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With her beaming smile, wry sense of humor and confidence to do things her own way, Hsieh Su-Wei captured the public’s heart at this month’s Australian Open. The Taiwanese star, ranked as one of the world's best doubles player, reached the quarterfinal stage in Melbourne, the furthest she has ever gone as a singles player in a grand slam. Despite being knocked out by eventual champion Naomi Osaka, it was an experience the 35-year-old very much enjoyed, even in defeat. "Every moment is all very special, it doesn't matter if it's winning or losing, because sometimes when you lose, you will learn a lot," Hsieh told CNN Sport. "Like [when] I played Naomi, I saw the number of her serve speed, I felt like: 'Wow.' You need to be looking forward, looking on the good parts. "I try to go a little bit better because, you know, with my style, I wouldn't serve like Naomi, but I will try to improve." Unlike most players on the professional tour, Hsieh is without a kit or racket sponsor meaning she pays for all her equipment herself. According to coach Paul McNamee, she can go years without changing her racket, something which many players do multiple times during a single match. Speaking with reporters at the Australian Open, McNamee said Hsieh had once gone three years without changing her racket and only thought it was time for a change when the strings began to break. Playing without a sponsor Ranked 50th in the world on the singles tour, Hsieh remains relaxed about the possibility her success in Melbourne could see a flurry of sponsorship opportunities come her way. "People say it's struggling with a sponsor situation, but I'm not thinking in that way because there's always a sponsor coming to me, but I don't have a manager," said Hsieh, who has career earnings of over $ 9 million. "So for me, if I don't find someone who I can work [with], then I better focus on tennis because I'm a tennis player. You can't forget what you're doing and what is your first priority. So And just make decisions.Very simple. "I don't think it's a big deal to have it or don't have it." Rising up through the junior ranks in Taiwan, a country without much tennis infrastructure, Hsieh demonstrated her early potential but her father, and mentor, could never get a sponsorship deal over the line. She said her slight build used to put potential sponsors off, with them asking her to come back when she had grown some more. Undeterred, Hsieh started to play professionally at the age of 16, though life on tour wasn't easy though. She struggled to sign up for tournaments and was having to plan everything herself. That was until she met McNamee. The former Australian tennis player took a Hsieh under his wing in 2011 and unburdened her of the administrative headaches. It allowed Hsieh to focus on her game and unleash her true potential. "He's kind of like my teacher, my parent, my family and a good friend," Hsieh said on McNamee's influence. "He's always behind me, next to me, it was very helpful. I feel so much support and so much warmth. "I feel very happy because when you are working with people who are always kind and positive, you get a lot of good energy." Australian Open run Hsieh has won three grand slam doubles titles, making her one of Asia’s most successful players, and her unorthodox style of play makes her a consistent thorn in the side for some of the sport’s elite. She seems to play on instinct which, if nothing else, often makes for a great match for those watching. However, despite her record run in Melbourne this year, Hsieh wasn’t feeling in great shape in the build-up to the tournament. "It's very strange because before the tournament started, 24 hours before, I wasn't really getting into the feeling with tennis and suddenly, on Sunday, I just felt like, oh, I should play like this and then I get it on," said Hsieh, who was one of 72 players placed in a strict 14-day quarantine ahead of the Australian Open’s start. "This is what happens. Sometimes tennis is like a feeling, mental [ity] or you just need to change a little bit and it happens." Her refreshing approach to life, and to the sport of tennis, shows no sign of slowing down as she gets older. But be careful not to mention her age too much, as one reporter found out to his cost in Melbourne. After Hsieh upset the odds by beating 2019 US Champion Bianca Andreescu in straight sets, on-court interviewer Brett Phillips congratulated her on the victory and, after mentioning her age, asked how many years she thinks she can keep playing. Hsieh delivered a rapier-like reply to the question, followed by her trademark smile. "Just a little reminder [for] you. In Asia, we normally don't say the girl's age in public," she said, putting her finger to her mouth to shush the interviewer.

Alfe Ingve Berntsen remembers the first time he laid eyes on this scrawny kid with an appetite for goals. It was 2005 and Berntsen was coaching the youth teams at Norwegian club Bryne FK when a five-year-old Erling Haaland first walked through the door. "We saw immediately he was something special," Berntsen recalls. These days, scrawny isn't a word you'd typically associate with Borussia Dortmund striker Haaland. He stands at 6 feet 4 inches, weighs close to 14 stone and has transformed himself into something resembling Norse god Thor. After making his Champions League debut in 2019, it took Haaland just seven games to score 10 goals - the fastest any player has reached double figures in the competition’s history. He’s also the first teenager to score 10 goals in a single Champions League season. At just 20 years of age, Haalaand is unquestionably one of the best strikers in the world. “Erling was the best when he was a little guy, but we didn’t think when I started to coach him when he was seven that he would become top scorer in the Champions League when he was 19,” Berntsen says. "It was soon quite obvious that he would be a very, very good player, but these thoughts, I think, came when he was 11 or 12 - then the talent developed from good to very, very good." 'Loveable. Funny. Serious. ' Given his size, speed and strength, it’s often remarked about Haaland that he may well have been created in a lab. Since erupting onto the Champions League scene as a 19-year-old with RB Salzburg, there have been very few defenders - if any - that have been able to cope with the Norwegian striker’s physical attributes. Tall, broad-shouldered and muscular, Haaland boasts blistering speed, which is all the more impressive for someone his size. On the pitch, he is an imposing brute of a forward, but more often than not plays football with a broad grin on his face. Despite his physicality, his finishing also often display a feather light touch. According to Bernsten, Haaland is much the same person that arrived Bryne FK, his hometown club, as an excitable kid, better known then for being the son of former Premier League player Alf-Inge Haaland, who also played for Norway. "He's lovable guy," Berntsen says of the 20-year-old Haaland. "He is humble. He trained a lot. He is funny and he's serious. He's very similar now to how he was when he was 11 and 12. He scores a lot and he smiles a lot. So he hasn't really changed. "He was always up front. If you've seen clips [of him] from a young age, he still has a very similar playing style. "He is still this same funny, goalscoring, serious guy. He's really good in training, takes care of his body. The restitution, the sleep habits, nutrition, he is a top individual athlete - very professional." Smartness in the box To focus solely on his physical attributes, however, would do a disservice to the work Haaland has put in to become one of the most intelligent forwards in Europe. He often appears in the right place at the right time, but this is by design rather than luck. As a child, Haaland was certainly a talented footballer but by no means a prodigy. He was average height and skinny, Berntsen recalls, and certainly wasn't able to lean on his physicality like he is today. Despite his size - or lack of, rather - Haaland's ability meant he was often given the opportunity to train with an older age group - Berntsen's group - and it was here that he was forced to develop the attacking instincts he now displays with such consistency. "When he was seven, he began to become part of our team - some days, not always - but some days because he was too good for his own age group," Berntsen recalls. "When you are seven and play with eight-year olds, you're lacking the physicality. So from an early age, when he began to play with boys one year older, he had to develop smartness in the box. When you see him now, he’s strong and has a lot of power, but he didn’t have that before. "When Erling trained with his own age group, they were good and when he became part of our [older] group, they were also very good players," Berntsen says, also remarking that Haaland was gifted in athletics and handball.

Tiger Woods was "awake, responsive, and recovering" in the hospital from major surgery, according to a statement on his Twitter account on Tuesday, after a high-speed rollover car crash near Los Angeles. The 45-year-old golf legend was driving shortly after 7 a.m. PT Tuesday in Rancho Palos Verdes when his SUV crossed a median and veered across two lanes of road before hitting a curb, hitting a tree and landing on its side in the brush, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. Woods remained conscious and calm but sustained serious leg injuries, He underwent a lengthy emergency surgery on his lower right leg and ankle at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, the statement said. The leg fractures were "comminuted," meaning the bone was broken into more than two parts, and "open," meaning the broken bone was exposed to open air, creating risk of an infection, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anish Mahajan said in the statement. Orthopedic trauma specialists inserted a rod into his tibia to stabilize both the tibia and fibula bones, stabilized the foot and ankle bones with a combination of screws and pins, and relieved pressure to the muscle and soft-tissue of his leg by surgically releasing the covering of the muscle, Mahajan said. Having seen the damage at the crash site, Villanueva said it was "nothing short of a miracle" that Woods was alive. "We have seen accidents with far less obvious (damage) that are fatalities," Villanueva told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Tuesday. The crash represents a devastating setback to Woods' hopes of returning to golf glory and comes just a month after his fifth career back surgery. And in a life highlighted by his mastery of the golf course, it's the roadways that have proved most destructive: the 2009 car crash that led to the dissolution of his personal life from him and the 2017 DUI arrest that stemmed from an addiction to painkillers.

The reeling nomination of Neera Tanden as White House budget director is highlighting the crucial early battles on Capitol Hill that will shape the future of the Biden presidency, the terrain of the midterm elections and the fate of the Republican Party. Two Senate committees overseeing Tanden's nomination postponed votes on Wednesday on whether to move her candidacy to the full chamber. The White House insisted it would not fold on trying to get her from her confirmed from her but her path from her forward from her - amid controversy about her past tweets slamming Republicans - is looking increasingly impossible. Aides to Joe Biden know this first big fight over a key nominee will help set the terms of the new President's relationship with Congress. The controversy shows how after four years of politics by tweeted decree in the Trump era, normal service is resuming inside the Beltway in all its brutal, hypocritical, and high-stakes glory as everyone with power tries to wield it to set the tone for the coming years. Other bitter confirmation hearings are turning into early de-facto fights on the great issues of the Biden era, like climate change and expanding access to health care. Republicans are meanwhile beginning to mobilize against Biden's $ 1.9 trillion Covid rescue package in the hope of billing it as an example of massive liberal overreach and winning a political payoff. Yet they are making a significant gamble. If Biden pulls the country out of the pandemic with the help of the bill - that is currently popular - the GOP will look mean and irresponsible. The Covid relief plan is meanwhile stretching the papered over unity observed by Democrats in their election-year zeal to beat Donald Trump, with a split widening over including a minimum wage hike in the huge plan. The internal Democratic tussle begs many questions, including, when will Biden step in and impose his authority from him? How fair is he willing to appease moderate Democrats who want a watering down of some aspects of the package? And would any Democrat - however infuriated they might be over compromises made to either the right or the left - dare to break with their new President on the test of his power of him in a 50-50 Senate? Party splits The Republican Party is even more divided than Democrats. While some senators like Mitt Romney are working through principled objections to Biden's policies and nominees, Trump loyalists like Sens. Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and Ron Johnson are performing for their watching leader in exile and, perhaps more critically, his base of supporters. They are forcing their party into what may turn into a four-year fight over Trump's lies about an election he lost. Looming clash over Covid package Elsewhere in the Capitol on Tuesday, Republican senators worked through the intricacies of the budget procedure known as reconciliation, which Democrats plan to use to ease the Covid rescue bill past filibuster attempts. At their weekly conference lunch, the GOP caucus also strategized on how to challenge Democratic unity during debate on the package, CNN's Lauren Fox reported. In one possible troublemaking maneuver that would double as points on the board ahead of congressional elections in November 2022, Romney and Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton are working on a plan to raise the minimum wage to $ 10 an hour on condition that there are mandatory requirements on business to discourage the hiring of undocumented migrants.

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The Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League has become the latest sporting competition to be impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Showjumping's premier series has rescheduled three of its upcoming events to dates later in the year as the world grapples to control the virus' spread. The Mexico City, Miami Beach and Shanghai legs of the new season - scheduled between March and May - are those locations affected but it is not yet clear when exactly they will be held again. A number of sporting events have been canceled as the World Health Organization declared coronavirus a global pandemic. Organizers said they were working with the Alliance of Jumping Organizers (AJO) and the FEI (International Equestrian Federation) to find consensus about new dates. "The health and wellbeing of our fans, stakeholders and staff are of the utmost importance in these unprecedented times, which are impacting events worldwide," read a press release from the tour organizers. The 2020 tour kicked off in style in Doha last weekend with Daniel Deusser and his horse Killer Queen VDM winning the season opener. Meanwhile, the London Knights started the Global Champions League (GCL) for teams with victory.

Yan Dhanda has been a leading light in helping Swansea City return to the Premier League, but he is also driven by the fact he's one of only a handful of British Asian footballers playing professionally in the United Kingdom. Dhanda, whose father was born in England to Indian parents, says he's excited by the idea of breaking barriers and being a role model. But being a role model isn't easy. Following Swansea's FA Cup defeat to Manchester City on February 10, Dhanda was subjected to racist abuse on Instagram. He later said Facebook, which owns Instagram, had added "more fuel for hate" by not banning the account from its platform, instead only restricting the user from sending private messaged "for a set period of time." "That's why receiving the abuse hurt me so much, because I'm so proud of where I come from, and so for individuals to try and abuse me because of that was quite sad," he said. Dhanda said he was "angry and hurt" by the abuse and struggled to sleep that night. The 22-year-old believes Facebook chose not to ban the account for "selfish reasons." "They just want as many people as they can to be using their applications," Dhanda said. "They're not being affected, they're not being abused, so they're alright. They're not over thinking about anything or about how they look or how they feel, and as long as they've got as many people as they can using their websites, then they're happy. "They might lose one or two people [if they ban accounts] that use in their applications, [but] at least they're helping people and not allowing these people to send abuse to whoever they want." In response, Instagram said it doesn't "want racism and hate" on its platform. "The abuse directed at Yan Dhanda last week was completely unacceptable and the person who sent it is currently blocked from sending any more messages," a Facebook company spokesperson told CNN in a statement. "While we believe it's important that people have the chance to learn from their mistakes, that doesn't mean we'll tolerate repeated abuse. "If they continue to send hateful messages once these restrictions lift, we'll remove their account permanently. We announced these tougher measures last week, in addition to our safety features that help people manage the comments and messages they see. We know there's more to do and we'll continue to work with the clubs, players and wider industry to collectively tackle this issue. " Dhanda says there is "definitely not" enough being done by social media companies and sport organizations to eradicate racism and address under-representation. "We're in 2021 now and it's still happening, so obviously something is not right and enough is definitely not being done. I think until people get in the mindset of giving people the job, regardless of where they come from or regardless of the background, then things are not going to change, "he said. "Whoever is in charge of making the decisions about who is actually working for that particular company, then things are not going to change if the person who is making the decisions doesn't have respect for people in general." Stereotyping 'still happening' A report commissioned by the Football Supporters' Association and Beyond Entertainment in 2020 found that just 0.25% of professional footballers in the UK were from a British Asian background, despite British Asians making up 7% of the population. Dhanda believes comments made by former English Football Association (FA) chairman Greg Clarke last November, which ultimately led to his resignation of him, are proof racial stereotyping still exists at the top of English football. Among other comments, Clarke said there are "a lot more South Asians" in the IT department at the FA and that "they have different career interests." He later said he was "deeply apologetic" and resigned with immediate effect. "Before Greg Clarke's comments, I'd done quite a few interviews and spoke about the stereotypes people are facing," Dhanda said. "Obviously people had their opinions on that and would say: 'Oh no, it doesn't happen anymore' or 'things have changed.' "But Greg Clarke's comments proved that it is still happening and people who are high up in these certain jobs are making stereotypes and comments like that. So it proves what I was saying was actually right. "I think it shouldn't be 'give this person a job because he's Asian and we need to make it more diverse in what we're doing,' but whoever goes for that job, whoever is best for that job, should get the job, regardless of background and skin color. This is what I've said all along. " When contacted by CNN, the FA pointed to a statement from CEO Mark Bullingham published in November, which stated the FA "respect his [Clarke's] decision and are clear that his words simply do not reflect the views of the FA, our people and the organization we are today. " It continued: "We are committed to playing a lead role in actively enhancing equality and diversity across English football, whilst steadfastly challenging and tackling all forms of discrimination."

Boris Johnson is set to announce his long-awaited roadmap for taking England out of lockdown, British government officials confirmed to CNN on Monday morning. The country has been in full national lockdown since January 4 after new variants of coronavirus were found inside parts of England that expedited the spread of the virus and was thought to be more dangerous. Johnson will tell the House of Commons on Monday afternoon that as of March 8, schools will finally reopen across England, as well as some very limited return of outdoor social interaction, including sitting on a park bench and having a coffee, which is currently not allowed. The Prime Minister will also announce that as of March 29, as schools go on their Easter holiday, further restrictions on social interactions will be lifted, allowing groups of six to meet outdoors and entire households to socialize. Downing Street placed particular emphasis on wanting to give something to elderly and vulnerable people, now vaccinated, who have been kept apart from their families for nearly a year. Downing Street emphasized that these are planned measures and should the Covid-19 situation worsen in England, they could be pushed back and the country kept in lockdown. The news comes as the UK's vaccine rollout continues to lead the rest of Europe, while scientific research indicates that vaccinations lower the risk of hospitalization up to 94%. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Strathclyde and Public health Scotland examined data from people who had received the first dose of the either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine. The data showed that four weeks after having the shot, the risk of being admitted to hospitals had been reduced by up to 85% and 94% respectively, according to UK news agency PA Media. As of Monday morning, the UK has given first doses to 17.5 million people, while the speed at which it can vaccinate is increasing. Monday's announcement from the Prime Minister will mark step one of a four-step path out of lockdown. Johnson will tell lawmakers later that his government's decisions "will be made on the latest data at every step, and we will be cautious about this approach so that we do not undo the progress we have achieved so far." The speed at which the country will exit lockdown will be set against four key tests: how the vaccine rollout is going; how vaccines are affecting hospitalizations and deaths; infection rates staying low; new variants not undermining the other three tests. Johnson will say that his priority has "always been getting children back into school which we know is crucial for their education as well as their mental and physical wellbeing, and we will also be prioritizing ways for people to reunite with loved ones." It is possible that his cautious approach to him and focus on schools and families rather than economics will draw criticism from a number of his Conservative backbenchers who have been pushing for a faster exit from lockdown since the summer. At the time, infection rates had fallen and government sources told CNN at the time that priorities had shifted from containing the spread to reopening the hospitality industry. As the summer months ended, infections returned and the virus mutated, requiring urgent action to halt the spread.

The Supreme Court cleared the way for a New York prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump's tax returns, dealing a massive loss to Trump who has fiercely fought to shield his financial papers from prosecutors. The documents will be subject to grand jury secrecy rules that restrict their public release. The ruling is a bitter loss for Trump, even if the tax records are shielded from public disclosure, after he consistently argued that the subpoena issued by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance was overbroad and issued in bad faith. It means that the grand jury investigation into alleged hush money payments and other issues will no longer be hampered by Trump's fight to keep the documents secret. The ruling was issued without comment or dissent. Last July, the Supreme Court, voting 7-2, rejected the Trump's broad claims of immunity from a state criminal subpoena seeking his tax returns and said that as president he was not entitled to any kind of heightened standard unavailable to ordinary citizens. The justices sent the case back to the lower court so that the president could make more targeted objections regarding the scope of the subpoena. In October, a federal appeals court said "there is nothing to suggest that these are anything but run-of-the-mill documents typically relevant to a grand jury investigation into possible financial or corporate misconduct." Trump's personal lawyers then took the case back to the Supreme Court, urging the justices to put the lower court ruling on hold while the justices considered whether to take up the appeal. "The subpoena is geographically sprawling, temporally expansive, and topically unlimited --all attributes that raise suspicions of an unlawful fishing expedition," William Consovoy wrote. "Even if disclosure is confined to the grand jury and prosecutors," he said "once the documents are surrendered" confidentially "will be lost for all time." The subpoenas span documents from January 2011 to August 2019, including his tax returns, from Trump's long time accounting firm, Mazars. The documents relate to the Trump Organization's employment of Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen and hush money payment Cohen allegedly made to two woman who claimed to have had extramarital affairs with Trump.

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A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Denver International Airport Saturday after it suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff, sending aircraft debris raining down on soccer fields, homes and yards in a Denver suburb. United Flight 328 returned to the airport around 1:30 p.m. after suffering an engine issue, an airport spokesperson told CNN. The flight had been bound for Honolulu. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed in a statement that a Boeing 777-200 safely returned to the Denver International Airport after "experiencing a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff." "The FAA is aware of reports of debris in the vicinity of the airplane's flight path," the statement said. The flight returned about 20 minutes after the police department in Broomfield, Colorado, said via Twitter that it had received reports that an airplane flying over the Denver suburb had engine trouble and had "dropped debris in several neighborhoods around 1:08 p.m." "No injuries reported at this time," according to the tweet. Debris from the aircrat landed outside a home in Broomfield, Colorado, on Saturday, February 20. Additional tweets from police said debris landed in Commons Park and the Northmoor and Red Leaf neighborhoods of Broomfield. The city is about 25 miles north of Denver and 30 miles east of Denver International Airport. Images from the scene showed large pieces of debris lying in the front yards of homes and a soccer field at the local park. CNN affiliate KCNC shared photos showing the smashed cabin of a resident's pickup truck. Another CNN affiliate, KMGH, shared photos of a hole in the roof of a local home. United Airlines told CNN there were 241 people, including 10 crew members, aboard Flight 328. All passengers have safely deplaned and are at a terminal in Denver, where the airline is working to get them on a new flight. "United Flight 328 experienced an engine failure and safely returned to Denver. We are in contact with the FAA, NTSB and local law enforcement," United Airlines said in a statement. "The NTSB is investigating and has directed that any persons with debris from this event contact their local law enforcement agency." Pilots report 'engine failure' in mayday call Pilots are heard issuing a mayday call, telling air traffic controllers "we've experienced engine failure," according to air traffic control communications with Flight 328 obtained by CNN. Police received calls from residents who said they'd heard a loud explosion, said Rachel Welte of the Broomfield Police Department at a Saturday news conference. "Then they just started seeing basically what they thought was a plane falling from the sky. What it was was debris," Welte said, describing the debris as "possibly some exterior pieces of the plane." Welte, speaking at the local park, stressed how much worse things could have been. "We could have hundreds of people here and the fact that we're not getting reports of any injuries are absolutely shocking at this point," she said. "It's amazing." Aircraft debris from a United Airlines flight on a soccer field in Broomfield, Colorado, on Saturday, February 20. Police are working to contain the secure the large debris field for the National Transportation Safety Board, which will be in charge of the investigation, according to the FAA. "NTSB has opened an investigation into the Feb. 20, 2021, engine event on a United 777. Denver-based NTSB investigators are responding," NTSB public affairs officer Peter Knudson told CNN. In the meantime, Broomfield police cautioned residents to not touch or move plane debris if they see it in their yard as the NTSB "wants all debris to remain in place for investigation." NTSB will 'figure out what happened' CNN aviation and transportation analysts described the incident as an uncontained engine failure. "Literally the engine exploding," said CNN transportation analyst Mary Schiavo, a former inspector general at the federal Department of Transportation. Such an engine failure is more likely to occur at takeoff, she said, because "you have to request so much power from your engines to get them up there." CNN aviation analyst Miles O'Brien echoed that statement, saying, "Generally speaking, you're stressing the system on departure. That's when the system is doing the most work." "If there's a flaw hidden inside - between all those fans and turbines that are spinning around with such tremendous force and under such tremendous pressure and heat differentials - if there's a flaw inside there, that's when you're going to find out about Item." Peter Goelz, a former managing director of the NTSB, told CNN the agency will "absolutely" be able to discover what happened. But he, like police, stressed that bystanders shouldn't touch the debris in their yards. "There's an old saying that the first piece off the aircraft indicates where the accident occurred," Goelz said. "So they're going to be looking at the beginning of the debris field to see what pieces came off this engine first and what they look like." "The NTSB will find the wreckage, they will analyze it, and this one, they'll figure out what happened."

Ahead of Sunday's Daytona 500 - the biggest event on NASCAR's schedule - it's hard for Darrell "Bubba" Wallace not to get a little excited about what's to come. "The Daytona 500 is the biggest race of our year, and we have to start out with a bang," Wallace recently told CNN Sport's Coy Wire. "So it would be nice to finish one spot better than we did three years ago. Get that W." Wallace is driving for a team that knows all about winning. In September, NBA Superstar and global icon Michael Jordan announced he was teaming up with last year's Daytona 500 winner, Denny Hamlin to form 23XI Racing - 23, of course being Jordan's iconic number from his playing days with the Chicago Bulls and XI representing Denny Hamlin who drives the # 11 car in the NASCAR Cup Series. "Just his name of him in general brings a lot more awareness to our sport, a lot more eyes." Wallace said of Jordan. "I'm just excited, grateful for the opportunity. I've been in the sport for 17, 18 years now and an opportunity like this hasn't really come before and I've got to capitalize on it." And before you ask, yes, Wallace will be driving the 23 car. A Black driver, driving for a Black owner. Years ago, you could be forgiven for thinking something like that was out of the realm of possibility in NASCAR, a sport that has struggled with its racial identity in the past. Wallace is the first driver of African-American descent to race full-time in NASCAR's top series since Wendell Scott in 1971. "Diversity is taking a huge leap in the right direction, I believe. [But] still a lot of work to be done. But for MJ and a person of his stature to come through and want to be an owner in a sport and show like, 'Hey the sport is changing,' hopefully it encourages others to want to do the same. " Wallace told CNN Sport. Wallace knows all about change in the sport he loves dearly. This past summer, when America was dealing with a social reckoning in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Wallace was leading the charge in NASCAR. Bubba Wallace wears a "I Can't Breathe - Black Lives Matter" T-shirt under his fire suit in solidarity with protesters around the world taking to the streets after the death of George Floyd on May 25 while in the custody of Minneapolis, Minnesota police, stands during the national anthem prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 07, 2020 in Hampton, Georgia. Wallace proudly wore a shirt with "I Can't Breathe" and "Black Lives Matter" on it ahead of his race in Atlanta in June. Later in the month Wallace called for NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag, a symbol still seen at NASCAR tracks not only in the South but across the country.

A superb Bruno Fernandes once again inspired Manchester United to victory Thursday as the Premier League side took full control of its Europa League round of 32 tie against Real Sociedad. The playmaker scored twice in United's 4-0 first-leg win, handing it an almost unassailable lead ahead of the return fixture at Old Trafford on February 25. As has been the case since he joined the club, Fernandes' quality of him shone through against the Spanish side, which looked second best throughout the encounter. To underline his importance of him to the team, the 26-year-old's brace now means he has been directly involved in 52 goals in his 58 games as a Manchester United player. "My target is scoring the most goals I can and obviously trying to assist my teammates to score, too, because I think the position I play is to do that," Fernandes told BT Sport after the game. "Most important for me, my target is trophies. Winning trophies is more important than scoring goals." 'It is about winning' Because of travel restrictions between England and Spain, the first leg was played in Turin, Italy, and Real Sociedad never really looked at home. United's attacking lineup looked too sharp and too fast for the La Liga side and the Reds' defense was never really tested. It was the ruthless Fernandes who opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a perfectly timed move. The Portugal international waited as two Sociedad defenders collided with their goalkeeper in an attempt to clear a ball in behind, allowing a patient Fernandes to pass into an empty net. He then doubled his lead shortly into the second half, linking up smartly with winger Dan James before scooping his finish into the bottom corner. Goals from Marcus Rashford and James finished what was a perfect night for the Reds, which has struggled to grind out results in the Premier League recently. "It is about winning. We want to win the games. Today, I think we did everything well," Fernandes added. "We know 4-0 is a good result but we have to be aware of what Real Sociedad can do and be ready for the second leg." United has not won a major trophy since 2017 and, with the Premier League title seemingly ahead to Manchester City, the Europa League offers a good opportunity to bring in some much-needed silverware. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his side for what was a clinical team performance but suggested the scoreline was a little flattering. "We deserved to win but maybe not by four goals," he told reporters after the match. "On a night like this when we find spaces, we can be a dangerous team."

With an intensity that rivals the great feuds of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, two fabled characters of golf have again stepped into the breach. Dusting off his trusty driver, Happy Gilmore - the protagonist of the eponymous hit 90's movie, played by actor Adam Sandler - took to Twitter with his trademark run and swing. The re-emergence of one of Sandler's great characters is to mark the 25th anniversary of the films release, and he took the opportunity to coax his nemesis Shooter McGavin out of the shadows. Never one to be upstaged, Shooter McGavin - Gilmore's rival in the film, played by Christopher McDonald - fired back. "It's all about the short game," I have declared. "Drive for show, putt for the dough!" Award winning actor Ben Stiller, who played the nefarious nursing home owner who looks after - very poorly - Gilmore's grandmother, replied to Sandler's video. "That's a beautiful swing Mr. Gilmore. Congrats on your anniversary de ella, and being such a loving grandson. So happy to be a small part of taking good care of her during her de ella 'golden years'," he said. The hit movie became a comedy reference point in pop culture when it was released in 1996, with both sport and movie fans celebrating its legacy. VISIT: CNN.com/sport for more news, features and videos Even the PGA Tour got involved, with golf stars such as Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and even singer Justin Timberlake taking part in a video clip compilation enjoying the day. "The golf legend forever lives on," it said.

Naomi Osaka și-a propus calea către un al doilea titlu al Australian Open cu o victorie cuprinzătoare în seturi drepte asupra debutantei finalei Grand Slam Jennifer Brady. Meciul a avut toate rezultatele unei finale epice în timpul unui prim set strâns, dar clasa și experiența lui Osaka s-au dovedit în cele din urmă prea mari, deoarece ea s-a alergat la o victorie cu 6-4 6-3 în puțin mai puțin de o oră și jumătate. A fost prima finală de Grand Slam cu o mulțime semnificativă de la Australian Open de anul trecut și cu ambii jucători producând fotografii de cea mai înaltă calitate - în special în primul set - cei care au norocul să pună un bilet au fost tratați cu un spectacol. Victoria îi dă lui Osaka cel de-al patrulea titlu de Grand Slam la vârsta de doar 23 de ani și pare să fie o forță dominantă în tenisul feminin pentru ceva timp. "În primul rând vreau să o felicit pe Jennifer, am jucat în semifinalele US Open, așa că acum câteva luni și am spus oricui care ar asculta că vei fi o problemă - și am avut dreptate!" A spus Osaka în interviul pe teren. "Vreau să mulțumesc echipei mele, am fost cu ei prea mult timp. Am trecut împreună prin carantină și pentru mine sunt ca familia mea, sunt alături de mine prin antrenamente, meciuri, discuții nervoase înainte de meciurile mele, Îi apreciez cu adevărat, așa că acesta este pentru tine. „Vreau să vă mulțumesc băieților [fanilor], vă mulțumesc că ați venit și ați urmărit ... Nu am jucat ultimul meu Grand Slam [US Open] cu fanii, așa că doar pentru a avea această energie înseamnă foarte mult, mulțumesc atât de mult pentru venire. Vă mulțumim că v-ați deschis inimile și brațele către noi și sigur că simt că a juca un grand slam chiar acum este un super-privilegiu ... așa că vă mulțumesc pentru această oportunitate. " Palpitant final Perechea a schimbat câteva raliuri feroce în etapele de deschidere, Brady revenind cu interes la loviturile de la Osaka. Americanul nu arăta niciunul dintre nervii care păreau să o împiedice uneori în timpul semifinalei de joi împotriva lui Karolina Muchova și s-a uitat imediat acasă în finala ei de mare șlem. După fiecare servire de pauză de la început, Osaka și Brady s-au dus în picioare pentru restul setului de deschidere și Brady a fost cel care a căutat să aibă în cele din urmă mâna. Unul dintre cele mai bune raliuri ale finalei de până acum s-a încheiat cu americanul urmărind o minge de picătură și jucând un lob minunat peste capul lui Osaka pentru a câștiga un punct de pauză și, probabil, șansa de a servi pentru setul de deschidere. Schimbul a adus mulțimea australiană în picioare și a oferit un memento binevenit cu privire la cât de mult au ratat fanii la marile șlemuri ale tenisului în ultimul an. Serviciul lui Osaka fusese greșit în jocurile sale de deschidere, dar a găsit apoi un prim serviciu uriaș când a contat salvarea punctului de break și ulterior închiderea jocului. S-a dovedit a fi momentul crucial nu doar al setului de deschidere, ci și al întregii finale. Osaka a spart serviciul lui Brady în jocul următor, datorită în mare măsură celor două salturi fortuite, pentru a închide setul și a schimba în totalitate impulsul finalei. Osaka și-a găsit în mod clar șanțul și acum a scos la îndemână stokes-urile lui Brady, americanul lipsind acum de loviturile pe care le făcea cu ușurință în primul set. Numărul 3 al lumii japoneze s-a clasat într-un avans de 4-0 - câștigând șase jocuri la rând de la 4-4 în primul set - pentru a stabili ceea ce s-ar dovedi a fi un avantaj inatacabil. Din creditul lui Brady, mulți jucători ar fi putut să se prăbușească în această etapă, dar ea a arătat o rezistență admirabilă pentru a sparge serviciul lui Osaka și pentru a-și ține propriul joc de dragoste pentru a-l pune pe Osaka pe piciorul din spate. Având în vedere că meciul ar fi ceva anti-climax cu câteva clipe mai devreme, Brady a asigurat finala finalizată cu o înflorire. În cele din urmă, totuși, deficitul timpuriu din setul doi s-a dovedit prea mare ca un munte pentru a urca, deoarece Osaka s-a compus pentru a-și expedia emfatic adversarul.