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Elena Rybakina needed just 53 minutes to reach the Australian Open second round with a dominant win over Australian teenager Emerson Jones. Kazakh Rybakina, runner-up in Melbourne in 2023, served 11 aces and hit 26 winners in a 6-1 6-1 win. Rybakina’s only moment of concern came as she attempted to serve out the first set, when three unforced errors …

All Premier League clubs are deemed financially compliant for the 2023-24 season.

Amy Jones fails to run on a free hit leaving Lauren Bell to be bowled out as England slump to a 21-run defeat in the second ODI of the Women’s Ashes in Melbourne.

The Los Angeles Rams paid tribute to the city’s firefighters and first responders as they beat the Minnesota Vikings to clinch the last spot in week two of the NFL play-offs. The Rams earned home advantage for the final game of Wildcard Weekend but Monday’s game had to be relocated to State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, because …

Mark Selby produced a superb display to thrash Ali Carter 6-1 and advance to the last eight of the Masters at Alexandra Palace. Three-time champion Selby, compiled breaks of 62, 108 and 93 as he reeled off the first four frames to head into the mid-session interval in complete control. While fellow Englishman Carter did get a frame on the …

Third-tier side Wolverhampton Wanderers have been drawn at home to Women’s FA Cup holders Manchester United in the fifth round of the 2024-25 competition. Wolves, who are second in the Women’s National League Northern Premier, have a full-time coach and staff, but primarily part-time squad of players. United, who defeated Tottenham to win the cup for the first time last …

Getty Images/Facebook/Instagram (Left to right): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash Tributes have been paid to five people who died in a helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s King Power Stadium, as an inquest into their deaths got under way more than six years later. Foxes chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was …

Green Bay Packers’ Josh Jacobs and Washington Commanders’ Zane Gonzalez star in the best plays of the week from the NFL.

Fast-rising British star Jacob Fearnley kept his focus and composure to beat an ailing Nick Kyrgios on the home favourite’s long-awaited comeback at the Australian Open. Fearnley, 23, cruised to a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 7-6 (7-2) victory in the first overseas Grand Slam match of his fledgling career. Former Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios was making his first appearance at Melbourne Park …

Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula dedicated their Australian Open first-round wins to Los Angeles and the firefighters who have been tackling the devastating wildfires. Third seed Gauff, one of the favourites for the title in Melbourne, beat compatriot and 2020 champion Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-3. Gauff wrote “stay strong LA, thank you firefighters” on the camera lens after her …