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CNN — Eugenie Bouchard, who broke new ground for women’s tennis in Canada, has announced she will retire after this year’s National Bank Open in Montreal. The Canadian revealed her decision to step away in an Instagram post Wednesday, saying: “You’ll know when it’s time. For me, it’s now. Ending where it all started: Montreal.” The 31-year-old reached the Wimbledon final in 2014, becoming the first woman from her nation to reach a grand slam singles final in the Open Era. She also reached the semifinals of both the French Open and Australian Open earlier that year, reaching a career…
CNN — Former Arsenal and Manchester City star Bacary Sagna has urged Liverpool players to properly process the death of Diogo Jota by speaking to someone about their grief. Sagna, who spent a decade playing in the English Premier League, told CNN Sports that Liverpool players may struggle to focus on the upcoming season with their teammate missing from the squad. Reds striker Jota died in a car crash on July 3 at the age of 28. His brother, André Silva – who was also a professional soccer player – also died in the car accident aged 25. Many of…
Australia entered the Caribbean tour hoping to bed down their opening combination, but coach Andrew McDonald admits it remains “unsettled” as the Test team turns their attention to the Ashes following their 3-0 sweep of West Indies. Australia’s two openers, Usman Khawaja and Sam Konstas, were their only top seven batters not to hit half-centuries during three Tests that produced some of the most difficult batting conditions in recent memory, where the combined average for both teams (17.68) was the fourth lowest in history for any bilateral series of three or more matches.Khawaja’s best knock of 47 came in the…
Oslo, Norway AP — Olympic ski cross medalist Audun Groenvold has died after being struck by lightning, the Norwegian ski federation announced Wednesday. He was 49. Groenvold won bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games. “It is with great sadness that we have received the news of Audun Groenvold’s untimely passing,” the federation said. “The former national Alpine skier and ski cross athlete was recently struck by lightning during a cabin trip.” The federation said Groenvold was “quickly taken to hospital and received treatment for the injuries he sustained in the lightning strike” and then died Tuesday night. Groenvold was a…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Mahedi picked 4 for 11 in Colombo and was named Player of the Match © Getty Bangladesh T20I skipper Litton Kumar Das said on Wednesday that he had decided a long time ago to back Shak Mahedi in Colombo, as he prefers selecting his playing XI based on the surface rather than any other factor. The move to replace Mehidy Hasan Miraz with Mahedi paid off brilliantly, with the latter grabbing 4 for 11 to help the tourists clinch an eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka. In doing so, Bangladesh secured their first-ever series win…
CNN — “Cancer changed my life but it didn’t take it,” Katie Schumacher-Cawley said at the 2025 ESPY Awards on Wednesday. While fighting a battle on the volleyball court, the Penn State women’s volleyball head coach also grappled with another battle – cancer. Half a year later, now in remission after six rounds of chemotherapy, Schumacher-Cawley received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the event honoring the top athletes and sport performances of the year in Los Angeles. Schumacher-Cawley, upon receiving the award, said she was “humbled and truly grateful for this moment.” “This past year has been one…
Ponting himself is no stranger to being thrown in the deep end at the highest level, making his Test debut as a 20-year-old, and only compiling the one century in the format in his first two years in the Baggy Green. With that perspective, the ICC Hall of Famer provided invaluable insight. “The unfortunate thing about Test cricket and when you’re a young bloke trying to find your feet is quite often you have to work it out for yourself because it’s out in the middle,” said Ponting. “You can practice as much as you want, you can do things…
LONDON: After missing four years of Test duty due to injury, England speedster Jofra Archer is keen to make up for lost time and says he wants to play the final two Tests against India and prove he deserves a place in the squad for the Ashes series in Australia. Archer made his test comeback at Lord’s in the third Test, bowling at full tilt to claim five wickets, including three in the second innings as England clinched a 22-run victory to go 2-1 up in the five-match series. England management, men’s managing director Rob Key in particular, have been…
INDIA WOMEN TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Deepti Sharma scored an unbeaten 62 in her team’s winning start to the series in England ©Getty India have just two series – six ODIs in total – to fine-tune combinations and iron out flaws before launching their home ODI World Cup campaign in under three months. Injury comebacks of key regulars could still sway selections closer to the tournament, but based on what they have in England right now, the win in the first ODI offered a promising glimpse into India’s growing depth and reliable Plan Bs. Kranti leaves her mark With both…
CNN — A Spanish government official has called for an investigation into Barcelona star Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday party after a prominent disability activist group said organizers of the event hired people with dwarfism “solely for entertainment and attractions” in contravention of Spanish law. Yamal hosted the party on Sunday at a private property he had rented in the small town of Olivella, 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) southwest of Barcelona, with several online influencers in attendance along with Barça teammates. The Association of People with Achondroplasia and other Skeletal Dysplasias in Spain (ADEE) said in a statement that it…