Emma Raducanu has been drawn against teenage wildcard Mimi Xu in an eye-catching all-British first-round match at Wimbledon. If British number one Raducanu beats 17-year-old Xu, she will face either 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova or 32nd seed McCartney Kessler in the second round. Raducanu, ranked 38th in the world, fell just short of a seeding...
The Englishman, who is from St Albans, competes on the US collegiate circuit and has one year left on his studies at the University of San Diego. Most college sports in America are strictly amateur, so Tarvet will be unable to claim the vast majority of his £66,000 prize money for reaching the Wimbledon first...
Harry Came fell nine runs short of a second century in the match as Derbyshire were forced to settle for a draw in an exciting finish to their County Championship Division Two match with Gloucestershire at Bristol. The hosts declared their second innings at lunch, having progressed from an overnight 364-3 to 526-6. Graeme van...
Warwickshire and Somerset harvested a predictable County Championship draw as a forgettable match finally petered out on the final day at Edgbaston. Set a notional victory target of 377 in 69 overs, Warwickshire plodded to 161-4 as Tom Latham (52 from 103 balls) and Sam Hain (68 not out from 157) escorted their team to...
Resuming on 111-4 with a lead of 145, Simpson and Ibrahim were tested by Potts and Ben Raine. Sussex continued their plan of taking time out of the game, with the pair rarely letting their rearguard action slip in the first hour. Potts had a couple of lbw shouts against Ibrahim turned down as the...
Pocketing 12 points for a draw with Yorkshire was enough to keep Nottinghamshire top of the County Championship table with eight of 14 matches played. They now find defending champions Surrey breathing down their necks, though, after the match at Trent Bridge ended in stalemate, the game coming to an end when the home side...
Glamorgan started the final day on 131-3 after Northeast and Ingram had survived the final session on day three. They serenely added a further 83 in the morning sunshine with few alarms, as Leicestershire were left ruing Rehan Ahmed’s inability to bowl because of a side strain which is set to rule him out of...
Tom Westley and Michael Pepper combined for a 215-run sixth-wicket partnership that frustrated Hampshire and ultimately saved Essex from suffering their third County Championship defeat of the season. The pair came together at 131-5, still 26 runs short of making Hampshire bat again, and were not parted for nearly three-and-a-half hours. Slowly but surely they...
Somerset’s seamers opened up superbly after Warwickshire resumed on the third morning on 158-1. Matt Henry bottled up his fellow Kiwi Latham with a sequence of maidens before, still to add to his overnight score, he drove at one that nipped away and edged to wicketkeeper James Rew. Five overs and just six runs later,...
Asked whether a draw had been discussed, Tongue said: “Hopefully we’re not in that situation anyway. We’ll try and be as positive as we can in that first session, then see where we are at lunch – then we’ll take things from there. “With our batting line-up I feel we can chase down anything. Their...
Panathinaikos’ visit will mark Russell Martin’s first competitive game as Rangers head coach and the former Southampton boss has been handed the toughest of their possible draws despite the Ibrox side having been seeded. All three potential opponents were, like Rangers, runners-up in their domestic leagues, but while the Greek side are 111th in the...
The former Iceland manager handed a first start to Leicester City’s McAteer and he rewarded the faith shown by his manager by netting the opening goal in Dublin. Hallgrimsson said the 23-year-old put in a “really good performance” on his maiden international start. “He showed a lot of confidence, took players on and got the...
Andreatta’s energy and enthusiasm was apparent on the touchline. Whether it was minute eight, 58 or 88, she was pacing up and down the touchline with her arms swinging in encouragement and legs kicking every ball. Twice during stoppages in play a giant tactics board came out to redirect the players, and the switch to...
Group A Falkirk, Queen’s Park, Cove Rangers, Spartans, Brechin. Group B Ross County, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South, Edinburgh City, Stranraer. Group C Dundee, Airdrie, Alloa, Montrose, Bonnyrigg Rose. Group D St Mirren, Ayr United, Arbroath, Annan Athletic, Forfar. Group E Hearts, Dunfermline, Hamilton, Dumbarton, Stirling Albion. Group F St Johnstone, Raith Rovers, Inverness...
Sam Curran added 77 to his first innings 70, in his first red-ball appearance since last September, as Surrey saw out a rain-hit final day on 289-7 to secure a draw against Essex at the Kia Oval. Curran’s 121-ball effort held Surrey’s batting together as seamer Jamie Porter and off-spinner Simon Harmer threatened to bowl...