Canada's Dubreuil sets tone at speed skating World Cup opener after stellar 2023-24 season
Laurent Dubreuil is picking up this season's ISU World Cup speed skating campaign where he left off.
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Canada 2nd at figure skating's Cup of China after Lajoie, Lagha rhythm dance
Two-time European champions Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri were first in the rhythm dance with 84.84 points at the Cup of China on Friday in Chongqing.
Tom Curry ‘desperate’ to face Japan despite recent concussion – Steve Borthwick
England have defended the decision to recall Tom Curry for Sunday’s clash with Japan even though he was knocked out against Australia a fortnight ago.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty Progress To China Masters Super 750 Semi-Finals
Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty produced a solid show to outwit second seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark to progress to the semifinals of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Friday. Playing their first tournament since the Paris Olympics, Satwik and Chirag, who had reached the finals in the last edition, registered a 21-16 21-19 win over the World No 2 pair in 47 minutes.
Rallying-Neuville's title hopes take a knock after tough Friday in Japan
Belgian Thierry Neuville's hopes of celebrating his first world rally championship were hanging in the balance after a nightmare Friday in the Japanese season-ender.
England coach Borthwick plays it safe with two changes for Japan
LONDON : England coach Steve Borthwick has resisted the urge for a widespread shake-up of his team to play Japan on Sunday, with the recall of George Furbank and Tom Curry the only changes to the side beaten by South Africa last week.
PV Sindhu Exits In Second Round Of China Masters After Hard-Fought Defeat
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's campaign at the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament came to an end in the second round after she lost to Singapore's Yeo Jia Min in a hard-fought three game women's singles contest on Thursday. World No.19 Sindhu, who dispatched the higher-ranked Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-17 21-19 in the opening round, fought valiantly before going down 16-21 21-17 21-23 to Min in a match that lasted one hour and nine minutes. It was curtains for other two surviving Indian women's singles players as well with both Anupama Upadhyaya and Malvika Bansod crashing out in the second round.
Baseball-Japanese fans rejoice in Ohtani's MVP win
TOKYO : Japanese baseball fans rushed to grab the latest newspaper editions on Friday after Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani was named the National League's Most Valuable Player.