Sean Ingle

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sean Ingle

Emma Raducanu’s stalker has been blocked from buying tickets for this month’s Wimbledon Championships in the public ballot, it has emerged. Security staff at the All England Club discovered that the man, who has never been named, was on the waiting list when they did a re-sweep of the ballot, after he was given a restraining order in Dubai in February.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Sean Ingle

There will be a sprinkling of stardust at the US Open mixed doubles with Carlos Alcaraz partnering the British women’s No 1, Emma Raducanu, in an event many top players have decided to give a try for the first time. Jannik Sinner will be with the world No 9, Emma Navarro, while the British men’s No 1, Jack Draper, will partner the Olympic women’s singles champion, Zheng Qinwen. Novak Djokovic has agreed to play with his Serbian compatriot Olga Danilovic.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sean Ingle

There will be a sprinkling of stardust at the US Open mixed doubles later this summer with Carlos Alcaraz partnering British No 1 Emma Raducanu in an event many top players have decided to give a try for the first time. Jannik Sinner will play alongside the world No 9 Emma Navarro, while British No 1 Jack Draper will partner Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen. Novak Djokovic, meanwhile, has agreed to play with his Serbian compatriot Olga Danilovic.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sean Ingle

The moment that ripped apart track and field’s most successful and eccentric family came in January 2022, after the 15-year-old sister of the Tokyo Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen was grounded by her father after school. At that point, Jakob and his brothers Filip and Henrik, were all European, world or Olympic champions, having trained like professionals since before they were teenagers.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sean Ingle

The father of the double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been found guilty of hitting the Norwegian runner’s younger sister, Ingrid, with a wet towel, and handed a 15-day suspended sentence. However, Gjert Ingebrigtsen, who coached his Jakob to 1500m gold at the Tokyo Games in 2021 before an acrimonious split a year later, was acquitted of the same charges against Jakob after a court in Norway found there was “reasonable doubt” about the accusations.