Winners crowned in challenging AlUla Desert Blaze race
JEDDAH: More than 200 athletes from the Middle East and around the world on Saturday participated in the high-intensity endurance race, AlUla Desert Blaze.
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Saudi Arabia team looking to shine at the Gulf Cricket Championship 2023
RIYADH: Under the supervision of Prince Saud bin Mishal Al-Saud, the Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation in recent years has been on a mission to develop the game in Saudi Arabia.
Ons Jabeur 'excited' by prospect of WTA Finals moving to Saudi Arabia
Ons Jabeur said she is "very excited" by the prospect of playing in the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia this year and believes hosting the season-finale tournament in the kingdom can enhance opportunities for tennis players throughout the Arab world.
US Open: Djokovic treating each Grand Slam like his last in bid to 'make more history'
Novak Djokovic has said he is treating each Grand Slam like it's his last as the men's record 23-time major champion makes his return to the US Open next week.
Djokovic, Alcaraz Poised For US Open Collision
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are on a US Open collision course as the final Grand Slam tournament of season gets under way on Monday with American teenager Coco Gauff chasing a breakthrough first major title. A little more than six weeks after world number one Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in an enthralling finale to the Wimbledon championships, the two men could meet again at Flushing Meadows if the seedings go to play over the next fortnight.
Injury to keep 2019 U.S. Open champion Andreescu out of tourney later this month
Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the U.S. Open and will be replaced by a qualifier/lucky loser, the tournament announced Saturday.
"He's Always Pushing Me To Limit": Novak Djokovic On World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz
As Novak Djokovic begins his chase for a fourth US Open title, the 23-time Grand Slam champion said World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz is bringing the best out of him as the 20-year-old Spaniard has been "pushing him to the limit." The pair faced off in the Western and Southern Open final on Sunday, and it took the Serbian three hours and 49 minutes to win — extending his record — his 39th ATP Masters 1000 crown. The hard-court major US Open will run from August 28 to September 10.
Focussing On Singles Way To Go For Indian Players: Leander Paes And Mahesh Bhupathi
Tennis legends Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are not in favour of more Indians choosing doubles over singles, saying the highest accolades in the sport go to individual performers. "No, why would we do that?" Bhupathi told PTI when asked if Indians should focus more on doubles. "We have not had a quarterfinalist in a Grand Slam of the singles since Ramesh Krishnan (in mid-1980s). I think that is where we should focus," he said, adding, "The bar has been set very high by us (in doubles). If you are going to try and beat that, it is going to take a few decades." "You have got to look at all different disciplines on its own, whether it is singles or doubles or mixed doubles -- it is all a part of tennis. (But) focussing on singles is the way to go because that is where the highest accolades are," added Paes on the sidelines of an US Polo Association event in Mumbai on Friday.