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Glasgow, Jan 23 (AFP/APP):Aberdeen suffered a humiliating 1-0 defeat against sixth-tier minnows Darvel in the Scottish Cup fourth round on Monday. The West of Scotland League Premier Division champions sprang one of the Scottish Cup’s greatest upsets thanks to Jordan Kirkpatrick’s first half strike at […]

Melbourne, Jan 24 (AFP/APP):Results from Day 9 of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park on Tuesday. Men’s singles Quarter-finals Karen Khachanov (RUS x18) bt Sebastian Korda (USA x29) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 3-0 ret Women’s singles Quarter-finals Elena Rybakina (KAZ x22) bt […]

ANKARA, Jan 10 (AA/APP): France’s goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris has retired from international football. “145 caps (record), 121 captaincies (record), World Champion 2018, Nations League winner 2021, A Legend, THANK YOU for everything Hugo,” the French Team wrote on Twitter. Lloris, 36, is France’s […]

LONDON, UK – January 8 (ONLINE) Fighting on three fronts proved a step too far for Newcastle United as they were dumped out of the Emirates FA Cup by League One Sheffield Wednesday. Prior to the Hillsborough cup upset, head coach Eddie Howe claimed he […]

Adelboden, Switzerland, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):Norwegian skier Lucas Braathen held his nerve on a difficult Chuenisbargli piste to win the men’s slalom in Adelboden on Sunday. The 22-year-old, who fell foul of the snow on Saturday when he did not finish the giant slalom, was quickest […]

Riyadh, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club coach Rudi Garcia on Sunday compared the Portuguese star’s arrival at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia to Pele’s signing with the New York Cosmos in 1975. “It’s a bit like Pele’s arrival” in what was then the North […]