Arsenal hope to shred form book in Spurs derby on December 4, 2020LONDON: Recent statistics do not make pleasant reading for an out-of-form Arsenal side as they prepare for Sunday’s north London derby at table-topping Tottenham Hotspur. The Gunners have failed to win on any of their last six Premier League trips up the Seven Sisters Road and have never won an away game against a Jose […]
Bille Jean King proud women’s tennis leads fight for equality on February 13, 2020LONDON: American trailblazer Billie Jean King says the revamped Fed Cup Finals taking place in Budapest in April shows women’s tennis remains the leader in the battle for equality for women’s sport. King, who fought the establishment to create the professional Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in 1973, was present at the Fed Cup draw on […]
2019 a year of upheaval — except for Nadal and Djokovic on December 27, 2019LONDON: In many ways 2019 felt like a year of upheaval with a revamped Davis Cup, a shake-up in the ATP hierarchy and new faces lighting up the women’s game, yet some things – notably the furniture at the top of men’s tennis –– refuse to budge. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal dominated the Grand […]
After 11 years, Federer and Nadal renew Wimbledon rivalry on July 12, 2019It has been a long wait but the most captivating modern rivalry in men’s tennis returns to the scene of its most dramatic episode on Friday when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal meet for a place in the Wimbledon final. Much has changed since that epic Sunday night in 2008 when, as the last strands […]
The future can wait, Wimbledon’s big three refusing to budge on June 28, 2019They say it’s high time the new generation start blazing a trail in men’s tennis yet as the All England Club opens its doors for another Wimbledon fortnight Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal retain a vice-like grip on power. Led by swashbuckling Greek 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas a queue of brash young talents has […]
Archer’s rapid rise earns him England World Cup spot on May 22, 2019Fast bowler Jofra Archer’s whirlwind rise continued when he was named in hosts England’s 15-man World Cup squad on Tuesday having appeared in only three one-day internationals. The 24-year-old, born in Barbados and who represented West Indies at Under-19 level, was not in England’s provisional squad and only made his ODI debut little over a […]
Wimbledon targeting juniors to make sure future is green on March 6, 2019Roger Federer would probably make tennis look easy on a court of broken glass so grass definitely holds no fears, as his 18 career titles on the greensward illustrate. Such is Federer’s ease on the surface that had “lawn tennis” remained loyal to its roots and the sport was still played extensively on grass then […]
Djokovic back on top as old guard refuse to let go on December 22, 2018LONDON: Young German Alexander Zverev’s breakthrough title at the ATP Finals in London last month brought the future into focus but the year ended with men’s tennis in the grip of a block of 30 somethings led by a resurgent Novak Djokovic. Serbian Djokovic, 31, needed elbow surgery in February to cure a problem that […]
From red carpet to red dirt, Muguruza the warrior on May 24, 2018LONDON: Being the reigning Wimbledon champion and former French Open winner has its perks for Garbine Muguruza, like being invited to walk the red carpet at this year’s Oscars in Hollywood. Fun as that was, however, the powerful Spaniard knows her real place next week will be fighting it out on the red dirt trying […]