'Fireside chat' created unique bond for Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team
Europe's Ryder Cup players have revealed how becoming "vulnerable" with each other during a "fireside chat" helped spark their triumph in Rome.
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PSG in Intercontinental Cup final in December
PARIS: European Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain will play their first ever Intercontinental Cup final in Doha, Qatar, on December 17, FIFA announced on Sunday. Their opponents will only be determined four days earlier in the final playoff, called the Challenger Cup. This will pit Egyptian club Pyramids, the African champions, against the winner of the match between Central American champions Cruz Azul from Mexico and the future winner of the Copa Libertadores. The South American tournament is currently in the semifinal stage and includes two Brazilian sides. Palmeiras are up against LDU Quito of Ecuador while Flamengo take on the Argentinian side Racing. The Copa Libertadores final takes place on November 29. From 1960 to 2004, the Intercontinental Cup pitted the champions of Europe and South America against each other. In 2005, it was renamed the Club World Cup to include other continental champions but that competition was relaunched this year as a quadrennial tournament featuring 32 teams with Chelsea as the inaugural winners of the new format. The Intercontinental Cup was itself relaunched in its new form last year when Real Madrid beat Mexican club Pachuca.
Alcaraz powers into Japan Open semis, Rune crashes out
TOKYO:World number one Carlos Alcaraz stormed into the semifinals of the Japan Open on Sunday with a commanding 6-2 6-4 win over American Brandon Nakashima, while Danish third seed Holger Rune was sent packing by Jenson Brooksby. Alcaraz, who overcame an injury scare in his straight-sets win over Argentine Sebastian Baez in Thursday’s opener, showed scintillating form to dispatch Nakashima for his 65th win of the season, thumping 39 winners in the one-hour 20-minute contest. The 22-year-old Spaniard, fresh from reclaiming top spot in the world rankings after clinching his sixth Grand Slam title at the US Open earlier this month, next faces Norwegian fourth seed Casper Ruud. Earlier, Ruud blazed past Australian qualifier Aleksandar Vukic with a clinical 6-3 6-2 win. “These kind of matches help to keep my confidence really, really high. I played some great tennis,” Alcaraz said. “It’s great to go through, to play another semifinal.
Sharjah Self-Defence Club leads Round 7 of Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Jiu-Jitsu Championship
FUJAIRAH: The seventh round of the Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Jiu-Jitsu Championship got underway at Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah on Saturday with U-12, U-14 and U-16 athletes competing in the highly anticipated No-Gi category.
Europe take a record lead into Ryder Cup’s Sunday singles
FARMINGDALE, N.Y.: Europe painted Bethpage Black in blue scores Saturday with exquisite golf that demolished and disheartened the Americans, and proved to be the best response to a New York Ryder Cup crowd that was so hostile extra security was brought in to keep it from getting worse.
McLaren heads into Azerbaijan Grand Prix on verge of F1 constructors’ title
The Formula 1 title race is heating up, and McLaren’s golden rule — “Let ‘em race” — risks expanding into a whole rule book.Asking Oscar Piastri to give up second place to Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix because of a slow pit stop showed how McLaren’s seemingly simple approach risks being bogged down in debates about what’s fair on track.The battle between Norris and Piastri will become McLaren’s sole focus if the team can wrap up the constructors’ title Sunday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku with a record seven races remaining.McLaren leads by 337 points and takes the title if one driver wins and the other is second or third, which would end the faint mathematical chances of Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull.It’s a big contrast to last year, when McLaren held off Ferrari in the final race of the season to win the constructors’ title for the first time in 26 years. “It’s a pretty remarkable position that we’re in,” Piastri said.
‘Historic moment’ — India’s 6 best baseball players are finally going pro
DUBAI: Baseball United, the first professional baseball league focused on the Middle East and South Asia, has announced the signing of three Indian and three Indian-American players.
6 basketball legends to headline NBA District in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI: The National Basketball Association and the Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi have announced that NBA legends Oscar Robertson, Derrick Rose, Mark Jackson, John Starks, Rudy Gay and Michael Carter-Williams will headline an expanded fourth edition of NBA District from Thursday, Oct. 2 to Sunday, Oct. 5 at Manarat Al Saadiyat.
Alcaraz headlines Team Europe in Laver Cup title defense
SAN FRANCISCO: World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz returns to the court in the wake of his US Open triumph on Friday when he headlines a Team Europe side aiming to retain the Laver Cup title against Team World.