Archive for the January 23, 2019
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Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas showed resilience and maturity Tuesday to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) win over Roberto Bautista Agut. Roger Federer's conqueror had to contend with
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Russia remains under scrutiny even though it will not be punished for missing a December deadline to allow access to the Moscow laboratory at the centre of alleged state-sponsored doping, the World Anti-Doping Agency said
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Pakistani pacer Muhammad Abbas is the only Pakistani cricketer who has been named in the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s Test team of the year. Abbas has performed outstandingly in the year 2018 by taking 38
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South Africa beat Pakistan in the second one-day international on Tuesday at Kingsmead, Durban to level their five-match series as unbeaten half-centuries from Rassie van der Dussen and Andile Phehlukwayo guided the hosts to a
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FIFA, UEFA and several of the world's top football leagues on Tuesday condemned alleged piracy of television rights by the "beoutQ" network, which Qatar claims is backed by Saudi Arabia. Qatar, host of the 2022
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Ghanaian forward Kevin-Prince Boateng has vowed to make the most of his shock arrival at Barcelona, after a loan move for the journeyman from Italian side Sassuolo was sealed on Monday. The leaders of La
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India captain Virat Kohli said Tuesday he was "very very happy" after becoming the first-ever player to clinch all three top honours, including cricketer of the year, in the International Cricket Council awards. Kohli, who
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Son Heung-min's South Korea needed an extra-time winner to beat world ranked 113th Bahrain 2-1 as they stumbled into the Asian Cup quarter-finals in unconvincing fashion on Tuesday. Kim Jin-su's diving header at the end
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The Australian and New Zealand dollars were subdued on Tuesday as concerns about the outlook for Chinese, and global, growth cast a shadow over commodity-sensitive currencies. The Aussie dollar was pinned at $1.7154, having steadied
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The dollar hovered near 2-week highs against its peers on Tuesday as a slowdown in China's economy to 28-year lows fanned fresh worries over global growth and prompted investors to move into safe-haven currencies. Overnight,
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