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Nov 14, 2026 - Sports

Russian teenager will face Ukrainian star in finalSabalenka issues public apology after social media stormThe rise of Mirra Andreeva has seemed inevitable ever since she burst on to the tour as a precocious 15-year-old more than three years ago, but this week, six months after her maiden grand slam triumph at Roland Garros, she has taken another massive step forward in her career. The 19-year-old will attempt to close out the most impressive week of her career by winning one of her most significant titles after thoroughly outplaying Jessica Pegula, the fifth seed, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the championship match of the WTA Finals at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.A year ago, Andreeva surprisingly failed to qualify for the WTA Finals, missing out by a paltry six points after bizarrely deciding not to compete in the final tournament week before the event. The world No 3 has been utterly supreme in her long-awaited debut appearance, bulldozing through elite opposition to reach the final without dropping a set. She has conceded just 18 games in four matches this week, including a 6-4, 6-0 demolition of the No 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, winning 11 games in succession from 1-4 down. Continue reading...

Nov 14, 2026 - Sports

US take 6-0 lead in Nations League quarter-finalHall, 18, scores again as Pochettino prepares for exitPulisic goes into fourth on all-time US scoring listWhen Mauricio Pochettino named his US roster for the November window, few could have expected that the games would double as his brief lame-duck era. A week of camp instead brought constant media coverage, efficient negotiations and questions about the future of the national team. Come Wednesday, his day job will take him far from the federation’s headquarters in Fayetteville, Georgia, as he hopes to make sense of Manchester United.Saturday finally allowed Pochettino and his players to get on with the intended purpose of this window, and they took to the Concacaf Nations League quarter-finals with aplomb. The US opened their two-leg series against Haiti with a dominant 6-0 victory in front of a considerably pro-Haitian crowd in Miami. Auston Trusty provided the first half’s only goal before Julian Hall, Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Folarin Balogun contributed to the eventual rout. Continue reading...

Nov 14, 2026 - Sports

Portugal thrashed 4-1 at home by DenmarkWales bottom of Group A4 after 3-1 lossPortugal were hammered 4-1 by Denmark on Saturday, an embarrassing Nations League defeat in their first match without Cristiano Ronaldo after his retirement from international football.Rasmus Højlund starred with a superb double as Denmark moved into second place in Group A4 and closed in on a spot in the quarter-finals with an exceptional display in Braga. Continue reading...

Nov 14, 2026 - Sports

FOX Sports' Ben Portnoy offers up four takeaways from Indiana's impressive victory over USC.

Nov 14, 2026 - Sports

Mauricio Pochettino’s arrival feels like yet another appointment that would have been better made a few years agoMagnusson: And your time starts … now! What is paleontology? Smithers: Yes, absolutely correct. Magnusson: What’s the name of the directory that lists members of the peerage? Smithers: A study of old fossils. Magnusson: Correct. Who are Len Murray and Sir Geoffrey Howe? Smithers: Burke’s. Magnusson: Correct. What is the difference between a donkey and an ass? Smithers: One’s a trade union leader, the other’s a member of the Cabinet …One of the Two Ronnies’ most celebrated sketches involves a Mastermind contestant whose specialist subject is answering the previous question. History repeats itself: the first time as comedy, the second time as Manchester United, who seem continually to be answering not the question of who would be the best available manager now, but who might have been the best available manager a few years ago. Continue reading...