Category: Sports
Taylor Fritz will rue missing chance to dent Brash Two’s emerging dominance | Andrew Lawrence
It was a picture perfect day for Taylor Fritz to win the US Open men’s final. The weather was cool and still. The sunshine that [more…]
Women’s Super League 2024-25 previews No 1: Arsenal
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 3rd (NB: this is not necessarily Suzanne Wrack’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 3rd The [more…]
Jason Dozzell: ‘At 16 I’d walked into a drinking culture – the biggest playground in the world’
It turns out that, even 40 years on, there are still Ipswich fans who have not yet stopped Jason Dozzell in the street. He is [more…]
Jannik Sinner ‘proud’ of US Open triumph after anti-doping case – video
Source: theguardian.com
Nations League roundup: 10-man Spain enjoy rout in Switzerland
The newly crowned European champions Spain romped to a 4-1 away win against Switzerland in Nations League Group A4, despite being down to 10 men [more…]
Lee Carsley discovers England job is about more than coaching
It required a double-take. Was that Lee Carsley, the new England manager, albeit on an interim basis, laying out the cones for a warm-up drill on the Aviva [more…]
Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in straight sets to win US Open men’s final – as it happened
Tennis, the world’s healthiest sport, apparently. Like the women’s final, all the gutsiness of the local hero could not stop the champion piling on towards [more…]
Jannik Sinner holds firm against Taylor Fritz to clinch first US Open title
The last time Jannik Sinner competed in New York, ample question marks remained over his path to greatness. As he continued to work through the [more…]
Cristiano Ronaldo strikes late for Portugal to break Scotland hearts
A stomp towards the delirious crowd followed by an impish grin and the I-remain-the-man pout of celebration: on 88 minutes Cristiano Ronaldo saluted his 901st [more…]
How Aryna Sabalenka owned her weaknesses to emerge as world’s best | Tumaini Carayol
As the magnificent opening set of the US Open final between Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula reached its breathless climax on Saturday evening in New York, [more…]