Tennis great Venus Williams wins DC Open match for first singles victory since 2023
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Gabriel Diallo to face 4th seed Ben Shelton in Citi Open 3rd round after straight-sets win
Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the third round of the Citi Open hard-court tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Hungary's Fabian Marozsan on Tuesday in Washington.
War-torn Sudan’s prodigal premier league returns to cheers
“It’s a wonderful feeling, it’s indescribable, to see this beautiful return,” football fan Ahmed Taj said“We’re so happy to see Al-Hilal come back, to see Sudanese football come back, after everything we’ve lost in the past two years“BERBER, Sudan: In the Sudanese town of Berber, hundreds of kilometers away from the frontlines of war, a modest stadium seems to shake with the roar of football fans jumping to their feet.“It’s a wonderful feeling, it’s indescribable, to see this beautiful return,” football fan Ahmed Taj told AFP from the sidelines of the penultimate league match between newly-crowned champions Al-Hilal and Hay Al-Wadi.“We’re so happy to see Al-Hilal come back, to see Sudanese football come back, after everything we’ve lost in the past two years,” he added.Since April 2023, war between Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands and made Sudan the scene of the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis.But for a few hours each week in July, the country seemed to pause during match time, a welcome respite for a population buffeted between mass displacement, starvation and death.The first Sudan Elite League in two years was held in River Nile state, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) northeast of the war-ravaged capital Khartoum.In small stadiums in the cities of Atbara, Berber and Al-Damer, teams faced off on pitches streaked with massive brown patches as dozens of fans cheered from the bleachers.Despite Atbara’s power stations and army bases coming under drone strikes — most recently last month — the area is still considered safer than Khartoum.The season reached its climax on Tuesday as the country’s favorite teams — rivals Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh — met in a
Saudi cueists shine at World Pool Championship
JEDDAH: Saudi cueists put on a strong display on the second day of the World Pool Championship in Jeddah, with top national players securing victories in their respective matches.
Cricket-England toil as India ease to 78-0 after being put in to bat
MANCHESTER: England struggled to trouble India’s openers after putting the touring side in to bat in the fourth test at Old Trafford on Wednesday, as they cruised through to lunch on 78-0.
A historic win by 45-year-old Venus Williams resonates and shows there are no limits for excellence
WASHINGTON: There are plenty of reasons why this particular victory by Venus Williams in this particular tennis match — just one of hundreds — resonated with so many folks. That she’s 45, for one thing. Only one woman, Martina Navratilova, ever has won a tour-level singles match while older; her last victory came at 47 in 2004. That Williams hadn’t entered a tournament anywhere in 16 months. That she needed surgery for uterine fibroids. And when asked Tuesday night after beating her 23-year-old opponent, Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-4 at the DC Open what message others might take away from that performance and that result, Williams was quick to provide an answer. “There are no limits for excellence.
ITF introduces tiered system to broaden access to Electronic Line Calling
Electronic Line Calling will become available across a wider range of tournaments below the Grand Slams and elite tour after the International Tennis Federation announced a new three-tiered classification of systems on Wednesday.
Venus Williams, 45, becomes oldest winner of WTA match since Martina Navratilova
Venus Williams became the oldest player since Martina Navratilova to win a tour-level singles match at the Citi Open in Washington.