Injury bug creates opportunity for Canadian WNT ahead of World Cup prep friendlies
For a second consecutive international window, the injury bug has hit the Canadian women's team pretty hard as it continues to prepare for the 2023 FIFA World Cup.
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Andrey Rublev to defend his Mubadala World Tennis Championship crown
ABU DHABI: Andrey Rublev will return to Abu Dhabi in December to defend his Mubadala World Tennis Championship title, organizers have confirmed.
Andrey Rublev confirmed to defend Mubadala World Tennis Championship title
Andrey Rublev will return to defend his Mubadala World Tennis Championship title after the Russian was confirmed as the third male player for the Abu Dhabi tournament.
Kipchoge eyes third straight Olympic marathon gold at Paris
Eliud Kipchoge became only the third man to win back-to-back Olympic marathon crowns at the Tokyo Games last year but the 37-year-old Kenyan said he wants the record all to himself and will go for gold once again at Paris 2024.
Novak Djokovic v Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud v Nick Kyrgios: Matches we want to see before end of 2022 tennis season
The end of the 2022 tennis season is rapidly approaching. On the men’s tour there are four ATP 500 events remaining (two this week in Astana and Tokyo), the final Masters 1000 of the year in Paris, and the ATP Finals in Turin. Ad Most of the world’s top players returned to action this week, but as the end of the year draws near, which are the matches we still want to see before turning our attentions to 2023? ATP TokyoHighlights: Fifth seed Kyrgios begins Japan Open campaign with routine win over TsengAN HOUR AGO Alcaraz v Djokovic It’s been nearly a month since Alcaraz won the US Open.
Formula E: Japan takes step towards hosting E-Prix
Japan has taken the first positive step towards hosting a round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship after Formula E and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government today signed an agreement with the goal of delivering a race in Tokyo.
Kyrgios cruises past Tseng in breathless Japan opener
Kyrgios dropped just seven points on his own service in his opening match at the Japan Open as he dismantled world number 87 Tseng in 1hr, 6min. The maverick world number 20 was playing his first match since his "heartbreaking" quarter-final loss to Karen Khachanov at last month's US Open but he said he made a "solid" return despite a slow start.
National Games: Ram Baboo breaks national record in men's 35km race walk
Baboo, an unemployed physical education graduate, won the event in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds, bettering the earlier national record of 2:40.16, which was in the name of Haryana's Juned Khan who finished second on Tuesday with a time of 2:40.51. It is the fifth national record set at the Games, and the third in track and field events, after the women's and men's pole vault national marks by Rosy Meena Paulraj (Tamil Nadu) and Siva Subramaniam (Services) respectively. The other two national records were in weightlifting competition.