Sports

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 21 (AFP/APP):World number one Novak Djokovic slumped to a 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) defeat by Dusan Lajovic in the Banja Luka quarter-finals on Friday, raising further concerns over his form ahead of next month’s French Open. Djokovic had dropped just […]

Barcelona, April 19 (AFP/APP): Stefanos Tsitsipas cruised into the last 16 of the Barcelona Open on Wednesday with a straight-sets win over Argentina’s Pedro Cachin. Second seed Tsitsipas, twice a Barcelona runner-up to Rafael Nadal in 2018 and 2021, needed just 78 minutes to beat […]

BARCELONA 16 April (Online): Real Madrid were made to wait, but eventually conjured a stylish 2-0 victory at Cadiz on Saturday in La Liga, ahead of their Champions League trip to face Chelsea. Nacho Fernandez and Marco Asensio struck to help champions Madrid cut Barcelona’s […]

DUBAI 16 April (Online): The International Fencing Federation has announced that Saudi Arabia has won the bid to host the 2024 World Fencing Championship for juniors and Youth, one of the sporting code’s biggest contests. The announcement was made at this year’s event in Bulgaria […]

LONDON 16 April (Online): China’s Zhilei ‘Big Bang’ Zhang set his sights on Ukraine’s heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk after dealing Britain’s Joe Joyce a first professional defeat on Saturday. Referee Howard Foster stopped the fight in the sixth of 12 scheduled rounds at London’s […]

Paris, April 16 (AFP/APP): Jessica Pegula sealed victory for the United States over Austria on Saturday as the record 18-time champions secured their place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. World number three Pegula made quick work of Julia Grabher, winning 6-1, 6-3, to […]