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American Jessica Pegula had to dig deep to beat Victoria Azarenka in the US Open third round and keep alive her hopes of winning a career-first Grand Slam on home soil. In a 6-1 7-5 victory, 2024 finalist Pegula cruised through the first set before former world number one Azarenka fought back valiantly despite struggling with a leg injury. Meanwhile, …

Saturday brought another thrilling battle between McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, while Isack Hadjar starred for Racing Bulls and Lance Stroll hit trouble in his Aston Martin. Here are all of the facts and stats you need to know about from Qualifying in the Netherlands… Mclaren’s 69th front row lock-out surpasses Ferrari for second on the all-time list …

Aug 30, 2025, 04:09 PM ET Jelena Ostapenko apologized on social media Saturday, three days after telling American Taylor Townsend that she had “no class” and “no education” following their second-round match at the US Open. Townsend, who is Black, and Ostapenko, who is from Latvia, had an intense back-and-forth after Townsend won in straight sets Wednesday. After their match, …

Shilo Sanders was cut by the Buccaneers and hasn’t signed with any other team, and he may never get another NFL job. But he is getting a fine from the league office. Sanders was fined $4,669 for throwing a punch in the Bucs’ preseason finale, according to multiple reports. Presumably any fine would be taken out of his next NFL …

Taylor Townsend has reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam in singles for just the second time in her career after delivering a shocking upset against Mirra Andreeva. Townsend, who has yet to drop a set at the US Open, defeated the fifth seed 7-5, 6-2 in round three to set up a clash with former Wimbledon champion Barbora …

Micah Parsons’ ex-teammates wanted him to put down the mic. Some of the star pass rusher’s former Cowboys teammates viewed him as “egotistical” and “self-centered,” according to Sports Illustrated, and he even rankled some — including quarterback Dak Prescott — with his “The Edge with Micah Parsons” podcast. That created a different perception in the locker room amid Parsons’ contract …

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Texas entered the 2025 college football season as the No. 1 team in the country, and quarterback Arch Manning entered the season as the favorite to be the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft. That’s not the case anymore. Manning turned in an ugly performance for most of the game, and although he made a couple of big …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — — Julian Sayin had a 40-yard touchdown pass to Carnell Tate early in the fourth quarter, Ohio State got a couple of key stops in the red zone and the third-ranked Buckeyes opened the defense of their national championship with a 14-7 victory over top-ranked Texas on Saturday. It was the fourth time the No. 1 team …

Perhaps the biggest insult for the visitors was that the first half was still going on when Chelsea finally broke through. They were into the ninth minute of added time when João Pedro leapt to make it 1-0 and the Fulham head coach, Marco Silva, began to make peace with the realisation that the footballing Gods were not on his …