๐จ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก: England manager Thomas Tuchel has disclosed that Bukayo Saka still cannot train on back-to-back days and has not completely recovered from the Achilles injury he suffered in March after continuing to play through discomfort while at Arsenal.
A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.
She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.
Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.
Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.
Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.
She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.
By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.
Ian Wright fumes at UEFA and referee Daniel Siebert after Arsenal were denied a late corner before halftime:
โI donโt understand it. Arsenal were literally setting up for a corner kick and the referee suddenly blew for halftime.
How can you deny a team an attacking opportunity like that in a Champions League game? If youโve allowed the play to reach that point, then let the corner be taken.
Small moments like these can change matches, and supporters deserve better consistency from UEFA.โ โ Wright said.
The first thing Ian Wright should ask is simple: was there still time left for the corner to be taken? The answer is no, and the referee was right to end the half after the six added minutes had already been played.
There is no rule that says a corner must always be taken once time is up, especially when Arsenal spent too long delaying it because they wanted it to be the final action of the half.
At some point, you have to stop wasting time and just play football because the referee cannot wait forever for one corner. โค๏ธ๐
Former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan has revealed he has stage four cancer.
Stage four is the most advanced stage of cancer, and means the disease has spread to other parts of the body.
Keegan's family originally disclosed he was battling cancer in January, after the 75-year-old had "further evaluation of ongoing abdominal symptoms" in hospital.
๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ: If Declan Rice wins both the Premier League and Champions League with Arsenal, he will become the LEADING favorite for the Ballon d'Or! โจ
@SpursArmyTweets Weโll see, action speaks louder than words, youโve got the money now spend it no just on players but Good medical staff , sports directors (although anyone is better than him) without the supporters youโve nothing so do it or go under