Ukrainian refugee and tennis star Dayana Yastremska awarded Indian Wells wildcard
Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska has been awarded a wildcard entry into the BNP Paribas Open, which starts this week.
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China's Wu wins Kenya Open, SA's Lawrence shares second spot
Wu Ashun enhanced his record as the DP World Tour's most successful Chinese golfer as he became a four-time winner with victory at the Kenya Open.
Menna Fitzpatrick and Neil Simpson add to Winter Paralympics medal haul
Skiers Menna Fitzpatrick and Neil Simpson both claimed their second medals of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing on Monday.
Snowboarder James Barnes-Miller ‘gutted’ to miss main shot at Winter Paralympic medal
James Barnes-Miller fears he blew his one and only shot at a Winter Paralympic medal after slipping to a fifth-place finish at Beijing 2022.
PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth & Lakshya Sen lead India's campaign at German Open
Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen will be the top Indian contenders at the German Open Super 300 badminton tournament starting here on Tuesday. While Sindhu eased to a title win at Syed Modi International and Lakshya grabbed his maiden Super 500 trophy at Indian Open in January, Srikanth saw the momentum of the World Championships fizzle out a bit after withdrew from the Delhi due to COVID-19 infection. The Lucknow title was Sindhu's first since the World Championship gold in 2019 and it must have eased the pressure a bit but the Indian is well aware that she will have to hit top gear during the European leg in a hectic year which also has big-ticket events such as the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.
Menna Fitzpatrick and Andrew Simpson both win super combined bronze medals at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics
Great Britain's Menna Fitzpatrick with her guide Gary Smith, and brothers Neil and Andrew Simpson have won their second medals at the Beijing Winter Paralympics. The GB pairs picked up bronze medals in super combined events to make it five medals won for Team GB at the Winter Paralympics with six days to go. Ad/> Fitzpatrick and Smith, who won silver in the super-G on Sunday, came fifth in their opening run on Monday before surging up into medal positions, finishing in 2:05.98.
Legal fight won, Hernandez and Huckaby enjoy success on the snow
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : After a legal battle over whether they could be allowed to compete at the Paralympics, Cecile Hernandez and Brenna Huckaby found the competition smoother on Monday as they both won medals in the snowboard cross at the Winter Games.
Commentary: Why the ‘Putinisation’ of sport must no longer fool the world
ECULLY, France: At the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, there were 60,000 Chinese fans in attendance even though their national team hadn’t qualified for the tournament. By comparison, there were only 15,000 England fans, who eventually saw their team make the semi-final stage.