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Is Fluminense vs Al Hilal on TV? Kick-off time, channel and how to watch Club World Cup quarter-final
It's the clash of the giant-slayers as Fluminense and Al Hilal go head-to-head with a spot in the Club World Cup semi-finals on the line. Fluminense thought they'd pulled off arguably the shock of the tournament to date when they dumped out Inter Milan in the round of 16, stunning the Champions League runners-up 2-0 thanks to goals from German Cano and Hercules. Advertisement That was until Al Hilal went one better, shocking one of the tournament favourites in Manchester City in a 4-3 extra-time victory. Having stamped their mark as the dark horses of the Club World Cup, both will be flying the flag for non-European teams as they look to cause further upsets in the competition's latter stages. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the match. When is Fluminense vs Al Hilal? Fluminense will face Al-Hilal at 8pm BST on Friday 4 July at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. How to watch the Club World Cup DAZN will show each match of the tournament live, including the final, for free in the UK. Advertisement All users can watch a live stream on television and mobile devices by signing up for the company's DAZN Freemium service, with the option to watch ad-free coverage for £14.99. Users can watch DAZN from anywhere by using the DAZN App on TVs, smartphones and any device with a web browser. QUARTER-FINALS Friday 4 July Match 57: Palmeiras vs. Chelsea (Philadelphia) Match 58: Fluminense vs. Al-Hilal (Orlando) Saturday 5 July Match 59: PSG vs. Bayern Munich (Atlanta) Match 60: Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund (East Rutherford) SEMI-FINALS Tuesday 8 July Match 61: Winners of Match 57 vs. Winners of Match 58 (East Rutherford) Advertisement Wednesday 9 July Match 62: Winners of Match 59 vs. Winners of Match 60 (East Rutherford) FINAL Sunday 13 July Match 63: Winners of Match 61 vs. Winners of Match 62 (East Rutherford) Watch every Fifa Club World Cup game free on DAZN.
Yahoo
13-07-2025
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Germany's Martin Schindler Niko Springer set to play in last 16 at Baltic Sea Darts Open
Saturday's second round of action of the Baltic Sea Darts Open was full of upsets and young stars prevailing. Several high seeds fell in shocking defeats, leaving a fun lineup for Sunday's last 16. Advertisement Germany's stars prevail in Saturday's action, headline Sunday's third round Several European Tour events take place in Germany, but this one feels special. Germany's Niko Springer and Martin Schindler picked up big wins, as they will face one another in Sunday afternoon's session, with a quarterfinal spot on the line. Springer defeated the number two seed, Stephen Bunting, 6-2 in the second round. An average of 100.72 was too much for Bunting to overcome. MORE: 2025 Baltic Sea Darts Open: Draw, schedule, prize money and format explained Schindler took care of business against Jermaine Wattimena in the second round, winning his first game of the weekend, after having Friday off. Advertisement Belgium's Andy Baetens is putting together a strong campaign these past couple of days, beating Raymond van Barneveld on Friday and Rob Cross in a 6-2 win on Saturday. He'll face Gary Anderson in the round of 16, with hopes of making it to his first career quarterfinal on the European Tour. Damon Heta, a recent European Tour finalist and Players Championship event winner, lost to a determined Wessel Nijman. Nijman is now ranked 18th on the year-to-date OoM. An event win this weekend would get him into the top 15. MORE: These 3 major PDC stars didn't qualify for the 2025 World Matchplay of Darts Advertisement Nijman has steadily been climbing the Main OoM, but with him only starting to play more regularly in the last 12 months, the year-to-date rankings show how consistent he has become. Sunday's lineup should be an exciting and unpredictable one. Several players like Nijman and Springer have made strong cases this weekend and recently, with it only being a matter of time before they earn their first European Tour event title. MORE DARTS ARTICLES:
Yahoo
06-07-2025
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Wimbledon 2025: Men's and Women's seeds list and tracker
It's turning into a tournament of shocks at Wimbledon as top seeds fall from the Championships in the early rounds. On Tuesday, three of the world's top five were knocked out of the women's singles, with French Open champion and second seed Coco Gauff following the exits of third seed Jessica Pegula and fifth seed Zheng Qinwen. Sixth seed Madison Keys followed suit on Friday with a straight-sets defeat to the oldest woman remaining in the draw, 37-year-old Laura Siegemund. Advertisement The third seed and fourth seeds are also out on the men's side, with Alexander Zverev knocked out at the first hurdle, and Britain's Jack Draper falling in round two. Daniil Medvedev, Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune were also big-name casualties from the top 10. Both the men's and women's 20th seeds are out, and both lost to British opposition – Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko fell in three sets to an inspired British No 3, Sonay Kartal, while wildcard Arthur Fery got the better of Australia's Alexei Popyrin. And there have been further seeds to lose since then... Follow the progress of the top players at Wimbledon with our seed tracker here: Men's seeds 1. Jannik Sinner Advertisement 2. Carlos Alcaraz 3. Alexander Zverev - first round defeat to Arthur Rinderknech, 6-7, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6 4. Jack Draper - second round defeat to Marin Cilic, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 4-6 5. Taylor Fritz 6. Novak Djokovic 7. Lorenzo Musetti - first round defeat to Nikoloz Basilashvili, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7, 1-6 8. Holger Rune - first round defeat to Nicolas Jarry, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 4-6 9. Daniil Medvedev - first round defeat to Benjamin Bonzi, 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-7(3), 2-6 10. Ben Shelton 11. Alex de Minaur 12. Frances Tiafoe - second round defeat to Cameron Norrie, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 5-7 13. Tommy Paul - second round defeat to Sebastian Ofner, 6-1, 5-7, 4-6, 5-7 Advertisement 14. Andrey Rublev 15. Jakub Mensik - third round defeat to Flavio Cobolli, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 16. Francisco Cerundolo - first round defeat to Nuno Borges, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(5), 0-6 17. Karen Khachanov 18. Ugo Humbert - first round defeat to Gael Monfils, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 2-6 19. Grigor Dimitrov 20. Alexei Popyrin - first round defeat to Arthur Fery, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4, 4-6 21. Tomas Machac - second round defeat to August Holmgren, 6-7(5), 7-6(8), 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-7(5) 22. Flavio Cobolli 23. Jiri Lehecka - second round defeat to Mattia Bellucci, 6-7(4), 1-6, 5-7 24. Stefanos Tsitsipas - first round retirement against Valentin Royer, 3-6, 2-6, ret. Advertisement 25. Felix Auger-Aliassime - second round defeat to Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-3, 6-7(9), 3-6, 4-6 26. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina - third round defeat to Taylor Fritz, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(5), 1-6 27. Denis Shapovalov - first round defeat to Mariano Navone, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 4-6 28. Alexander Bublik - first round defeat to Jaume Munar, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(5), 2-6 29. Brandon Nakashima 30. Alex Michelsen - first round defeat to Miomir Kecmanovic, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) 31. Tallon Griekspoor - first round defeat to Jenson Brooksby, 2-6, 5-7, 3-6 32. Matteo Berrettini - first round defeat to Kamil Majchrzak, 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6 Advertisement Women's seeds 1. Aryna Sabalenka 2. Coco Gauff - first round defeat to Dayana Yastremska, 6-7 1-6 3. Jessica Pegula - first round defeat to Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 2-6, 3-6 4. Jasmine Paolini – second round defeat to Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 5. Qinwen Zheng - first round defeat to Katerina Siniakova, 5-7, 6-4, 1-6 6. Madison Keys - third round defeat to Laura Siegemund, 3-6, 3-6 7. Mirra Andreeva 8. Iga Swiatek 9. Paula Badosa - first round defeat to Katie Boulter, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6 10. Emma Navarro 11. Elena Rybakina - third round defeat to Clara Tauson 7-6, 6-3 12. Diana Shnaider - second round defeat to Diane Parry, 4-6, 1-6 Advertisement 13. Amanda Anisimova 14. Elina Svitolina - third round defeat to Elise Mertens, 1-6, 6-7(4) 15. Karolina Muchova - first round defeat to Xinyu Wang, 5-7, 2-6 16. Daria Kasatkina - third round defeat to Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 6-3 17. Barbora Krejcikova 18. Ekaterina Alexandrova 19. Liudmila Samsonova 20. Jelena Ostapenko - first round defeat to Sonay Kartal, 5-7, 6-2, 2-6 21. Beatriz Haddad Maia - second round defeat to Dalma Galfi, 7-6(7), 6-1 22. Donna Vekic - second round defeat to Cristina Bucsa, 1-6, 3-6 23. Clara Tauson 24. Elise Mertens - fourth round defeat to Aryna Sabalenka, 4-6, 6-7(5) 25. Magdalena Frech - first round defeat to Victoria Mboko, 3-6, 2-6 Advertisement 26. Marta Kostyuk - first round defeat to Veronika Erjavec, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 27. Magda Linette - first round defeat to Elsa Jacquemot, 7-6(7), 1-6, 4-6 28. Sofia Kenin - second round defeat to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, 1-6, 6-7(4) 29. Leylah Fernandez - second round defeat to Laura Siegemund, 2-6, 3-6 30. Linda Noskova 31. Ashlyn Krueger - second round defeat to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-7(4), 4-6 32. McCartney Kessler - first round defeat to Marketa Vondrousova, 1-6, 6-7(3)
The Independent
05-07-2025
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- The Independent
Wimbledon shock as defending champion Barbora Krejcikova out in third round
Defending Wimbledon women's singles champion Barbora Krejcikova was knocked out in the third round after experiencing a medical issue on court during her match against Emma Navarro. The 2022 Wimbledon winner, Elena Rybakina, also exited the tournament in the third round, losing to Clara Tauson in a rain-delayed match. These upsets mean a new name will claim the women's title for the eighth consecutive Wimbledon tournament, continuing a trend since Serena Williams 's last win in 2016. Teenage seventh seed Mirra Andreeva advanced to the fourth round with a straight-sets victory, and Liudmila Samsonova also progressed, hitting a powerful 128mph serve. Following a series of upsets in the first week, world number one Aryna Sabalenka is now the highest seeded player remaining in the women's draw.
Forbes
04-07-2025
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Wimbledon 2025: Why Top Seeds Are Losing Early?
US player Coco Gauff reacts as she plays against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska during their women's ... More singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2025. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images) Wimbledon's top seeds are disappearing faster than a fresh bowl of strawberries and cream. Thirty-six seeds — 19 men and 17 women — are out at Wimbledon in the first two rounds. Thirteen of the men's Top 32 seeded players were gone by the first round. Yesterday, Marin Cilic upset No. 4 Jack Draper 4-6 3-6 6-1 4-6, to reach the third round. "Carnage," is what 2009 Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick called the first two rounds. Eight Top 10 seeded players — men's and women's — were out in the first round. That's an Open Era record. Aryna Sabalenka, No. 1 seed, is the only Top 5 seed left in the women's draw. Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Qinwen Zheng, and Jasmine Paolini, seeds 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, were gone before the end of the second round. Gauff and Pegula, the highest-ranked Americans, made history for the wrong reasons. It marked the first time in the Open Era that two of the top three seeds in the women's draw lost in the first round. Why are so many top seeds losing so early at Wimbledon this year? Seeded players chalked up their losses to parity, a lack of grass-court preparation, or a mental lapse. The result is a wide-open Wimbledon on the women's side and some tremendous opportunities for those left in the men's draw. Parity Leads To More Wimbledon Seeds Falling LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 01: Jessica Pegula of the United States of America reacts against Elisabetta ... More Cocciaretto of Italy during the Women's Singles First Round match on day two of The Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 01, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by) One reason more Wimbledon seeds are falling is increased parity in tennis. The game has expanded. More countries produce top players and looks nothing like the sport did 50 years ago when it was nearly exclusive to Americans, Europeans and Australians. Yesterday, Zeynep Sonmez became the first Turkish player to reach the third round at Wimbledon. "I mean, grass is a tricky surface. The game is getting much deeper. You have to think, not so long ago Cam (Norrie) made the semifinals here, and now I'm playing him the second round," said Frances Tiafoe in his post-match press conference. 'You have floaters like that, and then you have some young guys playing well. The game is just really tough. It's not like how it used to be where you can kind of, I mean, quote, unquote, get to your seedings (spot) easier.' Tennis legend Chris Evert said that when she was playing, if you were a top player, you cruised to the second week of Grand Slams. Evert reached the semifinals or better in 52 of 56 Grand Slam tournaments she competed in. Two of her four losses came in the quarterfinals and two in the third round. Chris Evert of the United States holds the Venus Rosewater Dish aloft after defeating Olga Morozova ... More of the Soviet Union in their Women's Singles Final match on Centre Court at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship on 5th July 1974 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England. Chris Evert Lloyd won the match and Ladies championship 6 - 0, 6 - 4. (Photo by Leonard Burt/Central Press/) "I mean, my era was 40, 50, years ago, and to me, I think it's more difficult nowadays, because there's simply more depth and thousands and thousands and thousands of more professional tennis players," Evert said in an online press conference. "There weren't 50 countries playing tennis. Nowadays, tennis has gotten so big that tennis is the number one (sport) in a lot of these smaller countries and a lot of the European countries." Evert also said players train harder now, and someone ranked outside the top 100 is as fit as players in the Top 10. "They train like Olympic athletes. Back 40, 50, years ago, we trained like tennis players, and nowadays they train like Olympic athletes," she said. John McEnroe agreed and added that the game's pace is faster than when the Big Three — Roger Federer, Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal — dominated. "And you can make an argument that what we're seeing now is even faster and different than what we saw even five years ago," he said. Taylor Fritz, the highest ranked American male, had to survive two five-setters against young players, both 6'8" who consistently serve above 140 mph. Djokovic's fastest serve in his career was 136 mph. Fritz's first opponent, Giovanni Mphetshi Perricard, 21, hit one serve 153 mph, a Wimbledon record. Gabriel Diallo, 23, Fritz's second round opponent, hit 26 aces. Neither Mphetshi Perricard or Diallo was seeded. Globalization Of Tennis Training Creates More Parity Canada's Gabriel Diallo reacts as he plays against US player Taylor Fritz during their men's singles ... More second round tennis match on the third day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) Another reason for upsets is the globalization of training, where players from all over the world live and train at top tennis academies in Florida, France and Spain. International players coming from a few top schools creates almost a standardized development process. Tennis academies aren't new. The Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (now IMG Academy) trained produced Maria Sharapova, Andre Agassi and Kei Nishikori trained there as kids. However, access to international development has expanded. More players are arriving on tour with technically-sound strokes. The IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, the Mouratoglou Academy in France, the Sanchez-Casel Academy and Rafael Nadal Academy in Spain, attract players from all over the world. Some go right into the pros. Others head to the US to play in college, where 61 percent of NCAA tennis players are none-US citizens. Norrie (Great Britain), Lulu Sun (New Zealand), Oliver Tarvet (Great Britain), Arthur Rinderknech (France), Jacob Fearnley (Great Britain), Diallo (Canada), Rinky Hijikata (Australia), and Diana Shnaider (Russia) were among the 35 players in the Wimbledon main draw with NCAA experience. Wimbledon Seeds Difficult Transition From Clay To Grass US player Frances Tiafoe reacts after slipping as he plays against Britain's Cameron Norrie during ... More their men's singles second round tennis match on the third day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) After winning the French Open, Gauff headed back to the US. She made appearances on all the morning shows. She popped up on the Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, at the New York Liberty's game and. Meanwhile, other players, including Dayana Yastremska who upset Gauff in the first round, were on the grass playing warmup tournaments. Yastremska entered Wimbledon 6-2 on grass. Gauff was 0-1. After her loss Gauff second-guessed her preparation and said she might do things different in the future. 'I couldn't find my footing out there today,' Gauff said after the loss. Players like Gauff, who can slide into points on the clay, lose that advantage on grass, a faster surface. The clay take some of the heat off a big serve. But on grass, big servers are dangerous. Players transition from hard courts as early as April and have nearly two months to prepare for the French Open. They have an array of clay court tournaments to chose from, including 1,000-level events which draws top players and has a Slam-like atmosphere. Jack Draper during a break in play in the match against Marin Cilic on day four of the 2025 ... More Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London. Picture date: Thursday July 3, 2025. (Photo by Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images) Between the French Open and Wimbledon players have only three weeks and there are no 1,000 level tournaments. So competition is dispersed throughout Europe. Top players play more matches, reaching the latter rounds more often. Fatigue sets in and they are most vulnerable in the early rounds before they can relax into a rhythm. Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz had to survive a five-setter in the first round against Fabio Fognini, a man heading into retirement. Whatever the reason for this historic number of top seeds losing, one player's upset means opportunity for another. Players like Fritz and Elina Svitolina, who are seeking their first Grand Slam title or Ben Shelton hoping to become the first American man to win Wimbledon since 2000, have a clearer path to the finals. However, the favorites at Wimbledon, also top seeds, Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Alcaraz, Jannick Sinner and Djokovic remain in the tournament, awaiting a chance to leave more carnage on the court.
