Agency : Serena Williams set Flushing Meadows abuzz on Saturday as the 23-time major winner appeared at the US Open...
China’s Zheng Qinwen shook off slow starts in the opening two rounds of the US Open and took down unseeded German Jule Niemeier 6-2 6-1 at the US Open on Friday. The Olympic gold medalist and 7th seed fired off eight aces and seized five break points on the Grandstand hard court in her first straight-sets victory of the year’s final major. Niemeier, nursing a foot injury, committed five double faults and held serve in just three games of the...
Agency : Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed, determined to begin the construction of the Purbachal Stadium, formerly known...
Agency : Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam failed to make the cut in the series deciding second Test against Pakistan in...
Agency : Mehidy Hasan Miraz took his 10th Test fifer as Pakistan all out for 274 and Bangladesh finished 10...
Agency : Afghan Zakia Khudadadi completed a remarkable journey to become the first athlete from the refugee team to win...
Agency : A Marcus Thuram double helped Inter Milan to an emphatic 4-0 win over Atalanta on Friday, the second straight Serie A home win for the defending champions. Inter, coming off a draw at Genoa and a 2-0 win over Lecce, scored twice in the opening stages of each half to prevail and provisionally move top of the standings with seven points. The hosts opened the scoring just three minutes in when Thuram’s low cross deflected off Atalanta’s Berat...
Agency : China’s U18 women’s 3×3 basketball team achieved a historic milestone by winning the bronze medal at the 2024 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup (WC) on Friday. The Chinese squad of Chen Yanping, Li Yuxian, Liu Xiaohan and Wang Jiaxin defeated Germany 21-17 in the bronze medal match, marking China’s best performance in the tournament since their debut in 2011. The U18 World Cup’s group stage followed a round-robin format, with each team facing off against the other four...
Agency : Paula Badosa nearly quit the sport earlier this year amid her injury troubles, but the former world number...
Agency : World football’s governing body FIFA has delayed again its decision on a Palestinian bid to have Israel suspended...
AFP, Paris : Jonnie Peacock’s mother Linda was once told to say goodbye to her son but 26 years later he is arguably still the poster boy for Paralympic sprinting and a contender to regain his 100 metres crown in Paris. It has been quite a journey to becoming the vibrant, charismatic and humorous 31-year-old who spoke of being no longer “the hunted but the hunter” this week and questioned whether his rivals had the nerve to handle the pressure...