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City were also superb further up the field. Antoine Semenyo and Erling Haaland were keeping the ball when it was played up to them, as well as winning free-kicks or beating people.When he came on for Rayan Cherki, Iliman Ndiaye again did all of that brilliantly. He gave them a different dimension, and was a big reason they won the game.That substitution was a clever one by Maresca and brave too, because while Ndiaye is better than Cherki defensively, he is also a ball-carrier who travels with the ball better too.I remember Maresca making a couple of negative substitutions this…

Becky Lynch can still put herself through the kind of brutal workouts that helped turn her into one of WWE’s biggest stars — she just doesn’t feel the need to beat the hell out of her body anymore. Lynch says hitting 35 caused her to rethink how she trains, and now the goal is much simpler: preserve the body. During her appearance on the Harland Highway Podcast, Lynch first explained that she still trains around four or five days every week. Even when she isn’t in the gym, she tries to do something active every day. “I train, what, four…

For a passing moment at the end of a rugged third set, hope sprung anew for Ben Shelton. He had been outserved and outplayed for nearly three hours, but at 6-5 in the third set, one game from defeat, the American finally broke through. He burst into the return game finally pounding his forehand freely and he willed himself into an unexpected fourth set.After he had finished pumping his fist, cupping his ear to the crowd and admirably trying to initiate a drastic momentum shift, the next sequence was most revealing. Shelton opened the fourth set with a shaky game,…

Alexander Zverev used his greater experience to beat home hope Ben Shelton in the US Open final and quiet a partisan crowd hoping to laud a rare American men’s champion.German top seed Zverev lifted a heavy burden by winning his first major title at this year’s French Open and has quickly added another with a 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 5-7 6-2 victory over Shelton in New York.At the start of the season, there were question marks over whether 29-year-old Zverev would ever win one of the sport’s biggest prizes.Now he is celebrating becoming a multiple Grand Slam singles champion, having seen…

In the bitter aftermath of her straight-sets defeat by Elena Rybakina at the WTA Finals last November, an inconsolable Aryna Sabalenka walked over to her courtside player box and slumped into a chair. She had been completely overpowered by her opponent, a strange and unusual feeling for such a powerful player, and she was seething. Sabalenka eventually settled on a popular Russian idiom to explain Rybakina’s untouchable form, which she believed was fortunately timed: “Once a year, even a stick shoots,” she said.That stick, it turns out, has spent the past year shooting straight at Sabalenka in every significant match.…

Roxanne Perez is the next number one contender for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship. On night one of Triplemanía 34, Perez won a four-way bout to earn the opportunity to face the champion at Worlds Collide. That match also included Nattie, Faby Apache, and La Hiedra. The final moments of the match had the current Reina de Reinas Champion Flammer go to use the title belt to the face of Perez, but almost hit Hiedra instead. This allowed an opening for Perez to hit Pop Rox on Hiedra for the win. On Sunday, Sept. 13, will be the second…

To be clear, United’s fans have – to a greater or lesser degree – protested against the owners since the Glazer family landed £600m-worth of debt on to a previously debt-free club with their leveraged buy-out in 2005.In their most recent accounts to 31 March, United had an overall debt of £1.3bn, including outstanding transfer fees. Since then they have refinanced $425m (£314m) worth of bonds at a higher interest rate than they had been previously. They also took an additional $125m (£92.4m) but are yet to explain what the additional funds will be used for.The club’s current financial position…

Senne Lammens: Not as busy as he might have expected to be. Absolutely vital save from Fernandez to prevent City second. 7Diogo Dalot: If only he had been able to control Bruno Fernandes’ chipped pass into the penalty area he might have marked his 250th Manchester United appearance with a rare goal. Didn’t look down the line to see he was clearly offside as United pressed just before half-time. Screwed shot wide after break. 4Harry Maguire: Decent performance from veteran central defender and not far away from an equaliser with late header. Needless push on Enzo Fernandez in the box,…

Charley Hull got the ball rolling as Europe’s big names finally came to the fore in Sunday’s singles as they wrestled the Solheim Cup back from the United States with a 15-13 victory at Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands.Hull, who had garnered just half a point across the first two days in an unprofitable partnership with fellow Englishwoman Lottie Woad, led Europe out again on Sunday and claimed a 3&2 win over American livewire Megan Khang.It delivered an immediate boost to Anna Nordqvist’s team in the format that they have been unbeaten in since their last home defeat in…

Jesse “The Blade” Guilmette has shared an emotional look back at his longtime tag team partner Andy “The Butcher” Williams following Williams’ sudden passing at 48. The tribute gives fans a glimpse of the bond behind one of wrestling’s most recognizable duos. Guilmette posted a throwback photo on Instagram showing himself and Williams together both inside the ring. The images capture their imposing presentation as The Butcher and The Blade. Before establishing himself as a professional wrestler, Williams was the guitarist for the metalcore band Every Time I Die, remaining with the group from its formation in 1998 until its…