Новости за 02.09.2020

Fifth seed Alexander Zverev required four sets and almost three hours to progress to the third round of the US Open in New York.

England fast bowler Mark Wood hopes to finish a frustrating season with a flourish during an upcoming white-ball series against Australia and lay down a marker ahead of the 2021/22 Ashes.

Barcelona would be shattered if Lionel Messi left the club he has graced since he was a boy, but could the departure of arguably the world's top player create the financial conditions to rebuild?

US PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has announced a 50-event "super season" for the 2020-21 schedule.

Former Tour de France champions Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas, who were both dropped for this year's race, were named by their Ineos team to race in next week's Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy.

Super-sub Gabadinho Mhango was the man of the hour as he popped up at the death fire Orlando Pirates to a dramatic 1-0 victory over Maritzburg United

Mamelodi Sundowns earned a vital three points against Polokwane City on Wednesday to ensure the Absa Premiership title race goes down to the last round.

Log leaders Kaizer Chiefs moved to within touching distance of a record Absa Premiership crown with a win over Chippa United at the Orlando Stadium on Wednesday.

Novak Djokovic is looking to extend his unbeaten streak to 25 matches when he goes up against Britain's Kyle Edmund for a third-round spot at the US Open.

Petra Kvitova advanced to the third round of the US Open. defeating Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine in two sets.

Manchester United have announced the signing of Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek for a reported fee of £34 million plus add-ons.

Belgium's Wout van Aert won the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe retained the leader's yellow jersey.

Manchester United's teenage forward Mason Greenwood says he wants to "break records" and be remembered forever.

England and Pakistan shared the spoils in a Twenty20 series at Old Trafford that ended all square at 1-1 after the tourists' five-run win in a last-ball thriller.

South African tennis star, Raven Klaasen and his doubles partner, Olivier Marach of Australia have been knocked out of the US Open in the first round.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar, the world's most expensive footballer, has tested positive for coronavirus.

Germany host Spain on Thursday in the first international behind closed doors in the German FA's history with head coach Joachim Loew set to name an experimental new-look side missing a cluster of Bayern Munich stars.

Jorge Messi, father and agent of Lionel Messi, said on Wednesday he thinks it will be "difficult" for his son to stay at Barcelona.

Montpellier have announced an unnamed player and a member of their coaching staff had tested positive for coronavirus, just two days from opening the new French Top 14 campaign.

George Coetzee’s love for Pretoria Country Club shone through once again as it took him into the joint first-round lead of the Sunshine Tour’s Titleist Championship

Bayern Munich formally bid farewell to Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho after his year-long loan deal from Barcelona expired with the newly-crowned European champions declining, as expected, to sign him permanently.

Goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune has been recalled to the starting line-up by head coach Ernst Middendorp as Kaizer Chiefs face Chippa United in their penultimate league clash.

Veteran Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga has pulled out of the Indian Premier League "to be with his family", adding to growing list of players abandoning the coronavirus-hit Twenty20 tournament.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has joked that the 2019/20 Absa Premiership campaign is the "best time" to place a bet as any team can win or lose in the bio-bubble.

With the 2019/20 Absa Premiership season winding down, who will claim the title on Saturday: Kaizer Chiefs or Mamelodi Sundowns?