[ad_1] Emma Raducanu put the first point on the board for Great Britain in their pursuit of a Billie Jean King Cup semi-final place at the expense of defending champions Canada.British number two Raducanu, playing for only the second time in almost two months following a foot injury, won 6-0 7-5 against Canada's Rebecca Marino in Malaga.The first set, with a huge gulf of quality between the 2021 US Open
[ad_1] Arsenal continue their resurgence under interim boss Renee Slegers with a comfortable 3-0 win at Tottenham in the north London derby. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Ireland's Katie Taylor defends her undisputed light-welterweight crown in a rematch against Amanda Serrano in Texas on Friday.The pair meet at Dallas' AT&T Stadium on the undercard of 58-year-old Mike Tyson's controversial bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, 27.You can follow live text commentary of Tyson-Paul from 03:00 GMT on Saturday, 16 November on BBC Sport website and app.Taylor claimed a split-decision victory against Serrano in April 2022 to retain
[ad_1] Ronnie O'Sullivan was knocked out in the opening round of the 2024 Champion of Champions tournament in Bolton by China's Xiao Guodong.O'Sullivan, 48, a four-time winner of the event, had taken a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven-frames match, only to lose 4-3 after a superb comeback from Xiao.Breaks of 95 and 125 in frames two and three respectively had seven-time world champion O'Sullivan on course to reach Thursday's quarter-final
[ad_1] Scotland's concluding Nations League matches against Croatia and Poland will again to be broadcast on YouTube, rather than on television.Scandinavian broadcaster Viaplay owns the rights to show the games but announced in June 2023 it is scaling back its operations in the UK.The company will still produce coverage of the matches, but they will be shown on the Scottish FA's YouTube channel dedicated to the national side.It follows the
[ad_1] Whenever big news stories involving the BBC come along, journalists at BBC News and BBC Sport are required to report on the corporation just like they would with any other information that is in the public interest.BBC News and BBC Sport are internal divisions of the BBC, meaning journalists working here are not always privy to big decisions taken by those at the top of the corporation.That means staff
[ad_1] "We should be sitting here with more points, so there's a confidence in the group. If results go our way and, for example, we win both games, we might have a chance of finishing second."Carver thought Scotland "were close to getting something in Croatia as well" before losing 2-1 and are not approaching this game "with fear" despite facing what he regards as "a top side"."I think we are
[ad_1] Ireland and Argentina have played each other 19 times at Test level, their first encounter coming in 1990. The Irish have won 13 of those, including all 10 at home, the most recent being a resounding 53-7 win in November 2021.Argentina do, however, possess some notable wins against the Irish having prevailed in three out of their four World Cup encounters.The most recent of those came in the 2015
[ad_1] While Hammarby failed to defend their league title this season, they are enjoying a new adventure in Europe.A 12,062 crowd - a record for a WCL qualifier - watched Martin Sjogren's side lose 2-1 at home in the first leg of their play-off against Benfica, quarter-finalists last season.A week later in Lisbon, Cathinka Tandberg's 95th-minute strike secured a 3-2 aggregate victory and a place in the group stage for
[ad_1] Anthony Davis and LeBron James starred as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to claim a 123-103 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors.Davis scored 22 points in 26 minutes before leaving the game with an eye injury in the third quarter as he tried to block a shot by the Raptors' Jakob Poeltl.The 31-year-old sustained a number of eye injuries last season, suffering a corneal abrasion in March against the
