• Sabalenka wins 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to land Sunshine Double

• Belarusian steadies herself after losing second set

Aryna Sabalenka had many reasons to believe that history could have been grimly repeating itself on Saturday afternoon. Despite starting her Miami Open final against Coco Gauff striking the ball with clear-minded aggression, the complexion of the match rapidly changed. Suddenly, having been pulled into a tense final set, she was struggling to hold on.

Similar scenarios played out in her two most important matches against Gauff, and both times Sabalenka had pitifully crumbled under pressure in the final set. For all her imperfections, though, the Belarusian’s career has been defined by her desperation to improve. Here, she maintained her composure as she underlined her status as the best player in the world by edging out Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in a quality battle to win the Miami Open for the second year in a row.

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Tolkan, known for portraying authoritarian figures, died ‘peacefully’ in Lake Placid, New York, his agent said

James Tolkan, known for his roles as an authoritarian figure in the Back to the Future and Top Gun films, has died. He was 94.

Tolkan died Thursday in Lake Placid, New York, where he lived, his booking agent, John Alcantar, said Saturday. A brief obituary published on the Back to the Future website said Tolkan died “peacefully”, but no cause of death was given.

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• Injured quartet join Wharton on sidelines

• Tuchel concerned about team’s workload

Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke and John Stones have complicated Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup preparations by joining the contingent who have left the squad before England’s friendly against Japan.

Tuchel named an oversized 35-man squad for this month’s camp, with a view to creating competition for places before the final selection for this summer’s finals in Canada, Mexico and the USA is made. Saka and Rice were among a group of 11 players who were allowed to join up late, meaning England played an experimental side when they drew with Uruguay at Wembley on Friday night.

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• Belgium score four in second half, Ludebakio nets double

• USA face Portugal on Tuesday night in Atlanta

The US men’s national team entered its matchup with Belgium at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday riding a wave of momentum, needing a solid performance to continue to build excitement ahead of this Summer’s World Cup, played in part on home soil.

Instead, they struggled mightily against a talented Belgium side and left with more questions than answers. The 5-2 defeat, featuring five straight goals for the Belgians after a US opener, was an embarrassment and easily among the USMNT’s worst losses of head coach Mauricio Pochettino’s tenure. At times, it felt the margin of victory could’ve been significantly wider.

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NIEUWERKERK (ANP) - Een van de vier mensen die gewond raakten door een ernstig auto-ongeluk op de N59 bij het Zeeuwse Nieuwerkerk is overleden, meldt de politie. Het gaat om een 19-jarige inwoonster van Aagtekerke. Ze overleed ter plaatse.

Hoe ernstig de verwondingen van de overige drie gewonden zijn, is niet duidelijk. De slachtoffers zijn overgebracht naar verschillende ziekenhuizen.

Bij het ongeluk van zaterdagavond waren drie voertuigen betrokken. Verschillende hulpdiensten gingen ter plaatse, onder meer met een traumahelikopter.

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De veiligheidsregio meldde eerder dat de gewonden uit de auto's bevrijd moesten worden, waarna ze werden overgedragen aan de ambulancedienst.

Hoe het ongeluk kon gebeuren, is nog onduidelijk. De politie doet onderzoek. De N59 is volledig afgesloten tussen Nieuwerkerk en Zierikzee voor onderzoek dat nog tot in een deel van de nacht zal duren.

Memory and storage shortages and price hikes have "steadily rippled outward across all kinds of consumer tech," reports Ars Technica.

"Today's bad news comes from Sony, which is raising prices for PlayStation 5 consoles in the US just eight months after their last price hike."

The drive-less Digital Edition will increase from $500 to $600; the base PS5 with an optical drive will increase from $550 to $650; and the PS5 Pro is going up from $750 to a whopping $900. At the beginning of 2025, these consoles cost $450, $500, and $700, respectively...

RAM and flash memory chips are in short supply primarily because of demand from AI data centers — memory manufacturers have shifted more production toward making the kind of memory found in AI accelerators like Nvidia's H200, leaving less for the consumer market. And the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon, barring a major shift in demand from the AI industry.

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