Yulia Putintseva criticised Australian Open fans for “disrespectful” behaviour after her third-round victory over Zeynep Sonmez. Sonmez, a crowd favourite after assisting a fainting ball girl, had strong support from Melbourne’s large Turkish community, creating a partisan atmosphere. Despite this, Putintseva claimed a 6-3 6-7 (3) 6-3 win, reaching the fourth round in Melbourne for … Read more
The car launch season for the 2026 Formula 1 season is firmly under way with Red Bull, Racing Bulls, Haas, Audi and Mercedes all having revealed their liveries for this year. Up next is Ferrari on Friday after what was a highly disappointing 2025 campaign, as the Italian outfit slipped to fourth in the championship … Read more
Marc-Andre ter Stegen has revealed how Barcelona team-mate Eric Garcia helped convince him to join Girona for the rest of the season on loan. Garcia enjoyed a good spell on loan at Girona before returning to Barcelona and going on to become a regular starter under Hansi Flick. Advertisement Ter Stegen says the pair spoke … Read more
Learner Tien reached the third round of the Australian Open a year ago, beating Daniil Medvedev in a match that lasted five sets and almost five hours. It’s deja vu in Australia. A year later, the left-handed Tien is up against Medvedev again in Melbourne, this time on Sunday in a fourth-round match. Advertisement The … Read more
Lakers’ LeBron James gives puzzling 4-word response on future in LA as trade deadline nears originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Los Angeles Lakers are in an interesting position as they sit nearly 10 games over .500. However, they are currently going through … Read more
It helps that the club has one of the best goalkeepers as their no.1 choice in Alisson Becker, who is simply a model example to learn from. But over the last decade or so the club’s academy has also produced the likes of Caoimhin Kelleher, Peter Gulacsi, Kamil Grabara and many others who are playing … Read more
Home favourite Alex de Minaur faces a blockbuster third-round match against Frances Tiafoe as the third round of the Australian Open begins. Sixth seed De Minaur will take to the night session of the Rod Laver Arena against the popular American Tiafoe, a former US Open semi-finalist. Advertisement Another big-name clash on Friday is the … Read more
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points — his career-high 23rd consecutive game with at least 20 — and the Los Angeles Clippers survived a tight fourth quarter to beat Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers 112-104 on Thursday night. The Clippers have won seven of eight and 14 of 17 as … Read more
According to The Athletic and the BBC, Chelsea are “interested” in midfielder Douglas Luiz and are “exploring a move” over a potential loan for him (and nothing more than that, as per Fabrizio Romano). None of this makes too much sense of course, but sense isn’t ever a necessary ingredient to transfer market rumors and … Read more
It was a “tale of two halves,” Indiana women’s basketball coach Teri Moren said Thursday night. Her team had a tall task heading to No. 11 Ohio State, but for the first 20 minutes, they lived up to it. Indiana started the game on a 13-4 run and maintained that advantage throughout the first half, … Read more