With a second round score of 67 at Erin Hills, world no. 1 Nelly Korda became first woman to win the US Women’s Open.
Korda, a 26-year-old former major champion, shot seven birdies and two bogeys to move from par at the start of the game to five under.
After the 23-year-old Japanese player took the clear lead with a best-of-the-day 66, the American is three shots clear of Mao Saigo.
Sarah Schmelzel and Yealimi Noh, Japan’s Hinako Shibuno, South Korea’s Kim A-lim, and Sweden’s Maja Stark are just a few players who are tied for second place.
After round one, British players Charley Hull, Gemma Dryburgh, and Lottie Woad were equal on par with four shots off the lead, but they had a mixed weekend.
With a round of 69, Dryburgh placed the Scot in a tie for 12th place on three under par, making it the best of the group.
With only a few players left to complete their rounds on Saturday, English amateur Woad had a two-under 70, while Hull, who finished tied for second at this tournament two years ago, was hoping to make it with a 73.
South Korean officials separately announced the discovery of more Chinese buoys in disputed waters in the Yellow Sea, while China’s navy carried out “combat readiness patrols” close to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
According to state-run news agency Xinhua, the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Southern Theatre Command conducted the drills in the “territorial waters and airspace of China’s Huangyan Island and surrounding areas” on Saturday, using China’s name for the Scarborough Shoal.
According to the report, the PLA “further strengthened the control of relevant sea and air areas, resolutely defend national sovereignty and security, and resolutely maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.”
The Philippines claim the name of the rocky islet that is 220 kilometers (119 miles) west of Luzon, the nearest landmass. In 2012, Beijing blocked and seized the territory, a traditional fishing area, from Manila.
Despite a 2016 international tribunal ruling that Beijing’s claims had no legal basis under international law, the Chinese navy regularly conducts provocative military exercises in the region as part of its claims of sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea.
After a Chinese naval ship hit a Philippine coastguard ship with a water cannon close to the shoal, Manila accused Beijing of performing “dangerous manoeuvres and obstruction.”
Yellow Sea tense is high
South Korean officials also announced on Saturday that they had received three additional Chinese buoys close to overlapping waters with South Korea, bringing the total number of Chinese buoys installed in the Yellow Sea to 13.
According to South Korea’s official Yonhap news agency, a ministry of defense official stated that “we are closely monitoring activities within the provisional maritime zone [PMZ] and that we will closely [cooperate] with relevant agencies to protect our maritime sovereignty.
According to Yonhap, two of the Chinese buoys were installed close to the area when they were first discovered in May 2023 but were only made public this week.
The third buoy is located inside the maritime zone, a dispute that arises because South Korea and China have overlapping exclusive economic zones (EEZ) claims.
China asserts that a 1962 agreement that South Korea considers to be its economic zone extends to the maritime boundaries of its country.
The Yellow Sea PMZ permits maritime resource management and forbids activities besides fishing and navigation.
However, tensions between Beijing and Seoul have increased as a result of China’s repeated installation of observation buoys measuring three meters across and six meters tall in the water since 2022, as well as a fixed steel structure measuring six meters tall.
According to the Korea Joongang Daily newspaper, China declared three no-sail zones in the area last week, “believed to be for military training purposes.”
Francesco Acerbi’s story really has all it takes to be a fable. It starts from afar, has an animal with human characteristics as its protagonist – in this case a lion – with its vices and virtues. And like any fable worthy of its name, it ends with a moral.
It is a story of sacrifice, resilience and perseverance – one that has seen Acerbi battle with alcohol and depression following the death of his father, twice overcome testicular cancer, and climb the footballing pyramid as a relative veteran to become an unlikely Champions League hero for Inter Milan at the age of 37.
It was the centre-back’s 93rd-minute equaliser in the semi-final second leg against Barcelona that sent the tie to extra time, with Inter eventually winning 7-6 on aggregate.
Acerbi threw himself on a cross from the right and slotted the ball in behind Wojciech Szczesny.
“It was his intuition, I didn’t say anything to him,” said Inter boss Simone Inzaghi with a smile after the match.
Team-mate Carlos Augusto told BBC Sport: “I thank him for finding the strength to go into the box at that moment. He has a great story off the pitch too, Ace simply never gives up.”
On that night, Acerbi scored his first goal in 65 appearances across Uefa club competitions. He had 46 touches, only one of which was in the opponent’s box. And with his weaker right foot, too.
‘I was sick and would drink anything’
Born in Vizzolo Predabissi, a village 15 miles away from San Siro and the site of his so-far most iconic moment, Acerbi’s sporting history began in 2006 at nearby Pavia in Serie C.
After a loan spell at Renate in Serie D, Acerbi began touring Italy with moves to Reggina, Genoa and Chievo, where he made his Serie A debut and emerged as one of the most promising defenders in the league.
AC Milan, the club he had supported since childhood, took notice of his qualities. In 2012 he made a permanent move to the Rossoneri where, however, things did not turn out as expected.
Acerbi had a problem, which in turn triggered others – an unresolved relationship with his father, his first admirer but also his first critic.
“He wanted to do me good, but without meaning to, he would go so far as to hurt me,” Acerbi recently said of his father’s constant criticism.
Paolo Franchini, the psychotherapist who helped Acerbi make peace with his father over the years, said: “He was his number one fan, but also his number one pain in the neck. He was always pointing out the mistakes he made.”
Now, when Acerbi raises his arms to the sky at the start of each game, he does it for him, but his has been a long journey.
His father died shortly after his move to AC Milan. Acerbi lost his balance and fell into depression.
“Already at the beginning of my career I didn’t really have the right attitude for a professional player,” he later said.
“I would often arrive tipsy at trainings, without having fully recovered from the night before. I was physically strong, and that was enough for me.
“As my father died, however, I hit rock bottom. I no longer had any drive and could no longer play. I was sick and would drink anything.”
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Shortly after, during a medical check-up in July 2013, Acerbi was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
“From one day to the next, you find yourself powerless and surprised, and you discover that your life could change forever,” Acerbi would recount a few years later.
The tumour was removed immediately and Acerbi returned to training with his new team-mates. He played 13 times, but adverse findings during a doping control test in December 2013 certified the cancer’s return.
He did not give up, though, and after several rounds of chemotherapy – something he described as a “world of pain and of courage” – Acerbi defeated the cancer, thus beginning his period of inner growth.
“Paradoxically, the tumour gave me a second chance, making me realise who I was and what I really wanted,” he said.
With the help of his dearest, Acerbi returned to the field the following season and found more stability. After five positive seasons with Sassuolo, he moved to Lazio in 2018.
There he met Inzaghi who advocated strongly for Acerbi to follow him to Milan in 2022, because of the player’s leadership qualities.
“Inter were good to listen to me about Acerbi. I knew he would help us because his concentration and grit are unique,” the Inter boss said.
The Nerazzurri loaned him for 1m euros (£850,000) on the last day of the summer transfer window, despite scepticism within the club and the opposition of fans, worried by his Rossoneri past.
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The rest is recent history. Acerbi’s favourite animal is the lion and he has always fought like one, on and off the pitch.
A tattoo on his chest reads ‘The Lion King’; another lion roars off his stomach. Alex, the friendly lion character from the animated film series ‘Madagascar’, smiles off his right arm.
Acerbi has never accepted defeat and rebelled against fate, which confronted him with cancer.
He even rebelled against national team coach Luciano Spalletti, who had not called him up for almost two years.
In March, when asked, the Italy boss replied: “Acerbi? But do you know how old he is?”
But Spalletti has since recalled him for the upcoming matches against Norway and Moldova.
Acerbi also rebelled against what happened in Istanbul two years ago, when he and Inter lost the Champions League final against Manchester City. If Inter have another chance to secure the trophy in Munich on Saturday, the credit is also his.
“My moral is to never give up and always react. You can fall, but you must get back up every time; facing things with the right attitude allows one to grow,” Acerbi told BBC Sport.
“You have to help yourself, realising that you need it. It takes strength to get support from the outside and luck to be around people who really love you, but it all starts with you.
“From a personal and sporting point of view, I don’t know if a win in Munich would be the closing of a circle, but I’m not the type of person who stops after a Champions League final.”
While we may almost be in June, it is not too late to get your hands on summer music festival tickets – so we’ve put together a guide to five that you absolutely need to know
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Creamfields is one of the UK’s most popular summer music festivals
With summer approaching, many of us may be starting to get FOMO thinking about everyone heading to festivals to spend the season enjoying music and entertainment outside in the sun.
However, it’s not too late to book tickets for an upcoming festival, and there is something for everyone – whether you’re looking for rock music, a family-friendly weekend, big name stars, or theatrical performances and comedy. Here’s our guide to five summer music festivals you should know about.
Download – June 13
Held each year at Donington Park, Derby, Download Festival will take place between June 13th and 15th in 2025. Known as a rock festival, the headline artists are Green Day on Friday, Sleep Token on Saturday, and Korn on Sunday.
Other performers include Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, McFly, Apocalyptica, Shinedown, Sex Pistols, The Darkness, Dayseeker, Bullet for my Valentine, Steel Panther, Kids in Glass Houses, and Spiritbox.
Download Festival 2024
You can either buy day tickets or camping tickets for the whole weekend. The festival also offers a designated solo camping area where solo attendees can meet like-minded festival goers.
Attendees can also take part in the fancy dress theme each year, and this year’s theme is Friday 13th. Outside of music, there will be live blacksmithing workshops, new immersive experience Darkfield Séance and a Heavy Metal Sports Day.
Festival-goers can also enjoy axe throwing, skate ramps, a new and improved wellness, yoga and talking therapy offering, wrestling, RockFit, live fire cooking demos, and daily themed quizzes.
This year there will be more than 160 food traders across the festival – with vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. Drink spots include the new Mercian Axe brewery bar, the Hair of The Dog pub with a roof terrace and beer garden, and the Iron Harp arena bar. There will also be a Low & No bar, called Bar Zero.
Tickets: Three-night camping tickets are priced from £325 each, while five nights will cost you £345. Day tickets are £135. You can search for Download tickets here.
Isle of Wight – June 19
Taking place from June 19th to 22nd, the Isle of Wight Festival will be held at Seaclose Park in Newport. This year’s headliners are Sting on Friday, Stereophonics on Saturday, and Justin Timberlake on Sunday.
Other performers include Faithless, The Script, Paul Heaton, Busted, Razorlight, Jess Glynne, Olly Murs, Texas, Clean Bandit, Supergrass, James, Dean Lewis, Yard Act, LIghtning Seeds, and Mae Muller.
The festival has lots of different areas to explore, including the Intoxicated Tea Rooms, which provide “good old interactive and immersive entertainment, dance workshops, bunting galore, and sparkly glitter balls”.
The Hipshaker Lounge is a “groovy, funky, hip party venue specialising in all things vintage …. for all of the day and all of the night”; and Electro Love will host “some of the finest tributes & cover bands bringing you music from the 80’s, 90’s & 00’s” and by night the DJs will create the “ultimate festival nightclub”.
There is also KIDZONE where children can enjoy performances on the Bull Stage, the Living Room Stage, and the Lighthouse Stage. There will also be circus workshops, a maker’s shed with creative crafts, a mud kitchen, sensory space, and a toddler area.
Tickets: Camping tickets cost from £289.95 for adults, and £235.95 for students and accompanied teens. Day tickets are priced from £125 for adults and £95 for teens. You can search for tickets here.
Festival-goers at Creamfields last year
TRNSMT – July 11
TRNSMT will take place on Glasgow Green in Glasgow from July 11th to 13th. Big names performing are 50 Cent, The Script, Wet Leg, and Kneecap on Friday, Biffy Clyro, Fontaines DC, Underworld, The Kooks, Inhaler, and Sigrid on Saturday, and Snow Patrol, Gracie Abrams, Jade, and Myles Smith on Sunday.
Other acts include Jamie Webster, Twin Atlantic, Jake Bugg, Alessi Rose, Biig Piig, Shed Seven, The Lathums, Nathan Evans, Tom Walker, and The Royston Club.
Attendees can also enjoy Bongo’s Bingo at The Hangout, listen to live podcasts, and watch Drag-aoke with Miss Lola Fierce. There will also be a Radio 1 Dance Stage at this year’s festival, where acts like Nimino, Jaguar, and Jazzy will be playing.
The Green is just a five minute walk from the Merchant City and is on the banks of the River Clyde, which means there are plenty of transport and accommodation options available.
Tickets: Day tickets cost £92.50, while a two-day ticket will cost £180.40. Three-day tickets are priced at £254.90. You can search for tickets here.
Latitude – July 24
Held at Henham Park in Suffolk, Latitude takes place from July 24th to 27th. Headliners include Sting and Basement Jaxx on Friday, Fatboy Slim and Kaiser Chiefs on Saturday, and Snow Patrol and Elbow on Sunday. Other performers over the weekend include Clean Bandit, Doves, Leon Bridges, Maribou State, Mika, Sigrid, Arthur Hill, Billy Bragg, Example, and Feeder.
There is also comedy at the festival, with headliners being Bridget Christie on Friday, Greg Davies on Saturday, and Reggie Watts on Sunday.
Latitude Festival hosts musicians as well as comedians
However, there is plenty of other entertainment, too. Latitude is one of the best performing arts festivals in Europe so there will be performances displaying the “emotionally uplifting, the visually astonishing and the physically defying”.
For book-lovers there is The Bookshop, “an intimate hub for browsing the aisles for your next paperback purchase, reading the latest works from a plethora of brilliant authors and sipping on delicious coffee”. It also hosts a range of authors, poets, and thought leaders on stage.
There is a Faraway Forest complete with interactive art installations, workshops, performances and games; and attendees can even go lake swimming.
The festival is family-friendly, with the Kids Area open from 10 to 6pm every day. The Kids Theatre Tent is home to a full programme of live shows, workshops, puppetry, drama and more.
The Hive geodome and its wildlife garden hosts visiting authors, illustrators, and poets, and kids can also join in on the daily Wild Earthworm Walk led by Dr David Jones from the Natural History Museum. Kids can also enjoy the Wild Science tent, the Enchanted Garden and the Woodcraft Folk Woodland Base.
Tickets: Weekend camping tickets cost £308 for adults, or £190 for teens and £28 for kids (bought with an adult ticket). You can search for tickets here.
Magpies Festival – August 8
Based in Sutton Park, York, the Magpies Festival is set to take place over the August 8 and 9 and will be the perfect spot for kids, dogs, camping and glamping. More than enough for you and the family to enjoy!
This boutique festival offers an exciting line-up of folk, americana, acoustic, swing and everything in between. You’ll also be supporting an independent festival by going along, as the two-day event is run by Yorkshire-based transatlantic folk band, The Magpies.
You’ll be in safe hands thanks to the young, female management team are set on championing gender equality in the music industry, achieving gender parity in both line-up and staff, as well as providing a safe and comfortable environment for female musicians and festival goers.
Tickets: For adults, a weekend ticket cost £72.50. Friday day tickets are £35, Saturday tickets are £50. You can search for tickets here.
Creamfields – August 21
Creamfields will take place from August 21st to 24th this year in Daresbury, Cheshire. Acts include Chase and Status, Fisher, Jamie Jones, Sub Focus and Vintage Culture on the Friday; Swedish House Mafia, Chris Stussy, Hardwell, Camelphat and Patrick Topping on Saturday; and David Guetta, Oliver Heldens, D.O.D, Martin Garrix, Sonny Fodera, and Fatboy Slim on Sunday.
At this year’s festival there will be a “stunning new stage set amidst immersive woodland-inspired décor” called the Electric Forest.
Another new addition is HALO, a “monumental 45-metre diameter, cyclical outdoor arena with pioneering 360 and overhead video, lighting and sound package designed by renowned stage and show design studio Lucid Creates”.
‘Downtown’ at Creamfields is a brand-new sports, wellness, and entertainment village which comes equipped with activities like inflatable five-a-side football, mini golf, rave karaoke, and basketball.
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Attendees can enjoy workouts at the Fitness Zone, theatrical performances, food at the Culinary Quarter, and beauty treatments like make-up and hair styling.
The store might have just introduced the “top of the summer” with a £8 aesthetic that is likely to appeal to customers.
Primark has updated its summer offering (stock photo)(Image: Getty)
Shopping is looking for cool, stylish clothing as the weather gets warmer. There are, thankfully, plenty of options for fashion fans who prefer short-sleeved, cap-sleeved, and sleeveless silhouettes this summer.
A growing trend among retailers is offering clothing with built-in bras. This is much to the delight of shoppers who want to cut down on layers in hot weather or hide bra straps, which can be tricky if you opt for a cami top or similar style with thin straps.
Primark is the most recent addition to the popular style that was popular at the time of year thanks to its built-in bra selection. Customers can purchase a white, black, or pink sleeveless top with a built-in bra for £8 each on the @primark_eastkilbride page on TikTok. A new strapless option is also available.
The statement read, “The summer tops are back, and they brought a new friend.” Commenters tagged other social media users to show off the styles in the video, which received thousands of views.
Shoppers previously praised Primark’s “life changing” design when it introduced a £14 dress with a built-in bra. Reacting to a video of the dress on the retailer’s TikTok page, many commenters loved the style.
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Someone might have said, “Just bought one for the summer.” When it’s dressed up a little, it will look so good. I love these dresses, and I’m 32 weeks pregnant, too. They are incredibly warm”!
Another commenter wished for this country’s. It could save lives. A customer inquired, “Are the cups similar to the vest top version?” I’m optimistic because they’re brilliant.
However, someone said, “Have you tried it for people who are like a C cup and above, I highly doubt that’ll do the job”? A viewer responded, “I have the vest top, and it has a crop top attached under me because I’m a 36G.
Built-in Bra Cami Top from Primark(Image: Primark)
For me, it needed to be a further 2 inches longer before it would actually sit flat and in the right place. One commenter responded, “Yes, I’m a double d and it barely covers anything,” while another said, “I’m double d and they’re fine. It also depends on the size of your band, I suppose. I’m a F cup, and they work great for me, said one person.
For shoppers keen to shop the £8 tops, it doesn’t look like the style is currently available on Primark’s website. You can find your nearest Primark store here.
After being found guilty of raping six Indigenous women between 1981 and 1983, one of the bloodiest times in the Central American civil war, a top Guatemalan court sentenced three former paramilitaries to 40 years each in prison.
In a time of bloodshed between the military and left-wing rebels, which left as many as 200, 000 people dead or missing, the conviction and sentencing on Friday represent yet another significant step toward bringing justice to the Maya Achi Indigenous women who were sexually abused by pro-government armed groups.
Judge Maria Eugenia Castellanos ruled that former members of the Civil Self-Defense Patrol, Pedro Sanchez, Simeon Enriquez, and Felix Tum, who had sexually assaulted six Maya Achi group members, had committed crimes against humanity.
The women recognized the perpetrators and the locations where the events occurred. They committed crimes against humanity, she claimed, applauding the women’s bravery in appearing in court on numerous occasions.
They stigmatize the woman, and they are solitude crimes. The judge remarked, “It is not simple to speak of them.”
After being found guilty and receiving a sentence on Friday, three former paramilitaries, Simeon Enriquez, Pedro Sanchez, and Felix Tum, leave the court.
The sentence, according to indigenous lawyer Haydee Valey, is “historical” because it finally acknowledges the struggle of civil war survivors, who have been demanding justice for a long time.
At the conclusion of the trial, where some dressed in traditional attire and others listened to the verdict through an interpreter, several Maya Achi women in the courtroom applauded.
A 62-year-old woman who was one of the victims described the verdict as “very happy” for her.
Before the sentencing, one of the three convicted men, Pedro Sanchez, declared to the court, “I am innocent of what they are accusing me of.”
However, another member of the all-women, three-panel court, Judge Marling Mayela Gonzalez Arrivillaga, stated that the witness testimony against the suspects was undisputed.
Second-degree murder convictions were issued in the case involving former military personnel and paramilitaries in the Maya Achi women’s trial. Five former paramilitaries were given sentences of 30 years in prison at the first trial, which took place in January 2022.
The case, according to advocacy group Impunity Watch, “demonstrates how the Guatemalan army waged war against indigenous women” during the civil war.
A Guatemalan court handed down a 2016 sentence to two former military officers for allegedly holding 15 women of Maya descent as sex slaves in 2016. A combined 360-year prison sentence was given to both officers.
