In the past seven days, there has been a ton of activity, including the Transfer Deadline, The Hundred’s finals, and a stunning Carabao Cup upset.
Jannik Sinner, the reigning champion of the US Open, defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in the first all-Italian men’s Grand Slam quarterfinal, continuing his relentless run at the US Open.
The world no. 1 will face Canadian 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal on Friday, continuing his 26-game winning streak.
It was a good performance, Sinner said, “I was very solid, I started well,” and it’s almost midnight.
He praised Musetti, saying, “We obviously know each other well.
There are so many Italians in the draw because we are all from the same country. It’s nice to play here because there are so many Italians there. You can play Davis Cup with someone, and other things, but you must break up because of it. Everything is in order when we shake hands.
It’s amazing, but I’m sure some Italians aren’t sleeping there. We have a lot of support and it’s a special nation.
The only joy he had in the opening set was when Sinner’s thunderous hitting from the beginning helped him take a 5-0 lead. Musetti received the loudest applause of the evening when he got on the board, but that was in the opening set.
Musetti did a quick break early in the second, but Sinner resisted his threat and drew his advantage, before easeing through the next set and completing it with a clean hold.
Every Grand Slam semifinalist is playing incredible tennis, Sinner continued.
It’s a very special tournament, they say. The year’s final grand prix. On the biggest stadium in the world, with such a large crowd, there is no better place to play a night game.
It means a lot to me, I thought.
Ezekwesiri David Anyaegbu, the country’s diplomat and Vice Chair of the Second Committee, has given over to the elected members of the Second Committee Bureau for the 80th Session with the scheduled 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting meeting to end on September 8, 2025.
The UN Economic and Financial Committee’s (formerly known as the UN Economic and Financial Committee) completed its work for the session with a flurry of activities over the past few weeks, including discussions about revitalizing the committee’s work and combined bureau meetings to appoint a new set of elected representatives.
Anyaegbu presided over the UN General Assembly’s selection of a chair for the remainder of the session in the absence of a substantive Second Committee Chair for the session earlier in June 2025.
UN DISCOVERS CAMPUSDOWN DURING THE CAMEROUN Election.
On June 2nd, 2025, the United Nations General Assembly’s six committees elected members for the 80th Session (UNGA80), including Germany’s Annalena Baerbock, the president of the UN General Assembly. On the day of the 80th Session’s opening day, September 9th, 2025, the Second Committee’s elected bureau will take office.
The 80th Session of the Second Committee is led by Ambassador/Permanent Representative of The Gambia, Lamin B. Diba, while Jenni Mikkola (Finland), Andres Napuri Pita, and Andres Napuri Pita have been appointed as session vice-chairs. Iran’s Javad Momeni serves as the session’s rapporteur.
Anyaegbu was in charge of facilitating UN microeconomic resolutions on investment, debt, trade, development financing, illicit financial flows, and tax reforms while serving as the UN Second Committee’s vice chair.
Stuart Dallas, a former Northern Ireland player and Leeds United player, is covered by BBC Sport NI’s coverage of Luxembourg’s 2026 World Cup qualifying match on Thursday.
The excitement that comes with a brand-new qualification campaign is always high.
Every attempt to reach a major tournament begins with a hopeful attitude, and there is also pressure to try to reach the sport’s biggest stage.
Isaac Price is a player I’m really looking forward to watching in that setting.
Even at the age of 21, he has already developed into a major player under Michael O’Neill, and he has a habit of appearing in the right place at the right moment in front of goal.
Isaac has a great start to his season, and West Brom has won the championship.
He plays a significant role in Michael’s plans and this side. He has a lot of talent. He has a different approach than the majority of players.
He backed himself and has performed well since leaving Everton by taking a big gamble to move to Standard Liege in Belgium.
He has been fantastic since joining the Hawthorns and is now back in England with West Brom.
Wrexham and I covered the game, and he scored twice. He simply has this personality, which makes him susceptible to veer off and on throughout a game.
Finding a consistent goalscorer in international football is crucial.
Pierce Charles and Daniel Ballard have both been injured, and Michael was probably watching the final two league games from behind the sofa in the hopes that everyone would recover from the accident.
It’s devastating to miss important players, and Michael shouldn’t suffer as a result.
Now that Pierce is out and Conor Hazard is still sidelined, he finds it difficult to play goalkeeping. Everything depends on Michael’s preferred style. Different players are needed for various games.
Pierce’s ability to move the ball at his feet is something we are aware of, but he may be a little smaller than a Bailey Peacock-Farrell, for instance.
Unlike playing against Germany, playing against Luxembourg is different. He might want to kick the pitch long and raise everyone.
It won’t cause too much disruption to the team, but it might alter Michael’s style of play.
There are goalkeepers there who are more than capable of intervening. Bailey has frequently acted for Northern Ireland.
Stuart Dallas spoke with Jonathan Bradley of BBC Sport NI.
The lower tiers of English women’s football have a recurring theme for years that the part-time player must find a balance between their love of the game and their work.
Stories of players completing a nine-to-five job, rushing straight to training for two hours, and having no time to eat well or live socially are common.
Thankfully, there is no longer a version of the over-romanticized symbol of the poor investment that has plagued women’s football for years in the Women’s Super League 2.
All 12 of the second tier’s 12 sides will be fully professional for the first time during the 2025-26 campaign, which kicks off on Friday.
Due to the expansion of the WSL2, which was changed to the Women’s Championship this year, notable signings have been made in recent years.
Sweden’s Kosovare Asllani was acquired by the London City Lionesses last season. Former Arsenal and Villa midfielder Jordan Nobbs has been signed by Newcastle United this summer.
Nobbs, who has 71 caps for England, is also returning home. She was born in Stockton-on-Tees, and she began her career there before moving elsewhere, largely because there were no opportunities for her to work in the north east.
It was a no-brainer for her to join her first team when she saw the really big ambitions in Newcastle, she told BBC Sport.
“We used to play video games in Morrisons parking lots.” In a boys league, I played on an all-girls team. My dad and I used to play head tennis.
The game has developed, but it has not yet, and it is incredible to see. You want young girls to be able to play football, join teams, and play professionally, and develop it.
“I’ve had a very good time playing for some very good clubs.” However, I saw their ambition, which is a new challenge for me. I have a strong belief in the team, and they really wanted me to leave.
Lioness Nobbs is not the only Lioness to relocate to a different city. Both Beth Mead and Lucy Bronze were born in the north-east, but they both later switched to professional football.
Everyone I know says, “You’re coming home,” and I’ve never had that many messages before. Everyone calls me a southern softie because I’ve lived in London for so long.
Everyone finds it difficult to leave, but returning and maintaining their high standards was perfect.
A professional WSL2 is crucial for giving girls the opportunities she and her generation found so difficult, according to Nobbs, who is leading a new FA campaign celebrating grassroots football.
After Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town both started playing full-time over the summer, the WSL2 was officially recognized as a fully professional league.
Every member of each squad will receive fair compensation this season, despite the hybrid model that both had been using, with a majority of the squad being a professional team and some amateurs.
Forest goalkeeper Emily Batty told BBC Sport, “It’s a huge part of getting us to where we are now, allowing us to fully concentrate on the games ahead so we can do our best work.”
It’s beneficial for the game because it allows young children to see where the top tiers are headed. It’s a fascinating time to be involved.
Before that, Batty had to work a job in the NHS and play football full-time for Forest until last year.
Over the past ten years, many clubs in the lower divisions have been able to offer financial incentives to some players despite the explosion in interest and investment in English women’s football.
Sophie Peskett, a midfielder at the age of 18, signed a deal to become Ipswich Town’s first professional player in 2021. Her team-mates are on the same level now, four years later.
When she arrived, Peskett, who is now Town’s record-scorer and appearance maker, claims that the club didn’t provide them with proper nutrition.
She said, “We had nowhere near as much access as we do now.” It is much better now that we can play on a training ground, have access to gym equipment, and have access to training facilities. We can all be present together much more often because we have more time for discussions and analysis when everyone is working full-time.
They were working hard, rushing to training, working hard, sleeping, and then returning the following day for many of the team.
We work out, work out, and eat now that we have our own changing area. At first, we had no idea where to get food. It has improved over the past few years.
Megan Wearing, a team mate, reminds her of Peskett, who used to commutate from her job at a climbing center without getting a proper meal.
A professional second division will also help English football, which has a long-term impact on the game, keep its young prospects here more effectively.
Youth have traditionally sought a college scholarship in the United States to cover the cost of their academic education while pursuing a sport.
It means that academic achievement is a factor in football access, but it is much less difficult to do so than trying to balance elite sport with a full-time job or significant financial concerns.
Lionesses Bronze, Lotte Wubben-Moy, and Alessia Russo, who won the Euro 2025, all received scholarships to play college soccer for the Tar Heels at the University of North Carolina. After making their WSL debuts, both Wubben-Moy and Russo did it.
Rio Hardy, a striker for Bristol City, followed that path. Before beginning her career, she played for the South Alabama Jaguars in Whitehaven before moving to Iceland, Cyprus, and Scotland. This summer, she left Rangers and moved to Ashton Gate.
She told BBC Sport, “I didn’t know you could play football professionally as a woman. When I was 18 years old, I was forced to enter America because I had no job opportunities.
“I’m glad people are putting money behind it [WSL2] and giving it the exposure it deserves,” he said, “having 12 full-time teams, that wasn’t the case when I was last here.”
Brianna Westrup, a Sunderland player, moved from the USA to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to pursue a master’s degree at Northumbria University almost in the opposite direction as Hardy did.
While there, she also played for Newcastle under current manager Becky Langley, but because the club was so amateur at the time, Westrup had to pay for both kit and play while Langley also coached the Northumbria team.
I saw that at university, where many girls had to balance work and competitive football because they didn’t do well academically enough, so they couldn’t play, Westrup said. You must catch up with your classmates because you miss them. It’s a delicate balance.
Young girls will stay here thanks to a full-time WSL2 program. It is not the most common practice to transfer English players to the US for college [aside from football]. However, at the time, the UK lacked the motivation to play at a higher level.
The best English players should continue to thrive and prosper, not depart. Making sure you’re paid competitive salaries is the next step is making sure full-time isn’t just a general statement.
Tom Ellis has revealed he has “no regrets” about his past actions. The actor, who appeared in the BBC sitcom Miranda, tied the knot with EastEnders icon Tamzin Outhwaite in 2006 after James McAvoy introduced the former couple.
However, their eight-year marriage ended in 2014 when she divorced him after discovering he had an affair with a co-star, leaving the Mel Owen actress heartbroken. Tamzin and Tom have two children, Marnie and Flo, both aged 12 and.
Tom has since acknowledged that he has “no regrets” about their marriage ending. He acknowledged that there was a reason for every choice he’d made in the past during a recent podcast appearance.
He said, “It’s simple to say you regret things, but in reality, I don’t regret anything.” He continued, “I wasn’t pretending every time I made a choice or decided something because that’s how I was feeling at the time.” I had great intentions going into everything.
On the How To Fail podcast, Tom reminisced about his union to American screenwriter Meaghan Oppenheimer: “I met Meaghan at a time when it was impossible to hide my imperfections, and I was in a place where I was open to discussing my faults.
“Life hadn’t turned out the way I anticipated.” I was a stronger, more resilient person after leaving a marriage that didn’t work, and I think you can learn a lot from it. He doesn’t regret anything, but he does have some reservations about a significant life change.
Tom has since re-entered the country, which he claims was “at the worst possible time.” He retorted about President Donald Trump’s administration, saying, “I love the United States, but it’s odd to be a US citizen.” I’m terrified of the new administration’s actions.
It comes after Tamzin opened up about co-parenting with Tell Me Lies star Tom, revealing that he has been “in and out” of their children’s lives. Speaking candidly on the Parenting Hell podcast, she opened up about the painful split.
She continued to describe how far she and her family have come, including the challenges facing co-parenting with him and how difficult it is now. About ten years ago, podcast host Josh Widdicombe responded, “Yes, it was literally when the kids were tiny. “Marnie wasn’t even one.”
She continued, “He lives in LA. He lives in their lives,” adding more about Tom’s role in their lives. He’s pretty much in and out of their lives, but they do have a lot of support and acquaintances.
Last year, in an interview with OK!, Tamzin said she was “happy single” before adding: “There’s a lot on! Life is really busy, throwing a relationship into that is a whole other thing. Freedom fills up my cup, freedom to do as you please is a lovely thing. That makes me happy.”