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Barty time? Number one hot favourite to win Australian Open
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» MELBOURNE - Ashleigh Barty will be hot favourite to win her home Australian Open for the first time, but even with Serena Williams absent the world number one faces threats from all angles.
One year from World Cup, clock ticks ever louder for Qatar
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» DOHA: After upending the football establishment by winning the right to host the World Cup, Qatar's preparations are heading into overdrive with a year to go as they rush to welcome more than a million fans and prove their critics wrong.
T20 Cricket World Cup - six to watch
AFP, Published on 16/10/2021
» DUBAI - The seventh T20 World Cup gets underway in Oman and the UAE at the weekend with the world's best players queueing up to take the title and the headlines.
England wary of Ukraine as surging Denmark face Czechs at Euro 2020
AFP, Published on 03/07/2021
» ROME: England will be on their guard against surprise Euro 2020 quarter-finalists Ukraine in Rome on Saturday, while an increasingly confident Denmark hope to keep their inspiring run going against the Czech Republic.
Brazil Supreme Court allows Copa America to go ahead
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» BRASILIA: Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Thursday the country can host the Copa America despite the coronavirus pandemic, clearing the way for the troubled football tournament to go ahead in three days.
New doubts cloud Copa America in Brazil
AFP, Published on 09/06/2021
» SAO PAULO - New doubts gathered Tuesday over the Copa America five days from kickoff, as Brazil's Supreme Court agreed to consider blocking the troubled tournament and the Brazilian national team's players said they were against holding it.
March Madness ready for return after Covid-19 wipeout
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» WASHINGTONซ March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament that was wiped out last year by Covid-19, returns with a challenge unlike any it has faced after the bracket was revealed Sunday.
NFL teams still set to play Sunday despite virus cases
AFP, Published on 18/10/2020
» NEW YORK: The Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars remained scheduled to play NFL games on Sunday despite at least one player for each club being placed on the Covid-19 reserve list Saturday.
Messi to put Barca drama behind him as Argentina seek fast start
AFP, Published on 07/10/2020
» BUENOS AIRES: Superstar footballer Lionel Messi will take a break from his Barcelona soap opera as he bids to fire Argentina to the World Cup in Qatar and what will probably be his last chance to try to win the coveted trophy.
Nadal, Serena on guard at French Open as Halep plays compatriot
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» PARIS: Rafael Nadal looks to build on a promising start to his quest to match Roger Federer's 20 Grand Slam titles at the French Open on Wednesday while Serena Williams faces a familiar foe in round two of her latest push to equal Margaret Court's all-time mark.