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Tottenham defeated ten man Marseille 2-0 as Champions League action returned to North London. It was a first half of few chances as Spurs lacked a killer pass and the creativity to unlock the defence of the Ligue 1 outfit. They did excellently to frustrate the hosts and silence a noisy crowd dictating the ball for large periods.
And then there were two. Primoz Roglic’s withdrawal from La Vuelta following his dramatic crash on the home straight of Stage 16 means Movistar’s Enric Mas remains the only real threat between Remco Evenepoel and the top step of the podium in Madrid on Sunday. Mas has ridden a solid if unspectacular fifth Vuelta.
Rio Ferdinand says he is «absolutely baffled» that Chelsea have sacked Thomas Tuchel, but agrees with the BT Sport colleagues Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler that Brighton boss Graham Potter will want to take the job. Tuchel guided Chelsea to Champions League glory in 2021 just months after his appointment at Stamford Bridge, but the Blues' statement on Wednesday said that it was the «right time» to make a change as the club reaches 100 days under the ownership of a consortium led by Todd Boehly. Ad The London club sit sixth in the Premier League table after their opening six games of the domestic season, five points off league leaders Arsenal, while a 1-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb in their Champions League opener on Tuesday seemed to be the final straw for Chelsea's new ownership.
Enric Mas (Movistar) needs to put Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) on the «back foot… sooner rather than later» if he is to have any hope of carting off the red jersey at La Vuelta, according to Eurosport expert Adam Blythe. Mas was bumped into second in the general classification following the unfortunate exit of Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma). Roglic abandoned ahead of Stage 17 after sustaining big injuries in a bizarre crash on Tuesday.
Caroline Garcia has been backed to win her first-ever Grand Slam title at this year’s US Open by Eurosport’s John McEnroe. The 17th seed has hit a rich vein of form at just the right time, winning 13 consecutive games, and stunned Coco Gauff on Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the last-four of the tournament. Ad Her top-quality performances have caught many by surprise, including McEnroe, who believed she had reached her ceiling at an all-time best of No.
Trek-Segafredo took victory in the team time trial as La Madrid Challenge got underway. BikeExchange-Jayco finished second at 6”, with FDJ Suez Futuroscope in third at 11”.
Aryna Sabalenka produced a convincing display to ease into the US Open semi-final with a straight sets victory over Karolina Pliskova. The sixth seed has struggled for consistency in New York, but she was back to her brilliant best to sweep aside Pliskova, who simply had no answer to the Belarusian’s venomous serve and blistering backhand, particularly in the first set.
All 130 professional snooker players on the World Snooker Tour will be guaranteed minimum earnings of £20,000 for the 2022/23 season in a major £2.6m cash boost. An initial payment of £10,000 will be doled out this month with another £10,000 paid to the tour member in January.