Wimbledon - players.bio

Liverpool players join family of Diogo Jota and his brother for funeral held in Portugal

GONDOMAR, Portugal: Liverpool players joined family and friends for the funeral of their teammate Diogo Jota and his brother on Saturday, two days after the siblings died in a car crash in Spain. The service will be held at Igreja Matriz church in the Portuguese town of Gondomar, where Jota had a home. Portugal’s national team coach Roberto Martínez and several top Portuguese players also attended, including Manchester City duo Bernardo Silva and Rúben Dias and Manchester United’s Bruno Fernándes. Jota, 28, and his brother, André Silva, 25, were found dead near Zamora in northwestern Spain early Thursday after the Lamborghini they were driving crashed on an isolated stretch of highway just after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames. The brothers were reportedly heading to catch a boat from northern Spain to go to England where Jota was to rejoin with Liverpool after a summer break. Spanish police are investigating the cause of the crash, which did not involve another vehicle, they said. They said they believe it could have been caused by a blown tire. Their bodies were repatriated to Portugal after being identified by the family.

Al-Dafrawy lights up Riyadh with stunning first-round submission at PFL MENA 2

RIYADH: The 2024 PFL MENA welterweight champion, Omar Al-Dafrawy, delivered another show-stopping performance in front of a roaring Saudi crowd on Thursday night when he secured a spectacular first-round submission win over Italy’s Daniele Miceli.

Doug Ghim clings to one-shot lead at John Deere Classic

SILVIS, Illinois: Doug Ghim shot a 3-under par 68 and held onto a one-stroke lead over Max Homa and a group of contenders at the John Deere Classic on Friday in Silvis, Illinois

Coach Ivanizevic slams Tsitsipas after early Wimbledon exit

Goran Ivanizevic gave a scathing assessment of Stefanos Tsitsipas, saying he has “never seen a more unprepared player” in his life following the Greek world number 26’s opening round exit at Wimbledon.

Germany off to winning start after beating Poland 1-0 in Women’s Euro 2025

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland: Germany made a winning start to their Women’s Euro 2025 campaign with Friday’s 2-0 win over Poland which moved the eight-time continental champions top of Group C.

PSG ‘dead’ unless they keep improving: Luis Enrique

ATLANTA: Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique said Friday his team will keep adapting and improving to pursue future success and if they failed to do so they would be “dead.” The European champions face German giants Bayern Munich on Saturday in the Club World Cup quarter-finals in Atlanta and the Spanish coach said they will not keep relying on the same system. PSG played an entertaining attacking style with three forward on their way to Champions League glory, but Luis Enrique said one day he would diverge. “We will change it because teams adapt — in football there is nothing magical,” Luis Enrique told reporters. “When you overcome the press, your opponent adapts, when you create superiority in an area, your opponent adapts, there is no magic formula. “There is no coach who has a system or a move, and that’s it, that’s the difficulty of modern football, all coaches are prepared, all players are better physically and technically than ever.” “So you adapt, you improvise, and you become unpredictable for your opponent, or you are dead.” Luis Enrique said playing the same way that led PSG to a first treble this season would not suffice going forward. “It’s not enough to do what we’ve done this past season in the next, we have to change, we have to improve things,” added Luis Enrique. Bayern Munich beat PSG 1-0 in November in the Champions League group stage, before the French side found their stride and went on to triumph in the competition for the first time. “We have a little bit of revenge to take, we know they’re a tough team, but we’re much stronger than in November,” said Ousmane Dembele, who was sent off in Munich. “A lot has changed — the players have clearly raised their level, I’ve raised my level too, and we

Fluminense beat Al Hilal 2-1 to reach Club World Cup semis

ORLANDO: Substitute Hercules struck a 70th-minute winner as Brazil’s Fluminense defeated Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal 2-1 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Club World Cup. A fine left-foot finish from Matheus Martinelli had put the Rio club ahead in the 40th minute but Al Hilal’s Brazilian forward Marcos Leonardo levelled six minutes into the second half before Hercules stole the show to the delight of the vast majority of the 43,091 crowd. Fluminense could yet face an all-Brazilian semifinal if their rivals from Sao Paulo, Palmeiras, are able to overcome Premier League outfit Chelsea in Friday’s other quarter-final. Al Hilal had pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament, beating Manchester City 4-3, to reach the last eight and Simone Inzaghi’s side fought hard until the end to keep their adventure alive. They bow out of the tournament having been unbeaten through the group stage, including holding Real Madrid to a draw, and having truly made their mark on the world stage. There was a moment’s silence before the kick-off in memory of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his younger brother Andre Silva, who died in the early hours of Thursday after their car veered off a motorway in Spain and burst into flames. Al Hilal’s line-up featured two of Jota’s Portugal team-mates in Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo. The first half was a tight and tactical affair with few chances until Martinelli opened the scoring when he picked the ball up from Gabriel Fuentes inside the box and span out to give himself space for a left-foot shot that rocketed past Yassine Bounou. Al Hilal went close to a quick response when Kalidou Koulibaly’s header forced Fluminense’s 44-year-old goalkeeper Fabio into a fine save. The Saudi side

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.

Contacts

Wimbledon Sport News

Liverpool players join family of Diogo Jota and his brother for funeral held in Portugal

Al-Dafrawy lights up Riyadh with stunning first-round submission at PFL MENA 2

Doug Ghim clings to one-shot lead at John Deere Classic

Coach Ivanizevic slams Tsitsipas after early Wimbledon exit

Germany off to winning start after beating Poland 1-0 in Women’s Euro 2025

PSG ‘dead’ unless they keep improving: Luis Enrique

Fluminense beat Al Hilal 2-1 to reach Club World Cup semis

Carlos Alcaraz comes through ‘stressful’ Jan-Lennard Struff test