Author: Tristan Wells

Wimbledon this year will see the hottest temperatures in the tournament’s 147-year history.There is a ‘heat rule’ in place at Wimbledon which will see a ten-minute break taken between the second and third set when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1C.Temperatures are expected to soar into the low 30s, and could peak at 36C. That would be 7C hotter than the previous warmest start to the Championships, when 29.3C was recorded on June 25, 2001.A record high for the tournament was the 35.7C recorded on July 1, 2015.The weather will cool somewhat later in the first week…

With not long to go until this year’s Championships conclude, day 11 marks the arrival of the much anticipated ladies’ singles semi-finals.Women’s top seed Sabalenka kicks us off on Centre Court as she looks to reach a fourth successive Grand Slam final when she faces the rejuvenated Amanda Anisimova.Then eighth seed Iga Swiatek, who has dropped just one set all tournament, takes part in her first-ever Wimbledon semi-final against Belinda Bencic, also making her maiden appearance in the last four at SW19.There’s also a range of doubles matches scheduled for day 11, with Brit Joe Salisbury teaming with Luisa Stefani…

The Club World Cup final is upon us as the new-look tournament is fast approaching its end.It will all be on the line as Chelsea face Paris Saint-Germain in a must-watch final at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.Chelsea put their shaky group stage behind them to beat Benfica 4-1 in an extraordinary encounter in Charlotte, North Carolina before edging past Estevao Willian’s Palmeiras to reach the semi-finals, where they will face Fluminense on Tuesday evening.PSG were relentless as they cruised beyond XabiAlonso’s depleted Real Madrid in the semi-final, racing to a 3-0 lead with not even 25 minutes on the clock…

Enzo Maresca’s Londoners are bidding to become the first English team to win the Club World Cup twice, having hoisted this trophy once before by beating Palmeiras in the 2021 final.PSG, meanwhile, are making their Club World Cup debut this year. As well as possibly etching their names in this tournament’s history, should they emerge victorious on Sunday, Luis Enrique’s crew have already surpassed their club record wins tally from 2015-16 under Laurent Blanc, their semi-final win over Real being the team’s 48th win of the season. A win for Chelsea, who also finished runners-up in 2012, would lift them…

Xabi Alonso has enjoyed a strong start to life on his return to the Spanish capital, failing to win in just one of his five Club World Cup matches so far. That is in spite of Kylian Mbappe’s case of acute gastroenteritis, which saw him hospitalised ahead of the group stage. The 21-year-old Gonzalo Garcia has impressed in his absence, though, hitting four goals and one assist in five appearances. Source link

No10 seed Shelton reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time by coming from behind to beat Lorenzo Sonego in four sets. And in doing so he bettered his father, and coach, Bryan who 31 years ago reached the round of 16 at the grass-court tournament which proved the high-point of his Grand Slam career. Follow along for game-by-game updates from Standard Sport’s Dom Smith, LIVE from Court No1! Source link

England are in a spot of bother at Euro 2025. The Lionesses are the defending champions in Switzerland, but they are perilously close to an embarrassing early exit after they were dealt a blow on matchday one. That result leaves England second-bottom of Group D, spared only by Wales’s 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the other opening fixture. But what does that loss do for England, and what do they need to reach the last 16?Group D table as it standsPosTeamPWDLGDPts1Netherlands1100+332France1100+133England1001-104Wales1001-30Simply, if England lose to the Netherlands, and France were to draw with Wales, their title defence would be…

Wimbledon this year will see the hottest temperatures in the tournament’s 147-year history.There is a ‘heat rule’ in place at Wimbledon which will see a ten-minute break taken between the second and third set when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1C.Temperatures are expected to soar into the low 30s, and could peak at 36C. That would be 7C hotter than the previous warmest start to the Championships, when 29.3C was recorded on June 25, 2001.A record high for the tournament was the 35.7C recorded on July 1, 2015.The weather will cool somewhat later in the first week…

Both sides got past titanic German opposition in the quarter-finals. The Spaniards downed Borussia Dortmund 3-2, before the French put Bayern Munich to the sword after scoring and having William Pacho sent off in extra-time.Los Blancos have been carried through this tournament by a rash of stunning performances from 21-year-old striker Gonzalo Garcia. He could be set to move away from Madrid following the competition, though, with Sunderland among the clubs interested in taking him on.How to watch PSG vs Real MadridTV channel: In the UK, viewers can watch the game live free-to-air on 5 (formerly known as Channel 5).…

Chelsea have reached the Club World Cup final as they close in on their second piece of silverware in as many months and with it a staggering prize pot worth a record $1billion (£726million).Chelsea’s win over the Brazilian side in New Jersey earned them £22m in prize money alone.The total prize money one team can earn from winning the competition is £92m, down from £97m since the tournament began due to the exchange rate between US dollars and British pounds changing in the weeks since, but Chelsea will earn less than that should they lift the trophy on Sunday.Flash the…