Senegal coach Pape Thiaw has confirmed reports of unhappiness within the squad, but said their full focus was now on Monday's second World Cup group match against Norway, which he labelled a "final."

The 45-year-old told reporters that it was true a few matters needed to be settled, including bonuses.

Several media outlets have also reported that Senegal's players have complained about the facilities at their World Cup base in New Jersey, with some players having food delivered.

Goalkeeper Mory Diaw said, "We are professionals and here to represent our country."

One issue that has been resolved is Thiaw's deal.

"The problem with my contract is resolved. It took too long," the coach said, adding it was "not about money, but about principles and respect."

Senegal lost their opener against France and are under pressure against the Norwegians in the New York/New Jersey Stadium.

Chaos has followed the national team all year following the controversial African Cup of Nations final in January, which was eventually awarded to hosts Morocco.

The White Sox offense struggled badly for a second consecutive game on Sunday afternoon, and for a while, they made Detroit starter Keider Montero look more like Tarik Skubal than Skubal himself did on Friday. Three blown leads in three days, this one a 5-4 eye-roller in 10 innings, means three losses. This is the first series sweep suffered by the Sox in more than two months, and now their fifth loss in their last six tries.

Davis Martin’s fastball velocity once again sat at a worrying 93 mph, a full tick down from his average on the season, and it was reflected in other numbers. While getting ahead in the count and aggressively attacking hitters has been his bread and butter all year, he only threw 46 of his 77 pitches for strikes, his second-lowest strike rate of the season. Detroit hitters swung at just about half of the pitches they saw, with only seven pitches flying by for called strikes. Martin got a fair number of whiffs, but he wasn’t fooling too many hitters today.

Nonetheless, it was enough to get the job done. Or so it seemed.

MLB’s Scott Merkin nailed the essence of this game when he noted after the fourth inning the the only batted ball of 100+ mph to that point had gotten spun for an inning-ending double play. Montero wasn’t missing bats, but the Sox certainly weren’t squaring him up, either. It took him just 50 pitches to get through five innings, well on his way to putting the Sox on the receiving end of a second Maddux in as many weeks.

Martin managed to match Montero through four innings before faltering in the fifth, when Colt Keith singled, stole second and scratched across the game’s first run. On the other side, when the Sox last saw Montero on May 31, Detroit might have pulled him just a hair too early, as the Sox offense managed to engineer a late comeback against the Tigers bullpen. Today, manager A.J. Hinch may have left him in just a hair too long.

Enter Luisangel Acuña:

That’s Acuña’s first homer in the big leagues since 2024, and the fourth of his career. At 414 feet, it’s easily his longest hit of the season. Perhaps promisingly, it’s his second 400-footer in almost as many weeks.

The game was close, but Martin’s lack of refined command or putaway stuff remained an issue into the sixth inning, when a two-out Tigers rally threatened to wipe out a slim Sox lead for the third day in a row. But pitching coach Zach Bove delivered the encyclopedia definition of a well-timed mound visit, and a well-placed sinker allowed Martin to strand multiple runners and depart the game with a 2-1 lead. He left in line for a league-best 10th win, and having secured his 10th quality start in 15 tries.

In addition to Acuña, the struggling Braden Montgomery took a step in the right direction with the bat today, recording his first multi-hit game in his last 10 with a pair of singles. His seventh inning single resulted in a critical insurance run for the visitors when Tristan Peters sent him home on a two-out double.

After that sixth inning scare, I sent a text insinuating that I would “have a stroke” if Grant Taylor wasn’t the first pitcher out of the bullpen in relief of Martin. Nonetheless, Bryan Hudson helped ensure that my cranial blood vessels remained intact, tip-toeing around a baserunner to hold the lead at 3-1 into the eighth inning. Then it was Taylor time.

Turns out, Taylor was the one I needed to worry about. For just a moment, I was ready to eat the worst kind of crow. Perhaps rusty after six days without work, Dillon Dingler wasted no time in cutting the lead to one by welcoming Taylor to the game with a solo blast. Kerry Carpenter then looked like he might have made it 2-for-2 were it not for a momentum-swinging snag by Braden Montgomery.

For just a brief moment to follow, it looked like we would be blessed with a rare but well-timed 1-2-3 inning out of Seranthony Domínguez. It was not to be. A trio of baserunners with two outs resulted in two runs, and extra-inning affair.

The rest of the game was straightforward, in a way that did not play out well for the Good Guys. A series of productive outs got Jacob Gonzalez home as the 10th inning ghost runner, but Friday’s opener Brandon Eisert was not able to close the game. He retired none of the three batters he faced, and it only took two pitches against the just-returned Jordan Hicks to secure the sweep.

The Sox have a short flight home tonight before ramping up the first of what should be several critical showdowns with the Cleveland Guardians, at home on Monday. Anthony Kay gets the ball opposite big righty Gavin Williams at 6:40 p.m. CT tomorrow night. We’ll see you there!

The Cleveland Guardians drop both this series and the season series against the Houston Astros in another one run loss. Slade Cecconi fell to 3-6 with today’s loss. Both Astro’s runs came off of Cecconi in his 6.0 innings of work. Yordan Alvarez hit a home run in his first at bat in the first inning. In the bottom of the fourth, things got dicey for Cecconi. He allowed a lead off walk and back-to-back singles to account for the second Houston run. He got out of the inning and worked two more relatively calm innings, earning himself a quality start.

Colin Holderman and Hunter Gaddis both pitched clean innings of relief, both striking out one. Hunter Gaddis did give up a single, but otherwise had a solid outing.

The Guardians offense only recorded four hits and two walks the entire game. Bazzana continued to solidify his position as the lead off hitter with a lead off single on the third pitch of the game. Brayan Rocchio hit a one-out single to follow Bazz’s hit and both runners advanced on a wild pitch. However, with two-outs, both runners were left in scoring position.

In the top of the fifth, Petey Halpin hit a one-out triple to get into scoring position as the batting order turned over to the top.

Travis Bazzana hit into a ground out to second, allowing Petey to score in the process for the Guardians sole run.

The Guardians are floating four games above .500 despite the three injuries that are haunting this line up. They have a 1.0 game lead on the White Sox, who got swept by the Tigers in Detroit this weekend. This next series, in Chicago against the White Sox could be a do or die series for the Guardians. Here’s to hoping Travis Bazzana, Brayan Rocchio, and Kyle Manzardo have what it takes to prop up this offense.

Serena Williams will make a surprise return to singles action at Wimbledon later this month after accepting a wildcard.

The 44-year-old has been given the final spot in the women's main draw - filling a gap left following the initial announcement on Tuesday.

Williams has played two doubles matches since making her competitive return earlier this month after a four-year absence.

She has won the Wimbledon singles title seven times but remains one short of Margaret Court's long-standing women's record of 24 Grand Slam wins.

Williams had already been given a wildcard to play alongside older sister Venus in the Wimbledon doubles.

But asked earlier this month if she would consider a singles return at SW19, she said: "You think I'm ready for singles? I need to get to work."

Williams has not won a singles match at Wimbledon since 2019, when she lost in the final to Romania's Simona Halep.

She spent 319 weeks at the top of the world rankings and has won 73 singles titles on the WTA Tour during an illustrious career.

She has also completed a career 'Golden Slam' in singles and doubles - winning all four Grand Slams and Olympic gold - and won every singles major at least three times.

Williams will discover her first-round opponent when the draw takes place on Friday, with the tournament getting under way on Monday, 29 June.

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• Williams sisters receive Wimbledon doubles wildcard

Williams won her first Wimbledon singles title in 2002 - beating sister Venus in the final - and repeated the feat a year later.

She won again in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016 - with her seventh triumph meaning she equalled Steffi Graf's Open era record of 22 major singles titles.

After taking maternity leave in 2017, she reached the final on her next two Wimbledon appearances, but lost in straight sets to Angelique Kerber and Halep.

Her 2021 campaign ended after just six games as she retired injured against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and there were doubts she would return.

Given a wildcard in 2022, she was two points from victory against Harmony Tan before being edged out in a final-set tie-break.

Asked afterwards if that would be her final Wimbledon appearance, Williams said: "That's a question I can't answer. Who knows? Who knows where I'll pop up?"

Williams has won 14 titles at Wimbledon, with six women's doubles and one mixed doubles among her tally.

She also won Olympic singles and doubles gold on the same courts at the 2012 London Olympics.

Williams has won 107 of her 123 singles matches on grass courts, and it is the surface she has the best record on with an 87% win-rate.

Williams played what was widely expected to be the final match of her career at the 2022 US Open before "evolving away" from the sport.

But refusing to use the word 'retirement' always left the door ajar for a return.

She said the main motivation for her comeback was the prospect of her two daughters seeing her play.

Williams won the Australian Open while pregnant with eldest daughter Olympia and gave birth to her second child, Adira, in 2023.

Her daughters watched from the stands as their mother won the first doubles match of her return at Queen's alongside Victoria Mboko.

However, the pair had to withdraw from the tournament when Canadian teenager Mboko injured her knee in the singles.

Former world number one Williams then entered the doubles in Berlin, where she lost alongside Czech Karolina Muchova in their first-round match on Tuesday.

Afterwards, Williams remained coy when asked about the prospect of playing singles at Wimbledon, but returned to London the following day and started practising at SW19 on Thursday.

After her second doubles match in Berlin last week, Williams said she felt more nimble, sturdy and speedy - and a practice session on Sunday persuaded her the time was right for a singles return.

A singles comeback always seemed likely once she had committed herself to all the training, travelling and drug testing required of a professional athlete.

That it has come so soon is more surprising. Even as a seven-time singles champion, it is bold to make your return at Wimbledon having not played a singles match for nearly four years.

Williams' last Grand Slam title was nine years ago, and as an unranked player she could face one of the top seeds in the first round.

Martina Navratilova may, perhaps, prove an inspiration. She won a Grand Slam doubles title a month shy of her 50th birthday, and a singles match at Wimbledon at the age of 47.