Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from September 2.
Football
Cristiano Ronaldo marked his international goalscoring record.
The opponents reacted to their Ronaldo-inspired defeat.
Such a tough one to take last night I thought the lads but and incredible shift in but disappointed how the last minutes of the game went! Time to recover and dust ourselves down for another big game back at the Aviva in 2 days time 🇮🇪🍀 @faireland pic.twitter.com/OpUVV04MLz — Shane Duffy (@shaneduffy) September 2, 2021 Can't put into words the feeling making my international debut for this amazing country a DREAM come true. The team was outstanding bitter sweet moment. See you all at the Aviva #coybig @FAIreland pic.twitter.com/Wb5vWAg7xx — Andrew Omobamidele (@AndrewOmobamid1) September 2, 2021 Gutted not to get what we deserved last night, everyone was top class, time to focus on the next few games now, can't wait to see everyone #COYBIG 💚💚 pic.twitter.com/4lMxW6FCfy — Adam Idah (@adamidah1) September 2, 2021
Patrice Evra is excited to see Ronaldo back at Old Trafford.
Bro @cristiano can you stop holding back my excitement, love, respect for you coming back where you belong 🏠♥️🙏🏽🤝 @ManUtd #ilovethisgame #positive4evra #manchesterunited pic.twitter.com/IEZtxw1Zb1 — Patrice Evra (@Evra) September 2, 2021
It's been 25 years since David Beckham's England debut!
Virgil Van Dijk was back in a Holland shirt.
Felt good to lead the boys out there again but we have loads of things to work on. We need 2 big results now for the remaining games. First up in Eindhoven on Saturday, see you all there!🦁🧡 pic.twitter.com/M3mD7R9dYV — Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) September 1, 2021
Patrick Bamford kept close to his Leeds team-mate.
Cricket
It was a night to remember for England Women.
Tennis
Could Andy Murray possibly be referring to Stefanos Tsitsipas' latest lengthy bathroom break?
Did anything interesting happen overnight @usopen ?🧐 — Andy Murray (@andy_murray) September 2, 2021
It was a special night at Flushing Meadows.
It's Pride Day at the #USOpen. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #BeOpen #EqualityForAll pic.twitter.com/4WH0N6iVY0 — Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) September 1, 2021
But the New York weather caused problems.
Final update pic.twitter.com/INA8C7eIit — Darren Cahill (@darren_cahill) September 2, 2021 Scary stuff here in nyc, for reference this is Armstrong stadium....that has a roof!! pic.twitter.com/XnejrDQyG5 — Jesse Levine (@jesselevine7) September 2, 2021 Flooding in NY. Left BJK Tennis Center, stuck in traffic not moving on parkway for 3 hours, roads, subway, some bridges closed, travel ban until 5 AM. Happy to get hotel 1 mile from BJK-NatTenCenter....for awhile, thought I'd be sleeping in car. #INSANE pic.twitter.com/FLBtWfDuIW — Tracy Austin (@thetracyaustin) September 2, 2021 Made it back to the hotel! What a night this was.. praying everyone gets home safely 🙏🏾❤️ pic.twitter.com/kQcDtvgZ9A — sloanestephens (@SloaneStephens) September 2, 2021
The journey wasn't all bad for Sloane Stephens, though.
We've been stuck in flooding and stand-still traffic for more then 2 hours.. so we decided to stop and make the most of it. 🍕 pic.twitter.com/GjuPVaKMas — sloanestephens (@SloaneStephens) September 2, 2021
Some spectators were stuck.
Crazy rain and flooding in NYC. Stuck at Arthur Ashe stadium... Hope everyone is staying safe 🙏🏻🤞🏻 — lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) September 2, 2021
Formula One
Kimi Raikkonen gets praise from a fellow world champion.
Golf
Could there be a Happy Gilmore-Rory McIlroy team up in the works?
Love you Rory. Thanks for the kind words. Look forward to playing with you all real soon. https://t.co/HhRLqvFfft — Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) September 1, 2021
Athletics
Usain Bolt was enjoying the UK countryside.
UK the Country Yutes Dem Deh Yah⚡️ pic.twitter.com/E9Mwonk4qy — Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) September 2, 2021
Boxing
Sonny Bill Williams eases the lockdown boredom.
As fun as lockdown gets.. 🥴🤣 pic.twitter.com/QAQA6kGPMw — Sonny Bill Williams (@SonnyBWilliams) September 2, 2021
MMA
The writing was on the wall for Conor McGregor.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) September 2, 2021
