Andy Murray thinks Rafael Nadal’s 13 French Open titles is among the greatest achievements in sporting history and one that will never be topped.

Andy Murray thinks Rafael Nadal’s 13 French Open titles is among the greatest achievements in sporting history and one that will never be topped.

Nadal’s victory over Novak Djokovic on Sunday means the Spaniard has won five more titles than any other male player at a single grand slam and two more than Margaret Court’s record at the Australian Open.

He also equals Roger Fereder’s record of 20 grand slam titles at the top of the men’s all-time list.

Three-time grand slam winner Murray has twice beaten Nadal at majors but has suffered two defeats to the world No. 2 at the French Open.

Murray, who lost to Stan Wawrinka in the first round of this year’s French Open, said he thinks Djokovic or Nadal could end up outstripping Federer in the all-time list.

“Providing they all stay fit and if they retire all at the same age, then I would think it would be between Rafa and Novak,” said Murray, when asked who of the “Big Three” could capture the most grand slam titles.

The betking kenya premier league schedule has been released, with matches expected to kick off on November 20 2020.

AFC Leopard will have Wwestrn Strima to square out in the opening fixture, then play away to league debuntants Bidco united on 28^th Nov then travel to face Zoo Kericho on December 4, later Ingwe will lock horns with Nzoia Sugar a team tha has caused them problems. have

Bidco United,the Thika-based club has moved to strengthen their squad incredibly with players including experienced Piston Mutamba, Edwin Mukolwe and Stephen Waruru.

Bidco United finished second to Nairobi City Stars when the FKF cancelled the National Super League in

On December 14, AFC Leopards will either face Kisumu All-Stars or Vihiga United in what will be their fifth match of the much-anticipated 2020/21 season.

Kisumu All-Stars and Vihiga United are set to meet for a Premier League promotion play-offs in a date that is yet to be confirmed.

Kisumu all-stars versus Vihiga united playoff match that was scheduled for oct 7 and return leg on 11^th was called off as a result of extended suspension on contact sports due to covid -19

Ingwe are expected to mount a title challenge after a 22-year dry spell.

AFC Leopards finished sixth in the 2019/20 season.

Although they are yet to confirm the new signings, chairman Dan Shikanda is on record promising they will unleash one of their strongest sides to fight for trophies.

On the other hand, Bandari will play Zoo, Western Stima, Tusker, KCB and Sofapaka, in that order, as they hope to have a stable campaign unlike what they experienced during the last season.

Finally, Bidco United will have quite a tough task as they have been scheduled to face tough opponents in the first five ties. They will open the campaign with a game against Posta Rangers, and Leopards, Ulinzi Stars, Tusker and Gor Mahia follow in that order.

The November 20 date is still i9n doubt as the ministry of sports in strict adherence to covid-19 restrictions will have to give a clearance for the league start.

The Manchester City striker says that he and the Barcelona star have conflicting habits that leads to a bit of bickering

Sergio Aguero joked that he and Lionel Messi are like “an old married couple” whenever they room together while on international duty with Argentina.

The Manchester City star has been a member of Argentina’s senior setup since 2006, having earned 97 total caps while scoring 41 goals.

Aguero is Argentina’s third-leading goalscorer, trailing only Gabriel Batistuta and, of course, Messi, who sits atop the country’s scoring list with 71 goals.

With Messi having made his Argentina debut in 2005, the Barcelona star and Aguero have become close throughout their careers as they’ve featured together at three World Cups, four Copas America and during the gold medal-winning run at the 2008 Olympics.

And Aguero says that sharing a room with Messi isn’t always easy as the two have developed a unique relationship during their time as team-mates with Argentina.

“He always complains, we are like an old married couple,” Aguero joked on the “Santo Sabado” program.

“I always fall asleep with the TV on and when I wake up the next morning he is always complaining to me.

“He arrives at the hotel and is instantly taking a shower while I’m just sitting talking on my mobile phone. Then he will remind me that we need to go down to dinner and we do not have time.”

Messi scored the lone goal from the penalty spot in Argentina’s recent 1-0 win over Ecuador to kickstart CONMEBOL’s World Cup qualifying campaign.

With that goal Messi has now scored 21 times in World Cup qualifiers, with his former Barcelona team-mate Luis Suarez’s 22 goals the most ever in the competition. 

Messi and Argentina are set to face Bolivia on Tuesday before returning next month for qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru.

Aguero is currently battling injury, with Manchester City set to face Arsenal on Saturday ahead of an October 21 Champions League opener against Porto.

Messi, meanwhile, will rejoin Barcelona ahead of this weekend’s clash with Getafe before the club turn their focus towards their Champions League clash with Hungarian side Ferencvaros. 

An event-by-event look at the men’s outdoor track and field rankings for 2020, a pandemic-impacted season that produced unpredictable top lists with some Olympic favorites not competing at all. Rankings and statistics via World Athletics and Tilastopaja.org …

100 Meters
1. Michael Norman (USA) — 9.86
2. Trayvon Bromell (USA) — 9.90
3. Akani Simbine (RSA) — 9.91
Next American: Ronnie Baker (10.00)

Norman is a 400m sprinter who led the world rankings at one lap in 2019. Bromell, the 2015 World bronze medalist, broke 10.2 for the first time in four years after injuries derailed a promising career. Christian Coleman, the 2019 World champion and world’s fastest man in 2017, 2018 and 2019, was provisionally suspended in June for missing drug tests, though he has never failed a test. Coleman appealed the ban, but it’s unclear where he is at in the appeals process. If the suspension is upheld, it could last through the Tokyo Olympics.

200 Meters
1. Noah Lyles (USA) — 19.76
2. Kenny Bednarek (USA) — 19.80
3. Steven Gardiner (BAH) — 19.96
Next American: Josephus Lyles (20.24)

Noah Lyles made it three straight years atop the world rankings, consolidating his Olympic favorite status. Like Coleman, he has been bidding to make the Tokyo team in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m. Bednarek, eliminated in the heats at 2019 Worlds with a hamstring injury, ran a personal best that would have taken gold last year.

MORE: 2020 women’s track and field rankings

400 Meters
1. Justin Robinson (USA) — 44.91
2. Michael Cherry (USA) — 44.98
3. Karsten Warholm (NOR) — 45.05
Next American: Josephus Lyles (45.40)

Robinson, 18, ran faster in 2019, a 44.84 that ranked 24th in the world last year. None of the world’s four fastest men competed at 400m in 2020. It will be difficult for Robinson, Cherry or Josephus Lyles to make the three-man Olympic team in the individual 400m, with Norman and 2019 World bronze medalist Fred Kerley running 43.45 and 43.64, respectively, last year. South African Wayde van Niekerk, who lowered the world record to 43.03 in Rio, raced internationally for the first time since tearing an ACL and meniscus in a 2017 tag rugby match, clocking 45.58.

800 Meters
1. Donavan Brazier (USA) — 1:43.15
2. Bryce Hoppel (USA) — 1:43.23
3. Daniel Rowden (GBR) — 1:44.09
Next American: Vincent Crisp 1:46.29

Brazier kept his standing as the world’s best over two laps, looking next year to win the U.S.’ first Olympic title in the event since Dave Wottle in 1972. Hoppel, fourth at 2019 Worlds, took 1.02 seconds off his personal best. Two-time Olympic champion and world-record holder David Rudisha of Kenya last raced on July 4, 2017.

1500 Meters
1. Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) — 3:28.45
2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) — 3:28.68
3. Jake Wightman (GBR) — 3:29.47
Fastest Americans: Craig Engels (3:35.42), Donavan Brazier (3:35.85), Johnny Gregorek (3:36.11)

Cheruiyot has just one defeat at 1500m in the last two years. Ingebrigtsen, 20, has developed into his closest pursuer. Matthew Centrowitz, who in Rio became the first U.S. Olympic 1500m champion since 1908, stayed in the U.S. and raced shorter distances this summer.

5000 Meters
1. Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) — 12:35.36 WR
2. Moh Ahmed (CAN) — 12:47.20
3. Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) — 12:48.63
Fastest Americans: Lopez Lomong (12:58.78), Sean McGorty (13:11.22), Grant Fisher (13:11.68)

Cheptegei took both of Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele‘s world records off the books and could succeed Mo Farah in sweeping the 5000m and 10,000m at the Olympics. American Paul Chelimo, the Rio silver medalist, did not race in the outdoor season.

10,000 meters
1. Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) — 26:11.00 WR
2. Nicholas Kimeli (KEN) — 26:58.97
3. Richard Yator (KEN) — 27:01.42
Fastest Americans: Shadrack Kipchirchir (27:28.97), Girma Mecheso (27:49.53), Conner Mantz (28:07.70)

Cheptegei’s 47-second gap to the second-fastest man is Katie Ledecky-like distance dominance. Lomong, the 2008 U.S. Olympic Opening Ceremony flag bearer, won the 2019 U.S. title in this event but did not contest it in 2020. He’s already raced the 1500m and 5000m at the Olympics.

Marathon
1. Berhanu Legese (ETH) — 2:04:15
2. Mekuant Gebre (ETH) — 2:04:46
3. Bashir Abdi (BEL) — 2:04:49
Fastest Americans: Galen Rupp (2:09:20), Jacob Riley (2:10:02), Abdi Abdirahman (2:10:03)

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge was first or second in the world in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (and fourth in 2013 and third in 2014). This year, he is 33rd after placing eighth at the London Marathon, his first defeat at 26.2 miles in seven years. All of the top U.S. times were from the Olympic Trials on Feb. 29, just before the pandemic halted competition.

110 Meter Hurdles
1. Orlando Ortega (ESP) — 13.11
2. Andrew Pozzi (GBR) — 13.14
3. Aaron Mallet (USA) — 13.15
Next Americans: Grant Holloway (13.19), Freddie Crittenden (13.30)

A streak of 10 straight years with at least one man running 13.00 or faster ends with the limited competition. Holloway is the reigning world champion. Rio gold medalist Omar McLeod of Jamaica did not race hurdles in 2020. Mallet, a 26-year-old who has never made an Olympic or world team, raced at seven meets from Aug. 17-Sept. 25 and lowered his personal best by .31 of a second. That ranks him third among Americans since the start of 2018, putting him on the radar for Tokyo.

400 Meter Hurdles
1. Karsten Warholm (NOR) — 46.87
2. Ludvy Vallant (FRA) — 48.69
3. Rasmus Magi (EST) — 48.72
Fastest Americans: David Kendziera 49.35, Mario Paul (52.23), Bryce McCray (52.36)

The two-time world champion Warholm ran the second-fastest time in history, plus three more in the 12 fastest all time. He did so without having primary rivals American Rai Benjamin and Qatari Abderrahman Samba to challenge him in 2020. Benjamin raced flat sprints this year. Samba had no recorded races.

3000 Meter Steeplechase
1. Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR) — 8:08.04
2. Leonard Bett (KEN) — 8:08.78
3. Djilali Bedrani (FRA) — 8:13.43
Fastest American: Dominic Giordano (9:28.49)

Olympic and world champion Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya hoped to chase the world record, but he tested positive for the coronavirus in August and failed to finish his lone race in September, a 1500m. American Evan Jager, the Rio silver medalist, returned to racing this year after missing all of 2019 with a foot injury, but he did not start any steeples.

High Jump
1. Maksim Nedasekau (BLR) — 2.33
2. Tomohiro Shinno (JPN) — 2.31
3. Seven men at 2.30
Top Americans: Erik Kynard (2.21), Jeron Robinson (2.20), Tyus Wilson (2.16)

Competition has been harder to come by for field athletes this season. No surprise that world champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar sat out. Kynard competed this past season for the first time since rupturing an Achilles in summer 2018, while he waits to see if he’ll be upgraded to 2012 Olympic gold following the disqualification of Russian Ivan Ukhov for doping.

Pole Vault
1. Mondo Duplantis (SWE) — 6.15
2. Sam Kendricks (USA) — 6.02
3. Jacob Wooten (USA) — 5.90
3. Matt Ludwig (USA) — 5.90
3. Piotr Lisek (POL) — 5.90

The pandemic did not stunt the ascent of Duplantis, the 20-year-old who broke both the indoor and outdoor world records this year. Duplantis, raised in Louisiana by an American father and Swedish mother, wrestled Olympic favorite status from two-time world champion Kendricks.

Long Jump
1. Wang Jianan (CHN) — 8.36
2. Huang Changzhou (CHN) — 8.33
3. Yuki Hashioka (JPN) — 8.29
Top Americans: Trumaine Jefferson (7.59), William Dower (7.45), Reginald Steele (7.44)

Jamaican Tajay Gayle won the 2019 World title with an 8.69-meter jump. American Jeff Henderson, the 2016 Olympic champion and 2019 World silver medalist, did not compete in 2020.

Triple Jump
1. Christian Taylor (USA) — 17.57
2. Hugues Zango (BUR) — 17.43
3. Andy Diaz (CUB) — 17.30
Next Americans: Omar Craddock (17.04), Chris Carter (16.39)

Taylor, a two-time Olympic champion and four-time world champion, tops the world rankings for the first year since 2017. Primary rival and countryman Will Claye did not compete.

Shot Put
1. Ryan Crouser (USA) — 22.91
2. Leonardo Fabbri (ITA) — 21.99
3. Michal Haratyk (POL) — 21.88
Next Americans: Nick Ponzio (21.72), Joe Kovacs (21.30)

The Rio gold medalist Crouser threw a personal best, matching Kovacs’ winning distance from the 2019 World Championships, in an overall dominant season.

Discus
1. Daniel Stahl (SWE) — 71.31
2. Mauricio Ortega (COL) — 70.29
3. Fedrick Dacres (JAM0 — 69.67
Top Americans: Niklas Arrhenius (64.14), Sam Mattis (62.46), Josh Syrotchen (61.29)

Stahl competed at 20 meets from June 11-Sept. 17 and won 17 of them. The Swede rebounded from bowing out in qualifying in Rio to take world silver in 2017 and gold in 2019.

Hammer
1. Rudy Winkler (USA) — 80.72
2. Wojciech Nowicki (POL) — 80.28
3. Bence Halasz (HUN) — 79.88
Next Americans: Daniel Haugh (76.22), Erich Sullins (67.93)

Winkler improved his personal best by nearly 12 feet with a throw that would have won the 2019 World title and put him third in last year’s world rankings. It’s the first time since 2011 that the U.S. put a man in the world top 10. Pawel Fajdek of Poland, winner of the last four world titles, ranked fourth this year.

Javelin
1. Johannes Vetter (GER) — 97.76
2. Neeraj Chopra (IND) — 87.86
3. Marcin Krukowski (POL) — 87.07
Top Americans: Riley Dolezal (79.39), Capers Williamson (73.85), Christopher Mirabelli (73.02)

Vetter, the 2017 World champion, distanced himself from a strong group of German throwers by recording the second-best throw in history, trailing only retired legend Jan Zelezny of the Czech Republic.

Decathlon
1. Axel Hubert (FRA) — 8,260
2. Simon Ehammer (SUI) — 8,231
3. Vitaliy Zhuk (BLR) — 8,202
No listed American results

Perhaps the toughest event to put on during a pandemic. Hubert, fourth at the 2019 French Championships, registered a total that would have placed eighth at the 2019 Worlds. World-record holder Kevin Mayer of France and world champion Niklas Kaul of Germany competed this season, but not in the decathlon.

20km Race Walk
1. Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) — 1:17:36
2. Koki Ikeda (JPN) — 1:18:22
3. Eiki Takahashi (JPN) — 1:18:29
Top American: Emmanuel Corvera (1:26.38)

50km Race Walk
1. Dementiy Cheparev (RUS) — 3:43:29
2. Sergey Sharypov (RUS) — 3:43:46
3. Sergey Rakov (RUS) — 3:48:37
Top Americans: Andreas Gustafsson (4:12:12), Matthew Forgues (4:14:44), Nick Christie (4:27:29)

Key times in the race walks: 1:21:00 and 3:50:00, the Olympic automatic qualifying standards. No American has hit either time in this Olympic cycle, but athletes can also qualify via world rankings