These were the most interesting events in the world of sports last week.
Highlights of the week
September 4 In New York, in the quarterfinals of the US Open Tennis Championship, the world number one Polish player Iga Swiątek lost to the American Jessica Pegula 2:6, 4:6.
September 5 The American football season of the North American National Football League (NFL) has begun. 32 teams participate in the tournament, the title of champion is defended by Kansas City Chiefs. The final match will take place in 2025. February 9 in New Orleans.
September 5 Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei (33), a participant in the Olympic Games, who was doused with gasoline and set on fire by her ex-boyfriend, has died.
September 5 American Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100-meter race at the Diamond League of Athletics in Zurich (10.84 seconds). The best result of the world season was achieved by Kenyan runner Beatrice Chebet (5000 m). The seventh stage this season was won by Swede Armandas Duplantis (hurdles), the fourth by Botswanan Letsile Tebogo (200 m), American Grant Holloway (100 m hurdles), Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (100 m hurdles), Ukrainian Jaroslava Mahučich (high). and Australian Nina Kennedy (bitter).
September 5 The fourth tournament of the men’s European Nations League has started. In the first round of the A-League, Germany won by the biggest margin, defeating Hungary 5-0 at home. Defending champions Spain drew 0-0 with Serbia away from home.
September 6 Argentina (18), Uruguay (14), Colombia (13), Brazil (10) and Venezuela (9) are leading the way in Round 7 of the Men’s World Cup qualifiers in the South American zone.
September 7 In Santiago, Chile, in the final of the South American Women’s Basketball Championship, Argentina defeated defending champion Brazil 84:76. Colombia won the bronze medals. The Argentinian women became the champions of the continent for the third time (previous times – in 1948 and 2018).
September 7 Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defeated American Jessica Pegula 7:5, 7:5 in the final of the US Open Tennis Championship in New York (the match lasted 1 hour 54 minutes). The 26-year-old A.Sabalenka, the world number two, won her third Grand Slam title (she was the Australian champion in 2023 and 2024). 30-year-old J. Pegula played in the Grand Slam final for the first time.
September 7 France defeated Bulgaria 3:1 in the final of the European Boys (under 20) Volleyball Championship in Vrniačka Bania (Serbia). Bronze medals were won by the Czech Republic. The French became champions of this age group for the second time in 29 tournaments.
September 7 Croatia defeated Montenegro 10:8 in the final of the European Boys (under 19) water polo championship in Burgas (Bulgaria). Spain won the bronze medals. Croats became champions of this age group for the first time in 28 tournaments.
September 8 The Vuelta a España multi-day cycling race has ended in Madrid. Their winner was Slovenian Primož Rogličius (Bora), second place was taken by Australian Ben O’Connor (AG2R), and third place was taken by Spanish Enric Mas (Movistar). 34-year-old P. Rogličius became the “Vuelta” champion for the fourth time (the previous times – in 2019, 2020 and 2021) and in terms of the number of victories, he overtook the Spaniard Roberto Heras, the record holder of the race. Slovenian cyclists have won all three major multi-day races this season (Giro d’Italia and Tour de France were won by Tadej Pogačar).
September 8 The winner of the Hamburg Cyclassics cycling race (UCI World Tour) was the 22-year-old Dutchman Olav Kooij (Visma).
September 8 The Summer Paralympic Games have ended in Paris. 4463 athletes from 168 countries participated in them (not counting neutral athletes and refugee teams), they fought for 549 sets of medals. China won the most medals (94 gold, 76 silver, 50 bronze), Great Britain (49, 44, 31) and the United States (36, 42, 27).
September 8. In Rimini (Italy), the winner of the Grand Prix stage of the motorcycle race was the Spanish Marc Marquez (Ducati), the second place was taken by the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), and the third place was taken by the Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati). After 13 out of 20 rounds, Spain’s Jorge Martin (Ducati, 312), F. Bagnaia (305) and M. Marquez (259) lead the overall standings.
September 8 The Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) became the winner of the Acropolis Rally, the Spanish Dani Sordo (Hyundai) took the second place, and the Estonian Ott Tanak (Hyundai) took the third place. Th. Neuville (192), O. Tanak (158) and Frenchman Sebastien Ogier (Toyota, 154) lead the World Rally Championship after 10 of 13 rounds.
September 8 Italian Jannik Sinner defeated American Taylor Fritz 6:3, 6:4, 7:5 in the final of the US Open Tennis Championship in New York (the match lasted 2 hours 17 minutes). World No. 1 Sinner, 23, became the first Italian tennis player to win the US Championship and won his second Grand Slam title (he was the winner of the 2024 Australian Championship). The 26-year-old T. Fritz, who occupies the twelfth place in the ATP ranking, became the first since 2009. American tennis player who reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament.
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