Swiatek dominates WTA rankings in spite of Warsaw defeat
French Open champion Iga Swiatek remained firmly at the head of the WTA rankings released on Monday, in spite of her shock exit in her home Poland Open last week.
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French Open champion Swiatek dominates WTA rankings despite Warsaw defeat
Swiatek had not lost on clay in over a year before going down 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 to the French player Caroline Garcia in the quarter-finals in Warsaw. The 21-year-old Pole, who has held the top spot since the surprise retirement of Australian Ashleigh Barty at the end of March, remains more than 4,000 points ahead of number two Anett Kontaveit. With no changes at all in the top 20, the biggest jump was by Garcia whose victory over Ana Bogdan in the final in Warsaw took her from 45th to number 32.
Chris Murray hopes to have double cause for celebration after weightlifting gold
England’s Chris Murray won weightlifting gold in Birmingham and then vowed not to tell girlfriend and fellow competitor Holly O’Shea about his Commonwealth Games glory.
The seven Manchester United youngsters who could make Erik ten Hag's first-team squad this season
Erik ten Hag mainly played Manchester United's senior professionals during pre-season, but the club's youngsters were still given opportunities on tour in Thailand and Australia. They were desperate to impress and some caught Ten Hag's eye.
Alcaraz climbs to 4th in ATP rankings
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz climbed another place to number 4 in the ATP world ranking on Monday, just behind his legendary compatriot Rafael Nadal.
CWG 2022: Weightlifter Ajay Singh misses medal by a whisker
Commonwealth Games appearance, here on Monday. The 25-year-old managed a total effort of 319kg (143kg+176kg) to finish fourth best in the men's 81kg event. To the crowds absolute delight, home favourite England's Chris Murray 325kg (144kg+181kg) grabbed the gold in a sensational manner as he broke the Games record in total lift.
Games-'Heartbroken' Peaty says he's lost his spark after rare 100m defeat
LONDON : Triple Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty said he was heartbroken and missing his usual spark after suffering his first 100m breaststroke defeat in eight years at the Commonwealth Games.
Matthew Mott makes plea for patience after England’s white ball woe summer
Matthew Mott has called for patience after England ended a difficult summer without a home white-ball series win but has warned his underperforming stars places are up for grabs ahead of this winter’s T20 World Cup.