Andy Murray said he needs time to get back to his best after opting not to play singles at the upcoming U.S. Open. Murray, a three-time grand slam champion, made his long-awaited singles comeback at the Western & Southern Open, where he lost 6-4, 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in the first round Monday. It was Murray’s first singles match since the Australian Open in January after undergoing hip resurfacing surgery, which left the former world No. 1’s storied career in serious doubt. Despite his return to the singles circuit, Murray will skip the US Open, though the 32-year-old plans to play in both the doubles and mixed doubles at Flushing…

The Orioles have no answers for Gleyber Torres. The 22-year-old New York infielder blasted a three-run homer off of Baltimore reliever Tom Eshelman in the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium on Monday. The home run was Torres’ second of the game and third of the day, as he also hit one in the Yankees’ 8-5 win over Baltimore in the opener of their doubleheader. Torres now has 13 home runs against the Orioles this season, which is the most any player has recorded against a single opponent in the divisional era, according to MLB Stats. He’s one shy of the record of 14 set by Lou Gehrig against Cleveland in…

Seth Rollins has defeated “The Beast” — again. Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar to close out WWE SummerSlam, following his win over Lesnar earlier this year at WrestleMania 35, to become a two-time WWE Universal champion. The audience at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada was buzzing during the wild and physical main event. Several times, it looked like Rollins was going to win only to be overpowered by Lesnar. Just when it looked like Rollins was out of it, he kept fighting back and finally finished off Lesnar with his trademark Stomp to get the victory. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year It was the…

James Charles is returning to Minecraft Monday after taking last week off. The event hosted by UMG and Keemstar continues for Monday, August 12th with its eighth week of the tournament. For this week, the competitors will compete in Hunger Games (Spark City), TnT Run, Hunger Games (Breezy), Hunger Games (Par72), KitPVP, Hunger Games (Holiday), Hunger Games (Wyvern), Bingo, and Hunger Games (Spark Apokalypse). Minecraft Monday has switched between all Hunger Games contests and several other mini games. For this week it looks like it will mostly be Hunger Games (Battle Royale) events. ShotGunPlays & Technoblade won Week 1, Technoblade & iBallisticSquid won Week 2, traves & cscoop won Week…

Mike Conley Jr. is ready for the next chapter of his career. The 31-year-old guard spent his first 12 NBA seasons with the Grizzlies but was sent to the Jazz this summer in exchange for Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, Grayson Allen and two first-round picks. Conley discussed the trade during a recent interview with USA Today’s HoopsHype. “It’s still an adjustment,” Conley said. “Even just hearing people call my name out and saying ‘Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz,’ it doesn’t even equate yet. I’m still trying to get used to that and waiting for it to become normal. It’s a new beginning, a new journey, a new challenge and…

Rangers are monitoring developments with Argentine right-back Leonel Di Placido. The 25-year old is being eyed by Steven Gerrard as the Gers boss prepares for the prospect of losing James Tavernier in January. Crystal Palace are among the clubs keen on the Rangers captain and the Scottish giants are laying the groundwork to replace him after discussing a move for Di Placido. The Lanus full-back has an Italian passport and is keen to move to Europe with La Liga sides Espanyol and Leganes and Amiens in France also showing strong interest. Di Placido is available for a knockdown £1million but Rangers are understood to be interested in an initial loan…

Paul Pogba has been told to cut out the tricks and flicks and just keep things simple to improve his performances at Manchester United. Former England manager Sam Allardyce has told talkSPORT the French midfielder has not improved in the three years since re-joining the club from Juventus. Meanwhile, Dean Saunders believes Pogba tries too hard to ‘make us clap’ and should instead focus on getting the simple things right to start bringing consistency to his game. While few can doubt the World Cup winner’s talent and ability, the consistency of his displays and influence on the pitch have been questioned throughout his second stint at Old Trafford. Pogba’s showing…

talkSPORT duo Adrian Durham and Darren Gough have had many debates over the years they’ve been doing Drivetime together. And on Monday’s edition of the show they did a mammoth one by naming their current top five footballers in the world. Of course, they were not in complete agreement and below you can see who Adrian and Goughie believe are currently the best players in world football. Adrian Durham explains why Phil Foden will be better than David Silva Goughie: I’m going for Kevin De Bruyne. Manchester City missed him at the start of last season but as soon as he comes back in he strengthens any team in the…

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says goalkeeper Alisson Becker will be out for ‘the next few weeks’ with a calf injury. The Brazilian, 26, sustained the freak injury taking a goal kick during the Reds’ Premier League triumph over Norwich at Anfield. It was feared by Kopites that Alisson would be sidelined for some time and these fears have now been realised. Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com:  “[It’s] Not too cool. It’s a calf injury which takes him obviously out for a while. “I don’t want to make now [an] exact prognosis on when he will be back but it will not be Wednesday for sure, so now then we have to see.…

Danny Murphy claims Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has an ability to cross the ball he has only ever seen before in David Beckham. Alexander-Arnold has become a city-wide hero following his meteoric rise to Jurgen Klopp’s first-team and for his key role in last season’s Champions League triumph. The 20-year-old is already a prolific goal creator – he finished last term with 12 Premier League assists, equal with Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen, and provided a impeccable delivery for Divock Origi to head home in Friday’s opening 4-1 victory over Norwich. Former Redman Murphy says the Melwood graduate is one of three English right-backs who are among the best in their position…