In the main event, Georgia’s Merab Dvalishvili submitted American Sean O’Malley in the third round to retain his bantamweight title. Dvalishvili beat O’Malley for the belt last year with a typically relentless display of grappling and mirrored the performance in the rematch. Although O’Malley defended well in the second round, he was taken down early...
Coco Gauff won the first French Open singles title of her career by fighting back to beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a rollercoaster final played in testing conditions. American second seed Gauff claimed a 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-4 victory after a tense battle between the WTA Tour’s two leading players. It is the...
In the eyes of many seasoned observers, Swiatek was the third favourite for the title behind Sabalenka and American second seed Gauff, who beat French wildcard Lois Boisson in Thursday’s second semi-final. Swiatek has been nowhere near her dominant best over the past year, failing to reach a final since last year’s French Open triumph...
Salt struck 16 from nine balls before being caught by Shreyas Iyer off Kyle Jamieson, while England all-rounder Liam Livingstone hit 25 as the side’s numbers three to six all posted scores in the mid-20s. Having accumulated steadily, Andy Flower’s team failed to accelerate in the final over, with Arshdeep Singh taking three wickets in...
Maja Stark claimed her first major title with a two-shot victory at the US Women’s Open to become the third Swede to lift the trophy. Stark, the first Swedish winner since Annika Sorenstam won her third title in 2006, held off the challenge of world number one Nelly Korda of the United States and Japan’s...
Ambitious Egyptian club Pyramids claimed their first African Champions League title by beating South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on home soil to seal a 3-2 aggregate win. After the first leg had ended 1-1 last Saturday, the tournament’s leading scorer Fiston Mayele beat Ronwen Williams from close range in the 23rd minute to put Pyramids...
Britain’s Simon Yates sealed his first Giro d’Italia title by safely crossing the line on the final stage in Rome. The Bury-born rider, 32, took the leader’s pink jersey for the first time in the race on Saturday’s stage 20 with a sublime attack on the penultimate climb, having started the day in third. Yates...
Simon Yates produces a stunning performance on the penultimate stage of the Giro d’Italia to snatch the pink jersey from Isaac del Toro and claim his second Grand Tour title. Read full article at source...
Some fans are hailing Marquez’s return to title-contending form as a comeback for the ages. It is not hard to see why. Since winning his most recent MotoGP title in 2019, Marquez has suffered a string of injuries. He broke his arm at the start of the 2020 season, which over the course of two...
Former Rangers and Liverpool midfielder Willie Stevenson – who won top-flight titles in Scotland and England – has died at the age of 85. The Edinburgh-born left midfielder was part of Rangers’ championship-winning team in 1958-59 and won the Scottish Cup with the Ibrox club the following season. But the emergence of the legendary Jim...
Angel Cabrera won the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional to secure his second senior major title in seven days. The 55-year-old from Argentina followed his win at the Regions Tradition on Monday with victory in Maryland. Cabrera, the 2007 US Open winner and 2009 Masters champion, overhauled Padraig Harrington in the closing holes to win...
Sikandar Raza hit the winning runs to win Lahore Qalanders the Pakistan Super League, a little more than 24 hours after he was playing for Zimbabwe against England in their Test loss at Trent Bridge. The all-rounder struck a six and a four from consecutive deliveries to take Lahore to victory against Quetta Gladiators with...
It may have been something of a procession for Liverpool this season, but not every Premier League title is won at a canter. Former Blackburn team-mates Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton reminisce over the 1994-95 season, when Rovers pipped Manchester United to the trophy in dramatic fashion. READ MORE: Remembering Rovers’ greatest day, 30 years...
Chris McLaughlin BBC Scotland sports news correspondent Getty Images McTominay and Gilmour have made a big impression on the Italian side and its fans “You aren’t ready for the party Naples will have tonight”. SSC Napoli fans Francesco Giordano and Vincenzo Liberti have been up since before 07:00 this morning. They’re nervous and excited ahead...
The 2024-25 Serie A winners will be decided by a play-off, should Napoli and Inter Milan finish the season level on points. In 2022, the league reintroduced a rule which means teams who are contesting the title or battling relegation will face each other in a play-off if they have the same number of points,...