Todays Sporting News – 28 August 2025

• UAE Team Emirates-XRG won stage five of the Vuelta a España, a team time trial, while Visma-Lease a Bike came second, which allowed Jonas Vingegaard to reclaim the red jersey from Groupama-FDJ’s David Gaudu.
• Britain’s Emma Raducanu produced a commanding performance at the US Open, sweeping aside Indonesian qualifier Janice Tjen 6-2 6-1 to reach the third round.
• US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley ended months of speculation and resisted the temptation to pick himself for the team, despite being ranked 11th in the world.
• Ashwin retires from the IPL: Ravichandran Ashwin has retired from the IPL.
• Trent Rockets Men & Women beat their Birmingham Phoenix counterparts.
• English cricket clubs will vote to reduce the County Championship by one game, while The Hundred will switch to an auction format from next year.
• FanCode will shut their merchandise shop by the end of the year, citing too many cheap counterfeit alternatives on the streets in India.
• Football – League Two Grimsby stunned Manchester United with a 12-11 penalty shootout win after a 2-2 draw in the second round of the Carabao Cup.
• US Open – Emma Raducanu rapidly dispatched Janice Tjen 6-2, 6-1 while Jack Draper has pulled out before the second round with arm injury. Cameron Norrie won a bruising battle with Francisco Comesaña 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7 (0) 7-6 (4) and set up a third‑round match with Novak Djokovic.
• Cricket – The Hundred will adopt a new system of player recruitment next season, with the draft to be dropped in favour of an open auction that gives franchises the chance to make direct signings on multi-year deals.
• Former New Zealand Rugby player Shane Christie, died aged 39. Christie, who played for the New Zealand Sevens and Māori All Blacks, was an outspoken advocate for further research into the impacts of concussion after suffering from the effects of head trauma in rugby. Christie told local media last year he believed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and wanted his brain to be studied after his death. CTE is a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head trauma and can only be diagnosed posthumously.
• Australian high jumper Nicola Olyslagers won the 2025 Diamond League title at the league’s finals in Zurich. Olyslagers cleared 2.04 metres to set a new Oceania record as well as the best mark in the world this year. The two-time Olympic silver medallist beat Ukrainian world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh and now heads to the World Athletics Championships as a leading gold contender.
• Premier League giants Manchester United have been eliminated from the Carabao Cup after losing to Grimsby Town, a team that plays two leagues below them.
• Australian tennis player Priscilla Hon pulled off a major upset at the U.S. Open by defeating 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova in three sets (4‑6, 6‑3, 6‑2).
• Olympic canoe slalom champion Jess Fox will miss the upcoming Canoe Slalom World Championships after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour from her left kidney. The 31-year-old said the past few weeks had been a “whirlwind,” but confirmed the operation was successful and that she is now focused on recovery at home. The Canoe Slalom World Championships is the sport’s premier annual event and is being held in Sydney in October this year.
• Test cricketer Usman Khawaja has criticised the Labor Government for moving too slowly on banning gambling advertisements in sport. He expressed particular concern for the impact it is having on young people.
• The Sydney Marathon will take place this Sunday: It is debuting as a world major, joining six other iconic marathons around the world. The World Marathon Majors are a series of the biggest and most prestigious marathons held annually. Before Sydney was added, the six majors were Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, and New York City.
• Gold Coast Suns secure first finals berth since joining the league in 2011: The Gold Coast Suns extinguished any doubt about the club making its first-ever finals series in 2025 with a 95-point drubbing of Essendon. The Wednesday night match capped off a dramatic regular season and sets up a thrilling finals series set to start next week.
• Seluleko Mahlambi helps TS Galaxy sweep Siwelele aside: Seluleko Mahlambi scored twice to power TS Galaxy past Siwelele 2-0 in their Betway Premiership encounter at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela on Tuesday. Mahlambi registered his first goals at senior level after thriving in the DStv Diski Challenge.
• Polokwane City & Durban City fire blanks at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium: Polokwane City and Durban City could not be separated in their latest Betway Premiership assignment, following a 0-0 draw at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium on Tuesday night.
• Alexander Isak selected by Sweden despite Newcastle standoff: Newcastle forward Alexander Isak has been called up by Sweden for World Cup qualifiers despite being sidelined by his club as he tries to force a move to Liverpool. Isak is part of Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson’s squad for the games against Slovenia.
• US Ryder Cup captain Bradley won’t have playing role: US captain Keegan Bradley won’t play in the Ryder Cup, making the “extremely difficult” decision to focus on his captain’s duties in the biennial match play showdown with Europe next month.
• All eyes on Keegan Bradley as he prepares to make final Ryder Cup captain’s picks: The two-time PGA Championship winner has done enough this season to get back on the Ryder Cup team for a fourth time, and JT admitted that he’s far less anxious about his chances than in 2023, when his inclusion was controversial.
• US captain Bradley opts not to play in Ryder Cup: 2025 Ryder Cup. Venue: Bethpage Black, New York Dates: 26-28 September. Coverage: Live text commentary on BBC Sport website. United States Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley decided not to pick himself as a player for the match against Europe next month.
• ‘It’s going to be controversial’ – Bradley to name US Ryder Cup picks: Bradley knows his six automatic qualifiers and given his playing performances, including June’s victory over Tommy Fleetwood at the Travelers Championship, he is firmly in the conversation for one of the six wildcard picks.
• ‘Bradley avoids sporting masochism to make Europe’s Ryder Cup harder’: 2025 Ryder Cup. Venue: Bethpage Black, New York Dates: 26-28 September. Coverage: Live text commentary on BBC Sport website. So it will be golf buggy rather than bag for captain Keegan Bradley at next month’s Ryder Cup in New York.
• Ryder Cup 2025: USA standings and predicting Keegan Bradley’s picks: Captain Keegan Bradley is ready to select his six wildcard picks for Team USA in a bid to recapture the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black next month. Jack Rathborn, Luke Baker.
• Can Cadillac learn something from Red Bull’s early F1 driver line-ups?: Cadillac’s announcement of Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas as its Formula 1 drivers had been hanging in the air for several weeks but became official on Tuesday. This means General Motors’ F1 project is taking shape: the drivers are known.
• World golf No. 1 Scottie Scheffler highlights 12-man US team set to compete against Europe in next month’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York.
• ESPN and global streamer DAZN reach multiyear agreement for DAZN to stream college football and basketball in markets across the UK, Europe, and MENA region.
• ANGELS: Adolis García, Joc Pederson and Kyle Higashioka each hit a three-run homer, Corey Seager went deep a team-leading 21st time and the Texas Rangers blew out the Angels 20-3 on Wednesday night.
• USC FOOTBALL: Following public uproar over the potential end of their 100-year old football rivalry, USC has made an amended offer to Notre Dame that would extend their annual series for multiple years beyond this season, USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen told The Times.
• The Galaxy, stumbling through the worst season in the franchise’s long history, has looked to the Leagues Cup, a tournament with little pedigree and no real history, to salvage the year.
• IRONMAN World Championship Nice 2025: Men’s start list finalised: Blummenfelt has arguably been the best and most consistent male athlete this year, scoring wins at IRONMAN Texas, IRONMAN Frankfurt and 70.3 Aix-en-Provence. That’s put him in line for a perfect IRONMAN …
• Focus on Sekhukhune, Chiefs this weekend: The final Betway Premiership matchday before the September international break will see the focus fall on co-leaders Sekhukhune United and Kaizer Chiefs, while champions Mamelodi Sundowns face a potential ‘banana skin’ away to Stellenbosch FC.
• At US Open, Venus Williams gives no indication she’s ready to walk away: The 45-year-old still loves playing. She showed by putting a scare into one of the world’s best players. Venus Williams waves to fans after being defeated by Karolina Muchova during the first round of the US Open tennis championships on Aug.
• Exeter not the ‘finished article’ says Caldwell: “We’re a new team that’s been put together so there’s going to be some parts of our game we have to keep improving,” said the former Celtic defender to BBC Radio Devon. ” …
• Daniil Medvedev discovers punishment for furious US Open meltdown: From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, …
• ‘It’s amazing for the sport’ – F1 drivers react to return of Perez and Bottas for Cadillac in 2026: The current grid have reacted to the upcoming returns of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez, with the pair set to partner at Cadillac in 2026 after a year out each. 4 minutes ago. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – JULY 23: sp prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary.
• Will Alexander Isak join Liverpool – and could he ever play for Newcastle again?: However, the situation does not look too positive for the 25-year-old at the moment. In order to get his move, Newcastle would need to recruit two strikers before the end of the window, while Liverpool may well need to bid around £150m for the Magpies’ …
• Como interested in Igor Julio: Igor started in the 6-0 win at Oxford United in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening and it remains to be seen whether Brighton would welcome any offers.
• Still winless PGA Tour pro makes funny analogy for himself after Tommy Fleetwood’s maiden victory: The South Korean native is the youngest ever winner of the U.S. Amateur and he has two DP World Tour titles to his credit. But also like Fleetwood, he’s never quite crossed the finish line in first on the PGA Tour.
• Qualification updated for 2026 Masters: National-open winners in, PGA Tour fall winners out: The new list of pathways into the Masters, starting with the 2026 edition, was announced Tuesday by Augusta National Golf Club in conjunction with the R&A. The six national opens that will see their winners awarded with …

TODAY IN SPORT HISTORY

1886 — Richard Sears beats R. Livingston Beeckman 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 to win his sixth straight U.S. national tennis championship.

1888 — Henry Slocum defeats Howard Taylor 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 to win the eighth U.S. men’s national tennis championship. Slocum, last year’s runner-up, is the first men’s champion other than Richard Sears. Sears, the U.S. champion from 1881-1887, retired last year.

1908 — Fred McLeod wins the U.S. Open golf title with a one-stroke victory over Willie Smith in a playoff.

1922 — The oldest American international team golf match, the Walker Cup, is established with the U.S. beating Britain 8-4.

1949 — The U.S. takes the Davis Cup, topping Australia 4-1.

1950 — Althea Gibson becomes the first Black player to compete in the U.S. Open. Gibson wins her first round match, defeating Barbara Knapp of Britain 6-2, 6-2 at Forest Hills in New York.

1977 — The Cosmos beat the Seattle Sounders 2-1 at Portland, Ore., to win their second NASL title. Giorgio Chinaglia’s header in the 77th minute is the winning goal.

1989 — Pete Sampras, 18, wins his first U.S. Open singles match in four sets over Agustin Moreno of Mexico.

1990 — Stefan Edberg becomes the first top-seeded player since John Newcombe in 1971 to lose in the first round of the U.S. Open. Edberg loses to Alexander Volkov of the Soviet Union, 6-3, 7-6, 6-2.

1994 — Tiger Woods, 18, becomes the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship, capturing the last three holes of his 36-hole title match against Trip Kuehne.

1995 — Monica Seles, plays in her first Grand Slam tournament in more than 2 1-2 years and beats Ruxandra Dragomir 6-3, 6-1 in first round of the U.S. Open.

2004 — The U.S. women’s basketball team goes through the Athens Olympics undefeated to win its 5th Olympic gold medal, beating Australia 74-63 in the final.

2004 — Led by San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginóbili, Argentina beats Italy 84-69 for the Olympic basketball gold medal in Athens; star-studded U.S. team takes bronze.

2008 — Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic is ousted from the U.S. Open, beaten by 188th-ranked Julie Coin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round. Never before in the Open era that began in 1968 had the No. 1 woman lost this early in the tournament.

2014 — Acknowledging he “didn’t get it right” with a two-game suspension for Ravens running back Ray Rice, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces tougher penalties for players accused of domestic violence, including six weeks for a first offense and at least a year for a second.

2022 — Tour Championship, Men’s Golf, East Lake GC: Irishman Rory McIlroy wins $18 million with one-stroke win over Scottie Scheffler and Im Sung-jae; becomes first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup.

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY:

1918 — Tris Speaker was suspended for the rest of the season because of his assault on umpire Tom Connolly after a dispute at home plate in Philadelphia.

1926 — Emil Levsen of the Cleveland Indians pitched two complete-game victories over the Boston Red Sox, 6-1 and 5-1. He did not strike out a batter in either game. The Indians used the identical lineup in both games.

1951 — The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants 2-0, snapping the Giants’ 16-game winning streak. The streak enabled the Giants to cut the Dodgers 13½-game lead to six.

1971 — In the nightcap of a doubleheader, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Rick Wise hit two home runs to help himself to a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

1977 — Steve Garvey hit three doubles and two home runs in five at-bats, leading the Dodgers to an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. One of Garvey’s homers was a grand slam.

1977 — In a 6-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Nolan Ryan of the Angels struck out 11 batters to pass the 300-strikeout plateau for the fifth time in his career.

1987 — Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 home runs

1990 — Ryne Sandberg became the first second baseman in history to have consecutive 30-homer seasons, leading the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros.

1992 — The Milwaukee Brewers set an American League record with 31 hits and 26 singles in a 22-2 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays.

1993 — Pinch-hitter Jeremy Hess’ bases-loaded single with two out in the sixth inning gives Long Beach, Calif. a 3-2 victory over Panama in the championship game of the Little League World Series.

2003 — Eric Gagne set a major league record with his 44th straight save this season as the Dodgers beat Houston 6-3. Gagne eclipsed Tom Gordon’s 1998 record of 43 in a row to begin a season.

2005 — Michael Memea’s home run in the bottom of the seventh gives West Oahu of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, the Little League World Series title.

2008 — Cristian Guzman of the Nationals became the second player to hit for the cycle since the franchise moved to Washington, driving in three in an 11-2 rout of the Dodgers.

2011 — The team from Huntington Beach, Calif., returns the Little League World Series title to the U.S. with a 2-1 victory over Hamamatsu City, Japan.

2014 — San Francisco’s Yusmeiro Petit set a major league record when he retired his 46th batter in a row, and the Giants beat Colorado 3-1. Petit got the first eight Colorado hitters, establishing the mark by striking out Charlie Culberson. That broke Mark Buehrle’s record of 45 straight with the Chicago White Sox in 2009. Petit’s streak covered eight games, six of them in relief.

2016 — Ryan Harlost led Endwell, N.Y., to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. Endwell gave New York its first championship since 1964.

2021 — Angels pitcher Shohei Otani becomes the first player in team history to reach 20 stolen bases and hit 40 home runs in a season.