NEW YORK: Third seed Daniil Medvedev launched the defence of his Western and Southern Open title with a tidy 6-4 6-4 second round win over Marcos Giron yesterday, getting his US Open preparations off to an upbeat start. The subdued atmosphere and empty stands at the Billie Jean King National […]
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PARIS: Paris Saint Germain have asked the French League to once more postpone what would be their first match of the French season, a source told AFP yesterday. Ligue 1 started last Friday, but PSG’s opening game against Metz was postponed because the French champions were in Lisbon where they […]
LONDON: Arsenal have agreed permanent deals with defenders Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares after their loan spells in the second half of the 2019-20 campaign, the club said on their website today. Mari, 26, moved to the Premier League side in January from Flamengo, who he helped win the Brazilian […]
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund today posted a loss of €43.9 million (RM218.1 million) in 2019/20, partly due to lost match-day revenue during the coronavirus pandemic. Dortmund, who finished runners-up in the Bundesliga last season, are Germany’s second-biggest club, behind league and cup champions Bayern Munich. Hans-Joachim Watzke, Dortmund’s chief executive, blamed […]
PARIS: World number two Simona Halep joined a growing list of tennis stars when she said today that she would skip the US Open over coronavirus fears. “After weighing up all the factors involved and with the exceptional circumstances in which we are living, I have decided that I will […]
LONDON: Jurgen Klopp says he might turn his back on football once his present contract with Premier League champions Liverpool ends in 2024. The 53-year-old German had wanted to take a year off after he left Borussia Dortmund in 2015 but Liverpool came calling that October asking him to replace […]
COLOGNE: Manchester United have little time to dwell on a third semi-final defeat of a 13-month season after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted they let Sevilla “off the hook” to miss out on Friday’s Europa League final. Solskjaer was desperate for a trophy, United’s first since 2017, as tangible reward for […]
BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton’s crusade for racial equality has helped him reach a new level as racing driver, sportsman and inspiration, according to his Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff. After the six-time champion registered his record 156th podium finish at yesterday’s Spanish Grand Prix with his 88th career victory to move […]
VIENNA: Italian motorcycling legend Valentino Rossi said riders needed to “improve their behaviour” and show more respect after he and Yamaha teammate Maverick Vinales narrowly escaped serious injury in the Austrian Grand Prix. Rossi, a nine-time world champion, was left shaken after Franco Morbidelli’s cartwheeling Yamaha, travelling at around 300 […]
MADRID: Barcelona insisted they had not heard from Lionel Messi that he wants to leave the club, as an emergency board meeting was being held at Camp Nou today. Barca officials, including under-fire president Josep Maria Bartomeu, were due to discuss wholesale changes following the team’s humiliating 8-2 Champions League […]