Gallery: Weekend In Sport
Tennis’ most iconic tournament came to it’s conclusion at SW19. Vondrousova created history, Searle flew the flag, and Alacraz marked the beginning of a new era. It was The Championships, Wimbledon that dominated this weekend in sport…
Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time by ending Novak Djokovic’s recent dominance with a stunning victory.
Spain’s Alcaraz fought back from a nervy start to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 against the defending champion.
It stopped Djokovic winning a fifth successive title at SW19, an eighth men’s crown at the All England Club and a 24th major overall – all record-equalling feats.
Back in June, Barclays unveiled its plans for its debut year as the official banking partner of The Championships, Wimbledon.
Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title as Ons Jabeur’s wait for a major goes on.
Vondrousova is ranked 42nd in the world after missing six months of last season with a wrist injury but the Czech managed to defeat 2022 runner-up Jabeur to win Saturday’s final 6-4 6-4.
Sixth seed Jabeur has now lost all three major finals she has played in and was in tears at the end.
Henry Searle ended Britain’s 61-year wait for a boys’ singles champion at Wimbledon with a dominant victory over Russian Yaroslav Demin.
The unseeded 17-year-old won 6-4 6-4 in front of a buoyant Court One crowd.
Australia retained the Women’s Ashes with a three-run victory over England, who were defeated despite Nat Sciver-Brunt’s impressive unbeaten century.
Sciver-Brunt, who scored 111 off 99 balls, dragged England from 203-7 to a position where they needed 15 runs from the last over and five off the final ball.
However, Australia and Jess Jonassen, who bowled the final over, held their nerve to retain the urn with one match to spare by virtue of being the holders.
The points-based series, which is now 8-6 in favour of Australia, concludes at Taunton on Tuesday.
Rory McIlroy was celebrating on Sunday as he edged out home hope Robert MacIntyre to win the Scottish Open title.
The Northern Irishman sealed his first win in Scotland by a stroke after his sublime two-iron stinger from 200 yards on the 18th set up a decisive birdie.
MacIntyre had mastered the windswept Renaissance Club with a six-under 64 to set the target at 14 under.
But McIlroy posted 68 with closing back-to-back birdies to deny the Scot.
The sport is still reeling from last month’s news of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour merging with Saudi Arabian-backed circuit LIV Golf in a deal that ended the huge division within golf.
Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the leader’s yellow jersey in the Tour de France after an intense stage 14.
Spain’s Carlos Rodriguez, who had been dropped on the final climb, won the stage after he mugged Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar on the final descent.
The top two in the race duelled on the final climb after an attack by Pogacar.
Pogacar finished second with Vingegaard third but the Dane extended his overall lead by a second via bonus seconds for leading over the Col de Joux Plane.
Ahead of the world’s most famous cycling race, Science in Sport (SiS) extended its relationship with British team INEOS Grenadiers until 2026.
Arsenal have confirmed the signing of England midfielder Declan Rice from West Ham for £100m plus £5m in add-ons.
Rice has signed a five-year contract with Arsenal in a deal which has the option of a further year.
The initial fee for Rice equals the £100m City paid Aston Villa for Jack Grealish in 2021.
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