Emma Raducanu takes wild card for Dubai Championships on February 15, 2025Emma Raducanu will continue to try to arrest her losing run against the best players in the world after taking another wild card into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The former US Open champion is enduring the worst sequence of results in her career having lost four successive matches. Raducanu has not managed to […]
Elena Rybakina’s coach Stefano Vukov remains banned by WTA after investigation on February 13, 2025Elena Rybakina’s long-time coach Stefano Vukov remains banned by the WTA following the conclusion of an investigation. The governing body revealed last month that the Croatian was provisionally suspended from holding an official role at tournaments after Rybakina announced he was rejoining her team. Concerns have been raised over several years regarding Vukov’s behaviour towards […]
India beat England in second ODI to secure series on February 10, 2025Rohit shrugged off a poor run of form that had seen him average 10.37 in his last 16 innings across formats to belt 12 fours and seven sixes as India overhauled a target of 305 with 33 balls to spare. The India captain cashing in once he got in was a lesson to England, whose […]
Wood targets consistency and accuracy after boost from Brendon McCullum on January 28, 2025Wood is set for his third T20 in six days with England unchanged for a pivotal outing in Rajkot as they seek to keep the five-match series against India alive on Tuesday, having fallen 2-0 down in Chennai. After this white-ball tour is the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, while England have a home Test series […]
Emma Raducanu loses three-hour epic in first round of Singapore Open on January 28, 2025Emma Raducanu came up short in a three-hour marathon to crash out in the first round of the Singapore Open. The British number two lost 5-7 7-5 7-5 to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa in a match featuring 17 breaks of serve. Raducanu was playing in her first match since splitting with coach Nick Cavaday, who stepped […]
Novak Djokovic to face Carlos Alcaraz in last eight of Australian Open on January 20, 2025Novak Djokovic will take on Carlos Alcaraz in a blockbuster quarter-final at the Australian Open on Tuesday. Alcaraz benefited from Jack Draper’s retirement after two sets of their clash before Djokovic defeated Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-4 7-6 (4). It will be an eighth meeting overall and fourth at a grand slam between the Serbian […]
Tottenham complete signing of goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky on January 6, 2025Tottenham have completed their first signing of the January transfer window with the addition of Slavia Prague goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky. Spurs have been without first-choice stopper Guglielmo Vicario since he fractured his ankle during the 4-0 win over Manchester City on November 23 and he is set to be sidelined until the end of February. […]
Talking points as England go for clean sweep in New Zealand on December 12, 2024England have arrived in Hamilton ahead of their final Test of 2024. With the three-match series already secured after back-to-back wins for the tourists, PA looks at some of the key talking points. Root’s record hunt: It has been another prolific year for Joe Root, who continues to be England’s most reliable performer. His second-innings […]
Marcus Trescothick eyes permanent England role on November 18, 2024Marcus Trescothick has revealed he wants to become England head coach on a permanent basis after learning to cope with his mental health issues. Former England batter Trescothick, 48, is currently serving as men’s white-ball interim head coach during the West Indies tour before Test boss Brendon McCullum takes up the role in all formats […]
Mike Tyson unconcerned by legacy as he prepares to fight YouTuber Jake Paul on November 14, 2024Mike Tyson’s once-ferocious fighting career was already helter-skeltering towards its feeble conclusion when the video-sharing platform YouTube first flickered into life in February 2005. Four months later, the so-called ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’, who had cut a swathe through the world’s best heavyweights towards the end of the 1980s, was crumpling in the corner […]