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Aryna Sabalenka Beats Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 to Clinch Back-to-Back Australian Open Titles

Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after victory against China's Zheng Qinwen during their women's singles final match on day 14 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 27, 2024. (AFP)
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after victory against China's Zheng Qinwen during their women's singles final match on day 14 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 27, 2024. (AFP)
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Aryna Sabalenka Beats Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 to Clinch Back-to-Back Australian Open Titles

Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after victory against China's Zheng Qinwen during their women's singles final match on day 14 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 27, 2024. (AFP)
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after victory against China's Zheng Qinwen during their women's singles final match on day 14 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 27, 2024. (AFP)

Aryna Sabalenka clinched back-to-back Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Zheng Qinwen on Saturday in a one-sided women’s final.

The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka broke Zheng’s serve in the second game and took the first set in 33 minutes.

She broke again to start the second set and maintained her dominance throughout against the No. 12-seeded Zheng.

Serving for the match at 5-2 in the second, she had three championship points at 40-0 but missed two with wide or long forehands and another with Zheng's clever drop shot.

In the end, she needed five championship points before finishing off with a forehand crosscourt winner.

Sabalenka improved to two wins in three Grand Slam finals, all in a span of 13 months.

She's the first woman since Victoria Azarenka in 2012 and ’13 to win back-to-back Australian Open titles.

The 21-year-old Zheng was making her debut in a major final and playing an opponent ranked in the top 50 for the first time in this tournament.

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AC Milan Consolidate Top-Four Credentials with Win at Cremonese

AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
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AC Milan Consolidate Top-Four Credentials with Win at Cremonese

AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

AC Milan moved closer to Champions League football next season after two late strikes gave them a 2-0 win at Cremonese on Sunday.

Strahinja Pavlovic put Milan ahead in the 90th minute with his shoulder before Rafael Leao's simple finish in stoppage time gave the away side a result which flattered a drab display in Cremona.

Milan, who have been without European football this season, have little realistic hope of winning the Serie A title as the seven-time European champions are 10 points behind league leaders Inter Milan.

Next weekend's Milan derby has little more than local pride riding on it with Inter speeding off into the distance with 11 games remaining in the league campaign.

Milan's stated aim for the season, however, was qualification for the Champions League and Massimiliano Allegri's team are on course for that objective.

"We have a huge goal to reach with teams behind us who continue collecting points," said Allegri to DAZN.

"You have Como, Atalanta still have to play, Napoli won in the end and there are also Roma and Juventus. All we can do is take it one step at a time."

Fifth-placed Como are nine points behind Milan, while Roma, seven points behind them in fourth, face Juventus in Sunday's headline fixture.

Atalanta are five points off the Champions League spots in seventh after falling to a surprise 2-1 defeat at 10-man Sassuolo, their first in the league since the turn of the year.

Raffaele Palladino's team are the only Italian side in the last 16 of Europe's top club competition following their thrilling 4-3 aggregate triumph over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

Jamie Vardy's Cremonese are sliding towards relegation to Serie B after a 13th straight match without a win, the promoted outfit sitting outside the drop zone on goal difference.

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Man United Climb to Third in Table with Come-from-Behind Win Over Palace

01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
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Man United Climb to Third in Table with Come-from-Behind Win Over Palace

01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a penalty before delivering a freekick that Benjamin Sesko nodded home for a 2-1 comeback win over 10-man Crystal Palace that moved the hosts into third in the ‌Premier League ‌standings on Sunday.

Interim boss ‌Michael ⁠Carrick's unbeaten run ⁠since his appointment in mid-January stretched to seven matches, his side now sitting on 51 points from 28 games. Palace slumped ⁠to 14th, stuck on 35.

United ‌looked ‌sluggish to begin with as Palace ‌struck after four minutes, ‌Maxence Lacroix muscling past Leny Yoro to power home a header from a corner, the earliest ‌goal the home side have conceded all season.

United ⁠improved ⁠after the break and in the 57th minute, Fernandes hauled them level from the spot after Matheus Cunha was dragged down by Lacroix, who was shown a red card. Eight minutes later Sesko completed the turnaround, leaping to head home Fernandes' freekick.

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Struggling Spurs Lose 2-1 at Fulham

Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
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Struggling Spurs Lose 2-1 at Fulham

Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

Struggling Tottenham Hotspur failed to put distance between them and the Premier League relegation zone with a 2-1 defeat by cross-town London rivals Fulham on Sunday.

Four points clear of 18th-placed West Ham United, Tottenham left Craven Cottage ‌ever more ‌in a scrap ‌to ⁠stay up after ⁠another derby disappointment following last week's 4-1 home thrashing by leaders Arsenal.

Harry Wilson opened the scoring in the seventh minute for Fulham, the ⁠goal given after a ‌VAR review ‌for a possible foul on Radu ‌Dragusin. There was nothing controversial ‌about Fulham's second, lashed in by Alex Iwobi in the 34th with the ball swerving past ‌Guglielmo Vicario and into the net off the ⁠inside ⁠left post.

Richarlison pulled a goal back with a 66th-minute header, eight minutes after coming on as a substitute, to set up a nervy finish but the hosts should have put the match to bed by then with missed chances and vital saves from Vicario.