Nottingham Forest duo 'in line' for new contracts as fresh transfer link emerges
Nottingham Forest are said to be keen to tie defensive duo Joe Worrall and Scott McKenna to new contracts.
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Tan overcomes Williams fear factor to finish in Wimbledon dreamland
LONDON : Unseeded Harmony Tan overcame her fears of a Wimbledon nightmare on Tuesday to knock out seven-time champion Serena Williams in their first round encounter to turn Centre Court into her own personal dreamland.
Trilogy: Canelo aims to finish Golovkin rivalry with a KO
NEW YORK: A split draw in the first fight and then a majority decision in favor of Canelo Alvarez in the second.
'Just wow!' - Harmony Tan comes back to beat Serena Williams in the Wimbledon first round in an all-time classic
Harmony Tan and Serena Williams produced one of the great Wimbledon matches as the former ended the latter's comeback in heartbreak, beating the seven-time champion 7-5 1-6 7-6(7) in an all-time classic. «I'm so emotional now,» Tan said after the shock victory. Ad/> "[Serena] is a superstar and when I was young I was watching her so many times on the TV.
Serena Williams loses Wimbledon thriller, discusses tennis future
Serena Williams lost in her first singles match in 364 days as 115th-ranked Frenchwoman Harmony Tan outlasted her 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7) in the Wimbledon first round in Williams’ longest match in a decade — 3 hours, 10 minutes.
Accor recruiting 12,000 temporary workers to help accommodate Qatar’s World Cup fans
DOHA: Hotel operator Accor is recruiting 12,000 temporary overseas employees to operate 65,000 empty rooms in apartments and homes in Qatar as temporary fan housing for the 2022 soccer World Cup, its chairman and CEO Sebastien Bazin told Reuters. Qatar is working to avoid an accommodation shortage during the tournament and has hired Accor, Europe’s largest hotel operator, to manage the temporary operation. “65,000 rooms is like opening 600 hotels, so we committed to hire enough people to serve it,” Bazin said, adding that a drive is under way in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and South America to recruit housekeepers, front-desk staff, logistics experts and others.
Returning Serena Williams ousted at Wimbledon after shocking 1st round loss
Serena Williams began — and ended — her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn't competed in just that long. She missed shots, shook her head, rolled her eyes.
Serena loses in Wimbledon comeback as Nadal digs deep
LONDON: Serena Williams tasted bitter defeat on her return to singles tennis at Wimbledon on Tuesday as Rafael Nadal overcame a huge scare to progress to the second round. Elsewhere on day two of the Championships, title contender Matteo Berrettini was forced to pull out with coronavirus while women’s top seed Iga Swiatek extended her winning streak to 36 matches. Seven-time champion Williams went down to unseeded Harmony Tan of France 7-5, 1-6, 7/6 (10/7 in her first singles encounter since an injury forced her out of her first-round match at Wimbledon last year.