Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko & Lyudmyla Kichenok from Ukraine, the No 7 seeds, won the women’s doubles title at the US Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over the Chinese-French pair of Zhang Shaui & Kristina Mladenovic on Friday. I just came to Jelena after the first or second point and told her, ‘Just remember, you…
37-year-old Sara Errani claimed her 6th Grand Slam doubles title at the US Open, winning her first in a decade alongside Andrea Vavassori. Errani expressed her disbelief at the victory, calling it more than a dream and emphasizing her enjoyment of the moment. The Italian pair defeated Americans Taylor Townsend & Donald Young in the…
Great Britain Under-20s Men continued their preparations for this season’s World Championship with a 4-3 defeat by NIHL side Solway Sharks in Dumfries on Friday night. It was a very useful workout the GB youngsters which went all the way to penalty-shots. Torran Anderson (08:08) and Emil Oksanen (15:16) gave GB a 2-0 first-period lead….
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday September 6, 2024 New York—No wedding. But a Grand Slam title instead. Ukraine’s Lyudmila Kichenok was supposed to get married on Wednesday to fiance Stas Kumarsky but instead postponed the ceremony to complete her run to the US Open women’s doubles title with Jelena Ostapenko. Kichenok and Ostapenko…
7 Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has heaped praise on Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho following his superb cameo in a 3-0 win over Chile. Argentina cruised to the resounding victory courtesy of goals from Alex Mac Allister, Julian Alvarez, and Paulo Dybala. Garnacho came on from the bench and played the final 11 minutes as…
To kick off the 2024 NFL season, the Chiefs hosted the Ravens on TNF. This was a rematch of last season’s AFC championship game. It was a hard-fought game for both teams but the Chiefs won 27-20 to start the season 1-0. In the past, Travis Kelce has been Patrick Mahomes’ go-to target. However, Kelce…
5 Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot brilliantly combined to break the deadlock for Portugal in their 2-1 win over Croatia. Portugal hosted Croatia at Estádio da Luz in their opening Group A match of the Nations League. Goals from Dalot and former United forward Cristiano Ronaldo were all the Selecao needed to sink…
Footballer Alvaro Morata and his wife, Alice Campello, recently announced their divorce. The couple, who had been married for seven years, confirmed their separation in August, just weeks after they were seen celebrating Spain’s Euro 2024 victory over England with their children on the field in Germany. Morata, 31, took to Instagram to announce the…
On his fifth try, Taylor Fritz finally got over the major quarterfinal hump. Fritz advanced to a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time in his career by beating Alexander Zverev 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) at the U.S. Open on Tuesday afternoon. The American was previously 0-4 lifetime in the last eight at slams. Fritz…
A year ago, Gabriela Dabrowski reached the mountaintop by winning the US Open, her first women’s doubles Grand Slam title. Now in 2024, she is well positioned to get her hands on another trophy in New York, where she is the only Canadian left at the final major of the season. Here’s what you need…
