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Pressure now on FAI to build on Vera Pauw's impact

It wasn't quite a case of 'Vera who’? when the Republic of Ireland manager took charge of the team back in September 2019 but she was far from the household name she now is around the country.

Alcaraz surrenders top ranking but looks to keep US Open title

NEW YORK: Carlos Alcaraz has already surrendered the number one world ranking and will be in no mood to give up his US Open title as well when the Spaniard begins the defence of his Flushing Meadows crown on Tuesday (Aug 29).

US Open: Daniil Medvedev Powers Into Second Round, Ailing Ons Jabeur Advances

Third seed Daniil Medvedev raced into the US Open second round on Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 victory over Hungary's Attila Balazs. Medvedev, the 2021 champion in New York, pumped 41 winners past the unranked journeyman Balazs in a one-sided encounter lasting 74 minutes. The Russian will play the winner of the all-Australian clash between Max Purcell and Christopher O'Connell for a spot in the last 32.

Medvedev on everyone's US Open radar after first round rout

NEW YORK : Daniil Medvedev had been the forgotten man coming into the U.S. Open, but the third seeded Russian popped up on everyone's radar after steamrolling past Attila Balazs 6-1 6-1 6-0 and into the second round at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday.

Badminton-Russian, Belarusian athletes allowed to compete as neutrals from February, says BWF

Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete as "individual neutral athletes" at events sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) from next February, the sport's governing body said on Tuesday.