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a day ago
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- Yahoo
Crane lifts Linnets to away day success
Hereford 0 King's Lynn Town 2 Linnets boss James Rowe praised two-goal hero Ross Crane for turning hard work over the summer into quality on the pitch. Crane struck twice inside the opening half an hour to give Lynn their first win of the National League North season after the previous week's home draw against AFC Telford United. His opener was a header from a Bailey Clements cross which looped over one-time Lynn keeper Theo Richardson and his second the product of quick reactions as he swept the ball home after Reece Hall-Johnson's shot came off the woodwork. 'It's been a lot of work in the last seven weeks, more from himself,' Rowe told official club channels. 'He's got to control his own development. But we were right by his side, and he showed ability there. Dangerous from distance, ran his heart out. His running stats were through the roof, high intensity was through the roof, and that allowed him the space in the pockets, and we knew that would open up on transition if we invited them on. "We could hit them on the break, which we did well. But also, I think, to take the game plan into practice, where he scored, he's come in between the centre-half and the full-back and scored a header in the early stages of the game - it's exactly what we worked on in training, it's exactly what we talked about on the video, and he's produced, so that's the markings of a good player.' It's four points from two games ahead of Tuesday's trip to Spennymoor, and Rowe was delighted with is team's performance. 'It feels really good in the changing room,' he said. 'We've got a great togetherness. I just said in there to the players that the most important ones were the ones that weren't involved, that perhaps thought they should have been involved. 'We had two that travelled that were in the stands. We had two that didn't come on in Gold (Omotayo) and Theo (Williams), and obviously Jonah (goalkeeper Paul Jones) as well. And Gold could have thought that he was hard done by not to be in the starting XI. "But that's what we need to do. We need to play in different ways. We played completely different today than we did last week. It was about the space, and we certainly dominated the space, and we were deserved winners.' Hereford: Richardson, Quansah, Preston, Howkins (Roberts 46), Skinner, D'Ath (Williams 80), Richards, Nto (Edwards 69), Osborne (Williams 80), Sterling-James, Campbell (Wreh 69). Subs not used: Lewis, Hudson. King's Lynn Town: Chadwick, Hall-Johnson, Clements, Wilson, Fleming, Clunan, Nyahwema (Dickens 81), Collins (Forde-Brown 71), Crane, Gyasi (Marriott 76), Maja (M Williams 52). Subs not used: Jones, Omotayo, T Williams. Goals: Crane 5, 28. Attendance: 2,854 (67 away)
France 24
7 days ago
- Sport
- France 24
Sabalenka survives massive Cincinnati struggle with Raducanu
The top seed, who won the Cincinnati final a year ago over Jessica Pegula, increased her lead at the top of the WTA Tour match-win statistics as she secured her 49th of the season. But the struggle was real for Sabalenka, who finished with two aces in the closing stages. "I'm happy to get through this difficult match," Sabalenka said. "I just hope tomorrow is a day off. I need time to recover from such a great battle." Raducanu put up a huge fight, matching Sabalenka throughout. The British number one survived a 25-minute eighth game of the final set, which went to 13 deuces, with Raducanu saving four break points before finally holding for 4-all and eventually into a tiebreaker. But Sabalenka squeezed out victory with a sixth ace for 5-4 in the breaker and delivered her seventh on second match point to bring the battle to a close after three hours and nine minutes. "It was all about momentum," Sabalenka said. "I took some risks at the end, went for crazy shots, went to the net. "A risky game from me helped to put a lot of pressure on her," she said of an opponent whom she hugged warmly at the net. Sabalenka is bidding for her 10th trophy at the 1000 level and second this season after winning at Madrid. In other third-round results at the last major tuneup prior to the US Open, Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Australian Maya Joint 6-4, 6-3. Sorana Cirstea defeated Yuan Yue 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 6-4 and will next play third seed Iga Swiatek, who got a walkover into the round of 16. Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, a quarter-finalist this month in Montreal, made further hard court progress with a 6-4, 6-1 thrashing of American wild card Taylor Townsend. Her next opponent will be Sabalenka on Wednesday. In the men's draw, seventh seed Holger Rune, a semi-finalist here a year ago, won his 99th career match on cement, ending the hopes of Alex Michelsen 7-6 (7/4), 6-3. Felix Auger-Aliassime got a win for Canada, advancing 7-6 (7/4), 4-2 when French opponent Arthur Rinderknech retired with apparent heat illness after two gruelling hours on court.
Arab News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Djokovic becomes third man to win 100 ATP titles with Geneva victory
The 38-year-old recovered from losing the first set to clinch a 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/2) win For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport
