Author: Sports News UK
Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo, herself a former women’s world number one, had regularly pointed to the possibility of short two-set matches as the reason for often overlooking the women.”The match-ups are always interesting for both men and women, but there are multiple factors for us to make the choice,” Mauresmo said earlier on Monday. “As you know, the potential length of the matches is something that we are also looking at.”On picking Sabalenka against Osaka, she added: “It was obvious that it should be a night match tonight.”There was a school of thought that Mauresmo might have looked elsewhere, though,…
Serena Williams, one of the greatest athletes of all time, has announced her return to professional tennis next week at Queen’s Club.The 44-year-old will return to competition with a wildcard into the doubles draw in the WTA 500 event in west London. She has not competed since the US Open in 2022, where she described her departure from the sport as “evolving away” from tennis rather than retirement. However, Williams remained on the retired players’ list until last year.After months of speculation about her return, Williams announced her comeback in a Nike video bearing a simple tagline: “Guess everybody heard…
Three years after the Roland Garros organisers last declared a women’s match worthy of being called the best of the day in Paris, the total collapse of one half of the men’s draw and a fourth round between two of the three most successful active women’s players not named Williams finally allowed women to return to centre stage.Finally ushered into the marquee night match on Monday evening, Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka traded nuclear ground strokes in an intense, high-quality slugfest before Sabalenka showed why she remains the best player in the world by elevating her level in the most…
The Cleveland Browns have done a lot of damage to their fanbase over the years. But they may have hit a new low in trading Myles Garrett on Monday. The Miz, a long-suffering Browns fan, wrote on social media, “Not Myles. Anyone. But. Myles. Before the draft, I buried the season. After the draft, I believed again. And now, at 35,000 feet, the Browns have somehow found a new way to ruin my flight. Please tell me this isn’t real” Not Myles. Anyone. But. Myles. Before the draft, I buried the season. After the draft, I believed again. And now,…
“Nobody knows me, to be honest.” But Poland’s Maja Chwalinska is perhaps only a few matches away from that changing forever.The 24-year-old has become the first qualifier to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open women’s singles in six years after beating French player Diane Parry 6-3 6-2.Having come through three qualifying rounds to secure her main-draw debut at Roland Garros, a beaming Chwalinska shook her head in disbelief after completing her victory on Court Philippe Chatrier.Prior to this tournament, the world number 114 had won two tour-level main-draw matches on clay in her career, and registered just one win…
Ben Askren will get back on the mat. Ben Askren announced on the Ariel Helwani Show that he will compete at Real American Freestyle on July 18 against Belal Muhammad. Askren was the first fighter signed to RAF, but had to undergo a double lung transplant after suffering severe pneumonia in June 2025. Askren said that this will be a one-off match for him, and that the will focus on his family, coaching and growing RAF after this match. BREAKING: Ben Askren will make his @RAFWrestlingUSA debut in Milwaukee on July 18 against Belal Muhammad. Askren was the first wrestler…
Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr has returned to the New York Giants after signing with the NFL team where he first made his name 12 years ago.Beckham, 33, was a free agent having not played last season, when he served a six-game suspension for failing a drugs test.He worked out for the Giants in April and again on Monday before completing his return to the franchise.”Nothin [sic] was ever given to me I worked for everything I have. Never give up on urself [sic]. Home Team i’m back…. Let’s get it,” Beckham said on Instagram.Beckham was picked by the Giants…
Former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan has revealed he has stage four cancer.Stage four is the most advanced stage of cancer, and means the disease has spread to other parts of the body.Keegan’s family originally disclosed he was battling cancer in January, after the 75-year-old had “further evaluation of ongoing abdominal symptoms” in hospital.The football world has since rallied around the two-time European footballer of the year, who has been undergoing treatment in recent months.In one of his first public appearances since the news, Keegan was handed an emotional standing ovation as he returned to Newcastle for a live…
New matches have been added to Monday’s WWE Raw. General manager Adam Pearce announced that Seth Rollins will take on Bron Breakker in the main event of the June 1 episode of Raw. Plus, Dragon Lee will team with Rey Mysterio to take on Ethan Page & Rusev. Your OFFICIAL #WWERaw Mini-Preview for TONIGHT in Turin, Italy! : 2e/11p and LIVE around the world on @Netflix! pic.twitter.com/VSBI9YJlcN — Adam Pearce (@ScrapDaddyAP) June 1, 2026 Here is the current lineup for the event: WWE Raw (6/1) Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs Ethan Page & Rusev Roman Reigns Acknowledgment Ceremony King…
She has flown early to the west coast of the US to be fully acclimatised for this week’s major, imbued with the confidence of her Ohio triumph.And the key to that victory on 17 May was worked out by the player herself. She had been bemused by an uncharacteristically erratic performance on the greens while missing the cut at the Mizuho Americas Open earlier in the month.”My putting was pretty poor and I’d been putting pretty good this year,” Woad said. “OK, it could be me, it is probably is me, but, I thought I’ll check the putter.”The grip was…