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Tour Championship – first round-8 MW Lee (Aus); -6 V Hovland (Nor), C Morikawa (US), C Gotterup (US); -5 R Gerard (US), A Bhatia (US), L Aberg (Swe), S Scheffler (US)Selected others: -4 T Fleetwood (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng), R Fox (NZ); -3 R MacIntyre (Sco), W Clark (US); -2 J Rose (Eng), A Fitzpatrick (Eng), R McIlroy (NI)Full leaderboardDefending champion Tommy Fleetwood shot a four-under 66 to put himself in contention, four strokes off first-round leader Min Woo Lee at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.However, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy endured a mixed start in his bid to win a…

Betfred Super LeagueWigan (28) 46Tries: Marshall 3, Field, Eckersley 2, Keighran, Wardle Goals: Keighran 7Hull KR (0) 0Wigan Warriors moved top of Super League as they thrashed Hull KR on an emotional evening as the Cherry and Whites paid tribute to the late Sir Billy Boston.The rugby league great, who scored a remarkable 478 tries in 488 games for Wigan and helped them win three Challenge Cups and the Championship during his time with the club, died this week at the age of 92.Liam Marshall scored a hat-trick of tries as Jai Field, Zach Eckersley, Adam Keighran and Jake Wardle…

Carlos Alcaraz has been handed a tough draw on his return to singles competition after a four-month injury layoff as he faces the in-form Russian Roman Safiullin in the first round of the US Open.Alcaraz, the defending champion in New York, has not competed in singles since sustaining a right wrist injury at the Barcelona Open in April, with the Spaniard missing the French Open, where he was also the defending champion, and Wimbledon. He was understandably rusty and tentative with his first serve when making his first competitive appearance since the injury alongside Serena Williams in the mixed doubles…

Great Britain started their pre-qualifying campaign for 2029 EuroBasket with a convincing 110-75 win over Switzerland in Fribourg. Boston Celtics centre Amari Williams and Barcelona forward Tosan Evbuomwan both made their debuts for Great Britain’s senior side in the victory to put GB top of Group E.Evbuomwan, who spent three years in the NBA, making 50 appearances prior to his move to Barcelona earlier this summer, contributed 21points in 25 minutes.His added NBA quality alongside Williams, who has just finished his first season with the Celtics, allowed GB to claim an impressive win. Williams posted eight points and seven rebounds…

Tony Khan has announced a seven-team AEW World Trios Championship match, involving wildcard entrants, for All In: London. “Hangman” Adam Page, Brody King, and Bandido will defend the AEW World Trios Championship at All In: London this Sunday. Page first announced it as an open challenge, with Swerve Strickland responding. However, speaking on the pre-event media call, Tony Khan has announced the champions will defend the title in a seven-team Trios Roulette Royale. “A Trios Roulette Royale. It’s a very different match from a Casino Gauntlet with one sudden-death pin. You’ll have trios entering until one trio or the members…

Ukraine has lodged a formal complaint with the ethics committee of motorsport’s governing body the FIA following the decision to lift the ban on Russian competitors in international events.The Ukrainian Automobile Federation (FAU) has requested an urgent investigation into its Russian counterpart, the RAF.The ban on individuals from Russia and Belarus competing in international motorsport events had been in place since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The move was approved by the FIA world council, to which sources have told BBC Sport it was proposed by FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem.The FAU says the Russian Automobile…

For Mackenzie McDonald the players’ ongoing push for greater prize money and welfare contributions from the grand slam tournaments could result in the difference between simply putting food on the table and making a decent living.After 10 years on the ATP Tour the 31-year-old American tennis veteran is not pleading poverty but knows from personal experience that life on the professional circuit can be a hand-to-mouth existence, with players’ physical and mental welfare often compromised due to their desperation to get back on court.In the course of an hour-long conversation from the Cincinnati Open, where he lost in the first…

Belichick highlighted that the possibility of the Jacksonville Jaguars relocating to London and Wembley had been explored in the past, but they ultimately stayed put and built their own new stadium in Florida.He did, however, believe the travel involved would not stop a franchise being developed in Europe.”It would certainly be a little bit of an adjustment coming here, but it’s not a whole lot different than coming from the east coast to the west coast in the USA,” Belichick added.”Time-wise it’s a long trip, but going from New York or Boston or Philly to LA or Seattle, it’s about…

WWE This upcoming October, Cody Rhodes will star as Guile in Kitao Sakurai’s “Street Fighter,” but a recent appearance at one of the biggest film studios in the world has many believing that the former Undisputed WWE Champion could be entering the superhero realm following the video game adaptation.  On Wednesday, Rhodes shared a photo of himself visiting Marvel Studios in Burbank, California on his Instagram story, which kickstarted a wave of online speculation about the “WWE SmackDown” star being featured in a new MCU project. From taking on a role in…

Former Liverpool and England player turned pundit Jamie Carragher faces being declared bankrupt over an unpaid tax bill, said to be in the region of £700,000 and £800,000.Documents seen by the BBC show that a case was filed against James Lee Duncan Carragher on Wednesday.Carragher and his representatives have been approached for comment.The ‘bankruptcy petition’ filed by lawyers representing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was first reported by City AM.A spokesperson for HMRC told BBC Sport that it did not comment on individual cases, but a spokesperson added: “We take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax…