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With another tennis year about to begin, please indulge your imagination for a moment. It is Monday, 30 June 2025 and we have just had this report from Wimbledon. “The defending ladies’ champion was the first player to walk out on to Centre Court this year, as The All England Club joined the other Grand […]
The grand slam ball that came off the bat of Freddie Freeman into the right-field stands at Dodger Stadium in a pivotal 2024 World Series moment has reached new heights. The historic series-changing ball sold for $1.56 million in an auction Saturday night after hitting the auction block on Dec. 4. SCP Auctions, based out […]
Jay-Z’s attorneys have written a letter to a New York courthouse revealing that the rapper intends to “immediately” file a motion to strike a recent complaint accusing him of raping a teenager 24 years ago. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the letter obtained by Billboard, the […]
Dec 11, 2024, 09:01 AM ET Stacey Allaster, the United States Tennis Association’s chief executive of professional tennis and the tournament director for the US Open, will step away from both roles after the 2025 US Open, the organization announced Wednesday. Allaster, the first woman to hold either title in the USTA’s history, referred to […]
Like Kyrgios, Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Belinda Bencic is also set to use her protected ranking to enter the Australian Open main draw after missing all of this year’s Grand Slams following the birth of her daughter Bella in April. British number one Draper has never gone beyond the the second round at the Australian […]
Best of 2024 Longest US Open match in history headlines best Slam comebacks of 2024 Medvedev, Kokkinakis earn thrilling wins December 05, 2024 Jamie Squire/Getty Images Daniel Evans defeats Karen Khachanov in a memorable five-setter at the US Open. By ATP Staff To mark the end of another thrilling season, ATPTour.com is unveiling our annual […]
Cleaner Suen Wai-keung*, 57, has been waiting 16 years for a Hong Kong public housing flat, but does not expect to hear good news about his application any time soon. Earning about HK$12,000 (US$1,540) a month, he spends nearly a quarter of his income, or HK$2,900, on renting a termite-infested cubicle in Sham Shui Po, […]
Kane Williamson during the New Zealand vs England 1st Test© AFP Christchurch: Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has scripted history after becoming the first Kiwi batter to complete 9,000 Test runs. The dependable batter achieved the feat on Saturday during the first Test against England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Williamson, making his […]
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has questioned the “big difference” in how tennis doping cases are handled after world number two Iga Swiatek received a one-month ban. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced on Thursday that Swiatek had accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ). Halep, who was […]
Nov 28, 2024, 06:12 AM ET PARIS — Yannick Noah, the 1983 French Open champion, has been appointed as the new head of France’s para tennis beginning next year. The French tennis federation said in a statement Thursday that Noah will be in charge of coordinating wheelchair, visually impaired as well as deaf and hard-of-hearing […]