Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Humphries CRASHES OUT as Price moves into semi, Wade and Clayton on NEXT
World No1 Luke Humphries has CRASHED OUT to Gerwyn Price in early drama in the evening session.
Nathan Aspinall crashed OUT of the competition in the third round after a 6-2 loss to Danny Noppert, while the likes of James Wade, Jonny Clayton and Gary Anderson are into the quarters.
We are also guaranteed a new champion, as defending champion Rob Cross was eliminated following a 6-2 loss to Andy Baetens.
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BBC News
38 minutes ago
- BBC News
'We've never seen a team do this to PSG' - how Chelsea won Club World Cup
"I can't believe what I'm seeing."Few St-Germain have been swatting aside all-comers all season, from wrapping up the Ligue 1 title in early April to demolishing Inter Milan in a Champions League final so one-sided it was scarcely seemed to be breezing through the Club World Cup in similar fashion, too, beating Bayern Munich with nine men and then thrashing Real Madrid 4-0 on their way to Sunday's heavily tipped to cruise past Chelsea in New Jersey, this time it was the Parisians who were left before Coldplay's colourful half-time show arrived, Cole Palmer had scored two superb goals and created another for Joao Pedro to put the Blues 3-0 up. That is how it ended."I've never seen PSG turn the ball over as much as they have in this first half," said former England midfielder Andros Townsend on Dazn."Full credit to Chelsea for their willingness to track the ball in this New York heat."As fellow pundit Gareth Bale put it: "PSG have been PSG'ed."So how did Enzo Maresca's side manage it? And just how good are Chelsea? Palmer thrives as Blues produce 'tactical masterclass' As has often been the case over the past two years, Palmer playing well meant Chelsea played 23-year-old has operated predominantly down the middle as a conventional number 10 for much of this season, but at times struggled in that position. At one point he went 18 games without scoring and recently admitted he had endured a "difficult time these past whatever months on and off the pitch".However, having been moved back out to the right during this tournament - a position he made his own under previous boss Mauricio Pochettino - he has looked somewhere near his best had clearly prioritised a fast start in the final, with Maresca saying he thought they "won the game in the first 10 minutes", with their aggressive approach and high press putting their opponents under unfamiliar stress."The idea was go man-to-man because if you leave spaces to PSG they will kill you, so we tried to be very aggressive and suffocate them early on and that intensity was crucial in the first 10 minutes," he added. Once they had asserted their authority, it was then obvious they were keen to target PSG's left-hand side, as Joao Pedro frequently drifted out wide to pair up with method was often direct, with passes dropped in behind the PSG defence, but it meant left-back Nuno Mendes was given a torrid time."We had a lot of success exploring the left side of their defence," said Maresca. "Things worked perfectly for us due to the effort the players put."Townsend described it as a "tactical masterclass"."That's what they've done - they've stretched this PSG defence, we've never seen a team do this to them," added ex-Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi. 'We value it as much as the Champions League... perhaps even more' There has been much debate about how much this newly expanded trophy means. But it does mean you can call yourself world champions - until the next competition is played, scheduled for 2029. And Chelsea will be able to wear a badge on their kit to reiterate also been worth between £80m and £90m in prize money."The fans will have bragging rights for the next four years," said Townsend. "Nobody will be able to say anything to Chelsea fans because they are world champions, not for one year but for four years until 2029. Wow, what an achievement."And there was no doubting how much it meant to the players and staff, who celebrated it as enthusiastically as they would have a Champions League or Premier League trophy. Their players clashed with PSG's team on the pitch afterwards, with the French champions visibly upset with the defeat - with Blues boss Maresca acting as peacekeeper."I feel that this competition will be as important as or even more important than the Champions League," said Maresca."I was lucky enough to be part of a coaching staff [at Manchester City] that won the Champions League three years ago, but this competition features the best clubs in the world. That's why we value it as much as the Champions League, or perhaps even more."For us, it was a great triumph. Allowing Chelsea fans to wear that world champion patch on their shirts is a source of pride for us."Palmer added: "It's a great feeling. Even better because everyone doubted us before the game, we knew that. To put a fight on like we did, it's good," said Palmer. A statement win - and a sign of things to come? Many have laughed at Chelsea's recruitment under Todd Boehly. They have spent somewhere in the region of £1.5bn since his takeover in 2022 - and handed out a host of contracts lasting seven, eight and nine months ago Gary Neville called them "billion-pound bottle-jobs" after they lost the Carabao Cup final to after the Conference League and Club World Cup trophies this year they are actually looking good. They had the youngest squad of any team at the Club World Cup, with no player older than 27. So should only get could they actually think of challenging for the Premier League title now?Wales legend Gareth Bale, watching for Dazn, said: "I don't think they're far off at all. Last season before Christmas everyone was talking about them as contenders."Obviously they're a young team and fell, but I think they'll learn a lot from that. They've shown a lot of character to come back and win the Conference League and now this. Confidence will be booming - they'll have that self-belief now." BBC Sport reporter Nizaar Kinsella, who was watching at the MetLife Stadium, said: "Chelsea are firmly behind Maresca and there is a sense of stability about the club for the first time since the UK government placed sanctions on Roman Abramovich after the war in Ukraine started in March 2022."This is a new club - but one capable of winning again - and those involved want recognition for their achievements."Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez should be considered among the best midfielders in the world. Marc Cucurella is arguably the best left-back in the Premier League and potentially in the world."There is promising talent coming through like Levi Colwill, Malo Gusto and newer players like Andrey Santos."Joao Pedro has three goals in three Club World Cup matches and was crucial to Chelsea's tournament success while fellow striker signing Liam Delap has looked lively in the United States."Another new signing - Jamie Gittens - has yet to join from Dortmund, with Palmeiras' teenage sensation Estevao Willian also joining for pre-season in August."
The Guardian
2 hours ago
- The Guardian
Sinner cried like a little boy who had reached for the sweets but came away with the whole jar
As a boy, Jannik Sinner was a champion skier. As he stood on Centre Court match point up against Carlos Alcaraz, perhaps some of the old skills kicked in. Skiing teaches balance, it teaches flexibility and endurance, but most of all it teaches faith. There is a moment in every slide, before friction kicks in, when the body is basically at the mercy of powder and physics. And the greatest skiers learn that this is the moment to hold your nerve. When it feels like you're falling, keep falling. When it feels like the edge of disaster, keep going. Three match points against Alcaraz; take two. You've lost your last five matches against this guy. He's the double defending champion. The last time you played, a few short weeks ago, he came back from two sets and three match points down to win. It was one of the most dramatic comebacks ever seen in a grand slam final, and here we are again. Alcaraz saves the first match point. He saves the second. The noise level is rising to a climax. When it feels like you're falling, keep falling. Sinner's coach, Darren Cahill, tells a lovely story about that defeat at Roland Garros. Afterwards, as he's leaving the players' lounge to get in his car, Sinner stops at a big glass jar of gummy sweets placed by the exit. Most players walk straight past it out of deference to their nutritionist. Some take one or two as a treat or souvenir. Sinner takes the whole jar. Carries it out under his arm. Hands them out gleefully to his team afterwards. That was the moment Cahill knew he was going to be OK. And so perhaps we all took the wrong lesson from that epic tussle last month. The very fact that Alcaraz had required a comeback that colossal simply to claim a narrow victory, via a fifth set tie-break, should have been a sign that the hard tangibles still favoured Sinner, if he could just keep his nerve, keep giving himself a chance, keep falling. Most neutral observers backed Alcaraz ahead of this final, albeit with two caveats. One, it was going to be close. Two, Alcaraz would need to pull out every last miracle in his pocket. Because even Sinner's bogstandard, pasta-and-cheese tennis is of such a relentlessly high level that it basically requires a godlike genius like Alcaraz to unravel it. The only players to beat him in the last year are Alcaraz, Alexander Bublik, Andrey Rublev, Daniil Medvedev, and what they all have in common is a certain unpredictability, verging on the mercurial. Take Sinner out of his comfort zone, and you have a puncher's chance. Because what constitutes Sinner's comfort zone is perhaps the most uncomfortable place it is possible to exist in professional tennis. There's not much mystery there. Sinner is going to hit it clean, and he's going to hit it quick, and he's going to hit it hard, and he's going to do it all afternoon. Sinner takes you into a tunnel of pain, to the point where you start to despair of ever seeing the end, perhaps that there even is an end. Alcaraz's serve collapsed in sets three and four because of the sheer pressure Sinner was putting on it, forcing him to go for a little more every time. The endless drop shots were a desperate attempt to end the points quickly, because staying in them was simply too agonising. And of course Alcaraz has a higher pain threshold than most. He even took the first set in characteristically theatrical style, thrusting a backhand winner into the open court while tumbling to the ground like a cheetah slipping over in the ketchup aisle. This is the best of Alcaraz: tennis on the very edge of the world, tennis that moves people, tennis as dialogue. Part of the reason I think he likes grass so much is that it gives him something back. He treads and it responds, and in a slightly different way every time. Was what followed the worst of Alcaraz? Perhaps instead we should give Sinner his due. From high in the stands, the prevailing motif of the last couple of sets was the constant puffs of chalk dust on Alcaraz's side of the net, as Sinner's strokes kept pinging the lines like sniper's bullets. Tennis as warfare, tennis as intimidation, tennis as the end of an argument. Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion And before long, we were at the end. No miracles, no rocks or bumps, just a smooth slide to the bottom of the mountain. The crowd were hot and drunk and satisfied. Someone popped a champagne cork just as Sinner was about to serve. Someone shouted: 'Come on, Tim,' during the fourth set, and frankly what's Yvette Cooper going to do about this particular menace to our nation? Finally Sinner served, and for the last time the ball did not come back. Another twist, then, in this brilliant little rivalry. And this was a good result for the rivalry, good for the lore, good for the narrative as the tour swings towards the hard courts of North America and Alcaraz's bid for New York redemption. Perhaps even good for Alcaraz too in the long run, a champion who could learn a little of Sinner's ruthlessness on the off-beats, who often struggles to find his voice when the dialogue falls silent. As for Sinner, once the celebrations had died away, he did a strange thing. He patted the grass with the palm of his hand, again and again, almost as if thanking it, as if it were a faithful horse. The four-time grand slam champion climbed the steps to his box, clasped his family in his arms and cried like a little boy again, a little boy who had reached for the sweets and come away with the whole damn jar.
Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Jannik Sinner reveals 'emotional' pain of losing French Open helped him beat Carlos Alcaraz in Wimbledon final
Jannik Sinner reveals 'emotional' pain of losing French Open helped him beat Carlos Alcaraz in Wimbledon final Jannik Sinner believes the pain of his defeat in the French Open final inspired him to take revenge on Carlos Alcaraz and be crowned Wimbledon champion. The Italian came from a set down in Sunday's final to beat defending champion Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in a sensational performance just five weeks after their five-set epic at Roland Garros. 'It's so special,' said Sinner. 'Emotionally, I had a very tough loss in Paris. At the end of the day, it really doesn't matter how you win or you lose, especially in important tournaments. You just have to understand what you did wrong. That is exactly what we did, to accept the loss and to keep working. 'This is for sure one of the reasons why I hold the trophy.' Sinner's victory comes just 10 weeks after he returned from a three-month ban following two positive tests for banned substance clostebol. 'I was very emotional, even if I don't cry,' added Sinner. 'Only me and the people who are close to me know exactly what we have been through on and off the court. It has been everything except easy. Jannik Sinner won his maiden Wimbledon title in gripping fashion on Sunday His victory over Carlos Alcaraz comes just five weeks after he lost to the Spaniard at Roland Garros 'We've tried to push every practice session, even though I was struggling at times mentally.' Sinner was nearly struck by a flying champagne cork during the second set, leading the umpire to ask spectators on Centre Court not to open bottles while the players were about to serve. 'Only here at Wimbledon!' added Sinner. 'That's exactly why we love playing here. It's a very expensive tournament!' Not for Sinner, who takes home £3million in prize money and secures a fourth Grand Slam title, becoming only the fifth player to hold three major men's titles at the same time alongside his Australian Open and US Open crowns. 'I was saying before the match, we would never have thought to be in this position back in the days when I was young, this was only a dream,' said Sinner. 'A dream of a dream as it was so far away from where I am from. I am living my dream.' Sinner's triumph ended a 24-match winning streak for Alcaraz and a run of 20 wins in a row at Wimbledon since Sinner last beat him in the fourth round three years ago. Alcaraz, the 2023 and 2024 champion, missed the chance to join to Bjon Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as only the fifth player to win the men's singles titles three years in a row. Alcaraz won in Paris but had to come out on the losing side for the first time in three years at SW19 The Spaniard and Sinner have now shared the last seven Grand Slams and Alcaraz believes his their rivalry is taking tennis to a new level. 'It's great for us and it's great for tennis,' said Alcaraz, who had the King of Spain watching on from the Royal Box.'Every time we play each other, our level is really high. 'I don't think we watch a level like this, if I'm honest with you. I don't see any players playing against each other having the same level. 'This rivalry it's going to be better and better.'
