Nigeria moves up 28th position in latest FIFA ranking
The Super Eagles take a group photo before their AFCON 2023 semi-final game against South Africa. Photo: AFP
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Tyson Fury 'thrust crotch' at sparring partner before being cut and pulling out of Usyk fight
Tyson Fury had to withdraw from his fight with Oleksandr Usyk after a training prank went wrong. Fury was pretending to thrust his crotch at his sparring partner, Agron Smakici, when he got cut by the Croatian and had to pull out of his fight with Usyk.
Nigeria moves up 14 places in latest FIFA ranking
Super Eagles players celebrate with Ademola Lookman after the forward put Nigeria ahead against Angola. Photo: AFP
Man United legend Edwin van der Sar gives update on his health after brain haemorrhage
Manchester United legend Edwin van der Sar has recovered and is 'doing well' after suffering a brain haemorrhage last year.
Naomi Osaka Advances As Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur Dumped Out Of Qatar Open
Naomi Osaka battled into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday but Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur crashed to surprise second-round exits with straight-sets defeats. Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka brushed past Croatia's Petra Martic 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), continuing a comeback from maternity leave after giving birth to her daughter in July. Osaka grasped control with a break in the fourth game of the opening set. She broke twice more in the second set -- either side of dropping her own serve -- only to blow a chance to close out the match at 5-4.
ATP roundup: Hubert Hurkacz survives marathon in Rotterdam
Polish No. 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz outlasted a hearty challenge from Czech foe Jiri Lehecka and won 6-3, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (9) in the first round of the ABN AMRO Open on Tuesday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Naomi Osaka Beats Caroline Garcia In Qatar To Avenge Australian Open Loss
Naomi Osaka put last week's first round defeat in Abu Dhabi behind her with a straight sets defeat of 15th seed Caroline Garcia at the Qatar Open on Monday. This was former world number one Osaka's second win from the five matches she has played since returning last month after a 15-month time out on maternity leave from the tour. The Japanese four-time Grand Slam winner was exacting a small measure of revenge on Garcia with this 7-5, 6-4 success in Doha as it was the French star Garcia who knocked her out in the first round of last month's Australian Open.
Leylah Fernandez posts upset win over 12th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova at Qatar Open
Canadian Leylah Fernandez upset No. 12 seed Liudmila Samsonova 7-5, 7-6 (4) in first-round action of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Monday in Doha.