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Novak Djokovic revealed on Saturday that his retired long-time rival, Andy Murray, will join his coaching team starting at the Australian Open in January. “I’m thrilled to have one of my biggest rivals on the same side of the net with me, this time as my coach. I look forward to starting the season with Andy and having him by my side in Melbourne, where we’ve shared many exceptional moments throughout our careers,” Djokovic said in a statement. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion who retired from competitive tennis at the Olympics in August, said: “I am very excited about…
Novak Djokovic revealed on Saturday that his retired long-time rival, Andy Murray, will join his coaching team starting at the Australian Open in January. “I’m thrilled to have one of my biggest rivals on the same side of the net with me, this time as my coach. I look forward to starting the season with Andy and having him by my side in Melbourne, where we’ve shared many exceptional moments throughout our careers,” Djokovic said in a statement. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion who retired from competitive tennis at the Olympics in August, said: “I am very excited about…
Novak Djokovic revealed on Saturday that his retired long-time rival, Andy Murray, will join his coaching team starting at the Australian Open in January. “I’m thrilled to have one of my biggest rivals on the same side of the net with me, this time as my coach. I look forward to starting the season with Andy and having him by my side in Melbourne, where we’ve shared many exceptional moments throughout our careers,” Djokovic said in a statement. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion who retired from competitive tennis at the Olympics in August, said: “I am very excited about…
NBA superstar LeBron James announced Wednesday he is taking an indefinite break from social media, citing frustration with “negative” coverage in the U.S. media. With a combined 212 million followers on Instagram and X, James made the announcement after sharing a post from Rich Kleiman, a longtime agent of NBA star Kevin Durant, that criticized the media’s negativity. “With so much hate and negativity in the world today, it confuses me why some of the national sports media still think that the best way to cover sports is through negative takes,” Kleiman wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “I, for one,…
NBA superstar LeBron James announced Wednesday he is taking an indefinite break from social media, citing frustration with “negative” coverage in the U.S. media. With a combined 212 million followers on Instagram and X, James made the announcement after sharing a post from Rich Kleiman, a longtime agent of NBA star Kevin Durant, that criticized the media’s negativity. “With so much hate and negativity in the world today, it confuses me why some of the national sports media still think that the best way to cover sports is through negative takes,” Kleiman wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “I, for one,…
Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar was on the brink of fulfilling her dream of playing for the national women’s team when disaster struck. A devastating Israeli airstrike left the 19-year-old in a medically induced coma, just as her career was about to take off. When full-scale war erupted in September, Haidar’s family was among more than a million people forced to flee south Beirut and other Hezbollah strongholds as Israeli bombs pounded the region. “But Celine had to come back to south Beirut for her studies and training,” her father, Abbas Haidar, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). “She would leave the house…
Ruben Amorim feels he is “exactly where I’m meant to be” after his first week as Manchester United’s new manager. The Portuguese manager, who replaced the dismissed Erik ten Hag, arrived at the club’s Carrington training complex on Monday, following a 4-2 victory in his final match with Sporting Lisbon. On Friday, United shared a brief clip from Amorim’s first interview with the club’s in-house TV, showing him taking in the sights of floodlit Old Trafford. “You watch on TV, and you know that it’s big and impressive, but when you are here, you can feel it, and I think…
Paul Pogba’s time at Juventus has come to an end after the Serie A club announced Friday that it had terminated the France midfielder’s contract, despite his doping ban being reduced to 18 months on appeal. Pogba will be eligible to return to competitive football in March, following a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to reduce an initial four-year suspension handed down by the Italian anti-doping authority, NADO. However, Juventus has opted to part ways with the 31-year-old, whose return to Turin from Manchester United in 2022 was marred by a series of on- and off-field…
Nick Kyrgios will make his return to competitive tennis at the Brisbane International ahead of the Australian Open, saying Friday it was “going to be sick”. The 2022 Wimbledon finalist from Australia has played just one ATP Tour singles match in two years after knee, foot and wrist injuries. Brisbane kicks off the 2025 season on Dec. 29 in the lead-up to the first Grand Slam of the year in mid-January. “I am feeling fit and healthy, and I am excited for my return to tennis following some time out of the sport,” the 29-year-old said in a statement. “It…
Taylor Fritz edged closer to the ATP Finals semifinals Thursday, rallying from a set down to defeat Alex de Minaur 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. In a thrilling contest in Turin, Fritz eliminated Finals debutant de Minaur, whose set victory unexpectedly sealed Jannik Sinner’s spot in the semifinals. Sinner now heads into his final Ilie Nastase Group match against Daniil Medvedev, secure in the knowledge that he’s already through to the semifinals. A win will guarantee him the top spot in the group. Fritz, meanwhile, will join Sinner in the knockout stage as long as the world No. 1 wins at least…