Category: 6. Sports

RIGA (Latvia) – Following the disqualifying foul for an act of violence committed by player Filip Petrusev during the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 game between Portugal and Serbia on August 29 in Riga, Latvia, the FIBA Disciplinary Panel has imposed the following sanctions in accordance with FIBA Regulations:

• a suspension of one FIBA Official Game, suspended for a probationary period of three years;

• a monetary fine of EUR 5,000

If the player commits the same or a similar offense during the probationary period, he will be immediately suspended for one game, in addition to any sanctions imposed for the new offense.

FIBA will make no further comment on this decision.

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CHELSEA v FULHAM

Saturday 12.30pm TNT Sports 1 Venue Stamford Bridge

Referee Robert Jones This season G1 Y1 R0 1 cards/game

Chelsea

Subs from Jörgensen, Slonina, Acheampong, Hato, Gusto, Fofana, Essugo, Santos, Gittens, George, Rak-Sakyi, Antwi, Jackson

Doubtful Fofana (hamstring)

Injured Badiashile (leg, 13 Sep), Colwill (knee, unknown), Lavia (muscular, 13 Sept), Kellyman (thigh, unknown), Palmer (groin, 13 Sep)

Suspended Mudryk (indefinite)

Form DW Leading scorers Caicedo, Chalobah, Fernández, Neto, Pedro 1

Fulham

Subs from Lecomte, Castagne, Diop, Sessegnon, Pereira, Cairney, Traoré, Godo, Jiménez, Cuenca, Lukic

Doubtful Wilson (foot)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form DD Leading scorer Muniz, Smith Rowe 1

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MANCHESTER UTD v BURNLEY

Saturday 3pm Venue Old Trafford

Referee Sam Barrott This season G1 Y6 R0 6 cards/game

Manchester Utd

Subs from Fredericson, Mee, Mainoo, Amass, Onana, Ugarte, Heaton, Garnacho, Mount, Dalot, Zirkzee, Heaven, Obi, De Ligt, Højlund, Sancho, Antony, Malacia

Doubtful None

Injured Martínez (knee, unknown), Mazraoui (knock, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LD Leading scorer n/a

Burnley

Subs from Weiss, Hladky, Roberts, Tuanzebe, Worrall, Humphreys, Pires, Edwards, Broja, Barnes, Tchaouna, Flemming, Bruun Larsen, Laurent, Ramsey

Doubtful None

Injured Amdouni (knee, unknown), Beyer (knee, 14 Sep), Roberts (hamstring, 14 Sep)

Suspended None

Form LW Leading scorer Anthony, Cullen 1

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SUNDERLAND v BRENTFORD

Saturday 3pm Venue Stadium of Light

Referee Anthony Taylor This season G2 Y9 R0 4.5 cards/game

Sunderland

Subs from Patterson, Seelt, Le Fée, Isidor, Masuaku, Neil, Roberts, Rigg, Mayenda, Jones, Huggins

Doubtful None

Injured O’Nien (shoulder, 13 Sep), Mundle (hamstring, 18 Oct), Cirkin (wrist, 13 Sep), Ballard (groin, 13 Sep)

Suspended None

Form WL Leading scorer Ballard, Isidor, Mayenda 1

Brentford

Subs from Valdimarrson, Cox, Ajer, Pinnock, Hickey, Arthur, Maghoma, Onyeka, Konak, Damsgaard, Milambo, Peart-Harris, Janelt, Jensen, Carvalho

Doubtful Janelt (heel), Maghoma (hamstring)

Injured Nunes (hamstring, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LW Leading scorer Ouattara, Thiago 1

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TOTTENHAM v BOURNEMOUTH

Saturday 3pm Venue Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Referee Simon Hooper This season G2 Y10 R1 5.5 cards/game

Tottenham

Subs from Kinsky, Austin, Gray, Davies, Vuskovic, Bergvall, Odobert, Solanke, Tel, Gil, Solomon, Udogie, Danso

Doubtful Udogie (knee), Solomon (calf)

Injured Kulusevski (knee, Jan), Bissouma (unknown, unknown), Maddison (knee, unknown), Dragusin (knee, unknown), Takai (foot, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WW Leading scorer Johnson, Richarlison 2

Bournemouth

Subs from Dennis, Hill, Soler, Faivre, Christie, Kluivert, Kroupi, Adli, Gannon-Doak

Doubtful None

Injured Cook (knee, 13 Sep), Unal (knee, unknown)

Suspended Araujo (one match)

Form LW Leading scorer Semenyo 2

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WOLVES v EVERTON

Saturday 3pm Venue Molineux

Referee Michael Oliver This season G2 Y1 R0 0.5 cards/game

Wolves

Subs from Johnstone, Bentley, S Bueno, H Bueno, Lima, R Gomes, López, Kalajdzic, Chirewa, González, Hoever, Bellegarde

Doubtful Hoever (knock)

Injured Chiwome (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LL Leading scorer n/a

Everton

Subs from Travers, Tyrer, Coleman, Welch, Aznou, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, Onyango, McNeil, Alcaraz, Chermiti, Beto, Dibling.

Doubtful Aznou (ankle)

Injured Branthwaite (hamstring, unknown), Patterson (hernia, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LW Leading scorer Garner, Ndiaye 1

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LEEDS v NEWCASTLE

Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Elland Road

Referee Peter Bankes This season G2 Y8 R0 4 cards/game

Leeds

Subs from Darlow, Byram, Gruev, Piroe, Gnonto, Nmecha, Aarsonson, Ramazani, Bornauw, Okafor

Doubtful None

Injured Ampadu (knee, 13 Sep), Tanaka (knee, 13 Sep)

Suspended None

Form WL Leading scorer Nmecha 1

Newcastle

Subs from Ramsdale, Botman, Thiaw, Krafth, Lascelles, Hall, Tonali, Murphy, Ramsey

Doubtful Tonali (shoulder)

Injured Joelinton (groin, 14 Sep)

Suspended Gordon (first of three)

Form DL Leading scorer Guimarães, Osula 1

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BRIGHTON v MANCHESTER CITY

Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Main Event Venue Amex Stadium

Referee Darren England This season G1 Y5 R0 5 cards/game

Brighton

Subs from Steele, Ramming, Lamptey, Veltman, Coppola, Boscagli, Igor, Kadioglu, Hinshelwood, Milner, Gruda, Gómez, Watson, Rutter

Doubtful Rutter (knock)

Injured Webster (knee, unknown), March (knee, unknown), Enciso (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DL Leading scorer O’Riley 1

Manchester City

Subs from Ortega, Ederson, Bettinelli, Wilson-Ebrand, Perrone, Simpson-Pusey, Marmoush, Akanji, Khusanov, Doku, Rodri, Nunes, Gündogan, Echeverri, Bobb, Gvardiol, Savinho

Doubtful Gvardiol (knock), Savinho (knock)

Injured Kovacic (achilles, 14 Sep)

Suspended None

Form WL Leading scorer Haaland 2

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NOTTINGHAM FOREST v WEST HAM

Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue City Ground

Referee Craig Pawson This season G1 Y2 R1 3 cards/game

Nottingham Forest

Subs from Gunn, Morato, Boly, Cunha, Moreira, Abbott, Yates, Douglas Luiz, McAtee, Kalimuendo, Hutchinson, Awoniyi, Igor Jesus, Silva

Doubtful None

Injured Domínguez (knee, Oct)

Suspended None

Form WD Leading scorer Wood 2

West Ham

Subs from Areola, Foderingham, Scarles, Kilman, Emerson, Orford, Potts, Irving, Earthy, Rodriguez, Wilson, Walker-Peters, Orford, Füllkrug, Marshall, Fernandes

Doubtful Earthy (ankle)

Injured Summerville (hamstirng, 13 Sep), Guilherme (shoulder, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LL Leading scorer Paquetá 1

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LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL

Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Anfield

Referee Chris Kavanagh This season G2 Y4 R0 2 cards/game

Liverpool

Subs from Mamardashvili, Woodman, Robertson, Tsimikas, Leoni, Gomez, Endo, Jones, Szoboszlai, McConnell, Elliott, Chiesa, Ngumoha, Danns, Nyoni

Doubtful None

Injured Frimpong (hamstring, 14 Sep)

Suspended None

Form WW Leading scorer Ekitiké 2

Arsenal

Subs from Arrizabalaga, Setford, Mosquera, Zinchenko, Lewis-Skelly, Merino, Madueke, Nwaneri, Kabia, Nelson, White

Doubtful White (knock); Ødegaard (shoulder); Trossard (unknown)

Injured Jesus (knee, unknown); Havertz (knee, unknown); Norgaard (unknown, 13 Sep); Saka (hamstring, 13 Sep)

Suspended None

Form WW Leading scorer Gyökeres, Timber 2

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ASTON VILLA v CRYSTAL PALACE

Sunday 7pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Villa Park

Referee Stuart Attwell This season G1 Y7 R0 7 cards/game

Aston Villa

Subs from Bizot, Wright, García, Torres, Bogarde, Moreno, Maatsen, Barkley, Jimoh, Buendía, Iling-Junior, Redmond, Guessand, Burrowes, Proctor, Rowe, Kamara

Doubtful García (knock), Barkley (knock), Kamara (hamstring)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form DL Leading scorer n/a

Crystal Palace

Subs from Benítez, Matthews, Umeh, Sosa, Jemide, Clyne, Lerma, Agbinone, Cardines, Rak-Sakyi, Devenny, Pino

Doubtful Hughes (concussion)

Injured Riad (knee, unknown); Doucouré (knee, unknown); Nketiah (hamstring; two months); Édouard (achilles; unknown)

Suspended None

Form DD Leading scorer Sarr 1

Kyrie Irving will miss most, if not all, of the coming season due to a torn ACL, which has Dallas wanting to bring in some point guard depth behind D’Angelo Russell. Specifically, the Mavericks plan to re-sign Dante Exum, who has been with the team for a couple of seasons but is now a free agent.

To make that happen, the Mavericks are waiving and stretching 2023 first-round pick Olivier-Maxence Prosper, a story broken by ESPN’s Shams Charania.

This was not a surprise. Dallas is hard-capped at the second apron and was within $1.5 million of that line, it needed to clear cap space to sign Exum, even to a veteran minimum contract. The team had tried to trade Prosper, but other teams wanted a second-round pick attached to take on his $3 million contract. Dallas could create enough space to sign Exum by waiving and stretching Prosper, spreading his $3 million over three seasons on the books.

Once Prosper clears waivers, expect the Mavericks to announce the deal with Exum.

Prosper becomes a free agent and has shown enough flashes in Dallas to garner interest from other NBA teams.

It was a punishing Friday afternoon for American men’s tennis as Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe were bundled out of the US Open less than an hour apart, leaving only Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul still standing in the singles draw.

Shelton, the No 6 seed and one of the leading contenders to end the United States’ 22-year wait for a men’s grand slam champion, was forced to retire from his third-round match against France’s Adrian Mannarino with a shoulder injury. It was the 22-year-old’s first career retirement, coming as he led by two sets to one before disaster struck late in the third.

After landing heavily on his left arm while stretching for a ball, Shelton grimaced and told his father and coach, Bryan: “I did something to my shoulder. I don’t know what it is.” He later admitted the pain was “really high” and said: “I’ve never retired before. I’m not a guy who would retire if I could continue.” Despite a mid-set visit from the physio and a tactical switch that saw him attempt 13 serve-and-volley plays in the fourth set alone, he could not protect his advantage. Mannarino leveled the contest and, as the crowd braced for a decider, Shelton bowed his head on the changeover and called it off. The Frenchman advanced 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, ret.

Shelton left Louis Armstrong Stadium with his shoulder wrapped in ice, a towel over his head and fighting back tears. Still, he struck a philosophical tone: “I was playing really well, I was in form, a lot of confidence … but I’ve got a lot to be grateful for. You won’t hear me pouting about how bad things are with the summer that I’ve had.”

For the 37-year-old Mannarino, ranked 77th in the world, it was a bittersweet breakthrough: his first win over a top-10 opponent at a major in 23 attempts and his first appearance in the second week of the US Open. He will face the Czech No 20 seed, Jiri Lehecka, for a place in the quarter-finals.

If that setback was not dispiriting enough for the home crowd, Tiafoe soon followed. The 17th seed, a semi-finalist in New York in two of the past three years, fell flat against German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff before an overflow crowd on the Grandstand court. The 35-year-old struck 14 aces and never allowed Tiafoe to find rhythm, closing out a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (9) upset to reach the last 16 here for the first time.

“I played extremely passive today. I didn’t put any pressure on him at all,” Tiafoe said. “It’s going to be hard to swallow how I played today and being out of the US Open this early. I haven’t been this down in a very, very long time.” He also bemoaned the quick conditions on Grandstand, saying he was “late on everything” and never found his timing.

Struff, who had already toppled the No 11 seed Holger Rune, extended an unlikely run after failing to win a match at Flushing Meadows since 2020. His reward could be a fourth-round meeting with Novak Djokovic, who was due to face Cameron Norrie in Friday’s night session. For Tiafoe, it marked his earliest exit in New York since 2019.

The American had not even realized Shelton had retired until told in his press conference. “That always sucks to go out like that,” he said. “Especially in a grand slam [in a match] where he was probably going to win.”

The twin blows leave just two American men standing. Fritz, last year’s runner-up in Queens and a Wimbledon semi-finalist in July, was scheduled to play Swiss qualifier Jérôme Kym on Friday night. Paul, a 2023 Australian Open semi-finalist, had survived a five-set epic against Nuno Borges that ended in the early hours of the morning.

Andy Roddick’s 2003 triumph remains the most recent men’s major title for an American. On a bruising afternoon in Queens, the odds of that drought coming to an end next week narrowed considerably.

NEW YORK – Five-times major winner Carlos Alcaraz is used to playing under the U.S. Open’s bright lights but thrived under the afternoon sun as he brushed aside injury concerns to beat Italy’s Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-4 6-0.

Organisers typically save the Spanish second seed for the prime time evening slot but gave dayside ticket-holders a treat as they scheduled Alcaraz’s third-round affair for the first match of the day on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“It’s just the second match that I played (at) 11:00 am or 11:30 am,” he said. “I just went to bed at 11:00 pm, 11:15 pm. That for me is really weird, to be honest, which I am really proud about it.”

Early bird Alcaraz had no apparent issues pushing his extraordinary run this season further – with a 42-2 record since April – and setting up a fourth-round meeting with Arthur Rinderknech of France.

“Every time that I step on the court, I’m just locked in since the first point until the last one,” said Alcaraz, who unexpectedly exited in the second round a year ago.

“I’m taking last year as motivation coming into this year, be more hungry, ambitious to do great things here.”

The 2022 champion took control of the first set immediately, breaking Darderi with a forehand winner in the second game and again on set point when his opponent hit the ball into the net.

Darderi had three double faults before dropping serve with a backhand error in the fourth game of the second set but found his competitive spirit when he broke back from the baseline in the seventh.

Alcaraz gave his legions of fans a brief fright as he took a medical timeout with the physio after the ninth game, telling the staff member that he had begun to feel something wrong with his right knee earlier in the set.

The concern was short-lived as Darderi committed another double-fault on set point and Alcaraz sprinted through the third set, later telling reporters he had only met with the physio as a precaution.

Alcaraz also quashed rumours that he went out for a meal with rival Jannik Sinner this week after photos of the duo at a New York restaurant set social media ablaze.

“It was a coincidence. We could have gone to have lunch or to eat together but it was just a coincidence,” he said.

“It wouldn’t be weird if we go together to have dinner, so probably one day.” REUTERS

LENS, France (AP) — A red card for Brest goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki was the defining moment of its 3-1 loss at Lens in Ligue 1 on Friday.

Brest was winning 1-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Mama Balde until the game changed when Majecki was sent off for clattering an opponent outside his box 10 minutes into the second half.

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Florian Thauvin hammered home the penalty kick to level the score.

Morgan Guilavogui side-footed in from close range after Majecki’s replacement could only parry a powerful volley from the edge of the box.

Adrien Thomasson converted a low cross in stoppage time to complete Lens’ fourth straight win against Brest.

Brest has one point from a possible nine.

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Manchester United have made progress in their attempts to move on Antony and Rasmus Hojlund but the PA news agency understands there is work to do to finalise both deals.

The Red Devils have already sent Marcus Rashford on loan to Barcelona, while Alejandro Garnacho is completing a £40million switch to Chelsea, and their attempts to trim the squad further advanced on Friday evening.

Real Betis are understood to have agreed a deal in principle worth up to £25m with achievable add-ons, plus a 50 per cent sell-on clause, for Antony. However, it has been reported that there are issues to resolve with the proposed transfer, particularly over the Brazil international’s wages and overall financial package.

The winger, who has not lived up to the lofty price tag of more than £80m United paid Ajax for him in 2022, spent the second half of last season on loan with the La Liga club and could be on his way back permanently if contractual arrangements can be ironed out.

Hojlund was not part of the so-called “bomb squad” that included Antony, Rashford, Garnacho, Jadon Sancho and Tyrell Malacia but is another seemingly heading towards the exit.

The Denmark international has underperformed since his big-money switch from Atalanta two years ago and looks ready to return to Serie A to join former United midfielder Scott McTominay at reigning champions Napoli.

The loan deal reportedly involves a clause that would see Hojlund move permanently for 44m euros (£38m) if Antonio Conte’s side qualify for the Champions League.