COURT FASHION: Naomi Osaka emerged for her match clutching a white parasol and wearing a wide-brimmed hat and veil, saying her outfit was modeled after ‘jellyfish’
Jannik Sinner yesterday barely broke sweat in launching his quest to win a third Australian Open in a row as Naomi Osaka stole the show with a bold fashion statement. Meanwhile, Frenchman Gael Monfils bid farewell to Melbourne Park with an epic defeat and thanks for “an amazing ride.” Italy’s Sinner
Tobias Harris on Monday scored 25 points as the Detroit Pistons held off the Boston Celtics to score a 104-103 victory in their top-of-the-table Eastern Conference showdown. Harris was one of four Detroit players to finish in double figures, with Jalen Duren adding 18 points and point guard Cade Cun
Senegal have an unlikely new hero, and he did not even play in the chaotic Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final won by his country. In a bizarre turn of events, Senegal’s second-choice goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf spent long spells of Sunday’s match protecting the towels used by starting ’keeper Edouard
The chaotic scenes which tarnished Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final will forever overshadow a tournament that had until that point been a great success for hosts Morocco, on and off the pitch. Everything appeared set up for Walid Regragui’s Morocco side to cement their status as Africa’s
LeBron James’ 21-year NBA All-Star Game starting streak on Monday came to an end, after the Los Angeles Lakers star was excluded from the 10 starters named for next month’s mid-season showpiece. The 41-year-old NBA icon, who has been named as an All-Star starter in every season since 2005, was the b
The NBA Rising Stars Invitational is to hold its first Taiwan regional qualifier from April 3 to 5 at Banciao Gymnasium in New Taipei City, the NBA and Videoland Television Network said yesterday.According to a news release, the event would determine the boys' and girls' high-school teams that repre
MARRED FINAL: As most of Senegalese players walked off the pitch after a controversial decision, some supporters threw objects and attempted to get onto the pitch
Senegal on Sunday won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as Pape Gueye’s extra-time winner sunk hosts Morocco 1-0 after a chaotic final that saw the eventual champions storm off the pitch late in the game. Brahim Diaz could have won the trophy for Morocco with a controversial spot-kick in the 24th mi
Taiwan’s first women’s bobsled team, known as “Ice Baby,” are training intensively in hopes of qualifying for the Milano-Cortina Winter Games from Feb. 6 to 22, less than two years after the team were formed. The team comprise pilot Lin Sin-rong, brakemen Liang Yu-chieh and Lin Sung-en, along with p
Novak Djokovic yesterday began his latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam crown with an emphatic straight-sets victory as fellow Australian Open title contenders Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff also won, but with less sparkle. Three-time finalist Daniil Medvedev stayed alive, as did 40-year-old Stan Waw
The civil war engulfing tennis has been laid bare on the opening day of the first Grand Slam event this year, with details of Tennis Australia’s peace deal with the Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA) published for the first time. The PTPA last year launched an anti-trust lawsuit against
GOLD MEDAL GLORY: Lin defeated Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 21-10, 21-18 in a speedy 38 minutes, recording his second consecutive victory against the Indonesian
Taiwanese badminton player Lin Chun-yi yesterday won the men’s singles final of the India Open, surging past world No. 4 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in straight games to win his first title since 2024. Following two disappointing runners-up finishes last year at the Orleans Masters and the China M
Angry Real Madrid fans on Saturday jeered their own team before they went on to beat Levante 2-0 in Spanish La Liga to record new coach Alvaro Arbeloa’s first win at the helm. Villarreal, third, stumbled to a 2-0 defeat at Real Betis Balompie, hampering their attempts at mounting a title challenge.
Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka yesterday launched their Australian Open title bids with straight-sets wins, but there was no fairytale for 45-year-old Venus Williams. On a hot Melbourne day in which a ball girl fainted, last year’s men’s beaten finalist Alexander Zverev dropped a set
Qatar’s Nasser al-Attiyah on Saturday secured his sixth Dakar Rally car title in Saudi Arabia with Luciano Benavides scraping home by two seconds to claim the motorbike title. “We’ve worked very hard since last year. I might not be showing much emotion yet, but it’s there, deep down. We are so happy
Michael Carrick on Saturday made a flying start to life as Manchester United boss against Manchester City, but English Premier League leaders Arsenal missed a chance to pull nine points clear. Sorry Tottenham Hotspur slipped to defeat against relegation-threatened West Ham United, further increasing
CONSISTENCY: PSG started the game with Dembele, Desire Doue and Kvaratskhelia in a line up similar to the one that beat Inter in the Champions League final last year
Ousmane Dembele on Friday scored twice as champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) climbed top of Ligue 1 with a dominant 3-0 win over Lille OSC at a rainy Parc des Princes in Paris. Surprise packages RC Lens could return to the summit yesterday should they win at Auxerre, but PSG coach Luis Enrique woul
James Harden on Friday scored 31 points and came up big in overtime to help the Los Angeles Clippers erase a double-digit deficit on the way to a 121-117 NBA victory over the Toronto Raptors. Harden scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the Clippers pushed their wining steak to five
The former manager of a fourth-tier women’s soccer club has been banned from all soccer for 12 years after he sent indecent images of himself to players and a member of staff as well as subjecting them to sexually inappropriate behavior. The English Football Association (FA) found Ryan Hamilton, who
Ansgar Knauff on Friday scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to snatch a point for out-of-sorts Eintracht Frankfurt in a 3-3 draw at Werder Bremen. Third-place finishers last season, Frankfurt have won just one of their past nine matches in all competitions and sit seventh, five points outsi
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