NEW YORK: Brooks Koepka will miss next week’s US Open due to his ongoing knee injury, the two time champion said on Wednesday. Koepka, who won the tournament in 2017 and 2018, has been plagued by a knee problem all season and skipped this year’s FedExCup playoffs. “Unfortunately, I have […]
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LONDON: Mexican driver Sergio Perez will leave Racing Point at the end of the Formula One season, he and the team announced on Wednesday. The news followed speculation that four times world champion Sebastian Vettel is poised to join the Canadian-owned team, which will take the name of sportscar maker […]
NEW YORK: Third seed Daniil Medvedev continued his march towards a first Grand Slam title on Wednesday powering into the US Open semi-finals with a clinical 7-6(6) 6-3 7-6(5) victory over childhood friend Andrey Rublev. The first Russian duo in the quarter-finals at a Grand Slam since Igor Andreev and […]
LONDON: Newcastle United took issue with the Premier League on Wednesday by accusing the body of acting inappropriately in rejecting a Saudi Arabian-backed takeover bid based on an owners and directors’ test. The club, whose version appeared to contradict the league’s, issued a statement saying they would be “considering all […]
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi was back in full training with Barcelona today for the first time since conceding defeat in his battle to leave the club. Unlike Monday, when the 33-year-old Argentine superstar had to train alone under La Liga’s coronavirus protocol, he joined up with the rest of the squad […]
BRISBANE: World number one Ashleigh Barty said she hoped to be reunited with her coach for her build-up to the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam after coronavirus restrictions kept them separated for months. Australia’s Barty, a day after withdrawing from her French Open title defence because of Covid-19 concerns and […]
TOKYO: The postponed Olympics must be held next year “by all means”, Tokyo’s governor said today, becoming the latest official to insist the event is feasible despite the coronavirus pandemic. Yuriko Koike’s remarks, at an event hosted by Kyodo news agency, come after International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates told […]
MIAMI: Paul George scored 32 points and the Los Angeles Clippers turned up the heat defensively Monday in a 113-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets for a 2-1 lead in the NBA Western Conference semi-finals. Kawhi Leonard added 23 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for the Clippers, coming up […]
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic has pleaded for compassion for the line judge he struck in the throat with a ball at the US Open on Monday (Sep 7) after the female official faced a backlash from fans of the world number one on social media. The Serb was disqualified in […]
NEW YORK: Second seed Sofia Kenin of the United States was sent crashing out of the US Open on Monday, beaten in straight sets by Elise Mertens of Belgium. Kenin, the highest seeded player left in the tournament and winner of the 2020 Australian Open, was bundled out of the […]