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Injured Djokovic exits Melbourne to boos
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic retired injured from his Australian Open semi-final against Alexander Zverev on Friday and left the court to boos, with defending champion Jannik Sinner to face the German for the title.
Djokovic retires hurt to send Zverev into Australian Open final
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» MELBOURNE — Novak Djokovic said Friday there was a chance he may have played his last Australian Open after retiring with a muscle tear in the semi-finals to leave his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam crown in tatters.
Djokovic faces Zverev semi-final test in pursuit of 25th Slam title
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic throws his ailing 37-year-old body into an Australian Open semi-final against Alexander Zverev on Friday while defending champion Jannik Sinner faces Ben Shelton.
My lips are sealed: Haaland tapes mouth shut when he sleeps
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» LONDON - Manchester City striker Erling Haaland says he sleeps with his mouth taped shut as part of an intense nighttime regime aimed at maintaining his superb form for the treble winners.
Lineker left red-faced by 'sabotage' of FA Cup coverage
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» LONDON: Gary Lineker said the BBC's television coverage of the FA Cup clash between Wolves and Liverpool had been sabotaged after loud pornographic noises were heard during the build-up to Tuesday's match.
Age is just a number for top-notch golf coaches
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 17/10/2021
» If you can relate your age to a round of golf, I should just about be halfway down the 15th.
Newly-crowned French Open champion in debt to dignified Novotna
AFP, Published on 13/06/2021
» PARIS: Newly-crowned French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova hailed her mentor and former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna who died in 2017, saying: "At the end of her life, I had to be there."
Poet Amanda Gorman opens Super Bowl
AFP, Published on 08/02/2021
» NEW YORK: Amanda Gorman, the young poet who delivered a captivating performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration, opened the Super Bowl on Sunday with a new work celebrating essential workers.
Fickle pundits throw QBs under the bus
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 07/01/2021
» Wiggins' World could only shake its head and chuckle. All the media pundits spent so much time this season jumping on and off the bandwagons of NFL quarterbacks, there must be a ton of twisted ankles out there.
Shuttlers to keep Olympic ranking points
Sports, Published on 29/05/2020
» MUMBAI: Shuttlers will keep ranking points they earned during the original Olympic qualification period before the novel coronavirus pandemic forced the Tokyo Games to be postponed, the Badminton World Federation said on Wednesday.