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No 7 seed wins 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to reach third round Djokovic faces 25th seed Arthur Rinderknech next There was once a time, not so long ago, when matches between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas occurred on the most significant occasions this sport has to offer. Djokovic was Tsitsipas’s opponent in both of the Greek player’s grand slam finals at the 2021 French Open and then the 2023 Australia…

⚽️ Kick-off time: 5pm local/10am AEST/1am BST/8pm EDT ⚽️ Player guide | Golden Boot | Bracket | Mail Beau Familiar face For many years, Wisconsin-born Esmir Bajraktarević was part of the US soccer pipeline. He played for youth national teams. He worked his way up through the youth ranks at the New England Revolution and overlapped just slightly with US goalkeeper Matt Turner. He didn’t miss, slot…

Francesca Carr says move to full-time status felt ‘rushed’ Cusack was found dead at her home in September 2023 Sheffield United did not have sufficient resources in place during the summer of 2023 to look after their women’s team players, their former physio has told an inquest into the death of Maddy Cusack. Cusack was found dead at her family’s home in Derbyshire on 20 September 2023, at the ag…

Captain played in deep horror of Iceland defeat and he rescued an England team who were sliding towards disaster Well maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me. On a wild, boisterous, often agonising afternoon under the giant Victorian railway dome of the Atlanta Stadium, the Democratic Republic of Harry Kane progressed to the last 16 of the World Cup. With England playing like a team terrifie…

Figures spell out the highs and lows of a force of personality who could swing games in his team’s favour He swept Nathan Smith for six on an acid-trip of an afternoon, his last on the field as a Test cricketer. He nearly shredded Will O’Rourke’s fingers with a straight drive and swung his way to 30 as an agent of chaos. But was it ever going to last much longer? In his finest moments, Ben Stokes…

The experience inside the grounds of SW19 is as far removed from outside world as ever, which is no bad thing There was a group of 10 demonstrators outside the main gates of the All England Club on Monday morning, protesting against Barclays’ sponsorship of the championship on the grounds that as well as providing its customers here with deckchairs and free strawberries and cream, as well as the …

From the hairstyles to the stadiums, the kits to the celebrations, we take a look at the changing face of the game. Tap on the images below to fade between the visuals It’s 32 years since Diego Maradona went berserk down the barrel of a TV camera after scoring for Argentina; since Bebeto rocked an imaginary baby to sleep; since Roberto Baggio blazed his spot-kick into orbit (the tournament’s seco…

The 2024 women’s singles champion won 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 Teenager says loss will ‘take some time’ to get over Four women in the post-1968 Open era have won singles titles on the slow red clay of Roland Garros and ­Wimbledon’s lightning-fast grass before their 20th birthdays. As Mirra Andreeva, the 19-year-old winner of last month’s French Open , walked on to Centre Court here on Wednesday to face Barb…

Briton was refused wildcard for singles Ends career with low-key doubles defeat Britain’s Dan Evans has accused the Lawn Tennis Association of “lacking the minerals” to tell him why he was not given a Wimbledon singles wildcard after calling time on his 20-year career. Evans was hoping to say goodbye with a final appearance in the men’s singles this year, after confirming he was retiring at the A…

Midfielder will cost Spurs an initial £92.5m De Zerbi wants to rebuild team around Tonali Newcastle have agreed to sell Sandro Tonali to Tottenham in an initial £92.5m deal that could rise to £100m should the north London side achieve serial Champions League qualifications. Roberto De Zerbi is believed to have told the Italy midfielder that intends rebuilding his side around him and Tonali is sai…

Phones and earpieces aplenty as football supporters find World Cup thriller against DR Congo hard to ignore “Pssst!” The security staff at Wimbledon don’t do a lot of talking. The job of guarding Centre Court seems to be only a little less serious than standing sentry on Whitehall. But this guard, standing to attention outside the media centre in his blue peaked cap and freshly pressed jacket, ha…

Thomas Tuchel’s mission to put a second World Cup star on the England shirt did not look as though it would reach the second knockout round. On a fraught and chaotic occasion in Atlanta, his team flirted aggressively with disaster. For 75 minutes, England mixed loose defending with an inability to take their chances. Which were plentiful. The Democratic Republic of the Congo goalkeeper, Lionel Mp…

Season-ending tournament will now be at Indian Wells The move comes a year before Saudi contract ends The WTA Finals will leave Saudi Arabia one year early and move to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California this November. The season-ending event, in which the top eight singles players and doubles teams compete, is the governing body’s flagship tournament and has been held in Riyadh since 20…

⚽️ Kick-off time: 4pm local/6pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot This is the first game of day 21 at the World Cup , with USA v Bosnia and Herzegovina to follow. Ach, who am I kidding. Belgium had just beaten New Zealand 5-1 to secure top spot in Group G and, at least in theory, an easier last-32 draw, but Rudi Garcia was evidently irked. In response to the first …

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Archie Rhind-Tutt and Dan Bardell as France breeze past Sweden and Haaland wins it late for Norway Continue reading...