Matteo Berrettini beat Roberto Carballes Baena in straight sets to win a first title in almost two years. The Italian eased past his Spanish opponent with a 7-5 6-2 victory at the Grand Prix Hassan II in the Moroccan city of in Marrakesh. Berrettini ended Baena’s nine-match winning streak at the tournament, breaking serve twice…
English premier league side Everton have been deducted two points for a second breach of Premier League financial rules. Profit and sustainability rules (PSR) permit clubs to lose £105m over three years and an independent commission found Everton breached that by £16.6m for the three-year period to 2022-23. They drop one place to 16th and…
Fulham midfielder, Alex Iwobi has set a new record for the most minutes played by a Nigerian in the Premier League. Iwobi surpassed the previous record held by former Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi after playing 90 minutes in Fulham’s 1-0 home defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday. Iwobi has now played 16, 289 minutes…
World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic says his priority this year is to win Gold at the Paris Olympics The 36-year-old Serb has won a joint-record 24 Grand Slams but is yet to win an Olympic gold medal. Although he has win a bronze at Beijing 2008, he has lost the third-place match twice…
Lionel Messi scored on his return from injury for Inter Miami in a 2-2 MLS draw with Colorado Rapids The Argentine had missed four games with a hamstring issue and came on for the second half with his side 1-0 down following a Rafael Navarro penalty. Messi equalised with a left-foot shot before helping set…
Athletic Bilbao ended their run of six successive Copa del Rey final defeats as they earned a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Mallorca to end a 40-year wait for silverware. Athletic clinched their 24th Copa del Rey title – and first since 1984 – when Alex Berenguer stepped up to seal a 4-2 win in…
Arsenal responded to Manchester City’s victory over Crystal Palace by sweeping past Brighton 3-0 to move to the top of the league The win also ensures the Gunners kept a fifth consecutive away clean sheet as goals from Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard were enough to silence the home crowd Manchester City had…
Bayer Leverkusen moved to within touching distance of a first Bundesliga title by beating 10-man Union Berlin thanks to Bayern Munich’s loss away at mid-table Heidenheim. Florian Wirtz’s penalty gave Xabi Alonso’s side a ninth successive win to stretch their lead over Bayern Munich to 16 points with six games remaining. Bayern gave their title…
Anthony Joshua says he will return to the ring in September following his one-sided win over Francis Ngannou in his last fight as he remains on the cusp of becoming a three-time world champion. The British-Nigerian pugilist is currently on a four-fight winning streak following back-to-back defeats of losing his belts and failing to win…
Bronny James, son of legendary Basketballer LeBron, has announced he will enter the 2024 draft. It comes less than a year after the 19-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest during practice at the University of Southern California (USC). He had surgery to repair a congenital heart defect but returned to make his college debut for USC…
