Melbourn (AFP) Indian former doubles world number one Sania Mirza said on Wednesday she will retire from tennis at the end of this season with injuries taking their toll. It came after the 35-year-old, regarded as her country’s greatest women’s tennis player, bowed out of the Australian Open in the first round with her partner Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine. “I …
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez had a bad day as she was bundled out in the first round by Maddie Inglis yesterday. The 6-4 6-2 loss to the Australian wildcard marked the third straight year Fernandez had fallen at the first hurdle at the year’s opening Grand Slam.
LIVERPOOl (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp insisted Liverpool will not give up the chase of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after bouncing back to winning ways to beat Brentford 3-0 on Sunday. Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino scored the goals as the Reds coped without the absence of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane at the Africa Cup …
Australia – Australia’s fast bowlers destroyed English batting line-up to claim a comprehensive 146-run win in the fifth and final Ashes Test at Hobart yesterday, sealing series 4-0.
Riyad – Qatari driver Nasser al-Attiyah won the Dakar Rally for a fourth time at race in Saudi Arabia. Nasser 51, who also won in 2011, 2015 and 2019 – took the overall honours ahead of France’s nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb.
Ottawa – Curlers John Morris and Rachel Homan have been picked to represent Canada in mixed doubles at the Beijing Olympics. Curling Canada consulted with the Canadian Olympic Committee and Own the Podium before the announcement was made on Thursday morning. Source: The Canadian Press
Toronto – Toronto Raptors lost 99-95 to Phoenix Suns. They play the next five games on the road, opening Friday at Detroit. They’ll visit Milwaukee, Miami, Dallas, and Washington before returning home to host Portland on Jan. 23. Source: The Canadian Press
Karachi – Australian batter Ben Dunk will be Lahore Qalandars coach for the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL). The COO of Qalandars, Sameen Rana said Dunk will work as the power-hitting coach of the Qalandars side when Phil Salt returns to the squad for PSL 2022.
Ottawa – Canada’s Arnold Maddela has been included in the ICC’s Panel of officiating Umpires for the January 14 – February 5, 2022 Caribbean hosted U19 World Cup. Maddela was one of two Canadians initially appointed to the Panel. The other Canadian appointee Harry Grewal has, however, since withdrawn from participating for personal reasons. The India-born Arnold Maddela is a …
MONT-TREMBLANT, QUE. – Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury won moguls gold Saturday for his second World Cup crown in as many days. It was also the 70th career World Cup title for the reigning Olympic champion from Deux-Montagnes, Que. Kingsbury, who has won five gold medals this season, finished first with 85.59 points. Sweden’s Walter Wallberg was second (82.66) and Japan’s Ikuma Horishima …
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