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Senegal vs Iraq — Pride, points and a long flight home

Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group I, Matchday 3 · June 26, 2026 There are games that decide trophies, and there are games that decide nothing at all except how you want to be remembered. Senegal vs Iraq at Toronto's BMO Field belongs mostly to the second category, and

Norway vs France — Two giants already through, one ego left to settle

Petra Marcinko vs Madison Keys — the lucky loser who refused to leave

Tatjana Maria vs Jelena Ostapenko — the slice against the sledgehammer

Preview · Lexus Eastbourne Open (WTA 250) · Semi-final · Grass · 26 June 2026 Two very different careers meet on Centre Court. Jelena Ostapenko, the No. 3 seed and 2021 Eastbourne champion, is the form pick on paper — she demolished Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 6-0 in the quarter-finals to reach

Fabian Marozsan vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina — the touch artist meets the form man

Preview · Mallorca Championships (ATP 250) · Semi-final · Grass · 26 June 2026 This is a classic mismatch on paper that the grass refuses to make simple. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the world No. 25 and the No. 2 seed here, has been the cleanest mover of the week: a bye, a tidy

Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs Karolina Muchova — the qualifier who keeps slaying seeds

Wang Xinyu vs Naomi Osaka — the outsider against a woman who hasn't dropped a set

Nuno Borges vs Ethan Quinn — a Portuguese breakthrough meets an American serve

Jack Draper vs Ugo Humbert — the comeback meets the grass-court craftsman

Zizou Bergs vs Toby Samuel — the favourite meets the fairytale

Preview · Lexus Eastbourne Open (ATP 250) · Semi-final · Grass · 26 June 2026 There are weeks when grass-court tennis rewards the obvious and weeks when it tears the form book in half, and Eastbourne 2026 has delivered the second kind. On Friday, Belgium's Zizou Bergs, a top-40

Türkiye vs USA — Dead Rubber, Wounded Pride

Paraguay vs Australia — Win or Wait: The Group D Shootout for Second Place