Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka has been dethroned at the US Open, with Elena Rybakina capturing her first title at Flushing Meadows and strengthening her claim as the leading player in women’s tennis.
Rybakina defeated the two-time defending champion 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the women’s singles final, adding the US Open crown to her Grand Slam achievements.
The victory capped an impressive tournament for the Kazakhstani, who entered the event following an Achilles injury and also secured the world number-one ranking during her run in New York.
Rybakina overcame four consecutive Grand Slam or Olympic champions during the second week of the tournament before defeating Sabalenka in......
Drake has finally shared with fans what his long-teased Fear of Missing Out project is — and it's arriving sooner than you think.
On Saturday (September 12), Drizzy took to Instagram to share a teaser clip of what he's calling a "not so short film," putting to bed the speculation surrounding the mystery project.
FOMO, which is "directed and scored by the family," is set to premiere on Tuesday (September 15) at 9 P.M. ET on YouTube, according to the Toronto hitmaker.
In the preview clip, Drake can be seen riding a neon green speedboat while a woman's voice provide a short narration.
FOMO arrives roughly four months after Drake emptied the vault......
The exciting news explains the pop sensation’s absence after ending her Mayhem Ball World Tour in April after nearly nine months on the road and 86 shows.
The silence also sparked elopement rumors. Cosmopolitan relayed one account that no one had seen or heard from Gaga in over a month and that her circle believed she had married Polansky and left on a honeymoon. A TMZ report on September 9 pushed back, saying close family members who had seen the pair within the previous two weeks maintained the two are still engaged rather than married.
Gaga and Polansky, 42, began dating in 2020 and got engaged on April 1, 2024, keeping it to themselves for months. The secret slipped when......
Defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders have been eliminated from the Caribbean Premier League playoffs and will finish the season at the bottom of the standings after suffering a six-wicket defeat to the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Batting first at the Guyana National Stadium, TKR were restricted to 126 for eight from their 20 overs. Justin Greaves top-scored with 35, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz starred with the ball for Guyana, taking four wickets for 23 runs.
The Warriors comfortably chased down the target, reaching 127 for four with eight balls remaining. Shai Hope anchored the innings with an unbeaten 42, while Shimron Hetmyer contributed 28.
Miraz was named Player of the Match as the......
Ben Shelton is into a Grand Slam final for the first time after defeating fellow American Frances Tiafoe, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5, in the 2026 US Open semifinals on Friday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The top-ranked American man will play top-seeded Alexander Zverev for the title on Sunday.
The No. 8 seed also became the first Black American man to reach a US Open singles final since Arthur Ashe in 1972.
Shelton is dialed in, alright, and we’re talking about much more than just his signature on-court celebration.
Even after his prior match ended well after 12:00 a.m., the American's dream of winning a Grand Slam title hasn’t struck midnight just yet,......
The Barbados Tridents are now just one victory away from securing a place in the Caribbean Premier League playoffs after defeating the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots by four wickets at Kensington Oval.
South Africans Chris Green and Quinton de Kock led the way for the Tridents. Green claimed four wickets for 20 runs as the Patriots were dismissed for just 118, despite a fighting 45 from Wanindu Hasaranga.
The Tridents then found themselves in early trouble at 27 for three before de Kock steadied the innings with an unbeaten 44. He received valuable support from Shadrack Descarte and Sherfane Rutherford as Barbados reached 120 for six with two overs remaining.
The victory moved the Tridents......
JAŸ-Z continued his 30th anniversary celebrations by inviting longtime friends Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams to perform with him in Paris.The veteran rapper hit the stage at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Thursday night, September 10, for the latest stop on his "JAŸ-Z 30" world tour. Hov started with a medley of hits from albums such as Reasonable Doubt, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, and The Blueprint trilogy. Midway through the show, Jigga called Pharrell Williams to the stage. The multihyphenated artist helped JAŸ-Z perform classics like "Excuse Me Miss," "La-La-La (Excuse Me Miss Again),"......
Snoop Dogg is set to host this year's MTV VMAs.On Thursday, September, 10, CBS and MTV announced Tha Doggfather as its newest host. In a video posted to social media, Snoop steps out from behind a human-size Moonperson and says, "It's the one and only D-O-double G." While surrounded by a cloud of smoke, Snoop says, “I don’t know how they got all that smoke in here. Don’t ask me." Snoop will host the annual awards show live from Los Angeles for the first time since 2017.“MTV and the VMAs have been part of my story since the beginning,” Snoop said in a statement....
Trinbago Knight Riders are now the only unbeaten team in the Women's Caribbean Premier League after a commanding nine-wicket victory over Jamaica Empress Women at Kensington Oval.
Jamaica were restricted to 100 for eight from their 20 overs, with Rashada Williams top-scoring with 40. Player of the Match Karishma Ramharack led the Knight Riders' attack with three wickets for 11 runs.
In reply, Trinbago raced to 104 for one in just 11.1 overs, led by an unbeaten 57 from Yastika Bhatia.
The Knight Riders return to action against Guyana Amazon Warriors on Saturday.
Aryna Sabalenka is headed back to the U.S. Open final.
After beating Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 on a dank, heavy night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Sabalenka is one win away from her third consecutive title in New York. A showdown with Elena Rybakina, who will replace Sabalenka at the top of women’s tennis Monday, awaits.
That would be a remarkable achievement. The U.S. Open is the hardest Grand Slam to defend. It comes toward the end of the season, when top players can be banged up or burned out and ripe for the taking....
