US Open: Australia’s Popyrin knocks out Djokovic
Novak Djokovic’s latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title crashed to a halt on Friday as 28th-ranked Alexei Popyrin knocked the defending champion out of the US Open third round.
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Paris Paralympics: Singapore's Yip Pin Xiu tops 50m backstroke S2 heats, advances to final
SINGAPORE: Yip Pin Xiu has qualified for the 50m backstroke S2 final at the Paris Paralympics after being the fastest qualifier in the heats on Saturday (Aug 31).
'It's been phenomenal': Singapore's Yip Pin Xiu reflects on Paralympics gold, historic three-peat
SINGAPORE: The pressure to make history weighed a little heavier than usual for Yip Pin Xiu ahead of the Paris Paralympics, but as she always has, the 32-year-old delivered.
5 things to know about Yip Pin Xiu, Singapore's six-time Paralympic gold medallist
SINGAPORE: Singapore swim star Yip Pin Xiu has notched a remarkable three-peat of Paralympic golds in the women's 100m backstroke S2, after emerging victorious at the Paris Games on Friday (Aug 30).
Paris Paralympics: Singapore’s Yip Pin Xiu wins gold in 100m backstroke S2 event
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Yip Pin Xiu notched a historic three-peat on Friday (Aug 30) after winning the women’s 100m backstroke S2 final at the Paris Paralympics.
Weather forecast forces organisers to change triathlon plans
PARIS : Para triathlon events at the Paris Games, where the swimming leg is being held in the Seine river, will take place on Sept. 1 instead of across two days because of the weather forecast, organisers said on Thursday.
Afghanistan's Taliban Government Bans 'Violent' Mixed Martial Arts
Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts (MMA), believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a statement on Wednesday. The order was passed down by Afghanistan's morality police in the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice after an investigation into the sport's compliance with Islamic law, or sharia, the statement and local media said. "It was found that the sport is problematic with respect to sharia and it has many aspects which are contradictory to the teachings of Islam," the Taliban government sports authority said in a statement sent to AFP.