'I trust my game' – Sabalenka holds nerve at US Open

Mandaric took control of his father’s engineering business in the Serbian city of Novi Sad at the age of 21. Five years later it was one of the largest firms in Yugoslavia and on a collision course with Marshal Tito, country’s communist dictator. Tito denounced Mandaric as a “capitalist traitor” when the entrepreneur took his…

“This means so much because I now have a record. I’m so proud of that – it’s a big one for me,” said 34-year-old Rakauskaite, who also has two Paralympic gold medals in the PR3 mixed coxed four. She shares the mark of six world titles in PR3 with fellow Briton Naomi Riches, Birgit Skarstein,…

Fifa has announced a 50% increase in the prize money it will award to participating teams at next year’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It forms the bulk of a record $727m (£544.8m) financial distribution that the governing body’s council has approved as a result of the tournament. The winners of…

Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, had lost his past six finals, including in Halle earlier this year. His defensive play style and frequent outbursts on court had led some to wonder if his ability to compete at the top level was over. But the 29-year-old has made changes in recent weeks, making an effort…

An Australian teenager has died after he was hit by a cricket ball during a practice session in Melbourne. Ben Austin, 17, was training – with a helmet but no neck guard – in cricket nets in Ferntree Gully on Tuesday when he was hit in the neck by a ball thrown by a hand-held…

Boss Rob Edwards has been stood down from Middlesbrough’s game against Birmingham on Saturday amid Wolves’ interest in appointing him as their new manager. Wolves saw an approach to speak to Edwards rejected by Boro on Thursday and the manager was locked in talks with members of the Championship club’s hierarchy on Friday. Edwards did…