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SINGAPORE – A new ATP champion was crowned on Sunday (Feb 28) in Singapore when Australian world No. 114 Alexei Popyrin came from behind to beat Kazakh fourth seed Alexander Bublik 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 for his first ATP singles title. It was…
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WEST BROMWICH – West Bromwich Albion secured a 1-0 home Premier League victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday (Feb 27) as the visitors missed two penalties and were controversially denied a goal by the video assistant referee…
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NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND – Injury-hit strugglers Newcastle United were held to a 1-1 home draw by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday (Feb 27) after Jamaal Lascelles’ opener for the Magpies was cancelled out by a Ruben…
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WASHINGTON • The White House has not made a final decision on whether the United States will take part in the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, said President Joe Biden’s spokesman, even as some Republicans call for a boycott. Republicans…
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PARIS – Rafael Nadal said Friday (Feb 26) he will not play in the Acapulco ATP tournament in March because of a back injury which also caused his withdrawal from next week’s Rotterdam event. The world number two is therefore unlikely to…
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Manchester United eased into the Europa league last 16 after a 0-0 home draw with Real Sociedad on Thursday (Feb 25) completed a 4-0 aggregate win over the Spanish side in their round of 32 clash. With one…
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LIVERPOOL – Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes are over and the main target now is to win the Champions League, forward Sadio Mane said. Liverpool ripped up the record books last season on the way to their first English top-flight…
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BUDAPEST – Bernardo Silva scored once and set up another as Manchester City eased to a 2-0 victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday (Feb 24), extending their winning run to 19 games…
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LOS ANGELES – Tiger Woods is not facing charges of reckless driving following the car crash in which he suffered serious leg injuries, authorities said on Wednesday (Feb 24). “A reckless driving charge has a lot of elements into it, this…
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ROME – Holders Bayern Munich brushed off their recent poor domestic form to throw down a Champions League marker with an emphatic 4-1 win at Lazio in Tuesday’s (Feb 23) last 16, first leg. Robert Lewandowski gave Bayern an early lead…
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