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Ed Sheeran Buys Minority Stake in Hometown Club Ipswich 

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran arrives for the screening of the film "Songwriter" during the 68th edition of the International Film Festival Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP)
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran arrives for the screening of the film "Songwriter" during the 68th edition of the International Film Festival Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP)
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Ed Sheeran Buys Minority Stake in Hometown Club Ipswich 

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran arrives for the screening of the film "Songwriter" during the 68th edition of the International Film Festival Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP)
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran arrives for the screening of the film "Songwriter" during the 68th edition of the International Film Festival Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP)

Singer Ed Sheeran fulfilled "any football fan's dream" and purchased a minority stake in his hometown club, the newly-promoted Premier League side Ipswich Town.

Sheeran's total stake in the club is 1.4% and he will not join their board, Ipswich said in a statement on Thursday.

But the artist, who often attends Ipswich's home matches, will have an executive box at the Portman Road Stadium, the club added.

"Really excited to announce that I have bought a small percentage of my hometown football club Ipswich Town," Sheeran, 33, posted on Instagram.

"It’s any football fan's dream to be an owner in the club they support and I feel so grateful for the opportunity.

"I’ve lived in Suffolk since I was three, and although I have travelled the world and sometimes feel like an outsider in big cities, Suffolk and Ipswich have always made me feel part of a community and protected. It’s such a joy to be a fan of Ipswich Town."

Ipswich, who earned an automatic promotion after finishing second in the English Championship last season, begin their Premier League campaign at home against Liverpool on Saturday.

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Defending Champion Coco Gauff Falls to Putintseva in First Match at Cincinnati Open 

Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan reacts after winning the first set of a match against Coco Gauff of the United States on day four of the Cincinnati Open. Mandatory (Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports)
Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan reacts after winning the first set of a match against Coco Gauff of the United States on day four of the Cincinnati Open. Mandatory (Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports)
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Defending Champion Coco Gauff Falls to Putintseva in First Match at Cincinnati Open 

Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan reacts after winning the first set of a match against Coco Gauff of the United States on day four of the Cincinnati Open. Mandatory (Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports)
Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan reacts after winning the first set of a match against Coco Gauff of the United States on day four of the Cincinnati Open. Mandatory (Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports)

Defending champion Coco Gauff lost Thursday in her opening match at the Cincinnati Open, falling to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Gauff, then 19, became the youngest Cincinnati champion last year on her way to winning the US Open a few weeks later. This time, after a bye in the first round, the No. 2 seed blew a 4-2 lead in the third set and lost to Putintseva for the first time in four career meetings.

Putintseva, who beat top-ranked Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon, will face Spain's Paula Badosa on Friday in the third round.

The women's No. 4 seed also was eliminated, with Elena Rybakina falling to Leylah Fernandez 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4. No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka won her opening match, beating Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3, 6-4.

Taylor Townsend kept up her strong summer by beating No. 9 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 and will face either fellow American Jessica Pegula, the No. 6 seed, or Karolina Muchova.

In men's action, No. 12 seed Ben Shelton outlasted Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (9-7), 6-3. An American, Brandon Nakashima, beat France's Arthur Fils 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) to set up a meeting with No. 6 seed Andrey Rublev.

No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz won the first set in his match against Gael Monfils on Thursday night before play was suspended by rain with the players in a second-set tiebreaker.

Fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz also reached the round of 16, but No. 8 Grigor Dimitrov and No. 9 Stefanos Tsitsipas were both ousted. Dimitrov fell to Hungary's Fabian Marozsan 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; while Britain's Jack Draper beat Tsitsipas 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.