Simona Halep provisionally suspended for doping
Two-time grand slam champion Simona Halep failed a doping test at the US Open, the International Tennis Integrity Agency has announced.
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NBA's Durant latest high-profile athlete to invest in pickleball
(Reuters) - Two-time NBA champion and former league Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant on Thursday became the latest high-profile athlete to buy a Major League Pickleball (MLP) expansion team.
Coco Gauff Reaches WTA Finals For First Time
Coco Gauff qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time on Wednesday, along with French player Caroline Garcia, who will be making her second appearance in the event. Gauff, 18, and Garcia join world number one Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula in the singles draw for the finals in Fort Worth, Texas from October 31 to November 7. Gauff will also play in the doubles with partner Pegula, making them the first Americans to take part in the WTA Finals in both singles and doubles since Serena and Venus Williams in 2009.
Paula Badosa, Belinda Bencic, Elena Rybakina all out of WTA Finals race after defeats in Guadalajara
Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka advanced to the last 16 at the Guadalajara Open after world No. 3 Paula Badosa retired at the end of the first set.
Garbine Muguruza: Why has former world No. 1 and Grand Slam winner struggled in 2022 season?
The WTA Tour is in Guadalajara this week for the last WTA 1000 event of the 2022 season. It was only 11 months ago that the same venue was covered with confetti after Garbine Muguruza recorded one of the biggest results of her career, beating Anett Kontaveit to win the WTA Finals. It was a victory that capped off a solid year for two-time Grand Slam champion Muguruza, who also won two WTA 500 tournaments, made two other finals and reached the quarter-finals of the singles at the Olympics.
Nets' Kyrie Irving tells Biden to get Brittney Griner home: 'POTUS, do your job'
Former U.S. intel officer Rebekah Koffler provides analysis on the Russian courts’ decision to sentence WNBA player Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
ATP reschedules Tour Final match to avoid clash with opening 2022 World Cup game between Qatar and Ecuador
The ATP has announced its decision to move the final match of the Nitto ATP Finals back by two hours to avoid a clash with the opening game of the 2022 World Cup. With Qatar and Ecuador set to do battle on the evening of November 20, the two events were set to be held concurrently, until the ATP's move.
Dan Evans moves into European Open quarter-finals with convincing win over Constant Lestienne in Antwerp
Dan Evans made it through to the European Open quarter-finals with a straightforward 6-2 6-1 win over Constant Lestienne. Evans had been in the press on the eve of the encounter as a result of an expletive-laden rant about his continuing non-selection for Great Britain's Davis Cup doubles team, but he put that to one side as he cruised past his French opponent in one hour and 15 minutes.