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Tobi Amusan, the world record holder, put together a fantastic performance at the Paris 2025 Diamond League, finishing in second place in the women’s 100-meter hurdles with a 12.24 second best time of the season.

She sets a new record for the fastest time ever, surpassing her 2022 world record of 12.12 seconds.

Amusan sprinted through the final meters before quickly slamming on Grace Stark of the United States, who had set a personal best and meeting record of 12.21 seconds, making her the fifth-fastest woman to cross the 100-meter barrier.

Ackera Nugent of Jamaica came in third in a quick 12.30 second.

This performance is the most recent example of the Nigerian’s consistent and impressive resurgence.

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Amusan’s campaign started off modestly with a fourth-place finish in China’s Xiamen, followed by another fourth-place finish in Shaoxing, which was also in China.

However, the 28-year-old resurrected in Rabat, Morocco, with a season-best and meet record time of 12.45 seconds to earn her first Diamond League title.

Paris’s fourth Diamond League appearance of the year ensures her continued improvement in form and consistency in the run-up to major championships.

In the French capital, the 2022 world champion was surrounded by world champion Keni Harrison, rising Jamaican star Nugent, Polish champion Pia Skrzyszowska, Dutch champion Nadine Visser, Bahamas-based Devynne Charlton, and current Diamond League leader Stark.

As the competition for the Diamond League finals in Zurich grows, Amusan’s upward trajectory, her top performance, and her experience at the top level helped her win the match.

Harry Kane and Michael Olise scored goals in Bayern Munich’s 2-1 victory over Boca Juniors from Argentina in the knockout stages of the Club World Cup on Friday.

The German champions took the lead thanks to Kane’s strike, but Miguel Merentiel equalized before Olise came out with a late winner.

Bayern reversed the trend of European teams losing to South American foes with a convincing victory in the Group C matchup after losing to Paris Saint-Germain against Botofogo and Chelsea against Flamengo.

“The guys gave a strong performance,” he said. We were aware that entering a hostile environment with hot weather wouldn’t be easy. We should have been two or three up in the first half, but they added pressure in the second, Kane said.

The England forward continued, “They got the momentum, but once they scored, we shifted it back in our direction.”

Boca fans once more pumped up Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins, with incredible passion and noise.

However, Bayern started to calm the 63, 587 crowd by putting in the most of the movement of Bayern’s frontline, which extended the Boca defense, and Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka took over midfield.

In the eighth minute, the German side believed to have the lead when Olise’s corner was unaltered and sailed into the net.

The goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin and Serge Gnabry had a clear encounter with the referee at the monitor for a VAR review, but the effort was ruled out.

However, Bayern made a breakthrough ten minutes later when Kane pounced with a clinical left-foot shot into the bottom corner after Boca were unable to fully clear a ball into the box.

Bayern drew blood and forced for a second when Olise found Gnabry on the right, who was just inches away from the sliding Kingsley Coman.

Boca was trying to get a foot in the door when Manuel Neuer sent a thundering free kick.

Zenon once more put a fierce strike past Neuer, who punched it away moments later.

The decisive blow by Olise

Bayern, despite Boca’s best efforts, looked in charge of the game, and Kane was just too dangerous with a dangerous free-kick that dipped just in time and flew over the bar.

After the break, Bayern kept looking for more, and the busy Olise missed a good start from close range with an off-balance shot.

However, Boca never gave up on grafting and harrying, and they were finally paid in the 66th minute.

Miguel Merentiel was found by Alan Velasco in the middle of the field, and he rocketed goalwards, skipping around Josip Stanisic, and then fired a brilliant, confident finish past the helpless Neuer after being fouled.

With just six minutes left, Olise struck the decisive blow for South American clubs despite it appearing as though their unbeaten record in the competition was going to continue.

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After a scramble on the edge of the box, Kane found the France international with a delicate lay-off, and Olise delivered a superb side-foot finish into the corner.

Konrad Laimer believed he had won the game with a third chance a moment later, but he was declared unfit for the position.

The Argentine giants needed to maintain the level, according to Boca keeper Marchesin.

We leave feeling deeply sad, depressed, and excited about what lies ahead. I believe that this is how we should approach matches, treating them with all respect, treating them with the care that Boca requires, and hoping to continue on this course.

Boca now has one point before their final group game as a result of their first defeat in the competition.

After defeating Auckland City 10-0 in their opening game, Bayern now have six points, with Portugal’s Benfica in second place with four points.

Elena Rybakina, the former champion of Wimbledon, defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka to earn her place in the semifinals of the grass in Berlin on Friday, saving four match points.

Sabalenka resurrected to reach her eighth semi-final of the season after falling behind to the 2022 Wimbledon champion 6-2 in the final-set tie-break, earning six straight points.

Next, she travels to Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 champion tennis player, who defeated Ons Jabeur from Tunisia 6-4, 6-1 earlier on Friday.

“Elena, she’s a great player, and we’ve had a lot of difficult battles,” said one participant. “I have no idea how I was able to get those final points.” In all fairness, Sabalenka, who currently leads 7-4 in meetings with the Kazakh, believes she has been lucky.

“I’ve been playing games a long time ago when I was just starting, and I remember when I won a lot of matches with match points down,” I recall. Not long ago, I thought it had been a while since I’ve made a crazy comeback, and here I am.

“It’s amazing to win games like that,” he said, “and I’m proud of how I stayed.” I was trying until the very end, fighting.

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The three-time Grand Slam champion gave up the momentum and gave way to Rybakina in the third set after winning in a tiebreak.

In the final set, Sabalenka had a 5-4 lead with serve, but the Kazakh, the world number 11, was forced to come back and force the tie-break.

Sabalenka scored her first match point with a powerful assist, sealing the deal five points later (8-6).

She will square off against Vondrousova, who returned from a break in Wimbledon on Saturday and placed her in the 164th place world.

Vondrousova’s first last-four appearance since Stuttgart in April 2024 will be here.

In a repeat of their 2023 Wimbledon final, which the Czechs won, Vondrusova won.

Both players have experienced injuries and have fallen significantly in rankings since finishing in the top 10 last year.

After losing 6-1 in the first set to Spanish opponent Paula Badosa, China’s Wang Xinyu, who had previously defeated French Open champion Coco Gauff on Thursday, retired to reach the semi-finals.

Wang will face Liudmila Samsono in the semi-finals after the Russian, who is 20th in the world, continued to excel on the grass.

She defeated American Amanda Anisimova of the United States 6-1, 6-1 in just 57 minutes after already defeating defending champions Jessica Pegula and Naomi Osaka this week.

Florian Wirtz’s sensational move from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool on Friday was the subject of a potential Premier League record fee.

The Premier League champions will pay an initial $ 100 million ($134 million), comfortably surpassing their own record, according to reports in England.

It would become a record-breaking British company with additional £16 million in performance-related add-ons.

However, reports in Germany suggested that the fee might go as high as 130 million euros (£111 million, $149 million), with additions making it 150 million euros.

Former Leverkusen coach and ex-Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, who is now Real Madrid’s new boss, have hailed Wirtz as one of the “best in the world.”

“I’m really looking forward to a brand-new adventure ahead of me.” According to Wirtz, “I want to have something completely new, to leave the Bundesliga, and to join the Premier League,” he said on the club’s website.

We ultimately want to be successful. Since they won the Premier League last year, my goal is to win it once more and advance to the Champions League. I have a lot of ambition.”

The 22-year-old helped Leverkusen win their first-ever Bundesliga title and the German Cup in 2023/24 without losing a single game while at the club.

In the Europa League final defeat to Atalanta, Leverkusen were denied a memorable treble, which was Wirtz’ only other defeat that year, when he was named the year’s MVP.

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Last season, Leverkusen came in second place, and Bayern Munich regained control of the German game, and Wirtz is joining a frenzied departure from the BayArena.

Jeremie Frimpong, a Netherlands defender, recently made a move to Liverpool from Leverkusen.

The Reds are making a splash to help a team that won the 20th English top flight title, which was largely kept dry in Arne Slot’s first season in charge.

Milos Kerkez, a left-back from Bournemouth, is reportedly moving to Anfield in a £40 million deal.

Alexander Isak, a Newcastle striker, and Marc Guehi, a Crystal Palace defender, have also been linked with Liverpool.

It’s still to be seen how Slot’s plans integrate Wirtz’s.

He primarily played for Germany’s central striker at Leverkusen and has since expanded to include other players.

Leverkusen’s 57 goals and 65 assists in 197 games demonstrate that he poses a threat both as a creator and a goalscorer.

Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz, and Cody Gakpo, all of whom offer a goal threat, are already a part of Liverpool’s abundance of forward options.

However, Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, and Federico Chiesa are now facing even more difficult competition to start in Slot’s starting lineup, which raises the possibility that Liverpool will sell some of that trio to free up additional transfer resources.