BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic on Wednesday shrugged off Nick Kyrgios’s characterisation of him as “cringeworthy” and “having an obsession with wanting to be liked” by insisting the firebrand Australian is a “good guy”. Kyrgios, more often in the headlines for what he says off the court than what he achieves on
HALLE WESTFALEN (Germany): Reigning champion Borna Coric reached the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 tournament in Halle on Wednesday after battling his way to a 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 7-6 (7/4) win over Portugal’s Joao Sousa. The fourth-seeded Croatian got the better of Sousa in a three-hour slog to set up
New York City was to hold a debate Tuesday on joining California in banning sales of foie gras on grounds it is cruel to force-feed ducks so as to fatten and harvest their livers. Animal rights activists are on the attack against foie gras in a drive that threatens an
LOS ANGELES: Brooke Henderson is targeting a second Women’s PGA Championship crown on Thursday just days after snagging the ninth title of her career to become Canada’s most successful female golfer. The 21-year-old prodigy teed it up at Hazeltine National on Thursday after a superb win in Sunday’s LPGA Meijer
Baijiu is China’s national drink much like vodka is to Russia. Yet while the latter has become a staple of bars, homes and restaurants abroad, baijiu is either unknown overseas or viewed as undrinkably strong and harsh. Now major producers are looking to expand into global markets. Here are five
BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom): World number three Karolina Pliskova lost to her twin sister Kristyna, while French Open champion Ashleigh Barty (pic) started her grass court season with a win at the Birmingham Classic on Wednesday. In the first meeting of the Pliskova twins since 2012, it was 112-ranked Kristyna who
LE CASTELLET (France): Lewis Hamilton will seek to stretch his lead and extend Mercedes unbeaten run to 10 races with a victory unaided by fortune at this weekend’s French Grand Prix. The defending five-time drivers’ champion, a lucky winner in Canada two weeks ago when Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was controversially
EINSIEDELN (Switzerland): Italian road-race champion Elia Viviani outfoxed overall leader and triple world title winner Peter Sagan to clinch stage five of the Tour de Suisse on Wednesday. It was a second straight win on the Tour for the Deceuninck-Quick Step sprinter, who cut the last corner tightly to gain
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian woman at the centre of an alleged rape scandal involving star striker Neymar gave a statement on Friday to police investigating the sexual assault allegation that has gripped the soccer-mad country. Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza has accused the football megastar of raping her in a
TOKYO: Teenage sensation Takefusa Kubo won his first senior Japan call-up Friday when he was named in coach Hajime Moriyasu’s squad for next month’s Copa America in Brazil. The FC Tokyo midfielder, who was invited to Barcelona’s youth academy as a pint-sized nine-year-old where he earned the nickname the “Japanese
