Garbine Muguruza ready to defend title at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
DUBAI: Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza is ready to defend her Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title in just a few days’ time.
Winter Olympics Sport News
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Gutted’: Team GB’s Mouat and Dodds vow to return strongly for team events after doubles pain
Team GB curlers Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds have promised to pick themselves up and go again in the men’s and women’s team competitions, after missing out on Winter Olympic bronze in the mixed doubles. The world champions were thrashed 9-3 by Sweden, who won with two ends to spare. The damage was done in the second and third ends, which their opponents took by four and three stones respectively.
Peng Shuai pictured at Winter Olympic events as WTA reiterate concern for tennis star
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been pictured at a number of events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Team GB still waiting for first Winter Olympics medal after curlers are crushed by Sweden in play-off
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds miss out on curling bronze at Winter Olympics
Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
Egypt’s Al-Ahly look to raise spirits of heartbroken nation at FIFA Club World Cup
It wasn’t a completely heartbreaking weekend for Egyptian football.
Winter Olympics 2022 - China's Eileen Gu ‘not going to waste time’ wading into nationality debate after big air gold
Eileen Gu said she was more interested in celebrating with a special bar of chocolate than wading into an argument about her nationality, after the American-born Chinese star won gold in the freestyle skiing big air event at the Winter Olympics. The 18-year-old is undoubtedly the most high-profile home athlete of the Games, and she got her bid to win triple gold off to a perfect start, beating Tess Ledoux of France by 0.75 points to claim the title. Britain’s 17-year-old Kirsty Muir showed her immense promise by finishing fifth.
Stealing a kiss in the Winter Games 'closed-loop' amid COVID-19 precautions
BEIJING: Ding Hongtao, a doctor at the speed skating venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics, didn't think he would see his fiance for weeks once he entered the "closed loop" of the Games that separates staff from the general public.