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Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka put her close friendship with Paula Badosa aside Thursday to sweep past the Spaniard into a third successive Australian Open final and stay on track for a 26-year first. The Belarusian world No. 1 romped home 6-4, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena and will meet either Polish second seed Iga Swiatek or American 19th seed Madison Keys in Saturday’s decider. The hard, fast courts of Melbourne Park have been the 26-year-old’s happy place. She has now won 20 straight matches at the Australian Open to close in on a third consecutive crown – something that hasn’t…
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka put her close friendship with Paula Badosa aside Thursday to sweep past the Spaniard into a third successive Australian Open final and stay on track for a 26-year first. The Belarusian world No. 1 romped home 6-4, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena and will meet either Polish second seed Iga Swiatek or American 19th seed Madison Keys in Saturday’s decider. The hard, fast courts of Melbourne Park have been the 26-year-old’s happy place. She has now won 20 straight matches at the Australian Open to close in on a third consecutive crown – something that hasn’t…
Real Madrid are the first football club to top a billion euros in revenue during a single season, fueled by income generated by the revamped Santiago Bernabeu stadium, according to financial experts Deloitte. The order of the clubs at the top of Deloitte’s annual Football Money League stayed the same, with Madrid at 1.05 billion euros ($1.09 billion) followed by Premier League champions Manchester City at 838 million euros and Paris Saint-Germain with 806 million euros. The 208 million euro gap between the first and second is the biggest Deloitte has ever recorded. The dramatic refurbishment of the home of…
Real Madrid are the first football club to top a billion euros in revenue during a single season, fueled by income generated by the revamped Santiago Bernabeu stadium, according to financial experts Deloitte. The order of the clubs at the top of Deloitte’s annual Football Money League stayed the same, with Madrid at 1.05 billion euros ($1.09 billion) followed by Premier League champions Manchester City at 838 million euros and Paris Saint-Germain with 806 million euros. The 208 million euro gap between the first and second is the biggest Deloitte has ever recorded. The dramatic refurbishment of the home of…
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organizers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport’s place in the Olympics. Kho kho, a catch-me-if-you-can tag sport, has been played for more than 2,000 years across southern Asia but only saw its rules formalized in the early 20th century. It was played as a demonstration sport at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin but did not gather enough support to be included in the Summer Games and since then has been largely eclipsed by India’s ferocious love of cricket. Nearly a century…
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organizers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport’s place in the Olympics. Kho kho, a catch-me-if-you-can tag sport, has been played for more than 2,000 years across southern Asia but only saw its rules formalized in the early 20th century. It was played as a demonstration sport at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin but did not gather enough support to be included in the Summer Games and since then has been largely eclipsed by India’s ferocious love of cricket. Nearly a century…
Marco Odermatt, fresh from a stunning victory in Wengen, will lead the men in World Cup Hahnenkamm races in Kitzbuehel, Austria, this weekend. There is a super-G and a downhill scheduled for the famed Streif course on Friday and Saturday. The slalom takes place on the neighboring Ganslern piste on Sunday. Agence France-Presse (AFP) Sport looks at five takeaways ahead of the races. The start of the downhill race on the Streif course, regarded as the toughest on the circuit, is daunting, to say the least. It propels racers out of the start hut up to speeds of 100 kph…
Marco Odermatt, fresh from a stunning victory in Wengen, will lead the men in World Cup Hahnenkamm races in Kitzbuehel, Austria, this weekend. There is a super-G and a downhill scheduled for the famed Streif course on Friday and Saturday. The slalom takes place on the neighboring Ganslern piste on Sunday. Agence France-Presse (AFP) Sport looks at five takeaways ahead of the races. The start of the downhill race on the Streif course, regarded as the toughest on the circuit, is daunting, to say the least. It propels racers out of the start hut up to speeds of 100 kph…
Marco Odermatt, fresh from a stunning victory in Wengen, will lead the men in World Cup Hahnenkamm races in Kitzbuehel, Austria, this weekend. There is a super-G and a downhill scheduled for the famed Streif course on Friday and Saturday. The slalom takes place on the neighboring Ganslern piste on Sunday. Agence France-Presse (AFP) Sport looks at five takeaways ahead of the races. The start of the downhill race on the Streif course, regarded as the toughest on the circuit, is daunting, to say the least. It propels racers out of the start hut up to speeds of 100 kph…
Defending champion Jannik Sinner and first-time hopeful Iga Swiatek delivered dominant performances on Wednesday, advancing to the Australian Open semifinals with commanding victories. Italian world No. 1 Sinner swept aside an out-classed home hope Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 to silence Rod Laver Arena and set up a meeting with 21st seed Ben Shelton. The other semifinal is between 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and world No. 2 Alexander Zverev, with both taking place Friday. Sinner had dizzy spells in the scorching heat of the afternoon during his four-set win against Holger Rune on Monday. But in much…