SYDNEY: Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of next week’s Queen’s Club Championships grasscourt event due to neck pain, raising doubts about the Australian’s participation at Wimbledon later this month. Kyrgios, who last played at the Australian Open in February, was due to make his return for the grasscourt season after […]
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PARIS: Rafael Nadal reached the French Open semi-finals for the 14th time on Wednesday, setting up a potential blockbuster against Novak Djokovic, while Maria Sakkari stunned defending champion Iga Swiatek. Nadal, chasing a 14th title in Paris and record-setting 21st Grand Slam, defeated Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, […]
PARIS: American teenager Coco Gauff today became the youngest woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in 15 years while Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal braced to face the future of tennis at the French Open. Gauff swept to an impressive 53-minute, 6-3, 6-1 win over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur. At […]
PARIS: Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rolled back the years as she reached the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time since 2011 by beating former world number one Victoria Azarenka 5-7 6-3 6-2 today. The 31st seed, who will play in the last eight of a Grand Slam for […]
PARIS: Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens overcame an attacking Karolina Muchova at the French Open today, ousting the Czech 18th seed with a 6-3 7-5 victory and progressing to the fourth round. Former world number three Stephens, who reached the final at Roland Garros in 2018, has slipped down […]
TOKYO: Japan has been backed into a corner over the Tokyo Games, a member of the country’s Olympic committee said Friday, arguing the virus-postponed event has “lost meaning” — but adding that it’s too late to cancel. Public opposition to holding the Olympics this summer remains high, but organisers insist […]
TOKYO: Japan’s most senior medical adviser said on Wednesday (Jun 2) that hosting the Olympics during the nation’s current state of coronavirus infections was “not normal” in one of the strongest warnings yet about risks from the troubled Games. Doctors have said the Olympics, due to start on Jul 23 […]
KUALA LUMPUR: National football legend Datuk Santokh Singh has expressed his disappointment with the performance of naturalised players in Harimau Malaya’s two recent international friendlies, which they lost. The former national and Selangor defender also questioned the need for the national team to use the services of naturalised players, who […]
PORTO, Portugal: Victory for Manchester City over Chelsea in the Champions League final in Porto on Saturday (May 29) could have an impact well beyond sporting pride. A first-ever title in Europe’s premier club competition would complete City’s rise from Manchester’s “second club” to England’s top team, and experts believe […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Olympic chief Thomas Bach has told athletes that they should travel to Tokyo with “full confidence” that the delayed 2020 Games will be safe for competitors and will not jeopardise the health of the Japanese people. Speaking in a Q&A session during an online conference of the Athletes’ […]