World No. 3 Casper Ruud has praised Iga Swiatek for supporting a mental health organization. After Swiatek ended runner-up to Barbora Krejcikova in the Ostrava final, she pledged to donate all of her Ostrava prize money to a mental health organization that is helping children with mental health issues in Poland. For finishing runner-up in […]
Cromwell, Greene fired; joint investigation finds verbal abuse, favoritism, retaliation – Equalizer Soccer
Sam Greene, left, and Amanda Cromwell, center (Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports) Amanda Cromwell and Sam Greene each had their employment contracts terminated as Orlando Pride head coach and assistant coach, respectively National Women’s Soccer League announced on Monday. The punishments come following the conclusion of the matter by the NWSL and NWSL Players Association’s joint […]
Taylor Fritz reacts to winning Tokyo title straight out of quarantine
Taylor Fritz said it was “crazy” to complete to win the ATP 500 event in Tokyo straight out of quarantine. After testing positive for COVID-19 in South Korea and pulling out of Seoul, Fritz spent a week in quarantine. Fritz, who didn’t even know if he would be able to compete in Tokyo, ended up […]
Spain’s hostile environment is only getting worse as Jorge Vilda doubles down – Equalizer Soccer
Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports The headquarters of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, a complex of nearly 30 acres located on the outskirts of Madrid, used to be a quiet place. Sitting at the gates of a natural park and in one of the country’s most affluent cities, its training facilities offered women’s national team players […]
Tennis icon credits Serena Williams for ‘paving the way’ for mothers to keep playing
Former 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova says Serena Williams has paved a way for athletes to keep playing sports professionally after giving birth. Williams, 41, became a mother for the first time in 2017 September, when she and her husband welcomed a baby girl Olympia. After giving birth, Williams returned to professional tennis and […]
Jon Rahm is already leader of Spanish Open
Jon Rahm, champion in 2018 and 2019, and number 6 in the world, did not disappoint on the first day of the Spanish Open at the Club de Campo de Madrid: 64 shots, seven under par, and provisional second place, with six birdies , an eagle and a bogey, one behind the leader, the Chinese […]
Three thoughts from a weird night at Wembley – Equalizer Soccer
Karl W Newton/SPP It is a difficult week to talk about soccer. At a minimum, what happened on the field on Friday cannot be viewed in a vacuum, given the traumatic week that was (yet again) for players in the United States specifically. unequivocally, the Sally Yates report on systemic abuse in the National Women’s […]
Daniil Medvedev comments on playing Novak Djokovic at Astana Open
Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev was thrilled with the performance he delivered versus Roberto Bautista Agut at the Astana Open. On Friday, Medvedev ousted Bautista Agut 6-1 6-1 to set up an Astana Open semifinal versus Novak Djokovic. Bautista Agut, a former Wimbledon semifinalist, has never been an easy opponent for Medvedev. Going into the Astana Open […]
Player for player, which team is better? – Equalizer Soccer
USA Today Sports/SPP The United States women’s national team faces England on Friday in a friendly designed to seriously test Vlatko Andonovski’s side before next year’s World Cup. England won the EUROs in July, securing their first major tournament success and confirming their development on the international stage. The US, meanwhile, defeated Canada to continue […]
Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood in Madrid
On the weekend from 6 to 9 October the spotlights of the DP World Tour will move to Spain and in particular to the Club de Campo Villa in Madrid, where the 30th edition of the Acciona Open de España will be held, the first of three consecutive tournaments hosted by the peninsula. Iberian. Open […]