Heta beats Bunting in Players Championship thriller | Smith in Matchplay jeopardy

Damon Heta beat Stephen Bunting - who had earlier hit a nine-darter against Rob Cross - in a thrilling last-leg decider to win Players Championship 20 in Leicester.
Damon Heta beat Stephen Bunting - who had earlier hit a nine-darter against Rob Cross - in a thrilling last-leg decider to win Players Championship 20 in Leicester.
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Germany closed in on the Women's Euros quarter-finals with a 2-1 comeback victory over Denmark in Basel.
BBC Sport pundit Tim Henman believes Cameron Norrie needed to put the pressure on Carlos Alcaraz early and failed to do so after giving up three break points, which would have given the Brit a 2-0 lead in the first set of the quarter-final which he would go on to lose at Wimbledon 2025.
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Minute-by-minute updates on the action in LucerneEmail Niall | Player guide | Germany 2-1 Denmark2 mins: Sweden hit the bar! Asllani gets her head to a deflected cross and her effort loops onto the crossbar. Poland get it clear, but not for long …1 min: Madelen Janogy, who’s started the first two games with Fridolina Rolfo recovering from injury, gets …
No 2 seed too good for British hopeful in quarter-finalSpaniard will face Fritz in semi after 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 victoryTwo days after his bruising five-set win over Nicolás Jarry and the Chilean’s subsequent criticisms of his frequent cheering, Cameron Norrie immediately made it clear that he would remain true to himself even in the face of one of the …
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RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Xander Schauffele has described his year as 'bad across the board' ahead of his attempt to defend the Claret Jug at The Open next week.
Eze, 27, has been heavily linked with a move away from Selhurst Park this summer after helping the Eagles to their first-ever major trophy last season as he scored the winner in the FA Cup final.
Carlos Alcaraz extends his unbeaten run to 22 as he ends Cameron Norrie's Wimbledon hopes with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter-final.
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It wasn’t a particularly pretty win and it was aided by some questionable refereeing decisions, but Germany made it two wins from two with a 2-1 win over a tricky Denmark side.Having been denied by VAR twice in the first half – correctly – decisions were more favourable in the second. Amalie Vangsgaard had given Andree Jeglertz’s side a shock …
The winger is close to joining Sweden international team-mate Alexander Isak at St James’ Park.
Open champion Xander Schauffele is going through a worrying reversal of fortune for a player about to defend the sport's most historic title, writes Iain Carter.
Error mars Fritz’s quarter-final victory over KhachanovPoint replayed after system ‘didn’t recognise the start’Wimbledon was forced to explain yet another issue with the live electronic line-calling system on Tuesday after it malfunctioned again, only a day after it had expressed confidence that the problems that led to an embarrassing error on …
Training rescheduled but all staff and players unharmed‘We’re shaken,’ says coach Wilkinson, who was not on busWales players were recovering from shock at their hotel in north-east Switzerland on Tuesday after their team bus was involved in an accident with a car en route to a planned training session in St Gallen.An ambulance was called to he scene …
Lionesses likely to be out of Euros if they lose‘Tomorrow for once we will not be friends,’ says strikerVivianne Miedema has insisted she will “not be friends” with her partner Beth Mead on Wednesday as the Netherlands striker vowed to do everything in her power to send her team to the knockout stages of Women’s Euro 2025 and eliminate England.The …
Minute-by-minute updates on the action in New JerseyEmail Scott | Fifa cuts ticket price to $13.40 for semi2 min: Chelsea pop it around the back for a bit. A low-key start. Fluminense get irritated and Arias clanks into Cucurella from behind, just to let him know he’s there.An ostentatious none-more-USA cry of “Let’s get ready to rumble!” and then …