Newcastle manager Eddie Howe was full of praise for his side despite their 3-2 defeat to Liverpool at St James’ Park, after the away side scored a 100th-minute winner.
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US Open 2025
Dates: August 24 through September 7 in Flushing Meadows, New York
After falling to world number 82 Renata Zarazua in the US Open first round, Australian Open champion Madison Keys claims nerves “for the first time in a while.”
In a 6-7 (10-12), 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 defeat by the Mexican, sixth seed Keys, who was competing in New York for the first time since becoming a Grand Slam champion, put in an error-strewn performance.
The American only managed to save four of her ten break points, which included 89 unforced errors and 14 double faults.
For the first time in a while, I feel like my nerves really got in the way of me, which kind of made me paralyzed.
Keys won her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne by defeating two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.
However, the 30-year-old was knocked out of the French Open by 37-year-old Laura Siegemund in a surprise third-round exit.
Keys made 37 unforced errors in the first set alone in New York, but Zarazua’s five set points helped to earn the game’s tie-break.
Keys took a 3-0 lead in the next set, but the 2017 runner-up in New York then lost four games in a row.
She was able to bring the set to a tie-break, but Zarazua was able to force a decision through errors and double faults.
The American’s play remained erratic despite Keys’ coach and husband Bjorn Fratangelo’s constant guidance and support.
“I want to win, but I just felt like it was way too important.” Keys continued, “I just couldn’t quite separate myself from that.”
“It kind of becomes snowballs once you start playing poorly.”
I thought I was just slow because I wasn’t seeing things the way I wanted to, which I believe caused many poor decisions and lazy footwork.
After falling 6-3, 6-2 to 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, Victoria Mboko’s fairytale 2025 did not have the perfect ending.
The 18-year-old defeated four Grand Slam winners earlier this month to claim the Canadian Open, which puts her in the 23rd place in the world after starting the year in 333rd.
However, her inconsistent behavior cost her at Louis Armstrong Stadium as the teenager struggled on second serve and committed 10 double errors.
After falling to 62nd in the rankings during a year of injuries, Krejcikova now appeared much like her former self.
Elena Rybakina, the ninth seed, delivered a harsh lesson to Julieta Pareja, who is currently playing in the Grand Slam for the first time, winning 6-3, 6-0 in one hour and two minutes.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion, who had previously hoped to advance past the US Open third round, held her own in the opening round, but the world junior number one quickly lost.
American Pareja qualified for the semi-finals of her WTA debut and won the tournament’s wildcard spot, finishing second in both the singles and doubles at this year’s Wimbledon juniors competition.
With a 6-0, 6-1 victory over American Alycia Parks, fifth seed Mirra Andreeva slipped into round two.
The 18-year-old Russian won in just 55 minutes after missing just one match due to an ankle injury since Wimbledon.
At least 21 people have been killed by Israel’s deliberate attack on civilians and the besieged enclave’s devasted health system at Nasser Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip, including five journalists and medical personnel.
One of the most deadly Israeli strikes that have targeted both hospitals and media workers over the course of the nearly two-year genocidal assault was Monday, which saw the deaths of journalists who worked for Al Jazeera, Reuters, Associated Press (AP) news agencies, and others.
Israel’s offensive expands to densely populated areas and urban centers, including Gaza City, increasing the population’s already high risk.
The first “double-tap” attack, which involves one strike before being followed by a second immediately, hit a hospital building on the top floor. A second projectile hit struck as journalists and rescuers in orange vests rushed up an external staircase, according to Dr. Ahmed al-Farra, the head of the paediatrics department.
Ahmed Abu Aziz, Moaz Abu Taha, Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Daqqa, a freelance journalist at the time, and Mohammad Salama of Al Jazeera, among others.
According to Tareq Abu Azzoum of Al Jazeera, who is based out of Deir el-Balah, the attack “sent the entire area into an absolute sense of chaos and panic.”
According to Abu Azzoum, “not just for passers-by or people who live close to the hospital, but also for the patients themselves, who are receiving treatment in one of the areas that requires protection under international humanitarian law.”
Press freedom organizations and rights advocates, who were outraged over Israel’s repeated, targeted killings of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, received a wide condemnation of the attack.
The attack was described as “a clear intention to bury the truth,” according to Al Jazeera.
The attack was also decried by Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory.
“Rescuers who were killed while serving.” Every single instance of this happening in Gaza is unusually untold and largely unreported, according to Albanese.
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Israel’s allies, including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, have demanded an investigation.
Israel’s actions were also condemned by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, which argued that they were a “public war against free media” intended to terrorize journalists and prevent them from carrying out their professional responsibilities of exposing its crimes to the world.
According to an Al Jazeera report, the death toll of Palestinian journalists who have been killed in Gaza since October 7 has increased to at least 273 as a result of the attack.
The Committee to Protect Journalists demanded that “Israel be held accountable by the international community for its ongoing, unlawful press attacks.”
The military was looking into the incident, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, and the strike was a “tragic mishap.” Israel has frequently made similar statements following events that sparked international outcry and calls for UN investigations, but it has never been held accountable for the perpetrators.
In a separate incident in Khan Younis later on Monday, Israeli forces also killed Palestinian correspondent Hassan Douhan, who was employed by the Al-Hayat al-Jadida publication. That death total now stands at six journalists killed that day.
In a strike, Israel killed prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif and four other journalists two weeks ago. After publicly disparaging and demonizing Sharif for months before murdering him, Israel falsely claimed in that attack that he was a Hamas employee.
In addition to a crippling aid blockade, officials at Nasser Hospital have repeatedly noted critical shortages of supplies and staff. The main hospital in the enclave, al-Shifa Medical Complex, where hundreds have been killed by Israel, has also been attacked.
At least 61 people have died as a result of Israeli attacks on the famine-stricken territory since dawn on Monday, including seven who are desperately seeking help.
In Gaza City, where Israeli forces have increased their attacks in an effort to impose concentration camps southward on nearly 1 million Palestinians, tanks have advanced.
Since August 6, Israel has trapped hundreds under the rubble, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense, and numerous rescue and aid operations have been prevented by persistent shelling and access restrictions.
In addition to killing six aid workers trying to reach a distribution point in central Gaza, according to the al-Awda Hospital, 15 other people were hurt by Israeli gunfire.
As they try to secure the meager aid packages at the contentious Israeli and US-backed GHF sites, Israeli forces have been regularly opening fire on hungry Palestinians.
More than 2, 000 Palestinians have died and 13, 500 have been injured while attempting to get aid, according to the Gaza-based Ministry of Health, at distribution centers or along convoy routes used by the UN and other aid organizations.
Six Palestinians, including a child, were killed in two Israeli strikes in central Gaza, according to Al-Awda, while three Palestinians, including a child, were also killed there, according to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
The UN issues constant warnings that children in Gaza are more likely to be malnourished, despite the UN’s ongoing attacks.
The UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA) has renewed calls for Gaza’s unrestricted flow of aid.
“With the governorate of Gaza experiencing famine conditions, children are suffering more and getting worse,” said OCHA.
“Partners working on nutrition point out that children who have underlying health conditions are first affected by a food crisis, and without proper nutrition, water, and care, their condition worsens more quickly.
The magnitude and severity of the situation, according to Chris McIntosh, Oxfam’s humanitarian response adviser in Gaza, are unprecedented.
Although it’s difficult to avoid using superlatives in this context, he said, “This is by far the worst crisis I’ve ever been a part of,” he said.
In the interim, US President Donald Trump has predicted that the conflict in Gaza might come to an “conclusive end” in less than two to three weeks. Similar claims have quickly fallen victim to the same fate as Washington’s steadfast military and diplomatic support for Israel’s genocidal war.
US Open 2025
Dates: August 24 through September 7 in Flushing Meadows, New York
Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, bid a fitting final farewell to the sport with a US Open first-round defeat.
On Monday, the 35-year-old lost to France’s Diane Parry 6-1, 6-0, at the sparsely populated Grandstand Stadium.
Czech Kvitova announced in June that she would retire from New York after 18 years.
Kvitova won the All England Club titles in 2011 and 2014, won 31 WTA Tour titles, and placed second overall in the world rankings for the first time in her career.
Kvitova said on court afterwards, “I wanted to put out a better performance, but it was difficult because maybe it was my last one. I’m] emotional.”
“It’s been a long and wonderful journey,” he said.
Kvitova’s massive groundstrokes and explosive left-handed serve have made her a favorite for many years.
After being stabbed in the left hand by an intruder at her home in 2016, there was concern that her career would end prematurely.
She returned to playing in June 2017 after suffering tendons and nerve damage, and she won the Australian Open championship two years later.
She has recently slipped down the rankings, and she just reached the Grand Slam quarter-finals in 2020.
Kvitova missed her son Petr’s entire 2024 season, and she only made it back to action in February.
She only won one of her five matches since becoming a mother, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu on clay in Rome in May, in which she won five other competitions.
Kvitova bid a tearful farewell to Wimbledon, which she affectionately called her “special place,” and set the stage for a successful career there, where she twice advanced to the quarter-finals.
She rallied to 40-0 on serve before saving a break point to get her first game on the board after quickly falling short of a break against 107 Parry.
In a one-sided first set, Parry completed in just 25 minutes, that proved to be her only success.
Kvitova left the court in the middle of sets to regroup, but the second set followed a similar pattern, with Kvitova clearly upset that this would be her last match.
Kvitova suffered a second-set bagel as Parry won comfortably after coming in just four points behind her own serve.
I felt it as I woke up this morning. Kvitova continued, “I thought it would be unfavorable.”
“I was unable to eat. I had a lot of anxiety. I was unable to move, swing, or do anything.
Garcia announced in May that it was time to leave tennis after her best Grand Slam singles performance in New York in 2022.
The 31-year-old has openly discussed her mental health issues, including ending her 2024 season early after being “exhausted by anxiety and panic attacks.”
Garcia claimed she had been dealing with the mental strain of living on the tennis tour in addition to managing a shoulder injury.
Garcia remarked, “The last couple of years were hard and kind of dark for me.”
I nearly gave up on tennis last year because I thought it was the worst sport available.
Teenager Rio Ngumoha scored a 100th-minute winner as Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-2 in the Premier League, with the 16-year old becoming the youngest scorer in the club’s history on a dramatic night at St James’ Park.
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On Monday, Anthony Gordon received a wild lunge on Virgil van Dijk, and Ryan Gravenberch and long-awaited Newcastle target Hugo Ekitike both struck for the English champions.
The Magpies fought back through Bruno Guimaraes and William Osula in the midst of a frantic St James’ Park scene, only to be denied by teenage sensation Ngumoha’s late strike.
With Tottenham and title rivals Arsenal, who travel to Anfield on Sunday, Liverpool are now at the top of their two games.
Newcastle still without a victory because they are without Alexander Isak, their want-again striker. If Isak does leave before the transfer window closes in a week, then Liverpool are likely to be the destination.
The fact that Newcastle had a potential Isak replacement in mind when they won the Premier League championship championship, adds to the frustration of the Magpies.
In an ultra-offensive lineup that saw Dominik Szoboszlai take over as a makeshift right-back, Liverpool manager Arne Slot named new signings Ekitike and Florian Wirtz, along with Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah.
Newcastle’s lack of a clinical number nine was exposed after failing to beat 10-man Aston Villa 0-0 at the start of the season last weekend, which exposed their lack of the striker target in the transfer market.
Despite a dominating opening 30 minutes, it cost them once more against Liverpool.
Newcastle penned Liverpool inside their own half without scoring the winning goal in front of a ferocious crowd of more than 50, 000.
Instead, it was the visitors, 35 minutes into the game, that completely overran the game.
Gravenberch fired an inch-perfect shot off the inside of the post from a distance that was far away.
Before the break, Gordon’s frustration escalated to the point where he was dismissed after a VAR review revealed his studs had raked down the Dutch defender’s Achilles.
By the time his team’s 20 second lead was doubled, Slot had not even taken his seat.
With a composed side-footed finish from Cody Gakpo’s pass, Ekitike scored twice in as many Premier League games.
Ibrahima Konate escaped a second yellow card for pushing on Harvey Barnes, which only made the situation worse for Newcastle.
However, a fired-up Guimaraes outmuscled Milos Kerkez to head in at the back post moments after being arrested for allegedly escrocating him.
Liverpool had to make their man advantage count for the entire second half due to pressure.
Howe has been wary of fielding Osula, but the youngster scored just his second Premier League goal when he bundled the ball past Alisson from a Dan Burn flick-on.
Newcastle fought forward in search of a memorable winner, only to be defeated by Liverpool’s attacking prowess.
Szoboszlai brilliantly dummied Salah’s pass to make it clear that Ngumoha was unmarked and could not be saved until just before his 17th birthday.
Van Dijk, the captain of Liverpool, thanked Ngumoha and his other teammates for the successful victory.
“I’m really, really happy for Rio. He must continue to work hard, maintain humility, and I’m confident he will do so, he said after the game.
“Newcastle has the quality, and it was always difficult to find there,” he said. Although we could have made this atmosphere more bearable, I like it. However, we now have three points and leave. Today, there have been many positive things.
Guimaraes, the skipper of Newcastle, claimed Gordon’s red card was the result of his overeagerness.
He probably wished he had given too much of his assistance. You sometimes make mistakes because you are so excited to play, Guimaraes said to Sky Sports.
“It has occurred to me. We make an effort to give it our best. We are unable to control the volume of outside noise.