Carlos Alcaraz comes through ‘stressful’ Jan-Lennard Struff test
Carlos Alcaraz nearly had the stuffing knocked out of him by big-serving German Jan-Lennard Struff.
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Wimbledon day five
LONDON : Highlights of the fifth day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday (times GMT):
Djokovic reaches 3rd round at Wimbledon for record 19th time - ESPN
WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic added another record to his name by reaching Wimbledon's third round for a 19th time with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 win over Dan Evans on Centre Court on Thursday.
Brilliant Djokovic hits flow state to crush Britain's Evans
LONDON :Seven-times Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic showed that he remains a real threat for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title at the age of 38 with a clinical 6-3 6-2 6-0 second-round destruction of Briton Dan Evans on Centre Court on Thursday.
Best-of-five sets in women's game? Bring it on, says Navarro
LONDON :With temperatures reaching more than 30 degrees Celsius at Wimbledon this week, players could be forgiven for wanting to reduce their time on court, but not American Emma Navarro who wants to see the women's tour play best-of-five set matches.
Liverpool defender Quansah signs for Bayer Leverkusen
MUNICH: Center-half Jarell Quansah has joined Bayer Leverkusen from Premier League champions Liverpool for a reported club record fee, the Bundesliga side announced on Wednesday.
Tarvet's Wimbledon journey ends with Alcaraz lesson in mental toughness
LONDON :As his Wimbledon journey was brought to a close by holder Carlos Alcaraz, Ollie Tarvet discovered the hard way that the difference between the very best and the rest is frequently in the astonishing mental strength of the elite.
Convictions in FIFA corruption case reinstated: court
Hernan Lopez, a former executive with 21st Century Fox, and marketing firm Full Play, had been acquitted on appealAn appeals court on Wednesday found that the decision to acquit on appeal had been erroneous NEW YORK: A United States appeals court on Wednesday reinstated the convictions of a former Fox broadcasting executive and an Argentine sports-marketing firm involved in the FIFA corruption scandal.Hernan Lopez, a former executive with 21st Century Fox, and marketing firm Full Play, had been acquitted on appeal following their conviction in 2023 after a judge cited precedent from a US Supreme Court ruling.However an appeals court in New York on Wednesday found that the decision to acquit on appeal had been erroneous, citing a misreading of the law surrounding federal wire fraud.“We hold that the district court erred in concluding that defendants’ conduct did not fall within the scope of Statute 1346,” a ruling said.“Therefore, we vacate the district court’s judgments,” the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, remanding the case for “further proceedings pursuant to this opinion.”Lopez and Full Play’s case was was one of several to emerge from the 2015 probe from the US Justice Department which rocked world soccer’s governing body FIFA and continental confederations for South and North America.The US investigation, which included raids on FIFA officials in Zurich, led to a series of arrests and trails and subsequent charges, convictions and guilty pleas.Lopez and Full Play were found guilty on charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in March 2023.Lopez faced up to 40 years in prison and millions of dollars in penalties.