England will be hoping 2024 is finally the year men’s football comes home as they go for European Championship glory. Boss Gareth Southgate probably has one final shot at becoming the first manager since Sir Alf Ramsay to win a major trophy after several near misses over the last few years.
The Paris Olympics and Euro 2024 will underpin next year’s sporting calendar. Here we pick out 10 sporting stars in 2024 who could shine.
Erling Haaland, Max Verstappen and Novak Djokovic were among the stars to produce historic statistics in a memorable year of sport. Here we look back at 2023 in numbers.
After clinching a record-extending 40th Masters series title in Paris at the weekend, we’re taking a look at the Novak Djokovic odds for 2024 and whether he will enjoy more grand slam glory. The Serbian’s loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the 2023 Wimbledon final appeared to mark a real shift in men’s tennis but Djokovic has not lost a match since.
The US Open, the final grand slam of the year, begins in New York on Monday. Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, the current world number ones, will bid to defend the titles they won last year but a host of rivals will be out to dethrone them. Here, we pick 10 players to watch at Flushing Meadows.
Carlos Alcaraz won his second grand slam before turning 21 with his Wimbledon triumph. Alcaraz is outstripping the achievements of runner-up Novak Djokovic and the rest of the modern ‘big three’ at the same age. Here, we examine the statistics behind the young Spaniard’s rapid rise to prominence.
Wimbledon threw up a historic surprise in the women’s singles before Novak Djokovic’s long reign in the men’s tournament came to an end. Marketa Vondrousova beat crowd favourite Ons Jabeur to become the first unseeded women’s champion in the competition’s history and a day later, Carlos Alcaraz became the new King of Centre Court when he dethroned Novak Djokovic in a five-set thriller.
The All England Club has hosted some classic matches over the years and we have picked out some of the greatest Wimbledon finals of all time. Roger Federer is the men’s record holder with eight titles, but two of the championship matches he lost feature in our top six deciders.
Wimbledon 2023 has served up the men’s singles final most tennis fans wanted as the best two players in the world meet on Centre Court. Top spot in the rankings is up for grabs as well as a grand slam title and while this is the final that was widely predicted, picking a winner is not as easy despite Novak Djokovic the clear favourite.
Ons Jabeur hopes she has served her apprenticeship as she bids to take the final step and win a maiden grand slam title on Saturday. No other woman can match the Tunisian’s achievement in reaching three grand slam finals in the last five tournaments after finishing as runner-up at Wimbledon last year and at the US Open.
There have been relatively few upsets at Wimbledon 2023 with five of the top seeds in the women’s singles making it through to the quarter-finals. Surprise results are never too far away in this sport, though, as we look back at some of the biggest upsets in women’s tennis.
Wimbledon celebrates the career of Roger Federer today so we’re looking back at all his grand slam victories. Federer, who announced his retirement last September, will have his achievement of winning a record eight grand slam titles in SW19 recognised during a special ceremony before the action on Centre Court begins at 1.30pm. Here are all the Federer grand slam wins during the 41-year-old’s incredible career.
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki has announced her intention to return to tennis after a three-year retirement and is the latest athlete to plan a famous sporting comeback. Wozniacki, who won the 2018 Australian Open and was runner-up in two US Open finals in 2009 and 2014, is targeting her grand slam return at Flushing Meadows later this year.
Novak Djokovic has the chance to match Margaret Court’s record of 24 grand slam singles titles as he takes his dominant form of recent years to Wimbledon. With the Serbian also chasing a calendar year Grand Slam, we take a look at his record.