Muguruza battles past Bertens To reach Sydney last eight
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Top seed Garbine Muguruza overcame an injury scare to battle past Kiki Bertens 6-3 7-6(6) and advance to the Sydney International quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Tennis: Sabalenka upsets Zhang in Hobart, Watson advances
(Reuters) – Belarus teen Aryna Sabalenka blasted top seed Zhang Shuai out of the Hobart International on Wednesday while former champion Heather Watson had a smooth ride to the quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-2 win over wildcard Jaimee Fourlis.
Tennis: Rublev leading the Russian advance into Melbourne
(Reuters) – “Sound the alarm! The Russians are coming” sounds like Cold War paranoia but when applied to the world of men’s tennis it might be worth sitting up and taking notice.
Nadal begins new era without mentor Toni in Australia
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal showed that talk of his demise had been exaggerated by winning the French and U.S. Open titles last year although he faces a battle to repeat those feats without his lifelong coach and uncle Toni while also fighting f…
Djokovic back with a bang at Kooyong
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic returned to competitive tennis with a bang on Wednesday, bringing a six-month spell on the sidelines to an end with a thumping 6-1 6-4 win over world number five Dominic Thiem at the Kooyong Classic exhibition tourn…
NBC plans to show player protests if they occur at Super Bowl
PASADENA, California (Reuters) – U.S. television network NBC, broadcaster of this year’s Super Bowl, will show any players who kneel during the pre-game national anthem to protest racial inequality, the game’s executive producer said on Tuesday.
Focused Patriots ‘ignore the noise’ ahead of Titans clash
(Reuters) – The New England Patriots are no stranger to controversy and on Tuesday the players said they would not let a reports of internal turmoil within the organization distract them from their quest to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
Alpine skiing: American Shiffrin wins fifth World Cup race in a row
FLACHAU, Austria (Reuters) – American Mikaela Shiffrin left her rivals trailing again as she won the slalom in Flachau to claim her fifth successive World Cup race victory on Tuesday.
Peterhansel stays top after eventful Dakar fourth stage
(Reuters) – Defending champion Stephane Peterhansel doubled his lead in the Dakar Rally to nearly seven minutes on Tuesday after an eventful fourth stage that claimed last year’s motorcycle winner Sam Sunderland.
Bike champion Sunderland out of Dakar Rally
(Reuters) – Sam Sunderland’s Dakar Rally title defense ended on Tuesday after the British motorcycle rider crashed in Peru’s Ica desert while leading the race and had to be flown out by helicopter.
