set one, Alcaraz swept forward to…
The smile on Declan Rice’s face with six minutes of normal time remaining said it all. He had just shut down Ian Maatsen as the Aston Villa full-back zoomed into the box. Arsenal, for whom Bukayo Saka scored the only goal, were authoritative and seemingly took great satisfaction in keeping Villa at arm’s length.Unai Emery’s…
⚽️ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off⚽️ Email Scott and follow us on TikTok and BlueskyThe teams are out! You know what everyone’s wearing. A reduced capacity of around 37,000 at Villa Park, with the North Stand closed for the season to facilitate its expansion. We’ll be off in a couple of minutes.Pre-match…
Ailing Djokovic goes out | Williams loses after 2am start You can email Taha and follow us on TikTok and BlueskySabalenka eases through on her serve, advancing to the net to secure her first game of the tournament with a forehand volley. It’s 1-1 in the opening set against Osorio.Sabalenka and Osorio are underway on…
Beloved singer died last week at the age of 80Parton was born 30 miles from college campusThe Tennessee Volunteers will be honoring Dolly Parton with a helmet sticker this season, the college football team’s head coach, Josh Heupel, announced on Monday.Parton, a Tennessee native, died last week at the age of 80 from cancer. Continue…
The Serb has his heart set on defending Olympic title in 2028 but his ageing body is screaming a resounding ‘no’As the scoreline continued to cascade and the prospect of Novak Djokovic winning even one match in New York this year became increasingly remote, the 24-time grand slam title winner’s suffering and toil drove the…
Reigning women’s singles champion wins 6-2, 6-4Men’s 10th seed Arthur Fils beaten by Stefanos TsitsipasAryna Sabalenka said she is determined to look ahead, rather than dwell on a difficult past few months, after beginning her US Open title defence with a 6-2, 6-4 win against Camila Osorio.“The good thing for me is not looking back…