Author: Associated Press
Carlos Alcaraz, the home-crowd favorite, withdrew from the Madrid Open on Thursday due to muscle injuries, prioritizing his recovery ahead of the French Open. The third-ranked Spaniard revealed he hasn’t fully recovered from an upper leg injury sustained during the Barcelona Open final last Sunday and also has a left leg injury. Alcaraz, a two-time Madrid champion (2022 and 2023), was set to make his first appearance at the Caja Magica on Saturday. He was seeded second and drawn in the same half of the draw as Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz said he did “everything possible to play” but made the…
Carlos Alcaraz, the home-crowd favorite, withdrew from the Madrid Open on Thursday due to muscle injuries, prioritizing his recovery ahead of the French Open. The third-ranked Spaniard revealed he hasn’t fully recovered from an upper leg injury sustained during the Barcelona Open final last Sunday and also has a left leg injury. Alcaraz, a two-time Madrid champion (2022 and 2023), was set to make his first appearance at the Caja Magica on Saturday. He was seeded second and drawn in the same half of the draw as Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz said he did “everything possible to play” but made the…
Ecuadorian football player Jackson Rodriguez’s wife and 5-year-old child were kidnapped early Wednesday after armed men stormed their home in Guayaquil, reportedly searching for the Emelec defender, who told police he hid under a bed. The abduction occurred around 3 a.m. in the coastal city, according to Police Chief Edison Rodriguez. In his statement to authorities, the 26-year-old fullback said he took cover beneath a bed after hearing the intruders force their way through the front door. The perpetrators took Rodriguez’s wife and child after asking the woman if Rodriguez was at the residence. According to police, Rodriguez saw through…
Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko stunned world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets to capture the Porsche Grand Prix title on Monday, sealing one of the biggest upsets of the clay-court season. The Latvian powered past the top seed 6-4, 6-1 in Stuttgart, breaking Sabalenka’s serve twice in a fiercely contested opening set that lasted just under an hour. She then raced through the second set in just 28 minutes to complete the rout. While Sabalenka fired six aces to Ostapenko’s four, it was the Latvian’s relentless return game that made the difference, as she broke serve six times to claim…
The Boston Celtics are stepping into a playoff battle with bruises, but their confidence is still intact. A month after Jrue Holiday’s pinky bent awkwardly into a painful condition known as mallet finger, the veteran guard is back – and just in time. He missed four games nursing the odd tendon injury, his finger locked in a cast that kept it straight. Now, he’s ditched the hard shell for a soft brace and is ready for war. “It feels kind of weird,” Holiday admitted. “But it seems like it’s all right.” That sentiment mirrors Boston’s playoff mindset: stirred, not shaken.…
An immigration judge denied a release on bail for Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student from Türkiye, who has been detained by authorities in Louisiana for three weeks over what her lawyers say is apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper. Meanwhile, Öztürk’s lawyers filed a new request with a federal judge in Vermont considering whether to take jurisdiction of her detention case. The lawyers asked the judge to order her to be brought to the state by Friday and hold a hearing next week. They said that would allow better communication with her legal…
Manchester United’s season lives on – just barely. On a thrilling night at Old Trafford, the embattled English giants set aside their Premier League woes with a dramatic 5-4 extra-time comeback over Lyon to reach the Europa League semifinals. United twice threw away control – squandering a two-goal cushion, then clawing back from 4-2 down against 10 men – but Harry Maguire’s last-gasp header in added time sealed one of the most unforgettable wins in the club’s storied European history. Jubilation swept through the stadium as United kept faint hopes alive of rescuing a campaign mired in domestic disappointment, with…
Manchester United’s season lives on – just barely. On a thrilling night at Old Trafford, the embattled English giants set aside their Premier League woes with a dramatic 5-4 extra-time comeback over Lyon to reach the Europa League semifinals. United twice threw away control – squandering a two-goal cushion, then clawing back from 4-2 down against 10 men – but Harry Maguire’s last-gasp header in added time sealed one of the most unforgettable wins in the club’s storied European history. Jubilation swept through the stadium as United kept faint hopes alive of rescuing a campaign mired in domestic disappointment, with…
Manchester United’s season lives on – just barely. On a thrilling night at Old Trafford, the embattled English giants set aside their Premier League woes with a dramatic 5-4 extra-time comeback over Lyon to reach the Europa League semifinals. United twice threw away control – squandering a two-goal cushion, then clawing back from 4-2 down against 10 men – but Harry Maguire’s last-gasp header in added time sealed one of the most unforgettable wins in the club’s storied European history. Jubilation swept through the stadium as United kept faint hopes alive of rescuing a campaign mired in domestic disappointment, with…
One year after a forgettable 0-for-10 night ended his Warriors tenure, Klay Thompson found redemption in Dallas. Thompson poured in 16 of his 23 points during a scorching second quarter, hitting four 3-pointers to fuel a 44-point outburst that buried the Kings early. The Mavericks cruised to a 120-106 win Wednesday night, staying alive in the Western Conference play-in tournament. “Human nature – when you end a season on a sour note like that, you want to prove people wrong,” Thompson said. “I just focused on defense, rebounding and playmaking early. The shots came after that.” It was exactly one…