Author: Sports News UK
British qualifier Toby Samuel broke more new ground with a dominant victory over Tomas Machac on his US Open main-draw debut.The 23-year-old came from a set down in each of his three qualifying matches in New York this week to guarantee a third Grand Slam appearance of the year. However, he had no such issues against former world number 20 Machac, wrapping up a 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory in just over 90 minutes to register his first win at a Grand Slam.”It means everything to me. It’s what I dreamt of as a kid watching these big tournaments,” Samuel told…
Tour Championship, final leaderboard-16 S Scheffler (US); -13 V Hovland (Nor); -12 R Gerard (US); -11 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), C Gotterup (US), R McIlroy (NI), R Henley (US), MW Lee (Aus), J Bridgeman (US), L Aberg (Swe)Selected others: -10 T Fleetwood (Eng), C Young (US), A Scott (Aus); -9 C Morikawa (US); -7 J Rose (Eng); -5 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), W Clark (US); E R MacIntyre (Sco)Full leaderboardAt times it felt like there was a certain inevitability about Scottie Scheffler collecting his second Fedex Cup title on Sunday.As those around him began to falter, the world number one, who started…
To sum up, the season started pretty badly for Fernandes, who was one of many players well below par in a shock 2-0 defeat at Hull City.Matters improved significantly on Tuesday, as Fernandes collected the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award for his phenomenal contribution to United returning to the Champions League after a two-year absence.Last season, he totted up a Premier League record of 21 assists.Before the Ipswich game, he walked on to the pitch with the sons of PC Matthew Blades, who was tragically killed in a recent head-on collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough.Once the match…
Jon Moxley won the inaugural Continental Challenge Cup at AEW All In: London. Jon Moxley and Nigel McGuinness competed in the finals of the inaugural Continental Challenge Cup for the Continental Championship at AEW All In: London. Moxley found his way to the match by defeating Jack Perry, Jay White, and fellow Death Riders member Claudio Castagnoli in the earlier rounds. McGuinness earned the opportunity after overcoming Katsuyori Shibata, Hechicero, and Kyle O’Reilly. Nigel McGuinness put on a valiant effort in the match, but Jon Moxley was in no mood to walk out of AEW All In: London without the…
The handball law often serves to confuse supporters – and it reared its head again as Harry Maguire celebrated putting Manchester United in front against Ipswich Town.The ball came off the United defender’s arm, before he then moved a few yards forward into the box and his shot found its way into the back of the net.Surely the goal would be ruled out. After all, any handball by the scorer means the goal must be disallowed.Apart from one very important point – Maguire did not actually score the goal.Maguire’s effort was going well wide, and deflected into the back of…
Wales boss Craig Bellamy faces another injury blow ahead of his side’s Nations League openers after Joe Rodon limped off with a hamstring injury during Leeds United’s Premier League draw with Brentford.With Cardiff centre-back Dylan Lawlor set to be ruled out with a knee injury, Rodon also now appears a major doubt after coming off 33 minutes in at Elland Road.The 28-year-old pulled up sharply after a challenge and immediately signalled to the bench to be substituted before being helped off.The hosts went on to draw 1-1 after a late Dominic Calvert-Lewin goal cancelled out Kevin Schade’s opener, and afterwards…
WWE Je’Von Evans is one of the most exciting high-flying talents called up to the main roster from “WWE NXT” in recent memory. The star landed on “WWE Raw” in January, following his Iron Survivor victory in the company’s developmental brand, and hit the ground running, gunning for the Intercontinental Championship. Evans sat down on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet” to discuss his career, from his beginnings on the independent scene at just 16-years-old, to making his way through the WWE system. He spoke about his tryout with the company…
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez boosted his title hopes as he won at the Aragon Grand Prix for the third year running.The victory helped Ducati’s Marquez close the gap between him and championship leader Jorge Martin to 19 points from.The 33-year-old’s eighth triumph at MotorLand came after an intense battle with Aprilia’s polesitter Marco Bezzecch.Marquez, who won Saturday’s sprint, nearly made contact as he impressively overtook Bezzecchi at high speed on lap six.He moves up to 237 points, leapfrogging Bezzecchi (232) to climb to second behind Aprilia’s Martin (256), who finished fifth.”I heard his bike on turn 15 so I…
It takes a truly exceptional affordability crisis to put Bill Ackman and Zohran Mamdani on the same side of the barricade. Yet this month the billionaire hedge fund manager and New York’s democratic socialist mayor found common cause over an unlikely grievance: the cost of getting into the US Open.Ackman took objection to the cost of a grounds pass listed for $363. Mamdani responded to the broader uproar by securing 1,000 tickets for New York residents at $100 apiece, prompting more than 336,000 people to apply for them. Somewhere between the two sits the uneasy economics of the modern US…
Sherilyn Guerrero is safe after being involved in a car accident, although her vehicle definitely didn’t come out of it nearly as well. Eddie Guerrero’s daughter revealed the scary news and thanked everyone who reached out after seeing her emotional reaction to what happened. Sherilyn took to her Instagram Story shortly after the accident and assured fans that she was okay. She admitted she had been crying while dealing with the situation and was still waiting to find out what would happen with her car. “Hi. Thank you for all the messages and support. I’m safe. 🫶 Waiting to see…