British number one Emma Raducanu put a dampener on Serena Williams' farewell tour after thrashing the American great in the Cincinnati Open first round.

Williams, 40, plans to retire after the US Open, which starts on 29 August, and lost 6-4 6-0 in what is set to be the penultimate event of her career.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion lacked sharpness and her 19-year-old opponent punished her in a composed display.

Reigning US Open champion Raducanu will play Victoria Azarenka in round two.

"I'm so grateful for the experience to have been able to play Serena and for our careers to have crossed over," said world number 13 Raducanu, who played superbly with her defence of the Grand Slam title in New York looming.

"Everything she has achieved has been so inspirational and it was a true honour to share the court with her."

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Scott Brown, a long-serving captain for Celtic, holds the club record for the most European appearances, playing in 127 matches. Henrik Larsson, who scored twice in the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, is the club's record goalscorer, with 35 goals.

Defender Abdou Diallo says Senegal are aiming to do better than any other African nation by reaching the World Cup semi-finals in Qatar.

No side from the continent has made it past the quarter-finals, with Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and most recently Ghana (2010) knocked out in the last eight - all after extra time or penalties.

Diallo says the African champions, who exited the 2018 tournament in the group stage, want to "break a glass ceiling" when they embark on their third World Cup finals.

"Even though we can't see the future, you have to be convinced that you definitely can achieve it," the 26-year-old Paris St-Germain centre-back told BBC Sport Africa.

"We also had a glass ceiling in the Nations Cup final and we broke it, so my dream is to break another one. If we manage to do that, I will be the happiest.

"There are no complexes. If we don't make it, we don't make it, but you have to accept that pressure because it means that we are doing a good job."

Senegal begin their Group A campaign against three-time runners-up the Netherlands on 21 November before they play hosts Qatar on 25 November and finally Ecuador four days later.

Peter Byers (born 20 October 1984) is an Antiguan footballer who plays professionally for SAP FC and the Antigua and Barbuda national team as a striker.

Byers made his debut for Antigua and Barbuda in 2004, and has played for them in 90 matches, scoring 44 goals. Making him the country's top goal scorer.

Hundreds of bees have died after beehives were pelted with fruit and deliberately pushed over at an orchard, a community group has said.

The hives were damaged at New Mills Community Orchard, in High Lea Park, Derbyshire, between 6 and 9 August.

New Mills Community Orchard Friends Group said beekeepers found two of the six hives in "complete disarray" with equipment thrown to the ground.

The group said the damage had left the community "shocked and devastated".

It is thought the hives were pelted with fruit torn from trees in the orchard and it is unknown whether the queen was killed.

The group said without the queen, the colony would not be able to survive.

Beehive Cheese’s Queen Bee Porcini, which was named Best American Cheese at the 2021 World Cheese Awards in Oviedo, Spain, is now available for shipping for just $18.49 per 12-ounce wedge (or three 4-ounce wedges for the same price, if you’re sharing) on the Beehive Cheese website.

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Charles Anthony Standish Brooks (25 February 1932 – 3 May 2022) was a British racing driver also known as the "Racing Dentist". He participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, competing for the first time on 14 July 1956, and achieved six wins, 10 podium finishes and 75 career points. He was third in the World Drivers' Championship in 1958 with Vanwall and second in 1959 with Ferrari. He also scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, driving a Connaught at Syracuse in 1955 in a non-championship race.

After the death of Sir Stirling Moss in 2020 and before his own death in 2022, Brooks was the last surviving Grand Prix winner from the 1950s.

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Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis is leaving EastEnders after two years, the BBC has announced.

Ayling-Ellis has played Frankie Lewis in the BBC One soap since 2020, and was the first deaf actor to play a regular character.

Last year, she became the first ever deaf contestant of Strictly Come Dancing, ultimately winning the series.

Ayling Ellis said she would "treasure her time" on EastEnders but added: "Now feels like the right time to move on."

She will be seen exiting Albert Square this autumn and has already filmed her final scenes, the BBC said.

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He secured his first two relationships, turned arrogant and doesn't use ja606 much anymore.

Abandoning a prediction game mid-season like the piece of filth that he is.

Calm down BraveheartTyke

I can't, I invested a lot of time into him.

Ligue 1 Bale.

Former President Jimmy Carter makes rare public appearance as he approaches 98

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Not a big cheese fan tbf, only really eat it melted 😂

The future of regional rugby in Wales will likely depend on the sporting and financial success or failure of the existing regional franchises as well as changes in the wider context of European club rugby.

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posted on 30/3/12

i like leyton orient though so we are you being a belllend

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