fourth seed holger rune suffered a shock defeat in first round.ane lost in 4 sets to world number 63 roberto carballes baena of spain. no such problems for norway's casper ruud who got past american emilio nava in 4 sets. he'll face china's zhang zhi—zhen in the second round. england midfielder ella toone says the behaviour of spanish football federation president luis rubiales at the world cup final was "unacceptable" and has overshadowed spain's success. there have been numerous demands for rubiales to resign immediately after he kissed the spanish player jenni hermoso following their victory over england. spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether the incident amounts to a crime of sexual assault. toone insists the right action has to be taken spain were unbelievable throughout the tournament. the won the world cup, which should be the main talking point, it is overshadowed by something that happened after the game, which is not acceptable. the lionesses stand by hermoso. some of the players have put out a statement to show o

numberfour seed holger rune out, beaten in four sets by roberto carballes baena — a player ranked 59m. usa captain stacy lewis has announced her team for next month's solheim cup, as they aim to win the trophy for the first time in three attempts. world number one lilia vu and second—ranked nelly korda are among nine automatic qualifiers, while lpga tour rookie rose zhang is also named. ally ewing, cheyenne knight and angel yin are named as the captain's picks. we are going overseas. we have lost the last two and this year the team is really good. their top six is as good as they've ever been, and we have a tall task ahead of us. so, on paper, yes, we have all these players high in the rankings but new york has a lot of things in their favour right now and we got to go break the streak. belgium's remco evenepoel has won stage three of the vuelta a espana, on the first summit finish of the race to move into the leader's red jersey. evenepoel pulled clear of tour de france winner jonas vingegaard with 200 metres to go in andorra, but then crashed through a gaggle of camera people after

fourth seed holger rune suffered a shock defeat in the first round.ane lost in four sets to world number 63 roberto carballes baena of spain. no such problems for norway's casper ruud, who got past american emilio nava in four sets. he'll face china's zhang zhizhen in the second round. the spanish football federation is exploring its options over whether it can sack women's world cup—winning head coachjorge vilda. vilda remains in thejob despite most of his coaching staff resigning in protest against federation president luis rubiales�* refusal to quit for kissing squad member jenni hermoso after their world cup win. vilda was spotted applauding rubiales on friday, when rubiales repeatedly insisted he would not resign. england midfielder ella toone says rubiales�* behaviour has overshadowed spain's success. spain were unbelievable throughout the tournament. they won the world cup, which should be the main talking point and yet it is overshadowed by something that happened after the game, which isn't acceptable. and the lioness is all standbyjenni herm

fourth seed holger rune suffered a shock defeat in the first round.roberto carballes baena of spain.

and in the men's draw, the fourth—seed holger rune is out in the opening round.ee—time us open champion novak djokovic is on court as he looks to win a record—extending 24th men's grand slam title. he plays the frenchman alexandre muller in the opening round, and djokovic says he's excited to return after a two—year absence from flushing meadows. he missed last year's event due to his covid vaccine status. every grand slam that i play right now is really a golden opportunity to make more history. of course there is a big significance to that. i wouldn't say, it adds a bit more the fact i haven't played here for two years, it's just the feeling is pretty much the same. there is always expectations and ambition and excitement to win the title, and that's the same this year. romelu lukaku looks as though he's heading back to italy once more. the chelsea striker is set to join serie a side roma on a season—long loan. lukaku had been on loan at inter milan last season and was expected to return, but that hasn't materialised. the move to roma would see lukaku reunited