In a quarter of the women’s draw which included the eliminated Paolini and Chinese fifth seed Zheng Qinwen, American Amanda Anisimova has perhaps benefited most. The 13th seed would not face anyone ranked higher than 30th seed Linda Noskova until the semi-finals, where she could meet world number one Sabalenka – although the unseeded Naomi...
The temperatures did not stop more than 10,000 people joining the queue for day one, at which point the All England Club advised people to stop travelling. Two-time Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur was forced to retire from her opening-round match after becoming unwell. The Tunisian took a medical time-out in the first set, during which...
Wycliffe Muia BBC News, Kampala Robert Katende For more than two decades, Robert Katende has been getting children in Katwe to take chess seriously A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda’s capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still producing champions – but faces a daily struggle...
BBC Sport has been told substituted players will be allowed to cool down before being interviewed on the touchline during the game. But details have yet to be released on how often this will happen in matches, or how many matches it will apply to. Dressing room access will be restricted and never allowed during...
Watch President Trump ask Juventus men’s players if “a woman could make the team” during their visit to the White House during the Club World Cup, which is being held in the United States. Read full article at source...
Speaking after her round-of-32 defeat to Francesca Jones at the Nottingham Open on Tuesday, British number four Harriet Dart called for the introduction of identification measures when creating social media accounts. “The amount of abuse that we all get is pretty mind blowing,” Dart said. “The WTA are obviously trying to do something about it...
United States men’s coach Mauricio Pochettino has told his players they cannot pick and choose which games they will be available for. AC Milan forward Christian Pulisic offered to play in two friendlies before the Gold Cup, but wanted to be rested for the tournament itself. However, Pochettino decided to leave the 26-year-old out of...
Players who undergo fertility treatment will be able to use their special ranking to enter up to three tournaments within 10 weeks of their return. The special ranking will be an average of a player’s ranking over a 12-week period before and during their leave. Players will not, however, be able to use this ranking...
A Football Association report into the circumstances surrounding the death of former Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack found several players “did not feel supported and felt unable to raise concerns” at the club. The FA commissioned the report in early 2024, following the midfielder’s death, aged 27, in September 2023, and it has not yet...
With an aim to attract the top 300 men’s and women’s players in the world, the franchise competition would be played predominantly in the summer in some of the world’s major cities – with London, Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Cape Town all mentioned. R360 has also vowed to “unlock the potential of...
Another Exeter Community Lottery player is celebrating a £250 cash win.  The lucky player won the prize in last weekend’s draw while raising money for the Exeter Central Fund, which distributes funds to a range of different good causes in the city.  As always, the real winners are the good causes in Exeter who benefit...
More than 520 additional former rugby players have joined a concussion lawsuit against the sport’s authorities, according to the law firm bringing the case. Rylands Garth says there are now more than 1,100 former players involved, with 784 from rugby union and 319 from rugby league. Steve Thompson, Mark Regan and Phil Vickery – part...
Tennis players get used to playing through pain and discomfort during a long season. Japan’s Naomi Osaka says she won two of her four Grand Slams while injured, adding: “I can rarely count the number of times I have felt perfect on the court. “But I do know I’m the type of person that if...
Former Scotland midfielder Paul Lambert told BBC Sport moving to Italy had been the making of McTominay. “Leaving Manchester United… there’s a perception that British football is the be-all-and-end-all,” said Lambert, who won the Champions League as a player with Borussia Dortmund in 1997. “It’s not. Playing European football brings players on quicker. It makes...
Northern Ireland first team coach Steven Davis says recent successes enjoyed by members of Michael O’Neill’s squad at club level should help their progress in the international game. A number of players were part of crucial occasions for their teams in recent weeks ahead of Northern Ireland’s forthcoming friendlies away to Denmark on 7 June...