‘Our new champion’: Philippines swept up in tennis fever after Alex E…

‘Our new champion’: Philippines swept up in tennis fever after Alex Eala’s historic win

WTA event win earns 21-year-old a presidential reception in the Philippines as interest in tennis surges in home country

The Philippines has been swept up in tennis fever after 21-year-old rising star Alex Eala delivered a historic win, drawing praise from the president who hosted a reception in her honour. lebandit.lat

On Monday, Eala became the first player from the Philippines to win a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour-level singles title.

NewsMLB Highlights: Blue Jays 10, Rays 5Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run homer and added another RBI as the Toronto Blue Jays’ offence came to life in a 10-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.Open →

Barça Overhauls Project with New Coach

Barça has renewed almost its entire project, from sports management to the bench and squad. After the recent arrival of Xevi Pujol, today will be the turn of Aleksander Sekulic's presentation.

Sekulic will be the first Slovenian coach in the club's history and will lead what is described as the youngest team in recent years. The Palau Blaugrana is counting down to the new season.

Yankees’ Lombard Jr. hits first MLB homer in debut vs. Cardinals

MLB Highlights: Yankees 2, Cardinals 0

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The Athletic: VM-byer mener de mangler millionutbetalinger

De amerikanske byene som arrangerte kamper under fotball-VM i sommer, skal ha millioner av kroner utestående hos Det internasjonale fotballforbundet.
Ifølge The Athletic ble arrangørbyene lovet én million dollar (9,5 millioner kroner) som skulle gå til vekst av fotballen i lokalsamfunnene. Det skjedde etter at Fifa i 2025 hadde lignende utbetalinger til byene som hadde kamper i klubb-VM.
The Athletic har snakket med fire ulike ledere i de amerikanske VM-byene, som etterlyser pengene nå som de ulike VM-komiteene i byene skal løses opp etter turneringen. Samtidig skal rapporter om økonomien leveres inn.
De elleve arrangørbyene i årets VM var Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York/New Jersey, Miami og Boston.
Fifa ønsker ikke å kommentere The Athletics opplysninger.
Allerede er Fifa-president Gianni Infantino i hardt vær som følge av planen om å selge deler av VM-produktet til eksterne investorer. Planene ble kastet sist helg etter stor motstand.
Infantino skal ifølge flere medier ha innkalt til hastemøte onsdag.
(NTB)

In brief

MLB Highlights: Rays 9, Rockies 7 (11) Liam Hicks hit a grand slam while Jonathan Aranda drove in three runs of his own to elevate the Tampa Bay Rays to a 9-7 win over the Colorado Rockies.

NFL declines comment on the Steelers' failure to disclose Aaron Rodgers' illness before playoff loss Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers recently disclosed to Mike Silver of The Athletic that Rodgers was ill before the January playoff loss to the Texans.

MLB Highlights: Royals 8, Twins 2 Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-5 at the plate and drove in two runs as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 8-2. Starling Marte also drove in two runs in the win.

Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson will each get a preseason start The leader after two preseason games is expected to start the third preseason game.

Dodgers’ Tucker receives boos after crushing solo home run vs. Cubs Watch as Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Kyle Tucker hits a solo home run in the second inning of his team’s matchup against the Chicago Cubs, receiving boos from the Wrigley Field crowd as he rounds the bases.

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