Angelique Kerber won the US Open on Saturday, marking her rise to world number one with a gritty victory over Karolina Pliskova to add a second Grand Slam crown to her magical 2016 season.

Football giants Al Rayyan and Lekhwiya will clash in the Sheikh Jassim Cup final on September 12. Lekhwiya coach Djamel Belmadi is expecting a ‘feisty’ contest with arch-rivals Al Rayyan when the two sides meet in the Sheikh Jassim Cup tomorrow.

Diego Costa scored twice, including an 81st-minute equaliser, as Antonio Conte maintained his unbeaten start to life as Chelsea manager in a 2-2 draw at Swansea City yesterday.

Barca boss Luis Enrique admitted he must take responsibility for the Spanish champions’ shock 1-2 home defeat to newly promoted Alaves after starting Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez on the bench.

Francesco Totti came off the bench to hit a late winner from the spot as Roma moved to within two points of Juventus after a rain-interrupted 3-2 win over Sampdoria yesterday.

RB Leipzig stunned Bundesliga title hopefuls Borussia Dortmund 1-0 on Saturday to claim the club’s first win in the German top flight, while Joel Pohjanpalo scored a stunning hat-trick in Bayer Leverkusen’s 3-1 defeat of Hamburg.

Angelique Kerber didn’t quite know what to say. Still glowing from a US Open semi-final win that propelled her to her third Grand Slam final of the year,

Karolina Pliskova vowed not to turn her back on her all-or-nothing game despite it falling short in her three-set defeat to Angelique Kerber in Saturday’s US Open final.

Britain enjoyed a golden morning in the Paralympic rowing, picking up three gold medals. Rachel Morris is a Paralympic champion in a second sport after claiming rowing gold in Rio yesterday,

Britain’s Mo Farah claimed an unprecedented third consecutive victory in the Great North Run half-marathon in northeast England yesterday.

Hunter Pence’s legacy will be tied to those fiery speeches, when he stomped around the Giants clubhouse and screamed and his eyes bulged while imploring his teammates to a pair of World Series titles.

Von Miller appeared everywhere this offseason. The Denver Broncos linebacker granted interviews to Ellen, The Today Show and The Late, Late Show. He presented a Grammy. He competed on Dancing with the Stars.