Novak Djokovic y Rafael Nadal. Rafael Nadal y Novak Djokovic. Ambos supieron impregnar sus nombres en las páginas más gloriosas de la historia del tenis. Con una rivalidad histórica, marcaron claramente una época con duelos tan parejos como memorables.

Luego de la victoria del serbio frente al español en la segunda ronda de los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, por 6-1 y 6-4, se completó el encuentro número 60 ente ambos con 31 triunfos para Nole y 29 para el manacorí.

De todos modos, este cotejo marcó, a su vez, el enfrentamiento de mayor edad entre dos jugadores en un torneo olímpico desde que se introdujo el tenis en Seúl 1988.

Para encontrar la primera vez que se vieron las caras en una cancha hay que remontarse a los cuartos de remaining de Roland Garros 2006. En aquella ocasión, fue el español el que logró imponerse por 6-4 y 6-4 (RET). Dicho partido, además, significó el choque de menos edad entre dos jugadores en dicha instancia de un Grand Slam en el presente siglo.

De los más jóvenes en verse las caras a los de mayor edad. Evidentemente, el tiempo pasó, pero ambos supieron mantenerse y perdurar, inventarse y reinventarse; ganar y perder, festejar títulos y padecer lesiones.

Al poder ser el último capítulo de una rivalidad histórica, este partido por los Juegos Olímpicos cobró una importancia mucho mayor. De todos modos, aún no se sabe qué ocurrirá con ambos tenistas y si podrán sumar algún duelo más en el futuro. Lo que sí está claro es que, pase lo que pase, nada va a borrar todo lo que sucedió.

Woman Gaga has confirmed she is engaged to her long-term companion Michael Polansky.

The singer shared the information whereas talking to French prime minister Gabriel Attal on the Paris Olympics over the weekend.

In a TikTok posted on Sunday (28 July), Attal shared a brief clip of the “Poker Face” singer introducing herself and her companion.

Whereas introducing Polansky, she stunned followers by stating: “That is my fiancé.”

“Woman Gaga is engaged y’all,” wrote blissful followers within the feedback of Attal’s video.

The pop star and A Star is Born actor was in Paris for the Olympics opening ceremony. She carried out the track “Mon Truc en Plumes” in tribute to French ballet dancer, actor and singer, Zizi Jeanmaire. Though the ceremony was affected by spiritual controversy, Gaga’s efficiency was thought-about a hit.

“She was superior,” mentioned one fan of the act. “And congratulations in your engagement. You need to be so blissful.”

Gaga started a relationship with entrepreneur Polansky in February 2020. Throughout an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, the star referred to as him the “love of my life”.

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She had beforehand been engaged to Shameless actor Taylor Kinney in 2015, earlier than the couple referred to as the connection off a 12 months later.

On X/Twitter, the singer expressed her emotions on performing on the ceremony.

“I really feel so utterly grateful to have been requested to open the Paris Olympics 2024 this 12 months. I’m additionally humbled to be requested by the Olympics organising committee to sing such a particular French track—a track to honour the French folks and their great historical past of artwork, music, and theatre.

“This track was sung by Zizi Jeanmaire, born in Paris a French ballerina, she famously sang Mon Truc en Plumes in 1961.

“The title means ‘My Factor with Feathers’. And this isn’t the primary time we’ve crossed paths. Zizi starred in Cole Porter’s musical Something Goes which was my first jazz launch.

“Though I’m not a French artist, I’ve at all times felt a really particular reference to French folks and singing French music.

“I wished nothing greater than to create a efficiency that will heat the guts of France, rejoice French artwork and music, and on such a momentous event remind everybody of one of the vital magical cities on earth – Paris.”

She went into element in regards to the numerous lengths she went to to make sure the efficiency stayed true to its French roots, together with renting pom poms from the archives of Le Lido, a French cabaret theatre, collaborating with Dior, and finding out French choreography.

“I hope you like this efficiency as a lot as I do. And to everybody in France, thanks a lot for welcoming me to your nation to sing in honour of you – it’s a present I’ll always remember.”

Girl Gaga seems to be engaged to her boyfriend Michael Polansky after introducing him as “my fiance” on the Olympics.

The singer carried out on the opening ceremony of the Paris video games on Friday evening.

And she or he might have revealed – by means of the French prime minister – that she and Polansky are set to get married.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal posted a video on TikTok on Sunday evening of him greeting the 38-year-old singer and commenting on her efficiency earlier than Gaga turns to introduce Polansky to him as “my fiance”.

Mr Attal and Polansky then shake arms.

Gaga has not confirmed if she is engaged. Sky Information has contacted a consultant for Gaga for remark.

She was first noticed with entrepreneur Polansky, 46, at a New 12 months’s Eve social gathering in Las Vegas in 2019.

The couple went on to substantiate their relationship a couple of months in a while Instagram.

The French prime minister posted the video, which was taken from the stands of a swimming occasion, with the caption: “Thanks Girl Gaga to your beautiful efficiency on the opening ceremony. It was breathtaking.”

Gaga carried out the primary musical act on the ceremony, joined by a number of dancers shaking pink pompoms on steps alongside the River Seine as she sang Zizi Jeanmaire’s 1961 monitor Mon Truc en Plumes.

In a put up on social media, she wrote: “I really feel so fully grateful to have been requested to open the Paris Olympics 2024 this yr.

“I’m additionally humbled to be requested by the Olympics organising committee to sing such a particular French track – a track to honour the French individuals and their super historical past of artwork, music, and theatre.”

She additionally congratulated the athletes and added it was her “supreme honour” to sing for them.

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In June, Gaga denied she was anticipating her first baby after a photograph of her in a tight-fitting little black costume sparked rumours on-line.

She shared a TikTok video captioned: “Not pregnant – simply down unhealthy cryin on the fitness center.”

The star seemed to be quoting the track Down Dangerous from Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Division.

Manchester United look to bolster their defence and midfield with the potential signings of Bayern Munich right-back Noussair Mazraoui and Actual Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi.

United’s summer time enterprise was ignited by the signings of Dutch ahead Joshua Zirkzee from Bologne and French centre-back Leny Yoro from Lille earlier this window.

Nonetheless, after strengthening his choices with the addition of two younger abilities, Erik ten Hag is now eager to enhance the stability of his aspect by bringing in two confirmed, extra skilled operators.

Moroccan defender Mazraoui has been focused as a potential alternative for right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who has been linked with a transfer to Inter Milan.

In response to talkSPORT, United and Bayern have agreed on a payment of between £15m and £20m for the 26-year-old to hitch the Reds.

A transfer to Outdated Trafford would additionally signify the previous Ajax defender’s debut season within the Premier League, after amassing 38 appearances in Germany from when he joined Bundesliga juggernauts again in 2022.

Elsewhere, United have partially turned their consideration away from Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Manuel Ugarte and, as an alternative, wish to signal Zubimendi for a reported payment of round £50m, in keeping with Spanish newspaper El Nacional.

Whereas Ugarte stays a goal, United are but to make a proposal that meets Sociedad’s valuation of £60m for the Uruguay worldwide.

In a deal value as much as £59m, Ten Hag has already splashed out on Yoro however nonetheless desires set to spend an identical quantity on Zubimendi.

The 25-year-old has made 144 appearances for Sociedad as a defensive midfielder, and got here on for Spain’s captain, Rodri, within the Euro 2024 ultimate towards England.

Joao Neves, a extremely touted Portuguese midfielder, is one other identify that has been linked with United.

Nonetheless, the 19-year-old, who at the moment performs for Benfica, is in excessive demand amongst European heavyweights, as PSG and Arsenal have additionally expressed an curiosity in signing the teen.

However with a launch clause in extra of £100m, one has to query whether or not a transfer to the Premier League is sensible.

Youssouf Fofana, a seemingly extra reasonably priced choice, may very well be the best alternative for Casemiro, who is predicted to depart Outdated Trafford this summer time.

There is no such thing as a scarcity of curiosity for the Frenchman, although, with each AC Milan and West Ham having reportedly submitted bids to signal the midfielder from AS Monaco.

Congratulations are stated to be to ensure that Little Girls star Saoirse Ronan who’s believed to have married her boyfriend of six years, Jack Lowden.

In accordance with the Irish Unbiased, the pair wed in an intimate ceremony in Edinburgh, Scotland final weekend, with solely a handful of their closest family and friends current.

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The publication famous that the register of Scottish civil marriages reveals that Saoirse Una Ronan married Jack Andrew Lowden on the Edinburgh Central Registrar’s Workplace.

The notoriously non-public couple met in 2018 on the set of Mary Queen of Scots, through which Ronan performed Mary Stuart and Lowden performed the monarch’s husband, Lord Darnley.

Rumours of a doable engagement began swirling in 2023 when Lowden posted footage from the summit of Ben Vrackie in Perthshire, exhibiting a hand, which followers thought would possibly belong to Ronan, sporting a diamond ring. Whereas followers have been fast to flock to the feedback part of the put up to share their effectively needs for the couple, the information was by no means formally confirmed.

The Irish actor, who had her breakthrough function enjoying Keira Knightley’s youthful sister in 2007’s acclaimed drama Atonement, has traditionally shut down questions on her love life. ‘Am I allowed to ask in the event you’re going out with the person who everybody thinks you’re going out with?’ a reporter for The Telegraph requested Ronan in December 2019, to which she replied, ‘No.’

Lowden, who lately shared footage of the pair from this 12 months’s Glastonbury competition, has mirrored his accomplice’s privateness efforts.

‘Oh I’m not going to speak about that. I don’t like speaking about that aspect of life,’ he advised ES Journal in February 2019. ‘A lot of the actors I do know stay fairly regular lives, it’s simply each once in a while they must do one thing ridiculous or extraordinary. My life hasn’t modified. Individuals appear extra — I suppose that’s modified, for certain.’

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Former main league reduction pitcher Reyes Moronta, a standout for the San Francisco Giants whose profession included stints with the Dodgers and Angels, died Sunday. He was 31.

Moronta reportedly died in a automobile crash in his residence nation of the Dominican Republic. The Mexican Baseball League and Bravos de León, certainly one of Moronta’s former groups within the league, confirmed his dying in separate social media posts Sunday evening.

Moronta additionally performed a number of seasons within the Dominican Republic winter league, and his former groups, the Estrellas Orientales and Gigantes del Cibao, honored him in Instagram posts Monday morning. The Águilas Cibaeñas, which had reportedly signed Moronta for the upcoming winter season, additionally posted a tribute.

Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Moronta was 17 when he signed with the Giants group in 2010. The 5-foot-10, 265-pound right-hander made his main league debut in 2017 and was a high reliever for the Giants the next two seasons.

Moronta appeared in 69 video games in the course of the 2018 season, ending with a 5-2 report with one save and a 2.49 earned-run common, and in 56 video games in the course of the 2019 season, he completed with a 3-7 report and a 2.86 ERA. He missed all the 2020 season following shoulder surgical procedure and pitched in solely 4 video games for the Giants in 2021.

The next season, Moronta pitched 22 video games for the Dodgers, with a 4.18 ERA, earlier than being designated for task in August. After being claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Moronta appeared in 17 video games and had a 2-2 report with two saves and a 4.50 ERA.

He signed with the Angels the next spring and had a 6.75 ERA in two appearances. This season with the Bravos de León, Moronta appeared in 19 video games and had a 2-4 report with 4 saves and an 8.69 ERA earlier than being launched Thursday.

Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden have been courting for about 5 years. They have a tendency to maintain their lives collectively very non-public, however have posted some photographs on social media as their relationship progressed.

In July 2024, it was reported that the couple had gotten secretly married. With only a few family and friends members current, that they had a ceremony in Edinburgh, Scotland, across the weekend of July 20.

Right here’s every thing to learn about Lowden and his relationship with Ronan to this point.

Who’s Jack Lowden?

Lowden can be an actor from Scotland, with a protracted profession on stage. In 2013, he gained each an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his position as Oswald in Ibsen’s Ghosts. He’s additionally had some vital roles in movie and TV, together with Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.

In 2020, he purchased a house in west Cork with Ronan, however in addition they stay in London, and have a terrier named Fran. The couple share a manufacturing firm with producer Dominic Norris. Their movie The Outrun stars Ronan.

How lengthy have they been collectively?

In December 2018, Web page Six reported they have been courting after they have been seen collectively at an after-party at Tavern on the Inexperienced. The pair performed husband and spouse within the movie Mary Queen of Scots. Sightings of them over the subsequent few years have been sparse they usually sometimes seem collectively on social media. In 2020, the Every day Mail shared pics of them in London and in 2022 they have been noticed on the Australian Open collectively. On New 12 months’s Eve, he shared a mirror selfie of them to rejoice.

What else have they mentioned about each other?

In 2019, a reporter for The Telegraph requested Ronan, “Am I allowed to ask should you’re going out with the person who everybody thinks you’re going out with?”

Ronan responded, “No.”

Earlier that 12 months, Lowden was requested about Ronan by ES Journal and answered the identical method, however with extra phrases.

“Oh I’m not going to speak about that. I don’t like speaking about that aspect of life,” he mentioned. “A lot of the actors I do know stay fairly regular lives, it’s simply each every now and then they need to do one thing ridiculous or extraordinary. My life hasn’t modified. Individuals appear extra —I assume that’s modified, for positive.”

Lowden has gushed about Ronan when speaking about her appearing, in an interview with i newspaper.

“The girl is a drive of nature, on- and off-screen, and totally fearless and an excellent chief as nicely,” he mentioned. “My past love is actors, and whenever you’re given a Ferrari like her, it’s all about the way you make every thing good for the Ferrari to indicate off. Don’t make a Ferrari do what a Renault Clio does. It’s a dreadful analogy however they’re like gold mud, good actors. When there’s somebody like that, you simply need to facilitate them and you’re going to get gold. And my God, did we.”