For years, Matteo Manassero lost his game in a quest for more distance, but he’s back to his old self this week at the BMW PGA Championship. The 2013 champion at the Wentworth Club fired a 9-under 63 on Saturday to build a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy (2014 BMW PGA winner) and Billy Horschel…
The new WTA Rankings have been published, but the very top remained unchanged, as Iga Swiatek is still ahead of Aryna Sabalenka and the rest. This past week wasn’t the most exciting week in tennis, even though there were a couple of tournaments. Fans could enjoy two WTA events, one in Guadalajara and one in…
As Sidney Crosby enters the final season of his 12-year, $104.4M contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, fans eagerly await news on a potential extension. Eligible to sign a new deal as of July 1, 2024, many figured Crosby would have signed by now. However, the superstar has yet to commit to a new deal, all…
Rafael Nadal will play his final Olympic Games at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, and he admitted that winning the gold medal for him felt more important than winning a Grand Slam. Nadal has already built a great legacy at the Olympics. Very few players left the type of legacy he left at the Games…
Carlos Alcaraz loves working with his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, whom he considers a second father, but at times, he also feels restrained by him. One of the first things people often mention about Alcaraz when they speak about him is his big, bright smile when he’s on the tennis court. That smile is parked…
Iga Swiatek has left her rivals with plenty of work to do to catch up at the top of the WTA rankings. Swiatek is celebrating her 113th week as World No. 1 as she moves closer to overtaking Justine Henin and Ashleigh Barty for most weeks in the Top 10 list. With her unassailable lead…
Jannik Sinner has retained the World No. 1 ranking before the Olympic Games begins and will do so for the next few weeks. There were four ATP Tour-level tournaments in which some Top 10 players participated to try and seek momentum before heading to Paris. The biggest of them was the Hamburg Open, where top…
Rafael Nadal will stand in the 2024 Bastad Open final, which will be a hugely important final for him as he treats the event as a very important tournament. The Spaniard played in Bastad 19 years ago, but returning this year, he wanted to see where his tennis stands ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics,…
Billy Horschel leaves the 18th hole during the third round of the Open Championship golf tournament at Royal Troon. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports Billy Horschel charged into contention with four birdies on the front nine and scrambled for pars on the back to grab his first 54-hole lead at a major. “This one’s…
It’s the fifth and final opposite-field event on the PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule. The 2024 Barracuda Championship is also the only tournament on Tour to use the Modified Stableford scoring system, which rewards aggressive play. The higher the score, the better over these four days. An albatross is worth eight points, an eagle worth five…
