Novak Djokovic has called on tennis chiefs to shelve five-set matches in the early rounds of Grand Slam tournaments and instead introduce best-of-three showdowns. The Serbian presented his argument as he passionately addressed the media after defeating Alexei Popyrin at Wimbledon last night. Djokovic, who has won the Wimbledon titleContinue Reading
Two goals within five-and-a-half minutes turned this game on its head and the Netherlands booked their place in a Euro 2024 semi-final against England. Turkey had been in a relatively secure 1-0 lead thanks to Samet Akaydin’s first-half header, but Stefan de Vrij’s equaliser was swiftly followed by a MertContinue Reading
England star Trent Alexander-Arnold was caught on camera suggesting one of his Three Lions team-mates didn’t want to take a penalty against Switzerland. The Liverpool player scored the winning penalty as the Euro 2024 quarter-final match was decided on spot kicks after it had finished 1-1 after extra time. Alexander-ArnoldContinue Reading
After a mixed bag of quarter-final matches on Friday night, England will now be looking to finally put on a show when they take on Switzerland for a spot in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 in Germany. The Three Lions have flattered to deceive all tournament so far, and wereContinue Reading
Lucas Pouille has withdrawn from Wimbledon ahead of his third round match with Alex de Minaur. Pouille has revealed he was suffering with injury in the last round against Thanasi Kokkinakis, before the Australian ironically retired hurt. “My whole team was telling me ‘Retire, stop’ at 6-2,” he told reporters.Continue Reading
McLaren team principal Zak Brown has dug out Red Bull‘s leadership team over a general ‘lack of respect’ in the aftermath of Lando Norris‘ crash with Max Verstappen. It continues to be the main talking point heading into this weekend’s race at Silverstone. Verstappen refused to take responsibility for theContinue Reading
Rio Ferdinand and Jermaine Jenas engaged in an awkward spat about defending during the BBC’s coverage of the Euro 2024 quarter-final between France and Portugal. Jenas took issue with Ferdinand’s praise of Arsenal defender William Saliba following a dull first half at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg. First-half chances were fewContinue Reading
Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann was bleary-eyed and croaky-voiced after watching his side crash out of Euro 2024 on Friday. Spain proved a task too difficult to overcome as Mikel Merino’s 119th-minute header sealed a dramatic 2-1 victory for La Roja after extra-time. Die Mannschaft were fancied by many to winContinue Reading
Sonay Kartal put on a gutsy first-set display but couldn’t live with the class of Coco Gauff on Court One. The British qualifier lost 6-4 6-0 against the world No. 2 under the roof as the rain belted down outside. Kartal, 22, was the first qualifier from these shores toContinue Reading
Damon Hill thinks Christian Hormer may have had stern words with Max Verstappen behind the scenes after his crash with Lando Norris last weekend. “I agree. Maybe privately behind-closed-doors they say ‘that was too much, we could have won that race but you tangled with the other guy and theContinue Reading
