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Sports Desk Wu Yibing created a piece of tennis history on Wednesday after becoming the first player from China to reach the third round of the US Open. The talented 22-year-old defeated fellow qualifier Nuno Borges of Portugal in a five-set thriller to set up a David v Goliath showdown with defending champion Daniil Medvedev. Wu — winner of the ...

Sports Desk Singapore-born batting powerhouse Tim David was on Thursday called up by Australia for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup on home soil, the only change to the squad that won the tournament last year. David’s stunning elevation comes at the expense of leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson, with the 26-year-old earning his chance after a series of headline-grabbing individual performances across ...

Sports Desk Australian tennis ace Nick Kyrgios will face court on alleged assault charges in October, after a Canberra magistrate rejected his appeal for a months-long delay Tuesday. Kyrgios, 27, did not appear for the initial hearing, and details of the charge have not yet been disclosed. During brief proceedings, his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith indicated he would seek to have ...

Sports Desk Erik ten Hag secured his first win as Manchester United manager as goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford on Monday. United had started the weekend bottom of the Premier League, but moved above Liverpool on a massive night for their new Dutch manager. Liverpool’s expected title challenge is fading fast with ...

Sports Desk Bashundhara Kings Spanish coach Oscar Bruzon met Real Madrid president Florentino Perez during a La Liga match between Real Madrid and Celta Vigo Sunday night. The duo spent almost half of the match talking about different topics including Asian football, Bangladesh’s domestic football and Bashundhara Kings, however, the probable outcome of this informal meeting is yet to be ...

Sports Desk Manchester United have reached an agreement with Real Madrid to sign Brazil midfielder Casemiro in a deal worth up to £70m. The 30-year-old has been with Real since 2013, winning three La Liga titles and five Champions Leagues. The fee is an initial £60m plus £10m in add-ons and Casemiro will sign a four-year deal with the option ...

Sports Desk World Cup organisers on Thursday sent 1,300 buses onto the streets of Doha in a test of what they have called one of the most elaborate transport operations ever mounted for an international event. With more than one million people expected to descend on the tiny Gulf state for the tournament, the government is taking no chances with ...

Sports Desk Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman made unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan eased to a seven-wicket win over the Netherlands in the second one-day international in Rotterdam on Thursday to complete a series victory. Pakistan captain Babar Azam, the world’s top-ranked ODI batsman, scored 57 off 65 balls before Rizwan and Salman led the tourists home in their pursuit of ...

Sports Desk Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the third and final ODI at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday. Bangladesh lost the first two ODIs of the series by the identical five wickets margin and it raised a prospect of being swept by Zimbabwe after 2001. The Tigers earlier lost the three-match T20 series ...

Sports Desk Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka retired from her opening match on Tuesday at the WTA Toronto Masters with lower back pain, raising injury concerns with the US Open looming. Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi advanced when Osaka retired trailing 7-6 (7/4), 3-0. Kanepi, a runner-up last week in Washington, needed 71 minutes on court as she broke three times ...