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A tearful Marta Kostyuk dedicated her French Open quarter-final against compatriot Elina Svitolina to Ukraine after she made history to reach the last four in Paris.The 23-year-old outlasted seventh seed Svitolina – who she earlier described as “a legend of Ukrainian tennis” – in a deciding set in the first major quarter-final between two Ukrainian women in history.Kostyuk is the first Ukrainian woman in the Open era to reach the singles semi-finals at Roland Garros – and she achieved the feat with the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine never far from her mind.Kostyuk and Svitolina took to court the day…
GAA President Jarlath Burns says comparing Dublin manager Ger Brennan’s 12-week suspension to the Central Competitions Control Committee [CCCC]’s decision not to punish Donegal boss Jim McGuinness is like “comparing apples to oranges”.Brennan was shown a red card by referee Fergal Kelly in his side’s final league game against Galway after an altercation with Tribesmen’s strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn and has been forced to watch championship games from the stands, including Sunday’s defeat by Louth in Croke Park.McGuinness avoided any punishment from official Sean Hurson in his side’s opening All-Ireland Senior Football Championship victory over Kerry on…
For those associated with the club, the desire to watch a successful team next season is blended with a need to shake off the damage Eckert’s actions have caused.One of the more egregious conclusions drawn by the EFL investigation into Southampton’s practices was that the young analyst intern who was caught spying outside Middlesbrough’s training ground had raised concerns about the task he was given, but was put “under extreme pressure” to carry it out by more senior personnel, including Eckert.In many workplaces, a senior staff member pressuring a junior colleague into performing a task which violates industry rules would…
Scotland, Liverpool and Celtic great Sir Kenny Dalglish is undergoing treatment for cancer.The legendary forward and former manager wanted to keep the news private but confirmed the diagnosis after accidentally sharing the news initially in an “inadvertent social media post”.”I am currently undergoing treatment for cancer,” Dalglish, 75, wrote on social media. “Unlike my mobile phone use, the treatment is going well.”Ideally, this would have remained private because that’s the way it should be, but my useless technology skills have forced my hand.”Obviously I did not mean to make this matter public so I would appreciate it if the privacy…
“The situation with Lawrence a year ago was actually quite simple,” he said. “We as a club had to make a calculation on whether we wanted to keep Lawrence or not. “And the only way in which we could keep him was with the deal that was agreed in the end. “The calculation was made up of the fact that, if we were very successful as a team and Lawrence was very successful in the park, the risk would be that we would lose him at the end of the first season.”Jones accepts that some fans might be disappointed by…
Ulster champions Armagh will take on Louth in Round 2A of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.Donegal, who defeated Kerry in a feisty previous round in a repeat of last year’s final, will take on Cork in Ballybofey.Tyrone will host Mayo in a rerun of the 2021 final and Westmeath will travel to Galway in the other fixtures in Round 2A.It will be the first time that Armagh and Louth, who battled past Dublin in the first round, have met in Championship football.In round 2B, there will be a reunion for former Kildare boss Jack O’Connor as reigning All-Ireland champions Kerry…
Legendary former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been named Sydney Thunder men’s head coach in Australia’s Big Bash, his first role in an overseas T20 league.Flintoff, 48, has been England Lions’ full-time coach since 2024 and will leave their tour of South Africa early to take up the role with Thunder.The Big Bash schedule is yet to be announced but England Lions are due to be in South Africa until a four-day match starting on 18 December.He will travel with the blessing of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), who see it as an opportunity for Flintoff to develop…
One of the many reasons why Isak pushed so hard to leave Newcastle was because he was hellbent on winning the biggest prizes in the game.Isak looked well placed to quickly realise that ambition with Liverpool, the then Premier League champions.Liverpool had been widely considered to be favourites for another title after landing Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez and others in a bumper summer transfer window.However, Arne Slot’s sacking at the end of the 2025-26 campaign spoke volumes about what proved to be Liverpool’s underwhelming trophy defence.Liverpool may have “won” the transfer window, as many in…
Now he is the FA Cup final matchwinner for Manchester City and the great hope for Ghana to emulate their quarter-final finish in 2010, an instantly recognisable figure.”Back then of course he was just a lad that’s turned up on loan from Bristol City and who’d been playing non-league not too long before,” says Wales midfielder Josh Sheehan, a Rodney Parade team-mate when Semenyo joined in 2018. “You don’t tend to judge too much, you just think you’ll see what he’s like in training, and wonder if an 18-year-old is going to get a bit bullied in League Two.”But, to…
There will be live commentary on every World Cup game (except for the clashing final group games, when one of the two matches being played simultaneously will be broadcast live in full, with updates from the other) on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.And there will be podcasts galore.The BBC will have a Football Daily podcast every day of the World Cup, released at 06:00 BST, while from then until 09:00, Rick Edwards will be live in Los Angeles for 5 Live Breakfast.There will be two episodes of The Wayne Rooney Show every week – and a 606 every…