Author: Evelyn Haaman

The slow week in golf as PGA Tour goes to Mexico and the LPGA begins a swing through Asia

PGA Tour

Open from Mexico to Vidantaworld

Site: Vallarta, Mexico.

Courses: Vallarta Vidanta. Yardage: 7,436. By: 71.

Money price: $ 7 million. Part of the winner: $ 1.26 million.

Television: Thursday to Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-dimanche, 1 p.m. to 1 p.m. (golf canal), 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (NBC).

Reigning champion: Jake Knapp.

Fedex Cup Leader: Ludvig Aberg.

Last week: Ludvig Aberg won the Genesis Invitational.

Notes: Technically open Mexico is on the west coast of America, but it is the start of NBC’s coverage until mastery. … Aaron Rai (n ° 29) is the best classified player in an area which presents only four of the top 50. … The field of 132 men includes six additional exemptions from sponsors reserved for America in America Latin. This list includes Alvaro Ortiz, a former Latin American amateur champion and Carlos Ortiz’s younger brother. … Padraig Harrington is on the ground. He played three times on the European tour earlier this year. … the winner obtains an invitation to the masters. Only 11 players on the field are already in the masters. This includes two amateurs, the American amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester and the Latin American amateur champion Justin Hastings. … Blades Brown, the last teenager at Turning Pro, received another exemption from the sponsor. He missed the cup in the American Express.

Next week: Cognizant Classic in the beaches of Palm.

Online: https://www.pgantour.com/

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LPGA tour

Honda LPGA Thailand

Site: Chonburi, Thailand.

Courses: Siam CC (Old). Yardage: 6,632. By: 72.

Silver price: $ 1.7 million. Part of winner: $ 255,000.

Television: Wednesday to Thursday, from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Dimanche, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 am (Golf Channel).

Reigning champion: Patty Tavatanakit.

RACE TO CME Globe Leader: A LIM KIM.

Last tournament: Yeali Noh won the founders cup.

Notes: it starts the first swing in Asia on the LPGA tour, which goes from Thailand to Singapore to China. There will be another swing in Asia in the fall. … seven of the first 10 in the ranking of the female world play in Thailand. This does not include Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko, the two best players. … The two LPGA winners this season are on the field, a Lim Kim (Champions Tournament) and Yemimi Noh (Founders Cup). … The estate includes the Japanese twins Akie and Chisato Iwai, who both won cards thanks to LPGA qualifications last year. They play on sponsors’ exemptions. … Another exemption went to Gianna Clemente, better known for having participated in three consecutive LPGA events until Monday by qualifying at the age of 14 at the end of summer 2022. … Patty Tavatanakit won the tournament last year, joining Ariya Jutanugarn (2021) as the only Thai players to win on home at home.

Next week: HSBC women’s world championship.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

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European tour

Magical Open Kenya

Site: Nairobi, Kenya.

Courses: Muthaiga GC. Yardage: 7,208. By: 71.

Silver price: $ 2.5 million. Winner’s share: $ 416,667.

Television: Thursday to Friday, from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Reigning champion: Darius van Driel.

Race to Dubai Leader: Tyrrell Hatton.

Notes: this is the first of the three judgments on the African continent. … The field does not include anyone in the top 100 in the world ranking. … Haotong Li won a victory in Qatar Masters. … Brandon Wu, Troy Merritt and Callum Tarren play in a category that attributes spots to PGA Tour players who finished between 126 and 200 in the Fedex Cup last year. … This is the sixth year for the Kenya Open to be part of the European tour. It was on the calendar of the challenge of the challenge dating from 1991. … Among the former champions were Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam and Trevor Immelman. … No American has ever won the Kenya Open since it started in 1967 as an associated event for the initially become the Safari circuit. … Tyrrell Hatton remains at the top of the race in Dubai since his victory in the Dubai Desert Classic, a Rolex event. … The European tour will be in South Africa over the next two weeks.

Last tournament: Haotong Li won Qatar Masters.

Next week: Open South African Investc championship.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

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Liv Golf Lague

Last week: Joaquin Niemann won Liv Adélaïde Golf.

Next tournament: Liv Golf Hong Kong from March 7 to 9.

Point leader: Adrian Méronk.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

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Champions PGA Tour

Last week: Justin Leonard won the Chubb Classic.

Next tournament: COLOGUARD Classic from March 7 to 9.

Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Ernie Els.

Online: https://www.pgantour.com/pgatour-champions

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Korn Ferry Tour

Last tournament: Kyle Westmoreland won the Panama championship.

Next week: Argentina visa opened on February 27-March 2.

Point leader: Hank Lebioda.

Online: https://www.pgantour.com/korn-ferry-tour/

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Other visits

Sunshine Tour: Hyundai Open, Royal Johannesburg GC (East), Johannesburg. Reigning champion: New tournament. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/

PGA Tour of Australasia: Webex Players Series Sydney, Castle Hill CC, Norwest, Australia. Previous winner: Kazuma Kobori. Online: https://pga.org.au/

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AP Golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

February 18, 2025
Lopetegui discusses Milan’s discussions and gives the prediction of Feyenoord: “ It ended suddenly ”

Lopetegui discusses Milan’s discussions and gives the prediction of Feyenoord: “ It ended suddenly ”

Julen Lopetegui spoke of his talks to take over in Milan, admitting that he still did not know why the discussions ended if `abruptly ”, and gave his prediction before the next match of the eliminations of the League of Champions between the Rossoneri. and Feyenoord.

Lopetegui, who was recently in charge of West Ham United, had been in talks to replace Stefano Pioli in Milan at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Although an agreement was close, Milan finally decided to turn to Paulo Fonseca instead. The Portuguese was appointed on May 24, one day after Lopetegui’s announcement as the new West Ham head coach.

The two had lost their job in January 2025. Fonseca was the first to leave, put its walking orders on December 29, while Lopetegui left West Ham on January 8.

Julen Lopetegui, manager of West Ham United, looks before the second round of the Carabao Cup between West Ham United and AFC Bournemouth at London Stadium on August 28, 2024 in London, England. (Photo of Mike Hewitt / Getty Images)

Lopetegui is still at the head of the Serie A despite Milan Fall-Through

Discussing his talks with Milan before his appointment of West Ham, Lopetegui said: “Milan presents himself and I am very happy. It is a historic and attractive team, and I have always liked the Italian league – I have always followed it and I was attracted by the way they understand football as a collective game.

“Arrigo (Sacchi) strongly encouraged my football curiosity. He inspired me. I studied him and I was lucky to know him.

“Negotiation has progressed well, then stopped suddenly. It is not for me to reveal or comment on the reasons why they stopped. »»

It was not the first time that Lopetegui was discussed with an opportunity in Serie A, however.

“It had also happened in the past, at times when I had other ideas. But the discussion with Serie A is not closed. Sooner or later, I would like to come and honestly, I think I would be able to measure myself in what I consider a stimulating league from a tactical point of view. »»

Lopetegui thinks that Milan always has what it takes to overthrow Feyenoord at their meeting of the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

EPA11891748 Antoni Milambo of Feyenoord (L) Guards Santiago Gimenez of Ac Milan (CR) During the UEFA Champions League Playoff First Leg Soccer Match Between Feyenoord and Ac Milan, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 12 Februry 2025.

“Feyenoord changed the coach and saw Gimenez moving to Milan, two serious strokes, but clearly the structure was solid. We saw it in the first step. But it is clear that Milan has the qualities necessary to retaliate. »»

February 18, 2025
Transgender athletes face a general ban on the Olympic Games

Laurel Hubbard, New Zealand, was the first openly transgender athlete to be selected to participate in the Olympic Games in 2021 – AP / Mark Schiefelbein

Transgender women are increasingly likely to be prohibited from the female category through Olympic sport after another leading candidate to become president of the International Olympic Committee has supported a new general policy.

Individual sports were able to establish their own rules in the Paris matches of last year, which caused a patchwork of policies that prevented anyone who had crossed male puberty in competition in sports such as athletics and swimming , but potentially eligible in women’s football.

There are also Olympic Sport by Sport rules concerning athletes with differences in sexual development, with athletics, led by Lord Coe, judging that athletes must reduce their level of testosterone to less than 2.5 nanomols per liter. This meant that Caster Semenya, who won the 800 -meter Olympic title in 2012 and 2016, is not eligible.

COE, who is president of world athletics and leading candidate to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the IOC, has long shown that he would bring clarity similar to gender policy in all Olympic sports.

Kirsty Coventry, a member of the board of directors of the IOC since 2018, is also a member of the CIO board of directors, which now supports an Olympic policy similar to athletics or swimming.

Kirsty Coventry takes place to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the IOC – Getty Images / Mark Metcalfe

“The protection of the female category and female sports is essential – this is a priority that we collectively meet,” said Coventry, who won seven Olympic medals, including two gold, in swimming.

“There is more and more scientific research. We have no conversation on the way it harmed men’s sport. This, in itself, says that we have to protect female sport. It is very clear that transgender women are more capable in the women’s category and can eliminate opportunities that should be equal for women. »»

Coventry was also part of the board of directors which managed the enormous Olympic controversy in Paris when Lin Yu-Ting and Imane Khelif won gold after being deemed ineligible for the female category by the International Boxing Association; A body that was then stripped of the right to manage sport due to governance and ethical problems. Coventry said that “the lessons will always be learned – Paris is certainly one of these moments”, but said they could not have predicted specific controversy.

Imane Khelif won boxing gold for Algeria in Paris after being deemed ineligible for the female category – Mohd Rasfan / AFP

“I do not believe that it is something with hindsight that we could have predicted, because these boxers had fights against each other and that there had been no previous problems,” she declared.

“When you have such a sensitive problem on the world scene, you must make sure that athletes are protected – that their rights are heard – and that they are protected on both sides.”

The IOC, which stopped gender tests at the turn of the century, had defended the participation of Khelif and Yu-Ting in Paris by pointing their passports and saying that they were born and grew up as women.

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February 18, 2025
US Open: Emma Navarro gatherings from the United States from 5-1 Second set deficit, will face Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-final

Emma Navarro is now two victories from her first Grand Chelem title. (Photo of Sarah Stier / Getty Images)

Emma Navarro joined a deficit of 5-1 for a 6-2, 7-5 victory against Paula Badosa Spanish in the quarterfinals of the United States on Tuesday.

Navarro goes to the turn of the semi-final on Thursday, the deepest race of the 13th seeded American has ever done during a Grand Chelem tournament. There, she will face the seeded n ° 2 Aryna Sabalenka (Bélarus), who beat the seeded n ° 7 Zheng Qinwen (China), 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday evening.

Navarro is the first of the two Americans who qualified for the semi-final on Tuesday. The seeded n ° 12 Taylor Fritz upset the seeded n ° 4 n ° 4 Alexander Zverev Tuesday afternoon to hit his ticket for the semi-final.

Navarro took early control of the match, breaking Badosa during the first opening service. She then broke Badosa to win the set, 6-2.

The match appeared for a third set after Badosa took early control in the second. Badosa broke the first Navarro service in the Ensemble, then broke it again on the way to a 5-1 advance. But with the New York crowd firmly behind Navarro at the Arthur Ashe stadium, Navarro dominated the rest of the match.

She broke Badosa to reduce her deficit to 5-3 on the way to win the last six games of the match, surprising the Spaniard to end his race at the US Open. Navarro has won 24 of the last 28 points to guarantee victory.

Navarro said after the match she had maintained her confidence even after digging a 5-1 hole in the second set.

“After resuming 5-2, I had a little idea that it could be two sets,” Navarro told ESPN after the match. “I just wanted to stay really hard and stay in there. Even if I lost the second set, I wanted to somehow set the tone for the third set.”

Navarro is now two victories from a US Open title after being eliminated in the first round in each of the previous two years. Tuesday was his second consecutive victory on a seed player after upsetting the US Open reigning champion and the seeded n ° 3 American Coco Gauff as a fourth round player on Sunday.

Navarro and Fritz are the first of the four Americans in the hope of going to the semi-final. The seeded n ° 20 Frances Tiafoe followed suit Tuesday evening with his victory over the seeded n ° 9 Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria). Tiafoe will now face Fritz in the American semi-finals, which guarantees that an American will play in the final of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2009.

Wednesday, seeded n ° 6, Jessica Pegula, will face the seeded n ° 1 and the champion of the US Open 2022 IGA świątek (Poland).

February 18, 2025
I would love to see Cooper again in Swansea – Robinson

Steve Cooper Swansea lost the final of the 2021 championship eliminations against Brentford [Getty Images]

Andy Robinson says that the president of Swansea City, Andy Coleman, “just had to do things well” while looking for a replacement for Luke Williams, dismissed as chief coach after 13 months in charge.

And Robinson, the favorite of fans of the ancient-wans, says that he would like to see the former boss Steve Cooper in the role, although he admits that it is “very ambitious”.

Williams left with Swansea 17th on the second level after a seventh defeat in nine games at Stoke City on Saturday.

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“It had to happen,” said Robinson who watched the match at the Bet365 stadium for the BBC Radio Wales.

“Unfortunately, in football, the male will always stop with the manager. He selects the team, he brings the players and as I said on Saturday if there was never a football match that Luke Williams was going to win In this bad shape of form was this game.

“Unfortunately, he never obtained victory and to lose 3-1, I think the writing was on the wall.”

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While Williams paid the price for an alarming form in shape that saw Swansea slip to the last three with 13 remaining league matches, President Coleman and the club’s board of directors are also under fire for a series of Disappointing meetings and bad recruitment.

“They have to make sure that the new boss arriving is the right one because it has been drastic at the football club for two or three years and take small steps and not really go anywhere,” added Robinson.

“I think that the greatest thing about the structure and composition of the football club is an element of confidence, and the element of confidence of the board of directors, which has certainly played their role in all of this.

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“From manager to the president and the president to the manager and to the players and when you lose this in any football club, it is difficult to come back.

“You thought Luke Williams was going to be the man but he [Coleman] Just get it now. To make the football club advance [it] must be done correctly. “”

Deputy head coach Alan Sheehan was named Boss Caretaker for the second time “on a provisional basis”, with Swansea claiming that the search for a permanent successor in Williams is “already underway”.

Cooper, 43, left the championship club in 2021 after running Swansea to the playoffs at each of its two seasons in charge.

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He then took Nottingham Forest in the Premier League via the play-offs and kept them in the elite for a season before losing his job at City Ground. He has been without work since a 12 game spell in charge of the Premier League Leicester City at the start of this season.

“There is a man who has made an absolute world of work at the football club, Steve Cooper,” said Robinson.

“That he abandons a level, I would like to see him again at the football club but it is very ambitious.”

“Swansea problems are deeper”

Another former Swansea player, the former Wales midfielder Owain Tudur Jones, has sympathy for Williams and thinks that Coleman and the owners of the club are also guilty for recent failures.

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“I don’t think he [Williams] had to go, “Jones said on the Dros Frecwast program of BBC Radio Cymru.

“I think the pressure rose, yes, but it’s as simple as this: if you lose matches, then the pressure is on you as a chief coach, in any football club.

“I think the problems are deeper. If we return to January, only a few weeks ago, President Andy Coleman came out and said:” Luke Williams is the perfect manager for this football club “.

“So many things have changed since … Yes, until the race, but the problems are deeper because, if we assess Swansea because they have been relegated to the Premier League, Graham Potter remained a season, then was Passed to a better job for him in the Premier League, Steve Cooper left under a cloud after a few years, Russell Martin left the club under a cloud.

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“We are talking about good managers here. But none of them stayed too long because of problems behind the scenes.”

Asked about what was to change, Jones said: “Naturally, the new owners often want to put their own stamp on things, which often means a change in management.

“But we have not seen anything since the new owners came. This is what January was all fine, to see how much money there was to invest, and nothing. So, the problems are more deep, and I hope now we can bring the right person to enter.

February 18, 2025

2025 Nascar Craftsman Truck Series List for Atlanta Spring Race

The Nascar Craftsman Truck series takes place in Atlanta Motor Speedway for the FR8 208 Saturday (1:30 p.m. He, FS1, Radio MRN, Siriusxm Nascar Radio).

More: weekend schedule

Here is an overview of the list of full entries for the event:

Entrance	Vehicle #	Driver	Organization
1	1	William Sawalich (I)	Tricon garage
2	02	Nathan Byrd	Young Motor Sport
3	2	Josh Reaume	Racing Reaume Brothers
4	5	Toni Breidinger	Tricon garage
5	07	Michael McDowell (I)	Sports Automobiles Spire
6	7	Kyle Busch (I)	Sports Automobiles Spire
7	9	Grander finally	CR7 Motorsports
8	11	Corey Heim	Tricon garage
9	13	Jake Garcia	Thorsport Racing
10	15	Gray tanner	Tricon garage
11	17	Giovanni Ruggiero	Tricon garage
12	18	Tyler Ankrum	McAnallly-Hilgemann Racing
13	19	Daniel Hemric	McAnallly-Hilgemann Racing
14	22	Keith McGee	Racing Reaume Brothers
15	26	Dawson Sutton	War of racky
16	33	Frankie Muniz	Racing Reaume Brothers
17	34	Layne Riggs	First row car sports
18	38	Chandler Smith	First row car sports
19	42	Matt Mills	Niece Motor Sport
20	44	Bayley Currey	Niece Motor Sport
21	45	Kaden HoneyCutt	Niece Motor Sport
22	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar Friesen Racing
23	66	Luke Fenhaus	Thorsport Racing
24	71	Rajah Caruth	Sports Automobiles Spire
25	76	Spencer Boyd	Freedom Racing Enterprises
26	77	Andrés Pérez de Lara	Sports Automobiles Spire
27	81	Connor Mosack	McAnallly-Hilgemann Racing
28	88	Matt Crafon	Thorsport Racing
29	90	Justin Carroll	Terry Carroll Motorsports
30	91	Jack Wood	McAnallly-Hilgemann Racing
31	98	Ty Majeski	Thorsport Racing
32	99	Ben Rhodes	Thorsport Racing
33	63	Akinori Ogata	Akinori performance

(i) is equivalent to driver championship points

February 18, 2025

Is there a TGL match tonight? Time, television calendar for the Tiger Woods Golf League
The TGL is back today.

After a tripleheader stacked Monday, Jupiter (1-1) appears against New York (0-2) tonight at 7 p.m.

Tiger Woods, Kevin Kisner and Tom Kim of Jupiter will face Cameron Young from New York, Rickie Fowler and Matt Fitzpatrick.

Tiger Woods kisses Tom Kim after Jupiter Links GC beat Boston Common in a TGL match at the Sofi Center on January 27, 2025 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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Woods, who originally fell into the PGA Tour event he welcomes, The Genesis Invitational, is committed to playing in the TGL TGL event.

Here is everything you need to know about what will happen, including time, television schedule and streaming information:

What time is the TGL golf game today?

Jupiter against New York will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN +.

Which channel is TGL Golf on?

Sofi Center: Where is TGL Golf League?

The Sofi Center, which finished construction last fall, is an installation of nearly 250,000 square feet on the Campus du Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Its simulator screen is 64 to 53 feet, and the rotary green is located on a platinum 41 meters wide. It can accommodate a capacity of 1,500 fans.

TGL calendar

The TGL season ends with the semi-finals from March 17 to 18 and the March 24-25 championship. Here is an overview of upcoming matches on the TGL calendar:
- February 18: Jupiter against New York, 7 p.m., ESPN | ESPN +
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February 18, 2025
Olympic triathlete to be invited to sports Awards

Georgia Taylor-Brown participated in the mixed relay triathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games [PA Media]

Olympic triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown should be the special guest at Isle of Man Sports Awards at Villa Marina on February 27.

The 30 -year -old Manchester man, who obtained medals at the Olympic Games in Paris and Tokyo respectively in 2024 and 2020, said that she was “really excited” to be invited.

Taylor-Brown said: “I can’t wait to meet athletes and dive into the island’s sports culture for a few days.”

The star of the Tour de France Sir Mark Cavendish, the Olympic equestrian Yasmin Ingham and the beginner of Wimbledon, Billy Harris, are among those named for prices.

“Deep sports roots”

Taylor-Brown won a bronze medal in the mixed team relay for Great Britain at the Paris Olympic Games last summer.

She also obtained a silver medal in individual triathlon at the Tokyo 2020 Games, as well as a gold team with a mixed relay.

And she is a former world champion of triathlon and medalist of the Commonwealth Games.

Before the ceremony, she said: “It will be my first visit to the island of Man, but I am well aware of the deep sporting roots of the island.”

There are 14 nominees in the 11 price categories, including athletes and the sportswoman of the year, and the disability sportsman of the year.

The Minister of Education, Sport and Culture, Daphne Caine, said that she was “delighted” that the triathlete had accepted the invitation.

“I am convinced that all those who participate will gain precious information from their dedication, its resilience and its success,” she added.

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February 18, 2025
US Open: Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz wins to set up an American semi-final

Taylor Fritz again famous for a point Alexander Zverev. (Images Jamie Squire / Getty)

Between the combined efforts of Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, an American will participate in the final of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2009.

Tiafoe and Fritz both took care of the business on Tuesday, the first leafing n ° 9 Grigor Dimitrov and the last in upheaval Alexander Zverev. Their victories have set up an American semi-final and the first time since 2005, two American men will appear in the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows.

No American has participated in a Grand Slam final since the epic defeat of Andy Roddick against Roger Federer in Wimbledon in 2009.

Frances Tiafoe remains hot against Grigor Dimitrov

Playing the last match of the night, Tiafoe spent more night with a clear advantage over the veteran Dimitrov, apart from a sloppy tennis to finish the second set. He won 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 4-1, with Dimitrov retired due to an injury to the hamstrings.

The big problem for Dimitrov was a second anemic service. He lost 37 of the 59 points and committed 11 double defects with a predictable offer on which Tiafoe, a powerful player, enjoyed.

Dimitrov’s state has worsened over the match. He asked for medical care after the third set and finally retired with Tiafoe a break in fourth.

It will be Tiafoe’s second trip to the Grand Slam semi-finals after arriving at the US Open in 2022. He will have to beat a good friend and a double past partner to reach the final.

Taylor Fritz won his upheaval against Alexander Zverev

Fritz won an equality break in the first set, then rebounded after a defeat in the second set for a 7-6 victory (2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) during the second final match of the day.

Fritz’s victory over Zverev was closely challenged from the start, because none of the players have produced a break in the first set. Fritz had the chance to break for the set, but Zverev fought with three break points to equalize the 6-6 set. Fritz won the equality break, preparing the field for the upset victory.

Zverev responded with the first break from the match to take a 5-3 lead in the second, then won the set on his service. The players exchanged breaks in the third set before Fritz guarantees the whole on the service of Zverev. As in the first set, Zverev rallied from Triple Set Point to equalize the decisive match. But Fritz won his fifth point to take a 2-1 advance in the match.

The players then exchanged breaks in fourth to set up another equality break. This time, Fritz prevailed 7-3 to win the set and the match.

“I have taken a look at the quarter -finals in the past two years,” Fritz told ESPN after the match. “Today, I felt different. I really felt like it was my time to go further.”

Fritz switches to a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time in his career. The seeded n ° 1 Jannik Sinner is the favorite to advance the other half of the support.

On the female side, the seeded n ° 13 Emma Navarro joined a deficit of 5-1 in the second set on Tuesday for a victory in direct sets on the head of series n ° 26 Paula Badosa, also going to the first Semi-final of the Grand Chelem of his career.

Navarro will play the winner of the Tuesday evening match between the seeded n ° 7 Zheng Qinwen (China) and the seeded n ° 2 Aryna Sabalenka (Bélarus) in the semi-finals. N ° 6 Jessica Pegula will face the seeded n ° 1 and the champion of the United States in 2022, Iga świątek (Poland) Wednesday in the quarter-finals.

February 18, 2025
Official: Parma names Chivu as head coach

Official: Parma names Chivu as head coach

Parma officially announced the appointment of the former Roma and the Défeger Inter, Cristian Chivu, like the new head coach of the club after the departure of Fabio Pecchia on Monday evening.

Chivu has put a pen on paper on a contract which will take place until the end of the 2025-26 season according to the reports of Sky Sport Italia.

The Romanian also brought his own staff back with him, composed of deputy coach Antonio Gagliardi, technical assistant Angelo Palombo and goalkeeper Nicola Pavarini.

Chivu began her coach career with Inter teams from Inter, before winning his UEFA Pro license from Cours Figc in Coverciano in 2019. From there, he was promoted to direct the U17 side of Inter, The U18 and later the Primavera team. Parma will be the first senior team he has trained in his career to date.

Chivu replaces Pecchia in Parma

Turin, Italy – October 30: Parma’s head coach, Fabio Pecchia, watches during the Serie A between Juventus match and Parma at the Allianz stadium on October 30, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino / Getty Images)

Pecchia, who brought Parma to the promotion by winning the title of Serie B in 2023-24, was officially relieved of his duties Monday evening after a series of four consecutive defeats in Serie A.

The team did not win in the league this calendar year, with its last victory for 10 players Monza on December 28.

Parma is currently in 18th place in the Serie A table with a count of 20 points after 25 games, which means that Chivu still has 13 games to keep the ship away from the relegation.

February 18, 2025