Kiki Bertens beat world number one Ashleigh Barty at the WTA Finals just hours after being added to the tournament as a replacement.

The Dutch world number 10 took the place of Naomi Osaka, who withdrew on Tuesday with a shoulder injury.

Bertens was trailing by a set and a break but Australian Barty collapsed as Bertens won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in Shenzhen.

Barty lost seven games in a row from 3-3 in the second set after a series of errors and could not recover.

Bertens had herself started poorly, only holding serve once in four attempts in the first set.

She then twice trailed by a break in the second set - at 2-1 and 3-2 - before Barty's level dropped.

French Open champion Barty fought back from 4-0 to 5-4 in the third set but Bertens closed out the match on serve at the first opportunity.

More to follow.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas – Sportscar Vintage Racing Ass’n officials have announced that the Remington Arms Company is now the Official Recreational Firearms Company of SVRA.

Founded in New York and headquartered in Madison, N.C., Remington is a leader in the production of ammunition, shotguns, and rifles.

“We are tremendously honored to have Remington, an iconic American brand for over 200 years, as a partner,” said SVRA CEO Tony Parella. “Vintage racers appreciate sportsmanship and leadership and everyone I have spoken with agrees there is a lot of synergy between the Remington and SVRA brands.”

Remington sells sporting goods for hunting and shooting sports markets, as well as solutions to the military, government, and law enforcement markets.

Founded in 1816 in upstate New York, the company is the oldest continuously-operating manufacturer and continues to manufacture in its original plant, located in Ilion, N.Y.

Remington is a privately-held manufacturer of firearms, silencers, and ammunition products and one of the largest domestic producers of ammunition, shotguns, and rifles.

The Remington family of companies has 12 locations across 9 states employing over 3,500 people and distributes its products throughout the United States and in more than 55 foreign countries.

“We are extremely impressed with the growth of SVRA,” said Christian Hogg, Remington’s Director of Marketing. “SVRA is clearly the leader in vintage racing and that makes it a powerful platform for reaching distinguished American men and women who appreciate impeccable quality sports products. Sportsmen shooters who revere iconic brands like Jaguar, Land Rover, NetJets, and Chopard also respect the full range of our products.”

You don’t need to be a world class litigator to make a convincing case that Tiger Woods is already the greatest player of all time.

The argument is laid out in the formidable nature of the foes strewn in his path.

The guy is golf’s version of Keanu Reeves blowing past an onslaught of enforcers in the John Wick movies.

With his 82 PGA Tour titles, Woods has Nicklaus, Hogan, Palmer, Nelson, Casper, Hagen, Mickelson, Sarazen, Middlecoff and Watson in his rearview mirror. He’ll have Snead behind him with his next title, which doesn’t seem such a daunting task with the form Woods showed tying Snead’s victory mark in Japan.

Plus, as an amateur, Woods did things even Bobby Jones didn’t do, winning three U.S. Amateurs in a row.

All those names Woods bettered don’t include the most fearsome foes he faced along the way.

“Shame” and “Guilt” might top the list of those vanquished in the wake of his very public sex scandal. Nobody ever overcame greater challenges than those on a public stage.

“Embarrassment, in golf, is psychological cancer,” sports psychologist Gio Valiante said. “It’s like a throw switch in the brain. Anytime someone is humiliated in a public forum, the game becomes so much more difficult. For him to come back from the humiliation he endured, it’s really inexplicable.”

Yes, Woods didn’t get hit by a bus like Hogan did, but there were real physical injuries to overcome, too, all those back and knee surgeries that could have put Woods down for good.

And then there were the challenges pain medications presented. We may never know the nature of that challenge and the effort required to overcome it.

We may never understand what reserves Woods mined to deal with the cumulative weight of one potentially career-ending threat after another.

“A single, minor injury can derail a professional’s career,” Valiante said. “Or a divorce. Or problems with a new house construction. It’s a pretty low bar for getting into players’ heads.

“Small things can affect players at the highest level, things they can’t absorb. Tiger absorbed multiple physical injuries, psychological trauma, loneliness, pills, drinking and shame.”

Aside from the nature of the foes Woods whipped, there’s the unprecedented domination in his prime. There’s the unheard of separation in his triumphs.

There are the four major championship victories in a row over the 2000 and ’01 seasons, his 12-shot victory at the Masters in 1997, his 15-shot victory at the U.S. Open in 2000 and his eight-shot victory at The Open Championship in 2000. He didn’t just show how much better he was than anyone in his generation, but how much more dominant he was than anyone ever.

It’s no stretch declaring Woods is already the toughest, most resilient and most spectacular player who ever lived, but ...

Does that make him the greatest player of all time?

Of course, you knew where this was going ... To Jack and his 18 major championship titles.

Nicklaus is the Mount Everest that must be scaled to lay claim as the GOAT.

Sure, we can channel the spirits of all-time great litigators Joe Jamail, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Darrow in presenting a powerful case that Tiger is already the greatest player ever, but he can’t definitively be anointed as such until he has won three more majors to at least equal Jack’s total. No matter how convincing your argument is today, there will always be Nicklaus.

But ...

That’s our good fortune, the wonder of the time we’re blessed to be following the game. It looks like we’re seeing Woods resume his quest in earnest with his strength and game returning yet again. It looks like we’re seeing a golf Hercules back to tackle his 18 “Labors” in what would have read like mythology before we saw it with our own eyes.

Whether Woods definitively reaches the summit or not, we can definitively say we’re watching the greatest pursuit the game has ever seen.

We can revel in the thrill of that.

Brazil captain Dani Alves has said international teammate Neymar has the "sensibility of a child" and must change his ways in order to be respected.

Both players are friends and have been teammates at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, but Alves believes Neymar is not taken seriously.

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"At times, in order not to generate a certain type of sensibility, he retracts," Alves told Brazilian TV SporTV Grance Circulo when asked about Neymar.

"Neymar is a very sensitive person. Neymar is very affected by many things, and at times many of those are unjust. Neymar has the sensibility of a child. But Ney is not a child, no. He is a man. People have to start learning to respect Neymar. The Ney of the Brazilian team people don't respect. People only respect you when you position yourself.

"Ney has already won in football so he can talk and say what he wants. There are a lot that keep talking, commentating and haven't won anything. That is why I value that he [would] position himself, because when they say something that is not right about you whether it's [Walter] Casagrande or someone else, you have to stand up for yourself."

Former Brazil international Casagrande labelled Neymar "spoiled" last year after PSG's 3-1 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Neymar, 27, was criticised during the 2018 World Cup in Russia for his diving.

The Brazilian superstar scored two goals in the tournament but criticised by the media, and also from players and fans, for going to the ground easily.

Neymar later admitted he at times exaggerated his reactions after being fouled.

"I always give Ney advice," Alves added. "One of the things that I did speak with him about is that he should have positioned himself after the [2018] World Cup.

"I told him he should have taken a stance because Ney is the flagship of the Brazil team. He continues to be our flagship. Today he is the most important Brazilian football player and Neymar is among the top in world football. He needs to take a stance because he is in a place where he has to position himself and people have to understand who Ney is, how he thinks, and they have to start to learn and respect Neymar."

Alves also said he encourages Neymar to be more vocal and lead by example.

"I believe and say that he has a responsibility with many people and he has to position himself," he said. "He knows what i think. I speak openly because he already knows that I've spoken about this many times.

"Ney has the responsibility ever since he became a reference to children, to other athletes. When you start having that responsibility, you cannot disappoint them. It's then when you have to take a stance. I always appreciate that."

Gareth Bale believes his situation at Real Madrid is irreversible and has decided he needs to leave at the earliest possible opportunity, sources at the club and close to the player have told ESPN FC.

The former Tottenham forward was close to leaving the Bernabeu in the summer and the same situation has resurfaced after the Wales international travelled to London on Monday to meet with his agent, Jonathan Barnett.

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Sources have told ESPN FC that Bale's unhappiness at Madrid stems from his embittered relationship with manager Zinedine Zidane and constant injury problems.

Zidane publicly asked for Bale's departure in the summer, and although he eventually attempted to reintegrate the winger into the first team until his recent injury, Bale's entourage do not believe the Frenchman has done enough to fix the situation.

The breakdown in the relationship with Zidane, as well as the loss of the top spot in La Liga, has led Bale to again seek an exit from Madrid.

Despite his desire to leave in January, his high wage demands and the lack of options available to him in the Premier League make a winter exit difficult, according to sources at the club.

Bale has the support of the Real Madrid dressing room, but Zidane and his backroom staff believe the Welshman is living "in his own world," sources said.

Despite the situation having improved since Zidane said "if Bale left tomorrow it would be better for everyone," the relationship has reached a point where neither party believes a resolution is forthcoming, according to sources.

The BCB has agreed to the BCCI's request for the second Test between India and Bangladesh to be played with pink ball under lights at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo confirmed the development at a press conference in Mirpur on Tuesday, a day before the side was scheduled to depart to India. Bangladesh who find themselves in the middle of chaos - their Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for two years and last week the players went on strike against the board - haven't named their Test squad yet.

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"As a coach and some players, we think it's a great opportunity and I don't think India have played a pink-ball Test before, Domingo said. "We haven't played a pink-ball Test and it's a great occasion at Eden Gardens and it will be a new experience for both teams. So, we're excited and it's going to be a great occasion under lights at Kolkata against probably the best team in the world. We're really looking forward to the challenge. We're not going to have a lot of time to prepare with the pink ball but it's the same for India."

One of the major concerns for Bangladesh is their lack of match practice with the pink balls that are used in day-night Tests - only one match has been played in the country with them, the first-class Bangladesh Cricket League final in February 2013. While Domingo acknowledged those concerns, he reckoned the "uncertainty" surrounding the pink-ball Test might tilt the scales in Bangladesh's favour.

"We know India are a good Test team, they're the No.1 Test team in the world but the uncertainty of playing a pink-ball Test - both teams don't quite know what to expect - could work in our advantage," he said. "The way the game's going, we need to try new things at certain times and we're excited by it.

"I've spoken to the players and there have been some concerns and some guys have said: 'Oh! we don't know, two [four] days between the first and second Test'."

Domingo, though, has been part of a day-night Test before in 2016, when he was the coach of the South Africa team that was facing Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Domingo hoped that experience could assist him in his new gig with Bangladesh.

"In my time at South Africa, we played a pink-ball Test in Adelaide, but we had a warm-up game before that and we had a few sessions with the pink ball leading into the Test match," Domingo recalled. "I have some experience when it has happened with the pink ball, so hopefully we can share the information and that's the advantage for us."

India and Bangladesh are the only Full Members apart from Afghanistan and Ireland to have not played a day-night Test yet.

The Eden Gardens Test is scheduled to begin on November 22, with the series of three T20Is (Delhi - November 3, Rajkot - November 7, and Nagpur - November 10] and the first Test, in Indore from November 14, preceding it.

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Surrey have completed the signing of Hashim Amla on a Kolpak registration.

As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Amla joins the club on a two-year deal, though the second year could be jeopardised by the UK's impending departure from the European Union.

Amla, 36, retired from international cricket in August after a 15-year career playing for South Africa, and joins his former team-mate Morne Morkel at The Oval.

He previously played for Surrey as an overseas player in 2013 and 2014, and ESPNcricinfo understands his representatives also held talks with Middlesex and Hampshire.

Alec Stewart, Surrey's director of cricket, said that the number of his players in or around the England set-up meant that the opportunity to sign Amla was "too good to ignore".

"His record speaks for itself and we know from his previous spells here that he will be an excellent resource for all of our players to learn from both on and off the field.

"With several of our players now in or around the international setup, the opportunity to bring Hashim back to Surrey was too good to ignore."

Amla said: "Surrey are one of the most established and accomplished cricket clubs in the world and I am very excited to be joining them again while also not forgetting the opportunity to play alongside my good friend Morne Morkel again.

"I was part of the Surrey team in 2013 and 2014 and thoroughly enjoyed myself during those stints, so to rekindle that relationship for a longer period is something that excites me. I'm really looking forward to working with Alec Stewart and the rest of his team."

Amla is the latest in a raft of signings the club has made in the past week. Michael Neser (Championship), D'Arcy Short and Shadab Khan (both T20 Blast) will join as overseas players, while Reece Topley has signed on a white-ball deal. Nick Kimber and James Taylor, both England Under-19 internationals, have joined from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire respectively.

Netherlands 81 for 2 (Cooper 41*, Zahoor 1-12) beat UAE 80 for 9 (Raza 22, Glover 4-12, van der Gugten 2-10, ven Meekeren 2-13) by eight wickets

A relentless assault from the pace quartet of Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren, Brandon Glover and Timm van der Gugten smothered the tournament hosts as the Netherlands restricted UAE to 80 for 9 on the way to an eight-wicket win in the opening playoff match at the men's T20 World Cup qualifiers at Dubai International Stadium.

It's the Netherlands' third consecutive berth in the men's T20 World Cup following trips to Bangladesh in 2014 and India in 2016.

UAE were 9 for 5 after five overs after choosing to bat first and, unlike Papua New Guinea against Kenya two days earlier, were never able to recover.

Coming back into the starting XI as an extra bowling option in place of struggling opening batsman Tobias Visee, Klaassen struck five balls into the match when he beat Rohan Mustafa for pace as the batsman attempted to pull a length ball that fluttered over the bowler's head for a return catch taken next to the non-striker's stumps.

That made it 2 for 1, but a pair of hammer blows were struck at the end of the second over by van Meekeren, which pretty much wiped out UAE's chances. Sticking to a back-of-a-length mode of attack, van Meekeren had Rameez Shahzad fending an edge behind for a third-ball duck, and then Muhammad Usman, fresh off a sensational 89 not out against Canada, lasted just one ball. The bowler squared him up with one on a similar length angled across the fourth-stump channel to give Scott Edwards another catch behind as UAE were left reeling at 3 for 3.

Brandon Glover came on in the third over and trapped Darius D'Silva with a full-length ball playing around his pads for the third UAE duck before Zawar Farid miscued a pull to Pieter Seelaar on the ring at midwicket in the fifth for Glover's second.

Waheed Ahmed and Mohammad Boota mostly nudged the ball around for the next eight overs in a 35-run stand, the first boundary coming from a top-edge over the keeper by Waheed off van Meekeren in the sixth. But Glover returned in the 14th to bounce out both. Waheed hooked to van Meekeren at deep fine-leg before Boota feathered an edge through to Edwards off a pull to make it 45 for 7.

After a brief flurry of sixes off Klaassen in the 19th by Sultan Ahmed and Ahmed Raza, van der Gugten stifled any further hopes with two wickets in the final over. Sultan slogged to cow corner before Raza was bowled way out in front of a slower ball in what ended as a one-run over.

UAE struck an early blow in the chase when Max O'Dowd waved through a gentle offbreak from Mustafa to be bowled for 5. But Colin Ackermann and Ben Cooper rebounded with a 51-run stand to put the Dutch on course for a smooth chase. The only further hiccup came in the tenth over when Ackermann slashed Zahoor Khan to third man for 18. Cooper and Ryan ten Doeschate knocked off the final 25 runs with ease, clinching victory with 29 balls to spare.

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The narrative is too easy. It would go something like this: Limited by a surgically repaired thumb, Drew Brees used veteran savvy to beat the Cardinals with the kind of short, easy passes a high schooler could complete.

It's true that 65% of Brees' passes Sunday traveled 5 or fewer yards past the line of scrimmage. He completed 26 of 28 such passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns in the Saints' 31-9 victory over Arizona. But was that by predetermined design? Or did the Cardinals' defensive approach simply leave those throws open?

We'll start there for ESPN's Week 8 QB Awards, our Tuesday assessment of highs and lows using unique data culled from ESPN Stats & Information and NFL Next Gen Stats.

Best Comeback Award: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints

Brees beat most expectations for his recovery from a torn thumb ligament, returning Sunday after five missed starts despite the fact that the Saints have a Week 9 bye on deck. And the Cardinals showed clear intention of wanting to rush a player who might not have been completely confident in his physical aptitude, blitzing him on 46.5% of his dropbacks, the second-highest rate for a team in Week 8.

Brees responded with one of his most impressive accomplishments in recent years. He completed 17 of 20 passes against the blitz, with an average gain of 12.3 yards per reception. Brees hadn't completed that many passes against the blitz since at least 2006, when ESPN Stats & Information began tracking the metric, and no NFL quarterback has connected on more than 17 passes in that situation during the 2019 season.

His receivers piled on 235 yards after the catch, third-most in an NFL game this season. But none of it would have been possible without Brees' calm assimilation of an obvious defensive strategy. Sunday's performance should erase any doubt that Brees can lead the Saints to another deep playoff run during the second half of the season.

Exposed by Great Defense Award: Kyle Allen, Carolina Panthers

Entering Sunday's game at Levi's Stadium, Allen was on the verge of generating a genuine quarterback debate for the Panthers. He had won his first four starts of the season in place of the injured Cam Newton, in the process throwing seven touchdowns without an interception. But he withered, as many other quarterbacks have and will continue to, when facing the 49ers' increasingly potent defense.

The 49ers managed to sack Allen six times, grab three interceptions and limit him to a completion rate of 47.1% -- all while sticking almost entirely to their base pass-rushing package. They sent four or fewer pass-rushers on 44 of his dropbacks.

It's easy to say that Allen finally crashed back to earth, but context is important. Certainly, Allen made his share of mistakes. But shouldn't we give a big portion of the credit to a defense that is strong enough to harass a quarterback almost exclusively without using the blitz? The 49ers' defensive front, led by rookie Nick Bosa, is exceptional. Allen no doubt wishes he had played better, but we should be careful about judging him too harshly in light of the nature of his opponent.

It's Getting Interesting Award: Gardner Minshew II, Jacksonville Jaguars

While Allen got humbled a bit in Week 8, Minshew turned in the first performance -- albeit against the woeful Jets -- that genuinely has the Jaguars mulling what to do when starter Nick Foles returns from a fractured collarbone.

Generally speaking, NFL teams should feel fortunate to go .500 when a starter is sidelined. The Jaguars are 4-3 in Minshew's starts, and on Sunday, Minshew demonstrated the skill level of a veteran in several areas:

• He threw for 206 yards against the blitz, more than he had in the three previous games combined.

• He also established career-highs with eight completions and an average of 9.5 yards per attempt on third down.

• His pair of touchdown passes outside of the pocket showed an increased comfort level with making off-schedule plays.

Where will all of this lead? I have assumed that Foles' $30 million in guarantees this season, and his $15.125 million guaranteed for 2020, made him the heavy favorite to regain his job. But coach Doug Marrone declined to commit to that scenario Sunday.

For the first time, it feels as though there is at least a chance that the Jaguars will have the NFL's highest-paid backup quarterback during the second half of the season.

Dime of the Week: Jacoby Brissett, Indianapolis Colts

With his team trailing by a point to the Broncos with 1:42 remaining Sunday, Brissett executed one of the best escape-and-throw combinations that we've seen this season. He eluded two pass-rushers at the Colts' own goal line, scrambled a total of 23.1 yards and sprinted toward the sideline at a top speed of 13.8 miles per hour, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.

Spotting receiver T.Y. Hilton near the right sideline, Brissett fired the ball 34 air yards downfield in 1.9 seconds. It was one of only two passes this season of at least 33 air yards that reached its target in less than two seconds. In other words, it was a dart.

Hilton caught the pass 0.4 yards from the sideline, but with enough space to get both feet in bounds. The pass carried a completion probability of 24.7%, the 10th-most difficult pass to be completed in Week 8. When you put it all together and consider the timing in the game, though, it was truly exceptional.

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Floater of the Week: Matt Moore, Kansas City Chiefs

You could watch football for a long time and never see a touchdown throw quite like the one Moore directed to Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce on Sunday night.

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Officially, the scoring play went for 29 yards. In reality, it was a pop fly that Moore threw so high and so softly that Kelce had time to turn around and run 19.5 yards while the ball was in the air in order to chase it down at the Packers' 6-yard line and take it to the end zone, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.

The ball was in the air for 2.37 seconds, longer than any touchdown pass of fewer than 40 air yards over the past three seasons.