‘Pyongyang Olympics?’ Backlash reveals changing attitudes in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – An agreement between South and North Korea to march under a unity flag and field a joint ice hockey team at next month’s Olympics was met by sharp criticism from many in the South on Thursday, highlighting changing attitudes toward th…
Dakar 12th stage canceled for bikes and quads
(Reuters) – Dakar Rally organizers canceled the 12th stage for motorcycles and quadbikes in Argentina on Thursday for safety reasons due to the weather.
Tennis: Unhindered Halep dashes past Bouchard into third round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Top seed Simona Halep eased fears over her fitness with a brisk 6-2 6-2 victory over Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard to reach the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday.
Tennis: Birthday girl Kerber sets up Sharapova clash
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former world number one Angelique Kerber celebrated her 30th birthday on Thursday with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 win over Donna Vekic at the Australian Open to set up an intriguing third round clash of former champions with Maria Sharap…
Tennis: Injured Del Potro battles through to third round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro battled an apparent thigh injury and sapping heat to down Russia’s Karen Khachanov 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(0) 6-4 and reach the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday.
Goffin’s hopes over as he succumbs to Benneteau
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Dark horse David Goffin’s Australian Open hopes went up in smoke as he fell to a 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1 7-6(4) to French veteran Julien Benneteau in round two on Thursday.
Djokovic survives Melbourne furnace to beat Monfils
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Six-times champion Novak Djokovic emerged from the Rod Laver Arena furnace and into the third round of the Australian Open after putting suffering Gael Monfils out of his misery with a scrappy victory on Thursday.
Two Koreas’ ‘one flag’ emblematic of once better ties
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea’s plan to march together under the same blue-and-white Korean peninsula flag at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics next month marks the revival of an emblem of warmer ties between the old foes from years past.
Tennis: Lucky loser Pera sends ninth seed Konta out
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Lucky loser Bernarda Pera sent ninth seed Johanna Konta tumbling out of the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday with a 6-4 7-5 upset in blazing sunshine on court two.
Tennis: Muguruza outfoxed by Hsieh in second-round defeat
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Third seed Garbine Muguruza became the latest big-name casualty at the Australian Open as she lost 7-6(1) 6-4 in the second round to tricky Taiwanese doubles specialist Hsieh Su-wei on Thursday.
