Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki maintained her dominance over Croatia’s Petra Martic on Saturday to move into the final of the Charleston Open where she will play Madison Keys. Dane Wozniacki, showing confidence after a recent illness, defeated Martic 6-3 6-4 before American Keys turned back Monica Puig 6-4 6-0 in a semi-final that […]
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Five-goal Bayern thrash Dortmund to go top of Bundesliga
Robert Lewandowski humiliated his old club on Saturday as Bayern Munich obliterated Borussia Dortmund with a scintillating 5-0 win to reclaim their spot at the top of the Bundesliga. “We are so happy, everything went according to plan today,” Lewandowski told Sky. Bayern began the day under immense pressure, having slipped two points behind Dortmund […]
Underdog Alberto Bettiol claims Tour of Flanders
BRUSSELS: Italy’s Alberto Bettiol caught the favourites off guard to win the Tour of Flanders ‘Monument’ classic and his maiden professional victory on Sunday. The EF Education First rider attacked on the penultimate cobbled hill of the 270-km, one-day race and never looked back as a reduced chasing pack were left fighting over second place. […]
Azarenka upsets Kerber, faces Muguruza in Monterrey Open final
MONTERREY: Victoria Azarenka used her superior serving and punishing groundstrokes to upset top seed Angelique Kerber 6-4 4-6 6-1 and advance to Sunday’s final of the Monterrey Open against Garbine Muguruza. In a battle of former world number ones the momentum shifted in the Belarusian’s favour early in the third set when Kerber committed two […]
Quadruple still on as Jesus heads Manchester City into FA Cup final
LONDON: The “impossible” quadruple dream remains intact for Manchester City after an early headed goal from Gabriel Jesus sealed a scrappy 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday to put them into the FA Cup final. Jesus launched himself into the air to connect decisively in the third minute but City never hit […]
Cracknell’s Cambridge beat Oxford by two seconds in boat race
LONDON: Cambridge beat Oxford by two seconds to win the 165th men’s Varsity boat race on the River Thames on Sunday with double Olympic champion James Cracknell rowing himself into the record books as part of the victorious crew. At the age of 46, Cracknell became the oldest person to compete in the race as […]
Kean winner puts Juventus on brink of Serie A title
MILAN: Teenage sensation Moise Kean scored the winner to put Juventus one step away from an eighth consecutive Serie A title on Saturday as a 2-1 comeback win over AC Milan pushed the champions 21 points clear at the top. Kean – the victim of racist abuse earlier this week in Cagliari – came on […]
Wayne Rooney sees red for first time in MLS
LONDON: Wayne Rooney was sent off for the first time in Major League Soccer after the DC United forward made a poorly-timed lunging tackle on Los Angeles FC striker Diego Rossi on Saturday. Rooney, in his second season with DC United, lost control of the ball and lunged with both feet off the ground just […]
Ahsan, Hammad star in Sindh’s big win in Pakistan Cup
Sindh bounced back strongly in the Pakistan Cup 2019 with a resounding 85-run win over defending champions Federal Areas at the Pindi Cricket Stadium here on Saturday. This was Umar Gul-led Sindh’s first win in the tournament, while second successive defeat for Federal Areas have made their task of retaining the title extremely difficult. Yesterday, […]
Impressive Burnley fight back to beat Bournemouth 3-1
Burnley made a big step towards securing Premier League survival after coming back from a goal down to beat Bournemouth 3-1 away as their striker Ashley Barnes scored at both ends in an action-packed contest on Saturday. The result lifted Burnley into 14th place on 36 points from 33 games, eight above the relegation zone […]