Sixth seed Jabeur cruises into Australian Open second round

Sixth seed Jabeur cruises into Australian Open second round

Ons Jabeur swept into the second round of the Australian Open with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1 victory against Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva on Monday. The Tunisian sixth seed, a three-time Grand Slam runner-up, was not at her best but had too much firepower for her 23-year-old opponent, who was making her debut in the majors. Jabeur, beaten in the second round in Melbourne last year, said she was nervous […]

January 15, 2024 1

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Xavi : “Barca lacking in every way in Madrid thrashing”

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez criticised his team for their inadequate performance in a humbling 4-1 defeat by Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday. The Spanish champions were thrashed in Saudi Arabia by their bitter Clasico rivals and Xavi said his team gave a bad account of themselves. "We were lacking in every way and have to apologise to the fans, we did not show the […]

January 15, 2024 3

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Bulls wait anxiously on Wilco Louw injury diagnosis

The Vodacom Bulls will have an anxious wait on the injury to powerhouse tighthead prop Wilco Louw, who was injured in Saturday’s Investec Champions’ Cup win over Bristol Bears at Ashton Gate. Louw left the field clutching his shoulder and coach Jake White later confirmed it was an AC Joint injury that will be looked at when he gets back to Pretoria on Monday. Either way it seems very […]

January 15, 2024 8

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The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2023 winners set to be crowned

Ceremony to be held on Monday 15 January in London; Reshmin Chowdhury and Thierry Henry to lead The Best FIFA Football Awards™ (https://www.FIFA.com) presenting team; Extensive and democratic process implemented to determine award winners. Prominent British sports broadcaster and presenter Reshmin Chowdhury and FIFA World Cup™ winner Thierry Henry will present The Best FIFA Football Awards™ in London on Monday, 15 January 2024. The players, coaches, and other football figures […]

January 15, 2024 10

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Salah rescues Egypt as Nigeria draw and Ghana lose at Cup of Nations

Mohamed Salah saved Egypt from an embarrassing defeat in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, while Nigeria were held by Equatorial Guinea despite Victor Osimhen getting on the scoresheet. Ghana were also in action in Abidjan and suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Cape Verde as three nations with 14 AFCON titles between them all failed to get off to winning starts at this […]

January 15, 2024 3

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Wimbledon champion Vondrousova sent packing from Australian Open

Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova crashed out of the Australian Open at the first hurdle Monday, succumbing to Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-2. The Czech seventh seed pulled out of the warm-up Adelaide International last week with a hip injury and her court movement appeared to be impaired in Melbourne. She lost her opening service game and never got back in the contest as 93rd-ranked Yastremska took control on […]

January 15, 2024 5

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Veteran Wawrinka has no plans to retire after Australian Open defeat

Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka said he has no plans to call it quits after losing in the Australian Open first round on Monday and hopes to be back next year aged 39. The Swiss star, who beat Rafael Nadal to win the opening Grand Slam of the year a decade ago, looked on course for an upset of fellow veteran Adrian Mannarino. But he lost 11 of the […]

January 15, 2024 6

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Eddie Jones wants Japan to be ‘fastest in world’

Japan need to obey the rules of physics and become the "fastest team in the world" in order to compensate for their relatively small size, new rugby coach Eddie Jones said Monday. "The game is about momentum. And one of key laws of life is Newton's second law, which is momentum equals mass times velocity," Jones said in Tokyo. Japan "are always going to be on the small size […]

January 15, 2024 2

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Royals hold their nerve to down Capitals

Lungi Ngidi of South Africa celebrates dismissing Tom Curran of England during the First T20 International match between South Africa and England at Buffalo Park on February 12, 2020 in East London, South Africa. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) An excellent comeback with the ball handed the Paarl Royals an important Betway SA20 10-run victory over the Pretoria Capitals at Supersport Park in Centurion on Sunday. Having being sent in […]

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