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SHANGHAI, China (AFP) – Highly respected Dutchman Guus Hiddink was named on Monday as the new coach of China’s under-21 football team, tasked with leading the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The 71-year-old joins another well-known veteran coach, the Italian World Cup winner Marcello Lippi, in taking a major role in China’s aggressive push to finally become a force in international football. The 70-year-old Lippi has been in charge of the senior side since […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)–Former NBA star Kevin Garnett has filed a lawsuit against an accountant accused of helping defraud the player of $77 million (66.3 million euros), US media reports said Thursday. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Garnett was suing Kentucky-based accountant Michael Wertheim and his firm Welenken, accusing him of helping jailed financial advisor Charles Banks steal tens of millions of dollars. “Banks intentionally … looted Garnett of his earnings and assets […]
by Bernie McGuire Agence France-Presse NORTON, United States (AFP) — Phil Mickelson believes this month’s Ryder Cup could be the most special of his career if he is handed a 12th cap by USA captain Jim Furyk on Tuesday. Mickelson boosted his goal of competing in France later this month after posting closing rounds of 67 and 63 for an eventual 10-under-par total at the PGA Dell Technologies Championship on Monday. The 48-year-old’s closing 63 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic turned back the challenge of American Tennys Sandgren to reach the third round of the US Open on Thursday. Djokovic, winner of the title in Flushing Meadows in 2011 and 2015, defeated the 61st-ranked American 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-2 and will meet either fellow Serb Laslo Djere or France’s Richard Gasquet for a place in the last 16. Djokovic saved both break points against […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Five-time champion Roger Federer eased into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday, beating Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. The Swiss great, seeded second at Flushing Meadows behind defending champion and world number one Rafael Nadal, improved his perfect record in US Open first-round matches with his 18th win in 18 attempts. As the opening attraction of the night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Federer escaped […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will launch the 2019 Major League Baseball season with a two-game series in Tokyo, league chiefs confirmed on Wednesday. The two-game series on March 20-21 at the Tokyo Dome starts a season which also includes international stops in London and Mexico as baseball aims to broaden its appeal. The Athletics-Mariners series marks the eighth time the MLB has staged its season-opener overseas, and […]
by Scott Williams Agence France-Presse Cincinnati, United States (AFP) — Roger Federer began his US Open preparation with a quick 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Peter Gojowczyk in his first ATP Cincinnati Masters appearance since 2015. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 37 last week, is pacing his tennis year, playing a limited schedule and skipping events when he feels the need to rest. He has missed the last two editions of this tournament because […]
by Jim SLATER Agence France-Presse ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — Sitting on a couch watching the Masters on television with an injured left wrist, Brooks Koepka never dreamed he would win two majors this year, much less battle his boyhood idols. But the 28-year-old American did just that, defending his title at the US Open in June and taking his third major crown Sunday at the PGA Championship by two strokes over Tiger Woods. […]
In swimming, mastering racing dives, dolphin kicks and turns can shave tenths of a second off the clock. (AFP Videographic) https://youtu.be/3jx–nmDJq4
by Jim Slater Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, struggling in his comeback from left knee surgery, was ousted by US qualifier Donald Young at the ATP and WTA Washington Open on Tuesday. Young, ranked 234th, outlasted the 33-year-old Swiss 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3) and advanced to a second-round match with Japanese seventh seed Kei Nishikori. “It was a tough fight, a lot of nerves because he […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines national basketball team said Friday it has pulled out of the Asian Games as it prepares to appeal sanctions handed down over a nasty on-court brawl with Australia at a World Cup qualifier. Basketball’s governing body FIBA suspended 10 players and two coaches from the Philippines national squad over the melee, which saw players and fans exchanging wild punches and flying kicks at the July 2 match in Manila. […]
(Eagle News) — Napakaganda ng naging laban ni fighting senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao laban kay Lucas Matthysse kahapon, Hulyo 15. Ito ay ayon kay boxing analyst Renato Lirio, na nagsabing muling bumalik ang speed at husay ni Pacquiao sa boxing ring. Sa kabilang banda, hindi rin naman matatawaran ang preparasyong ginawa ni Matthysse bagamat hindi pinalad na manalo laban sa ating pambato. Hindi rin aniya umubra kay Pacquiao ang istilo ni Matthysse na sugod ng […]
