Category: Sports
Scotland squad: Ben Doak, Ryan Gauld, Max Johnston & Robby McCrorie named in group for Nations League matches | Football News
Scotland head coach Steve Clarke has named four uncapped players in his squad for next month’s Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal. Midfielders Ben Doak of Liverpool and Vancouver Whitecaps’ Ryan Gauld are included, as is defender Max Johnston who has impressed at SK Sturm Graz, while Kilmarnock’s Robby McCrorie is added as back-up…
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Djokovic starts record bid with straight-set win
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts after defeating Radu Albot, of Moldova, during a first round match of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic began his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title and tied Roger Federer with his 89th match…
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AIG Women’s Open: Lydia Ko’s Olympics gold in Paris and major win at St Andrews show retirement talk is too early | Golf News
Lydia Ko said after securing Olympic gold that she wanted to win one more major in her glittering career, with that goal completed at the first time of asking to complete a ‘Cinderella’ summer. Ko became the first golfer in history to earn all three Olympic medals in golf after following a silver at the…
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Myke Henry steps up in Bolick’s low-scoring night
NLEX Road Warriors import Myke Henry in the PBA Governors’ Cup. –PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines—Robert Bolick wasn’t in his usual offensive form in NLEX’s match with Phoenix in Group B of the PBA Governors’ Cup on Sunday. That, however, didn’t hinder the Road Warriors from emerging victorious over the Fuel Masters, 100-95, at Araneta Coliseum…
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Today on Sky Sports Racing: Ripon and Lingfield host six-race cards | Racing News
Ripon and Lingfield are the venues for Tuesday’s action, with a competitive six-furlong handicap topping the bill at the garden racecourse. 4.00 Ripon – Competitive six-furlong handicap features Another Baar The six-furlong course at Ripon is somewhat of a specialist track for sprinters with undulations proving difficult to overcome and this field is littered with…
Read MoreDuplantis breaks world record for third time this year
First placed Swedenís Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault event of the Silesia Diamond League athletics meeting in Chorzow, Poland, on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP) CHORZOW, Poland — Armand Duplantis has broken the world record in the…
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US Open: Coco Gauff eases into second round at Flushing Meadows as Jan Choinski loses marathon match | Tennis News
Coco Gauff cruised into the second round of the US Open to make the perfect start to her title defence, as Britain’s Harriet Dart won in style, but Jan Choinski lost a gruelling match. Gauff only dropped two games as she beat French player Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-0 and looked back on form after a…
Read MoreBeermen look to keep Kings grounded
Rain or Shine Elastopainters’ Felix Lemetti in a PBA Governors’ Cup out of town game against Ginebra. –PBA IMAGES San Miguel hopes to extend its hot start in the PBA Governors’ Cup on Tuesday night when it battles a Barangay Ginebra side trying to swiftly move on from an embarrassing performance on the road. The…
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Emma Raducanu: Has former US Open champion had enough preparation for Grand Slam in New York? | Tennis News
Has Emma Raducanu had enough preparation for the US Open? Tim Henman, Naomi Broady and Laura Robson give their opinion on her chances of another fairy-tale in New York. Raducanu has played just three matches since reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in July but made the quarter-finals of the Washington Open at the start…
Read MoreAngels and Cool Smashers battle, not for title, but for survival
Wilma Salas.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Against all odds, Petro Gazz made it to the quarterfinals of the PVL Reinforced Conference. The challenge to keep the crown it has won for the last two editions on its head, however, is far from over and things will only get tougher for the Angels who are riding a four-game winning…
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