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Novak Djokovic feels the nerves as tennis GOAT faces F1 star in Ryder Cup celeb match | Tennis | Sport

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Novak Djokovic is feeling the pressure as the 24-time Grand Slam winner prepares to tee off at the Ryder Cup. The world No 1 is playing against F1 driver Carlos Sainz and Italian Tommaso Perrino in an All-Star Match, with Gareth Bale and Andrey Shevchenko also involved in the event.

Djokovic was keen to tame expectations before partnering up with WR4GD world No 1 Kipp Poppert in Rome. “Normally I thrive on pressure but with this type of club! We are tennis players. Please keep your expectations low! I am nervous,” he said as he took to the putting green ahead of the competition, pulling a tennis racket out of his golf bag.

“I played much more golf before becoming a parent. The last seven or eight days, I have played five times. I have never had a week that is that intensive in golf. I had a couple of lessons as well in a local course back in Serbia, we have a 9-hole course and I was out with a local pro. I liked my golf before the lessons!”

The top-ranked tennis player also explained how he got the Ryder Cup gig, adding: “My caddie Mark Madden is my business advisor. He lives in Wentworth. He grew up with Luke Donald. Luke and him go back a long way.

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“Luke asked me and I obviously accepted the invite. I was very curious to see the line-up. When I saw it was Gareth Bale and Andrey Shevchenko, who are scratch golfers, I was not sure about being here! But it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Being on the Ryder Cup course and being to have my first experience on such a challenging and hilly course.”

Sharing his tactics, he continued: “I have a great partner – he is world No 1. We are playing best-ball. If I do slice, I am staying on the fairway.” The recent US Open winner confirmed that he was planning to take in some of the Ryder Cup after his own experience on the course.



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FA Cup draw in full: Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea discover fifth-round opponents | Football | Sport

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There were a few surprise results in the fourth round, with Mansfield Town beating Burnley to maintain their impressive run.

Wrexham, meanwhile, squeezed past Ipswich Town to book their place in tonight’s draw.

Birmingham City came very close to beating Leeds United but were edged out on penalties.

Burton Albion narrowly lost out to West Ham, who had Freddie Potts sent off in extra time.



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Team GB star hit with unusual punishment five times at Winter Olympics | Other | Sport

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Weston’s exploits have made him a household name, as well as helping to put skeleton as a sport on the map. But his achievements have also ended up costing him quite a bit, as the 28-year-old has been punished five times for… being too fast.

That’s because of an unwritten rule in skeleton that means whenever a track record is broken by an athlete, they have to buy the track workers a crate of beer. The kicker for Weston (specifically his wallet), is that he’s broken the record five times since arriving at the 2026 Olympics!

Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: “I need to supply a lot of beer for the track records. Those who don’t know, the tradition is whenever you break a track record you have to buy a crate of beer for the track workers and I’ve broken five of them so it’s a lot.”

Tabitha Stoecker, who was the other half of the mixed team that won gold, chipped in with: “I’ll lend you the money Matt.” To which Weston, with a big grin on his face, replied: “Thank you. Team event, so that’s one split. So yeah, pretty insane.”

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Weston’s golds have been the story of the Games so far for Team GB, with the Brit saying: “The individual event is amazing but doing it as a team when we’re normally an individual sport is amazing. To have my team-mate by my side as Olympic champions, two-time for me which is crazy. I’m looking forward to the celebrations!”

Before adding: “Luckily, I felt like I kind of knew what I needed to do. Yesterday – not yesterday, the day before, it’s all a bit of a whirlwind – when I had the individual event, I kind of took a load of confidence from that, and I just had to almost in my head be boring and get the job done. We’ve done it again!”



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Winter Olympics LIVE: Team GB face own curling drama as BBC apologise | Other | Sport

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Here’s a look at just some of the things happening today:

8:05am: Women’s curling round robin – Denmark vs Great Britain

9am: Bobsleigh – two man, heat 1, 10:57am: heat 2

11:47am: Women’s 1000m short track speed skating final

12:30pm: Men’s Alpine Slalom final run 2

1:05pm: Men’s curling round robin – Great Britain vs Norway

6:05pm: Women’s curling round robin – Switzerland vs Great Britain

6:30pm: Women’s Free ski Big Air Final – Featuring GB’s Kirsty Muir

7pm: Figure skating – Pairs Free skate

7:31pm – Men’s Super Team Ski jumping final round

8:06pm – Bobsleigh – Women’s monobob heat 4



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