2 h. ago Björn Borg discusses cocaine, overdoses and quitting tennis in his 20s in a memoir and AP interview

Björn Borg starts his new memoir, “Heartbeats,” with a story about being rushed to a Dutch hospital in the 1990s after overdosing on alcohol and drugs, and the Swedish tennis great closes it by revealing that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer

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1 week ago Carlos Alcaraz powers past Jannik Sinner in four sets to win US Open

Spaniard wins final 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4Alcaraz new world No 1 after victoryWhen Carlos Alcaraz is fully focused and his impossibly complete game is in full flow, nothing in the world can stop him. As he has spent the early years of his career collecting major titles at a breathless pace, this has been clear for a long time. On the biggest stage in tennis, he reinforced the sentiment with a stupendous performance against his greatest rival, completely outplaying Jannik Sinner, the No 1 and defending champion, to lift his second US Open title with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win.At the end of the most spectacular summer of his career, Alcaraz will replace Sinner as world No 1, returning to the top ranking for the first time in two years. The 22-year-old also continues to mark himself as one of the greatest ever young players: he is the second-youngest man in the Open era to earn six grand slam titles, trailing only Björn Borg. He is also already the fourth man to win multiple grand slam title...

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1 week ago Venus Williams, LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo – elite athletes are extending their careers into their 40s. How?

Athletes are commonly thought to peak in their 20s. But some top sports stars are extending their careers across decadesAt this year’s US Open, when 45-year-old tennis great Venus Williams stepped on to the court to play in doubles, it was alongside a teammate who wasn’t even born when Williams won gold in the singles at the Sydney Olympics.Given that the peak performance age for a tennis player has traditionally been considered to be around the mid-20s, it was an extraordinary feat to be competing at a major, but Williams’ exceptional extension of her athletic career is increasingly common. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How Lulu, 76, hid her alcohol addiction to keep up appearances after revealing she was a 'secret drinker' and 'battled shame in secret for years'

The singer, 76, who is now in recovery and was previously admitted to rehab, made the candid admission in an interview with The Times ahead of the release of her memoir, If Only You Knew.

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1 week ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg reveals he has been living with prostate cancer

The 11-time grand slam champion said he ‘fights every day’ like a Wimbledon final in an upcoming biography

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1 week ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg, 69, opens up on secret cancer battle in autobiography

Bjorn Borg, who won 11 Grand Slam titles during his career, has opened up on his secret battle with prostate cancer in his upcoming autobiography, 'Heartbeat'

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1 week ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg, 69, has secret cancer battle after choosing not to tell the world

Bjorn Borg, who won 11 Grand Slam titles during his career, has opened up on his secret battle with prostate cancer in his upcoming autobiography, 'Heartbeat'

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1 week ago Tennis icon Bjorn Borg, 69, 'reveals secret cancer diagnosis' in autobiography

The book, titled Heartbeat, will be officially released on September 18 but has been made available early for Amazon users in Italy.

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2 w. ago Carlos Alcaraz thrills US Open crowd as he eases into quarter

The second seed is through to the last eight without dropping a set.

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3 w. ago Lefties like Shelton and Draper could flip the script at this year’s US Open

Rafael Nadal aside, there has been a paucity of male southpaw champions in recent decades. But that could change at Flushing Meadows this yearDuring the peak years of the Big Three, from 2008-2020, the only relevant issue to be discussed when discussing a grand slam draw was which of the trio was scheduled to meet before the final. And what this ultimately meant was that semi-finals often turned out be better than the finals (see: the 2010 and 2011 US Open semi-finals between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, or the 2013 and 2021 French Open semis between Rafael Nadal and Djokovic).Tennis hadn’t had that kind of impenetrable triangle of stars since the Jimmy Connors-Björn Borg-John McEnroe troika’s very brief hold on the sport in the late 1970s and very early 1980s. What makes that long-ago epoch stand out even further is the preponderance of left-handed players. Consider – from 1974 through 1984, a southpaw triumphed in every one of those 11 years at the US Open; Connors in 1974, 1...

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