Author: Sports News UK
In the immediate aftermath of one of the most significant wins of his career, a victory over the unheralded Zachary Svajda that sent him into his first quarter-final at Roland Garros on Monday, Flavio Cobolli was posed a straightforward question. The Italian had been easing through the match, leading 5-1 in set four, when he almost capitulated. After desperately dragging himself over the line in an excruciating tie‑break, the 10th-seed’s evaluation was succinct: “I almost shit on my pants.”The majority of men at this year’s French Open have similarly had to closely monitor their bowel movements on the court considering…
The EFL’s commission said it was “deplorable” of the club to have used junior staff members to “conduct the clandestine observations”.Solak admitted that such a culture was “unacceptable”, but he blamed “a huge amount of misunderstanding, ignorance and arrogance, we have dysfunctions in the club, but we will actually make an effort for people to understand that whoever orders them to do something, that is putting them out of their comfort zone, they have every right to refuse”.When asked about the analyst intern who had been sent to spy on opposition training sessions, and who had been caught doing so…
Appointed on a four-year deal in the summer of 2024, Bellamy made an impressive start as Wales head coach, his first senior managerial role.The former captain was unbeaten in his opening nine matches, winning promotion to the Nations League’s top tier and instilling an attacking new style of play.However, his first qualifying campaign ended in failure as Wales lost their World Cup play-off final at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina in March.Bellamy has often been linked with a move into club management, and he has been open about his desire to make that switch after leaving Wales.However, leading Wales at Euro 2028…
Arteta has been central to the club’s planning for next season with the Gunners targeting a central midfielder, forward and full-back in the transfer market.But it will not be straightforward.Given last season’s £250m spend on new players, a number of player renewals and lucrative bonuses paid to players in lieu of their Premier League success, the club are mindful of ensuring finances are balanced during the close season.For the forward position, three players are known to be on the shortlist – Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers, Bournemouth’s Eli Junior Kroupi and Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez.Rogers and Kroupi are expected to cost…
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…