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New York, United States (AFP) Serena Williams ranks alongside such icons as Muhammad Ali among the greatest legends in sport, retired US tennis stars John McEnroe and Chris Evert said on Wednesday. Speaking ahead of their ESPN commentary duties for the US Open that begins on Monday, Evert hailed 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams, who is likely to retire after this year’s Grand Slam showdown in New York. “I would put her up there as […]
Ottawa, Canada (AFP) Top-ranked Ko Jin-young finally gets the chance to defend her 2019 crown at the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open, which returns Thursday after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 27-year-old South Korean star, who won her 13th LPGA title in March at Singapore, arrived at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club after missing the cut at the British Women’s Open three weeks ago. “I was sad, but after I went back to […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Seattle Mariners pitcher George Kirby set a Major League Baseball record on Wednesday with 24 consecutive strikes to start a game against the Washington Nationals. The 24-year-old American right-hander, who only made his MLB debut in May, didn’t figure in the decision in Seattle’s 3-1 home loss to the Nationals. But he made his mark at the start with 24 throws for strikes, breaking the old mark of 21 strikes […]
Beats Tokyo Olympic silver medalist US pole vaulter Chris Nilsen who is no. 2 in world ranking (Eagle News) – Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena bagged the gold in the just concluded 26th Internationales Stabhochsprung-Meeting in Jockgrim, Germany after clearing 5.81 meters. Obiena again became the Philippines’ pride in the international pole vaulting competition by finishing at the top and beating 10 other competitors, including 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ silver medalist Chris Nilsen of the […]
CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) – Borna Coric, who only returned in March after missing a year with a shoulder injury, dominated fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday to win the ATP Cincinnati Masters. The world number 152 from Croatia dispatched the Greek star 7-6 (7/0), 6-2 to become the lowest-ranked player to ever lift a Masters trophy. “I have no words, to be honest. It’s just an unbelievable feeling,” the winner said. “I’m just gonna […]
TEAHUPOO, France (AFP) – Elite women surfers returned to competition at “the world’s heaviest wave” in Tahiti on Wednesday, ending a 16-year absence and taste of the daunting challenge at the 2024 Paris Olympics. For the first time since 2006, members of the women’s World Surf League are competing in Teahupo’o, a wave respected and feared by boardriders worldwide. Flanked by verdant cloud-touched volcanoes, Teahupo’o looks like a tropical idyl. But a short distance […]
CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) — Serena Williams bowed out of the WTA/ATP Cincinnati Masters at the first hurdle on Tuesday, losing in straight sets to US Open champion Emma Raducanu as the end of her glittering career looms ever closer. Williams, who last week indicated that she is planning to retire after this month’s US Open, was no match for British teenager Raducanu, who romped to a 6-4, 6-0 win. The 40-year-old Williams left the […]
CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) – Andy Murray said match fitness will be the key to the remainder of his season after reaching the second round of the ATP/WTA Cincinnati Masters on Monday. The two-time champion at the US Open run-up event reached the second round with a gruelling 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 7-5 win over fellow veteran Stan Wawrinka. After half a decade of injury problems including a pair of hip surgeries, the Scot knows the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Blackburn Rovers extended their perfect start to the English Championship season with a 2-1 win at home to West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Rovers only had two shots on target in the whole of the 90 minutes at Ewood Park but made them count. Ben Brereton Diaz fired them in front just before half-time ahead of setting up Sam Gallagher, who doubled their lead just two minutes after the restart. […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) – Teen stars Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu hailed Serena Williams as an inspiration and a game-changing tennis legend on Tuesday, hours after the 23-time Grand Slam champion revealed impending retirement plans. World number 11 Gauff, inspired to play tennis by Williams, said she was shocked to hear her say the “countdown has begun” to departure for an icon who can motivate another generation of superstars. “The legacy that she has left through […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — Serena Williams stepped onto a hardcourt for the first time in a year and a half on Monday and fought through for a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Spain’s Nuria Parrizas Diaz. The 40-year-old American was competing in only her second match this season in defeating the 57th-ranked lucky loser to reach the second round. Williams earned her first victory since last season at Roland Garros, some 14 months ago. The relieved […]
by Victoria LOGUINOVA-YAKOVLEVA Agence France Presse A Russian court on Thursday sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison over drug smuggling as US President Joe Biden called the ruling “unacceptable”. The court “found the defendant guilty” of smuggling and possessing “a significant amount of narcotics”, judge Anna Sotnikova told a court in the town of Khimki just outside Moscow. Sotnikova sentenced Griner, one of the world’s greatest basketball players, to […]
