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Sunday, 8 November 2026
ALEX EALA SENDS HEARTFELT MESSAGE IN EMOTIONAL SPEECH AFTER LOSING HONG KONG OPEN FINAL
Alex Eala sent heartfelt messages to her fans and her team in an emotional speech after losing in the final at the 2026 Hong Kong Tennis Open.
The Filipina star fell 3-6, 0-6 to world No 102 Claire Liu in a one-sided championship match at the WTA 250 event in Hong Kong on Sunday.
Eala was competing in the third WTA Tour final of her career, having lost the 2025 Eastbourne Open final before securing her maiden title at the 2026 Washington Open.
World No 17 Eala — who was the second seed in Hong Kong — defeated Emerson Jones, Tereza Valentova, Antonia Ruzic and Maria Sakkari en route to the final.
The 21-year-old has now ended her 2026 season, and she will climb to a new career-high ranking of world No 15 on Monday.
Here is Eala’s full speech from the trophy ceremony after the Hong Kong Open final:
“Hi, good evening, everybody. Thank you all for being here. First and foremost, I want to congratulate Claire on an amazing tournament, a great week and a great match. Very, very well-deserved. Congratulations.
“I’d like to thank the tournament staff and the organisers for the amazing hospitality, the physios for keeping me together.
“And, of course, the fans. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I mean, wrapping up this year, you guys do not know how much meaning you add on top of what I do, and how much of a pleasure it is to go about my life sharing these moments with you all. So I’m forever grateful.
“And, of course, last but not least, my team, my parents. My brother, Miko, my coach, Joan, and my two other coaches, Yuke and Sandro. Yeah, this season has just… It’s changed my life. It’s changed my life for the better, and… yeah, sorry (crying).
“Like, I’m really, I’m incredibly proud of the work we’ve put in this year. And we’re the only ones who truly know what it took to arrive to this point in our journey.
“So thank you so, so much. Congratulations. This is only the beginning. And this one, like all of them, is ours. So, congratulations.”
- Ewan West
Saturday, 7 November 2026
LAKERS REPORTEDLY CLOSELY EXPLORED ISAIAH STEWART BEFORE GRIZZLIES MOVE
In light of the Los Angeles Lakers' frontcourt depth problems, insider Jovan Buha revealed the team explored adding Isaiah Stewart in the summer. Stewart himself anticipated landing in LA before being dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies, where he is now enjoying an efficient campaign.
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Los Angeles Lakers have started the season quite successfully, but a hole at their backup center spot has emerged with Kevon Looney underperforming in the role.
According to Lakers insider Jovan Buha, a move for Memphis Grizzlies center Isaiah Stewart had a lot of potential for the Los Angeles team, but Buha himself insisted that he would've served well only in a backup role.
"I had heard about, like, intel at the time that Stewart was potentially going to be a Laker, and I was on board with that as long as it wasn't the starting spot," the insider said on the Buha's Block podcast.
"Like like as long as he wasn't the Kessler replacement, I was I was cool with it, which I'd heard a couple of different versions of that. But I would have liked Isaiah Stewart as a Laker."
Stewart expected Lakers move before landing in Memphis
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Before being traded to the Grizzlies from the Detroit Pistons, Stewart believed he would land with the Lakers or the Washington Wizards when his agent called him about a trade.
"I got a call from my agent, and he's thinking it's maybe the Wizards or the Lakers, and called me back a couple minutes later and said Trajan called, and he got a deal from Memphis that he can't turn down," Steward said in an interview with Marc Spears of Andscape.
He is averaging 11.9 points and 3.4 rebounds for Memphis, while shooting 66.7% from the field and 57.1% from three-point range in around 18 minutes per contest.
- BasketballNews
DAVID MOYES DISAGREES WITH FRANK LAMPARD AND DEMANDS CHANGE TO 'RIDICULOUS' RULE
Coventry City battled bravely at the Hill Dickinson Stadium but found themselves on the wrong side of three VAR calls
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| Coventry City manager Frank Lampard shakes hands with Everton manager David Moyes(Image: CameraSport via Getty Images) |
David Moyes has demanded a change to the rules around pulling hair amid controversy during Everton’s 3-1 win over Coventry City.
Sky Blues boss felt his side should have had a penalty after James Tarkowski made contact with Caleb Yirenkyi’s hair towards the end of the first half at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The incident was viewed by VAR and ruled against Lampard’s interpretation on the basis it did not appear deliberate.
Nonetheless Lampard argued distinguishing between what is and isn’t ‘enough of a pull’ is a ‘hard area to be in’, with Yirenkyi clear that he had been affected by contact with the defender.
Moyes, who saw Michael Keane sent off last season for a hair-pulling incident with Wolves’ Tolu Arokodare, noted that the threshold had been relaxed – and said it should be removed altogether.
"The hair pull rule has changed so it would be a booking if it was but I still think it's ridiculous that rule is in the game. I can't understand why they don't fix this completely because I don't see it as a good rule at all."
That wasn’t the only call to go against City, Lampard felt Taiwo Awoniyi should have been awarded a penalty after tangling with Vitali Mykolenko and Thierno Barry’s second goal – which gave the hosts a lead they would never lose – had been handball.
Moyes disagreed on that too: “I have seen the goal I didn’t think it hit his hand, I have certainly not seen the hair pull that’s for sure.”
Of the three flashpoints the Premier League Match Centre only commented on one and supported Moyes’ assessment, releasing a statement on social media which read: “The referee’s call of goal to Everton was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that Barry did not commit a handball offence. VAR: “Okay, that’s his side that's definitely not hand. Confirming the on-field decision of goal, check complete”.
Where the Scot did agree with Lampard is in the visitors’ performance for the first hour, when they harried the home side and went ahead through Yann Gboho.
“I have to say Coventry made it really difficult for us, you could see why they have picked up some really good results themselves. They won at Forest and beat Sunderland the other week.
“They had a couple of decisions which might have gone in their favour and against us, so it was good. In the end we got the goals which mattered and when you win in the Premier League you take it because it is so hard to get the wins.
“We gave away a really poor goal, nobody really put their foot in or was strong enough in the box and we should have defended it better – and we normally do if I am being fair – I thought the reaction from there was really good.
“There was a few not at their best tonight but came up with bits when needed, it was important that Thierno Barry got another couple of goals which was huge for us.”
- Brian Dick
Friday, 6 November 2026
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