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Tennis-Beaten Stephens warns Raducanu to expect rollercoaster ride
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sloane Stephens knows only too well the vagaries of life as a professional tennis player and offered some sage advice to Emma Raducanu after being beaten by the British teenage s...
Jan 18, 2022
Poland’s President to attend Beijing Olympics amidst U.S. boycott
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda will attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, a top aide told Polish state news agency PAP on Tuesday, as a num...
Jan 18, 2022
Tennis-Greek Tsitsipas makes confident start with straight-sets win
By Sudipto Ganguly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Greek world number four Stefanos Tsitsipas put on a clinical show against familiar opponent Mikael Ymer of Sweden during a 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory in the opening r...
Jan 18, 2022
Olympics-Riessle left out of Germany Nordic combined squad
(Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Fabian Riessle will not compete in next month's winter Games in Beijing after being left out of Germany's Nordic combined squad by coach Hermann Weinbuch. Riessle, t...
Jan 18, 2022
Soccer-Turkey says to send 3,250 security personnel to Qatar 2022 World Cup
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will send 3,250 security officers to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Tuesday, adding Ankara had also trained Qatari personnel ahead of ...
Jan 18, 2022
Spanish government spokesperson says Djokovic must get vaccinated
MADRID (Reuters) - Tennis star Novak Djokovic should get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the player is expected to compete in Spain, the Spanish government spokesperson said on Tuesday. "What Mr. Djoko...
Jan 18, 2022
Tennis-Red-hot Barty faces Bronzetti in Australian Open second round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty will continue her quest for a maiden Australian Open title and end the country's 44-year wait for a homegrown women's singles champion when she takes o...
Jan 18, 2022
Tennis-Raducanu survives Stephens test on Australian Open debut
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Britain's teenage sensation Emma Raducanu cleared a dangerous first-round hurdle at the Australian Open, seeing off experienced American Sloane Stephens 6-0 2-6 6-1 in a topsy-tur...
Jan 18, 2022
Tennis-Ronaldo-inspired crowd chant leaves Murray ‘incredibly irritated’
By Sudipto Ganguly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - For moments during his riveting opening round win on Tuesday at the Australian Open, Andy Murray was under the impression that he was being booed by a section ...
Jan 18, 2022
Olympics-Would-be Games spectators disappointed over ticket rules
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese social media users expressed disappointment on Tuesday after Winter Olympics organisers said they would not sell tickets to the public, while some who have been invited exp...
Jan 18, 2022
