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The Golden State Warriors lost their last regular-season game-and a top-six seed-to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night without a healthy Jonathan Kuminga taking the floor. The move left fans wondering why head coach Steve Kerr didn’t play the young forward in a must-win situation. Even with Steph Curry putting up 36 points with an injured thumb and Jimmy Butler adding 30 of his own, the Clippers still got away with the 124-119 overtime win at the Chase Center. As a result, the Warriors dropped to the Play-In Tournament to host the Memphis Grizzlies, while the James Harden-led squad…
Carlos Alcaraz wants to earn as many points as possible during this segment of the season, in which he plays on his favorite surface. The former world No.1 had only shone at Roland Garros last year, because in the other red clay tournaments he had been significantly limited by a nagging forearm injury. Because of that problem, the Spanish ace had to miss the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, Barcelona ATP 500 and Rome Masters 1000 in 2024, while his run at the Mutua Madrid Open was interrupted against Andrey Rublev also due to his precarious condition. Alcaraz wants his third…
Sonay Kartal ground her way to victory over Eva Vedder to give Great Britain a 1-0 lead over the Netherlands in Billie Jean King Cup qualifying. World number 60 Kartal let the second set slip from her grasp but recovered to beat Vedder 6-4 4-6 6-1 on the clay in The Hague. The winner of the best-of-three tie will advance to September’s eight-team finals in Shenzhen, China. British number one Katie Boulter can seal Great Britain’s place if she beats Suzan Lamens in the second singles match, before Olivia Nicholls and Harriet Dart face Lamens and Demi Schuurs in the…
The Monte-Carlo Masters take place between April 6-13, 2025 and is the first stop en route to Roland Garros for the ATP Tour as such in terms of big tournaments with the event in the Monagasque region usually attended by most of the big names. Our Tournament Centre takes you through all the results, schedules, draws, TV Guide and Prize Money for the field headlined by Stefanos Tsitsipas as defending champion as well as Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev. Prize Money The prize money for the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters will be set in the coming days ahead of the draw which will take place likely on Friday…
The Billie Jean King Cup begins this week with the Qualifying Rounds taking place between 10-13 April 2025. The six winners of this round will qualify for the 2025 Finals. Our Tournament Centre gives you the schedules, results, TV Guide and other information needed to follow the tournament. Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina are among the leading lights involved this week. Iga Swiatek, Emma Raducanu and Belinda Bencic have since withdrawn meaning their countries hopes land on fringe players for the main. Pegula still plays despite being in Miami and Charleston as well as Indian Wells in prior weeks. It takes form of a…
Taylor Fritz has taken a very similar route to 2024 Novak Djokovic in deciding to play another tournament before Roland Garros after having his preparation affected by recent withdrawals. Fritz wasn’t able to play first of all UTS in Nimes which is an exhibition anyway. But this was a bit of a warning sign as he then couldn’t play Monte-Carlo Masters this week struggling to get himself ready for that after recent issues with his abdomen. This has blighted him at times this year with the American not able to perform to his best and soldiering through. He also cannot play…
Australia have been eliminated from the Billie Jean King Cup without even hitting a ball in their final match as the national team looks to next season to secure any circuit titles. It is the first time in almost a decade that Australia has fallen short of the finals series at the tournament, with their fate in the tournament laying in the hands of team Colombia. Having fallen short to a fierce Kazakhstan outfit on Thursday, Colombia needed to claim victory in bid to force a tiebreak situation on Saturday when they meet the Aussies. World No.10 Elena Rybakina unveiled a…
Carlos Alcaraz admitted that focusing on overtaking Jannik Sinner as the World No. 1 player on the ATP Tour wasn’t the right thing to do. Alcaraz is a very ambitious tennis player, and as such, he certainly wants to be the first name that pops up when someone opens the rankings. At the moment, he is the third man on that list. The 21-year-old Spaniard spoke multiple times about having the ambition to be the best in history, but he also knows that he won’t play well all the time, which has been the case for him recently. At the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters, however,…
Leicester City are facing fresh points deduction fears as questions continue to be asked about the financial situation at the King Power Stadium. Despite being charged by the Premier League for breaching the profit and sustainability rules (PSR) in 2022-23, Leicester avoided a points deduction after exploiting a loophole in the rules. However, that case is still ongoing as the two parties remain in arbitration following the club’s breach. Leicester’s revenue fell by £72million last season after their turnover dropped from £177million in 2022-23 to £105million despite securing the Championship title. Meanwhile, their losses fell from £90million to £19million in 2023-24, with top-flight…
Chelsea continue to plow through money after their lavish transfer spending in recent years with the club’s ownership injecting £450million this season alone. The regular cash influx shows no signs of stopping, with Companies House submissions revealing that Chelsea’s owners have injected £180million into the club in recent weeks. Chelsea‘s overall revenue fell from £513million to £469million last season while their underlying losses stood at £214million. The Blues now face even higher costs with two on-loan players potentially returning to Stamford Bridge in Joao Felix and Kepa Arrizabalaga, who are currently with AC Milan and Bournemouth. It has been widely reported that…