Johanna Konta shrugs off on-court illness to surge into US Open third round August 31, 2016 British No1 Johanna Konta recovered from collapsing on court with blurred vision and breathing issues to beat Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova and reach the third round of the US Open. Konta, seeded a career-high 13th, was leading 6-2, 5-6, but facing set point, when she crouched down and appeared to hyper-ventilate. The 25-year-old also complained of [...]
Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere joins Bournemouth on loan as Serge Gnabry leaves for Werder Bremen August 31, 2016 England midfielder Jack Wilshere has joined Bournemouth on a season-long loan from Arsenal, while winger Serge Gnabry has left for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. Arsenal turned down an offer from Roma for the 24-year-old, clearing the way for Bournemouth to land his signature. Wilshere follows Gnabry out of the Emirates exit door, with the German Olympic star signing for Werder [...]
Chris Froome roars back into second place in Vuelta a Espana by pipping race leader Nairo Quintana to stage win August 31, 2016 Britain’s Chris Froome insists he is relishing his duel with Nairo Quintana after he chipped away at the Colombian’s Vuelta a Espana lead with victory in stage 11. Tour de France winner Froome pipped Quintana in a sprint finish to climb to second in the general classification after the rivals went it alone over the [...]
Deciding whether to tour Bangladesh will not be an easy call for England’s players August 31, 2016 I have every sympathy for any England player who may hold reservations about travelling to Bangladesh for October’s Test and one-day series due to security concerns. After all, 20 hostages were killed in Dhaka, the venue for one of the scheduled Test matches – the other will be played in Chittagong – when five gunmen [...]
Tom and Sam Curran interview: Surrey brothers in arms with world at their feet August 31, 2016 Youth is said to be wasted on the young. Not so the Curran brothers, Tom and Sam; Surrey’s trailblazing all-rounders who have every intention of realising their vast potential and ambitions. Sam picked up his A-level results just weeks ago, on the same day as Surrey’s One-Day Cup quarter-final win at Northamptonshire. He was debating whether [...]
Samir Nasri joins Manchester City departures list after agreeing Sevilla loan switch August 31, 2016 Samir Nasri has become the third Manchester City player to find a new club on deadline day after agreeing to join Sevilla on a season-long loan. The former Arsenal winger follows Wilfried Bony and Joe Hart out of the Etihad exit door after learning game time would be restricted under new manager Pep Guardiola. Nasri, who [...]
Transfer deadline day 2016: Manchester City’s Wilfried Bony joins Stoke on season-long loan August 31, 2016 Stoke City have signed Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony on a season-long loan, after the Ivory Coast international was deemed surplus to requirements by new boss Pep Guardiola. Bony, who still has three years remaining on his City contract, becomes Stoke's fourth signing of the summer. The Potters have been relatively restrained this summer, spending just under £17.7m [...]
Arsenal transfer spend hits new club record following Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez arrivals August 31, 2016 Arsenal have spent more money this summer than ever before following the purchases of defender Shkodran Mustafi and striker Lucas Perez on the penultimate day of the transfer window. The acquisition of German Mustafi and Deportivo speedster Perez for a respective £35m and £17m took the Gunners' summer outlay on new players to £96.1m — a new [...]
Premier League summer transfer window spending crosses £1bn mark for the first time August 31, 2016 Premier League clubs have spent more than £1bn on players in the summer transfer window for the first time — and even more cash is expected to change hands on deadline day. English teams, who have until 11pm tonight to complete their business, have already spent £130m more than they did last summer. According to figures from Deloitte's [...]
Britons Naomi Broady and Dan Evans make US Open gains August 30, 2016 World No83 Naomi Broady claimed victory over resurgent Laura Robson in the US Open's battle of Britain to post only the second grand slam main-draw win of her career. Broady prevailed 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-4 to join fellow Britons Kyle Edmund and Johanna Konta in the last 64 at Flushing Meadows. She will face either fourth seed Agnieszka [...]