Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid both won the men’s wheelchair doubles competition in the US Open, but they only managed one game to advance.
The top seeds defeated Americans Charlie Cooper and Conner Stroud 6-0 6-1 in 51 minutes, giving the hosts the lead.
Cooper and Stroud and Cooper combined for four winners in the British duo’s first game, and they each won each of their 19 points on their first try.
Hewett and Reid, who won at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, are competing for their third Grand Slam title this year.
After being canceled last year due to conflicting schedules with the Paralympics, wheelchair tennis is returning to New York.
With a 6-2, 6-0 victory over American Maylee Phelps and Japanese Saki Takamuro, Britain’s Lucy Shuker and Jiske Griffioen of the Netherlands also advanced to the second round.
British duo Heath Davidson and Robert Shaw defeated Australian-Canadian duo Greg Slade and his Australian partner Jin Woodman 6-1, 6 6-7, 10-7, in the men’s quad doubles.
According to the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Israel is committing a genocide.
According to a resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Israel has committed systematic crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide in Gaza.
The group claims that bombardment, starvation, and forced displacement are all ways that the group has stated that it is clear that it intends to drive Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant are wanted on charges of war crimes, according to the International Criminal Court’s assessment, which came months after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for them.
Additionally, an international court of justice case is bringing against Israel for genocide.
What actual outcomes can this fresh accusation produce?
Presenter:
James Bays
Guests:
Former Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights at the UN, Andrew Gilmour
Ori Goldberg, a political analyst with a focus on the Middle East
After his unsuccessful move to Liverpool, Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi is not interested in signing a new deal, and Tottenham hope midfielder Yves Bissouma will leave. Manchester United are still willing to sell goalkeeper Andre Onana.
Marc Guehi is extremely unhappy with Crystal Palace because they refused to let him leave after Oliver Glasner, the manager of England, threatened to resign if the 25-year-old defender left. (Guardian)
Guehi’s transfer to Crystal Palace would have gone through, and Real Madrid might now be competing for his free agency. (Telegraph requires a subscription)
Guehi will reject any offers for a new contract as he leaves his Crystal Palace contract the following summer. (Times: A subscription required)
Danny Welbeck from Brighton was set to leave Manchester United for good this summer for the second time, but co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe did not approve of the 35-year-old former England international. (Athletic – A subscription required)
Andre Onana, a 29-year-old Cameroon goalkeeper, is still available at Manchester United in the coming days, along with transfer deals in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. (Teamtalk)
After beating off competition from other top clubs, Nottingham Forest have decided to sign West Ham‘s 17-year-old Chinaza Nwosu from England Under-17s. (Romano-Fabrizio)
Yves Bissouma, 29, is a midfielder from Mali who is still waiting for the transfer window to be closed. (I-subscription is necessary)
Despite a potential move to Manchester United and the 33-year-old Argentina goalkeeper’s lack of interest in joining the Turkish Super Lig, Aston Villa are happy to keep Emiliano Martinez this season. (Romano-Fabrizio)
Senne Lammens, a 23-year-old Belgian international, snubbed the Villans for a move to Old Trafford despite Aston Villa agreeing a deal worth more than Manchester United’s £18.1 million offer to sign the goalkeeper from Royal Antwerp. (Mail subscription required)
After initially failing to sign one of the forms, Yoane Wissa’s deadline-day move from Brentford to Newcastle was completed in 30 seconds. (Sky Sports)
Rachel Stevens, S Club star, reportedly broke up with her Dancing On Ice pro boyfriend, who she described as “soulmate.” The singer, 47, is alleged to have broken up with Brendyn Hatfield, leaving her with her for the first time in 20 years.
According to legend, they “blended family” and “drifted apart” and struggled with their relationship. Her divorce comes after her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Alex Bourne, broke down three years later.
A source described the split as “incredibly sad and relatively recent.” “Both Rachel and Brendyn believed there was no way for them to move forward,” they said.
Once praised their blended family, Rachel and Brendyn (instagram/ @msrachelstevens).
She previously had a relationship with Alex (Getty Images).
According to a source, “Rachel recently took herself to Marbella with her two daughters to get some much-needed headspace,” and Brendyn and his young son have since moved into a flat.
They claimed that while Rachel and Brendyn’s relationship is “not regrettable,” tensions “got too high.” According to the former couple, the split was a “huge transition” and they did not want to row in front of their children.
Despite the romantic ending, Rachel and Brendyn reportedly want to keep in touch. In November of this year, the couple announced their romance.
They collaborated on ITV’s Dancing On Ice, and it was followed by that. Rachel admitted to the Mirror earlier this year that “my life has drastically changed over the last few years.
My life has really taken a whole new direction as a result of my divorce, moving, and selling our family home. Although having my kids and having them as my top priority haven’t changed much, the situation has.
She continued, “She filled her cup by having one-on-one nights with both of her daughters, as well as one for herself and Brendyn, who she described as a “lovely person, a lovely soul.”
Alex, Rachel’s ex-husband, revealed in May that he is expecting their first child together with their new wife. Just one month before their 13th wedding anniversary, the couple split in 2022.
She claimed that while they were no longer “partners in marriage,” “they would continue to be” parents to raise their two daughters, Amelie, 12, and Minnie, 9, respectively.
Although Alex acknowledged that their separation was “terrifying,” she praised how they had united for their children. He said, “We handled it really well, and it was terrifying at the beginning and it’s not easy. I suppose we are a blended family, which is totally acceptable.
He said, “I’m happily in a relationship and have a supportive partner, who my kids adore,” and he was referring to both himself and Rachel’s finding love. My ex-wife and I have a fulfilling relationship, and we support one another very much.
Rachel’s representatives have been contacted by The Mirror for comment.
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After the government banned real-money online gaming last month, leaving the world’s richest cricket board scrambling to find a new lead sponsor to replace Indian fantasy sports platform Dream11.
After the central government forbade real-money online games as well as their promotion, including fantasy sports, Dream11, which had signed a three-year contract worth about 3.6 billion rupees ($44m) through 2026, can no longer sponsor the national team.
The Bill 2025 Promotion and Regulating Online Gaming Act was passed last month in India’s upper house of parliament.
Due to cricket’s popularity and the country’s diverse population, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) established a September 16 deadline for new bid submissions.
Although the Asia Cup will begin on September 9 and there will be no front-of-shirt sponsors on the field in the opening week, which includes the marquee game against Pakistan on September 14, the auction is unlikely to remain unsold.
According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the board is seeking 35 million rupees ($397.6k) per match for bilateral matches and 15 million ($170.4k) per match for India’s participation in the International Cricket Council and Asian Cricket Council tournaments in a three-year sponsorship cycle, according to a citing a source with knowledge of the matter.
Over an estimated 140 games in the 2025-28 cycle, the BCCI expects to generate about 4.52 billion rupees ($51.3m), about 940 million ($10.7m) more than under Dream11’s deal, which was 3.58 billion ($40.7m) for the period July 2023 to March 2026 – an uplift of more than 20 percent.
Before Afghanistan’s formidable starting batting duo, Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal slammed their own deep batting lineup for an 18-run victory in the first T20 of their tri-series, Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal each hit six half-centuries.
In their first match of the tournament, the spin trio of Pakistan’s captain Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, and Noor Ahmad, who took six wickets, limiting Pakistan to 151-9.
After Khan won the toss and was chosen to play for the field, Afghanistan posted 169-5, adding to their 113-run performance against the United Arab Emirates from the previous day.
The tri-series saw the successful defense of totals for the fourth straight game. In a battle between Pakistan and Afghanistan, UAE both lost.
In the tournament’s opening game, Haris Rauf had led Pakistan by 39 runs when the number 10 batter top-scored with 34 not out of 16 balls on Tuesday. After Afghanistan’s spinners had almost sealed the game by squeezing Pakistan to 111-9 in 17 overs, Rauf’s blitz arrived too late.
With two wickets in the powerplay, Afghanistan’s fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi won the game. When Saim Ayub feathered a catch off a misplaced pull shot to the wicketkeeper, the left-armer was dismissed without scoring.
Sahibzada Farhan (18) hit two sixes, but Farooqi’s clean bowling from a delivery that slammed back at the right-handed batter and hit the off-stump prevented Farooqi from getting the better of the two.
After the Afghan spinners bowled from both ends, Fakhar Zaman was unable to convert a successful start of 25 runs from 18 balls. At the non-striker’s end, Khan brilliantly ran out of Salman Ali Agha after slicing an easy catch to short third off Nabi.
Ibrahim Zadran from Afghanistan was one of the two half-centurions in the victory over Pakistan [Akhtar Soomro/Reuters].
Before Mohammad Haris’ run of poor form continued and he holed out deep square leg of Nabi as Pakistan stuttered to 82-6 in the 12th over, Hasan Nawaz was unable to clear Ahmad’s first ball, a low leg side full toss.
After a Pakistani batter’s second error saw him take two wickets from Mohammad Nawaz, Khan rattled Shaheen Afridi’s stumps before Rauf denied Khan the hat trick. Noor then clean-bowled Ashraf off his final ball to end a flawless day.
Before Ashraf’s 4-27 prevented Afghanistan from scoring freely in the death overs, Zadran and Atal had already shared a century.
When Ayub bowled three sparse overs in the powerplay and took Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s wicket (8-1) for the first wicket, both batters joined.
With Rauf and the two spinners Nawaz and Sufiyan Muqeem contributing 95 runs from their combined eight wicketless overs, Zadran and Atal led their partnership well after the powerplay.
As Afghanistan couldn’t accelerate in the final five overs, Zadran and Atal were caught in the outfield while deceiving Azmatullah Omarzai and Nabi with their slower deliveries, picking all four of Ashraf’s four wickets in the final three overs.
After three games, Pakistan and Afghanistan each have four points, while the UAE, which faces Pakistan on Thursday, has none.
