Todays Sporting News – 11 September 2025

• De Minaur says Australia ready to snap Davis Cup title drought: Alex de Minaur says his ultimate tennis goal is to win the Davis Cup, with the world No 8 confident Australia have the goods to secure their first title since 2003. Australia have lifted the trophy 28 times, second only to the United States, …
• Finest England night leaves Tuchel with selection dilemmas: Thomas Tuchel spoke like a man who knew the best night of his England reign was coming from the moment he landed in Belgrade. The German heard questions about his methods after the dire World Cup qualifier win against Andorra on Saturday – a fourth …
• England v South Africa, first T20 – toss delayed by rain in Cardiff: There has been one game of men’s international cricket completed today. India have thrashed the UAE in a T20 that lasted only 17.4 overs to begin their Asia Cup campaign with a nine-wicket win. Kuldeep …
• Statement win against Serbia boosts England’s World Cup hopes: BELGRADE, Serbia — England’s Thomas Tuchel era has finally lifted off. Tuesday’s thumping 5-0 win against Serbia may be the fifth-consecutive competitive victory of Tuchel’s reign, but it is the first that offered signs of genuine progress, …
• England beaten by SA in rain-reduced opening T20: England suffered a 14-run defeat by South Africa in a farcical rain-affected opening T20 at Cardiff. A delayed start meant the match was reduced to nine overs per side, and the Proteas blitzed …
• Questions mount for rebel R360 circuit: For R360 – the rebel circuit head-hunting rugby’s top players for a divisive globe-trotting franchise league – questions are mounting. Not least from World Rugby. Which stadiums will host matches? Which doctors will be connected to the teams?
• England beaten by SA in rain-reduced opening T20: First T20, Sophia Gardens. South Africa 97-5 (7.5 overs): Markram 28 (14); Wood 2-22. England 54-5 (5 overs): Buttler 25 (11); Jansen 2-18. South Africa won by 14 runs (DLS method). Scorecard. England suffered a 14-run defeat by South Africa in a …
• RDC vs Senegal: first place in the group or nothing: This Tuesday, DR Congo hosts Senegal in a match that could define the race for direct qualification to the 2026 World Cup. The Leopards currently top the group, but the Lions of Teranga, unbeaten in seven matches, are just one point behind.
• Statement win against Serbia boosts England’s World Cup hopes: But this trip to the notoriously hostile Rajko Mitić Stadium here in Belgrade was a potential banana skin for a hitherto unconvincing England side, which they sidestepped adeptly with an authoritative performance that validated Tuchel’s prematch assertion …
• Asia Cup: IND beat UAE by 9 wickets.
• England v South Africa: SA beat ENG by 14 runs, in a pointlessly shortened T20 game. The Proteas set a total of 97 runs in 7.5 overs before rain intervened. England were then given five overs to chase a total of 69 runs, but fell short at 54 runs, despite a fierce 25 off 11 from Jos Buttler. Officials calculate a revised total when rain interrupts the match using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. After the game, England captain Harry Brook said: “You can’t read into that too much.”
• The Vuelta a España has decided to shorten Thursday’s individual time trial stage in an effort to avoid further disruptions to the race by pro-Palestinian protesters.
• Olympic silver medallist swimmer Ben Proud is joining the Enhanced Games, which permits athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. He says he wants to explore the limits of human possibility.
• Rory McIlroy says Europe will be the underdogs when they defend the Ryder Cup title at Bethpage Black, but he is confident that captain Luke Donald’s planning will give them the platform to defeat the Americans later this month.
• World Cup 2026 – South American qualifiers are complete, with Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Colombia all through. Louise Taylor has rounded up who qualified and who is at risk.
• Cricket – South Africa defeated England by 14 runs (DLS method) in a rain-affected first T20 after scoring 97-5 and restricting the hosts to 54-5 from their five overs.
• Cycling – Vuelta a España riders agreed they will pause competitive racing if Palestinian protests continue to disrupt the tournament.
• WNBA regular season wraps up tonight with the playoffs set to begin Sunday; see complete postseason bracket and schedule.
• Eight Detroit Tigers employees accused of sexual misconduct in the past two years, report reveals.
• NCAA permanently bans three men’s basketball players for betting on their own games.
• Springbok Women head coach Swys de Bruin named Nolusindiso Booi at lock for Saturday’s historic Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Exeter, where South Africa will take on the Black Ferns with a bench consisting of seven forwards and one back. The inclusion of Booi, the regular captain, is one of 10 changes to the starting team that lined up against France last Sunday.
• The McIntyre Mini Globe Race is a marathon by any measure. Every section is like another solo transatlantic race and there are 11 back to back! The racing is intense for the front runners. It’s not a cruise. The leaders after 5000 miles from Fiji are separated by just a day and after 14,000 miles just two. One design, ALMA Globe 580 racing is intense. Honour is at stake. They are averaging 135miles a day month after month in home built minis steered by windvanes. It’s not normal, it’s simply amazing and it’s the old fashion way…without assistance!
• British Olympic medal-winning swimmer Ben Proud has declared his intent to compete in the event, which allows athletes to take performance enhancing drugs usually banned by anti-doping authorities, next year.
• Former Australian tennis star and current Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has been fined $30,000 for pushing an anti-doping official last year.
• The NRLW’s Sydney Roosters will look to defend their undefeated season record tonight when they play the Cronulla Sharks in a rematch of the 2024 grand final.
• Canada’s Davis Cup tennis match against Israel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this weekend will be held behind closed doors due to safety concerns.
• Stage 17 of the Vuelta a España was won by Italy’s Giulio Pellizzari as the race avoided further disruption from pro-Palestinian protests.
• Tane Edmed is set to make his starting debut for the Wallabies this weekend when they host Argentina in Sydney. The Wallabies will be looking to improve upon their last-gasp 28-24 victory over Los Pumas in Townsville last week.
• The 2025 World Athletics Championships kick off in Tokyo this weekend and will run from 13 to 21 September.
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced a landmark moment in the history of the sport: an all-female Emirates ICC Panel of Match Officials will oversee the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. This marks the first time in tournament history that a Women’s Cricket World Cup will be officiated entirely by women, a feat made possible by the ICC’s work across many years to support, elevate and empower women in cricket.
• Zach Neto hit a two-run homer, Mike Trout drove in two runs and the Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Wednesday.
• Glasgow Warriors Head Coach Franco Smith has made nine alterations to the starting XV for tomorrow night’s meeting with Northampton Saints in The Famous Grouse Pre-Season Friendly, in his squad’s final run-out ahead of the start of the 2025/26 campaign.
• Danny Wilson has been appointed as assistant coach to Steve Tandy, ahead of the Wales senior men’s squad’s Quilter Nations Series to be held at Principality Stadium this November.
• Stand-off Ross Thompson is handed the captain’s armband for Edinburgh Rugby’s pre-season opener against Ulster, with a youthful squad set to gain valuable minutes in Belfast tomorrow evening (Friday 12 September, kick-off 7.35pm). Head Coach Sean Everitt named an extended squad of 28 for the trip to Affidea Stadium, featuring a significant focus on youth. Seventeen players are aged 23 or under, with nine current academy players and five first-year professionals included. Most players are expected to play a half each in the friendly, which will be streamed live on ulster.rugby.
• EFL in talks over radical Championship shake-up which could change promotion rules.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY:

1886 — The Mayflower defends the America’s Cup by beating Britain’s Galatea in two straight heats.

1937 — Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm in five sets to win his first U.S. Open men’s singles title. Budge wins 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.

1964 — ABC television cancels Fight of the Week, ending 18 years of regularly scheduled prime-time boxing on U.S. broadcast network television.

1976 — In the third race at Latonia, jockey John Oldham and his wife, Suzanne Picou, become the first husband and wife riding team to compete in a parimutuel race. Oldham finishes second aboard Harvey’s Hope and Picou rides My Girl Carla to an 11th-place finish.

1977 — In the last U.S. Open match played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0, for the men’s singles title

1982 — Chris Evert wins her sixth U.S. Open singles title, defeating Hana Mandlikova, 6-3, 6-1.

1982 — In a 23-16 loss to Illinois, Rolf Mojsiejunko of Michigan State kicks a 61-yard field goal in his first collegiate attempt.

1983 — Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become the only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards.

1988 — Mats Wilander wins the longest men’s final in U.S. Open history, edging Ivan Lendl, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

1994 — Andre Agassi wins the U.S. Open with a three-set victory over Michael Stich and becomes the first unseeded player to beat five seeded players in a Grand Slam and the first unseeded champion since Fred Stolle in 1966. Andre wins 6-1, 7-6, 7-5.

1999 — U.S. Open Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam title; beats World #1 Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-6.

2001 — Sports comes to a standstill after terrorism in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, with Major League Baseball postponing a full schedule of regular-season games for the first time since D-Day in 1944.

2010 — James Madison, a top team in the Football Championship Subdivision, beats No. 13 Virginia Tech 21-16. The last time Virginia Tech lost to a I-AA team was 1985, when Richmond beat the Hokies 24-14 at Lane Stadium.

2010 — The Penn State women’s volleyball team has its record winning streak ends at 109 matches with a 28-26, 25-12, 25-18 loss to Stanford in a tournament at Florida. Penn State’s streak is the second-longest in Division I team sports, behind the 137 straight wins by the Miami men’s tennis program from 1957-1964.

2011 — Carolina’s Cam Newton becomes the first rookie to throw for more than 400 yards in his NFL opener in a 28-21 loss to Arizona. Newton, the No. 1 draft pick playing on the same field where he led Auburn to the BCS championship in January, completes 24 of 37 passes for 422 yards and two touchdowns with one interception.

2015 — Roberta Vinci stuns Serena Williams to end her Grand Slam bid in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. The 43rd-ranked Italian wins 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the U.S. Open semifinals.

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY:

1912 — Eddie Collins set a major league record with six stolen bases for the Philadelphia Athletics in a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. Collins stole six more in a game on Sept. 22.

1918 — The Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 behind the three-hit pitching of Carl Mays to win the World Series in six games. This was Boston’s third championship in a four-year stretch — 1915, 1916 and this season.

1936 — Hod Lisenbee of the Philadelphia A’s tied a major league record for hits allowed, giving up 26 in a 17-2 rout by the Chicago White Sox.

1949 — The New York Yankees sent 18 men to the plate in the third inning of the first game of a doubleheader against Washington. In the 50-minute half-inning the Senators walked a major-league record 11 batters as the Yankees went on to a 20-5 win. New York won the second game 2-1 in one hour and 22 minutes.

1959 — The Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4, putting an end to reliever Roy Face’s 22-game winning streak. It was his only loss of the season as he finished with an 18-1 record.

1974 — It took the St. Louis Cardinals 25 innings — seven hours, four minutes — to beat the New York Mets. A record 202 batters went to the plate, Felix Millan and John Milner had 12 appearances apiece.

1985 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds became the all-time hit leader with his 4,192nd hit to break Ty Cobb’s record. Rose lined a 2-1 pitch off San Diego pitcher Eric Show to left-center field for a single in the first inning. It was the 57th anniversary of Ty Cobb’s last game in the majors.

1987 — New York Mets third baseman Howard Johnson, with 34 homers, became the first National League infielder to reach 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season. His 30th stolen base came in the fourth inning of a 6-4, 10-inning loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

1996 — San Diego’s Ken Caminiti broke his own major league record by homering from both sides of the plate in a game for the fourth time this season. In a 6-5 win over Pittsburgh, Caminiti homered left-handed in the fifth inning, hitting a two-run shot. Batting right-handed in the seventh, he hit a solo shot to break his record set last year.

2008 — Albert Pujols drove in his 100th run with a sixth-inning double in the Cardinals’ 3-2 loss to the Cubs, becoming only the third player in major league history to reach the milestone in his first eight seasons. Pujols also extended his major league-record streak of reaching 30 homers and 100 RBIs in his first eight seasons, two more than any player in history.

2014 — Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton sustained multiple facial fractures, dental damage and cuts that needed stitches after being hit in the face by a pitch. Stanton was hit under the left eye by a fastball from Milwaukee’s Mike Fiers in the fifth inning of a 4-2 loss.

2021 — Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers throw a combined no-hitter to beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0. It was the record ninth no-hitter of the season.