Billie Jean King has a memoir coming this summer, and she calls it a journey to her “authentic self.” Alfred A. Knopf announced Thursday that “All In: An Autobiography” will be published Aug. 17. It will cover the highlights of ...
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India named 35-men squad for friendly matches against UAE, Oman in March 2021
India football team head coach Igor Stimac on Tuesday named a 35-member list of probables ahead of their friendlies against Oman and the United Arab Emirates, which will be held in Dubai, UAE on March 25 and March 29, respectively. ...
Read More »Australia’s Alexei Popyrin wins his first ATP title in Singapore
Australia’s Alexei Popyrin came back from a set down to beat Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik at the Singapore Open on Sunday and win his first ATP Tour title. Popyrin started off badly, losing the first set 4-6 but charged back and ...
Read More »Host France to play New Zealand in 2023 Rugby World Cup opening match
New Zealand will dive straight into the deep end when they open their bid for a fourth World Cup title against hosts France in the opening game of the 2023 tournament, according to the fixture schedule revealed Friday. The All ...
Read More »Copa America 2021: Australia, Qatar pull out of from the tournament
Australia and Qatar have pulled out of the 2021 Copa America starting in June, South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL said on Tuesday. CONMEBOL’s deputy general secretary Gonzalo Belloso said that the two members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ...
Read More »Naomi Osaka returned to No. 2 in rankings, Medvedev attains career’s best ranking 3
Naomi Osaka’s Australian Open championship moved her up one spot to No. 2 in the WTA rankings Monday, while men’s finalist Daniil Medvedev rose to a career-best No. 3 behind winner Novak Djokovic on the ATP list. Jennifer Brady, the ...
Read More »Naomi Osaka wins her 2nd Australian Open title defeating Jennifer Brady
Naomi Osaka of Japan won her second Australian Open title by beating American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the women’s singles final here on Saturday. This is Osaka’s fourth Grand Slam title. Before this, Osaka had won the 2019 Australian ...
Read More »Naomi Osaka targets 4th grand slam title at 2021 Australian Open final
Whether or not Naomi Osaka claims the Australian Open championship — and make no mistake, she will be expected to win — this much seems certain: Tennis has a new dominant force. Sure, it’s clearly possible that Osaka could be ...
Read More »Cricket Poised to Break Into the US Sports Mainstream
Already one of the most widely followed sports in the world, cricket seeks to further break into the mainstream around the globe. Pushing the existing short-form cricket to appeal to the fast-paced desires of younger fans, the sport is even ...
Read More »Australian Open 2021 goes quiet as fans don’t come due to lockdown
Inside an empty Rod Laver Arena, the fluttering of a photographer’s camera suddenly seemed all too distracting before a player served. Other sounds not normally heard also felt amplified: the creaking of electronic sunshades rising into position on changeovers, the ...
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