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Tennis

Tennis-Sinner shuts out the noise in eventful year to emerge as the man to beat

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Jannik Sinner enjoyed an unforgettable season marked by his first two Grand Slam titles and ending the year as world number one but the Italian heads into 2025 with the cloud of a potential doping ban still hanging over his head.

Football

Tickets for FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar go on sale

PETALING JAYA: Fans can look forward to catching the glimpse of their favourite team and reigning UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup in Oatar.

Cycling

Azizul likely to compete in Asian meet next year

KUALA LUMPUR: National track cycling ace Azizulhasni Awang looks set to return to action in the Asian Championships in February next year at the National Velodrome in Nilai

Motorsport

Motor racing-Vasseur questions 'strange momentum' of F1 race director change

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur said the sudden departure of Formula One race director Nils Wittich was strange ahead of title-deciding grands prix.

Cricket

Cricket-Australia to mark 10-year anniversary of Hughes' death

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Cricket stadiums will fly flags at half-mast and players will wear black armbands as Australia marks the 10-year anniversary of former test opener Phillip Hughes' death.

Other Sports

Baseball-Japanese fans rejoice in Ohtani's MVP win

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese baseball fans rushed to grab the latest newspaper editions on Friday after Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani was named the National League's Most Valuable Player.

Football

Soccer-Forest boss Nuno not surprised by fine start to the season

(Reuters) - Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo said he is not surprised by their flying start to the Premier League season despite finishing just above the relegation zone in the previous campaign.

Other Sports

Men paddlers upset hosts Thailand for historic gold in SEA championship

PETALING JAYA: The men’s table tennis team delivered big cheers to Malaysia with a stunning performance in the South-East Asia (SEA) Table Tennis Championships in Bangkok. 

Motorsport

Motor racing-McLaren taking nothing for granted with constructors' championship in sight

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -McLaren are on the verge of winning the team's first Formula One constructors' championship since 1998 but CEO Zak Brown said on Thursday he is keeping the champagne on ice knowing full well how quickly fortunes can change in the sport.

Badminton

Tang Jie-Ee Wei stage incredible comeback to reach China Masters semis

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei pulled off a miraculous comeback win to book their spot in the semi-finals of the China Masters.

Motorsport

Motor racing-Hamilton fastest in first Las Vegas Grand Prix practice

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time in first practice at the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix on Thursday ahead of Mercedes team mate George Russell.

Other Sports

F1, ESPN open talks over next US media rights deal, FT reports

(Reuters) -Formula One has opened negotiations with broadcaster ESPN over its next U.S. media rights deal with one year left on the existing contract, the Financial Times said on Thursday.

Singapore

A chess extravaganza awaits as Singapore hosts World Chess Championship from Nov 25

It will be a super few weeks of chess in Singapore as the country stages the World Chess Championship from Nov 25 to Dec 13 at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS).

Cricket

Cricket-Hazlewood takes four as India bowled out for 150 at tea on day one

PERTH (Reuters) -Australia paceman Josh Hazlewood claimed 4-29 from 13 overs as a demoralised India were bundled out for 150 at tea on day one of the first test in Perth.

Golf

Golf-Play abandoned at Australian PGA Championship after course flooded

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -The Australian PGA Championship has been reduced to a 54-hole tournament after play was abandoned on Friday due to heavy rain flooding the Royal Queensland course in Brisbane.

Gymnastics

Bela ciao

BELA Karolyi, a charismatic taskmaster of a gymnastics coach who with his wife, Martha, developed generations of the sport’s leading athletes, but whose reputation was tainted by accusations of an abusive style and blindness to the sexual crimes of Dr Larry Nassar, died last Friday. He was 82.

Tennis

Change the game

THE sellout crowd was bathed in purple light and the screens ringing the stadium flashed a countdown to a clubby beat.

Tennis

The great Sinner

JANNIK Sinner’s reserved public persona belies his status as Italy’s biggest sporting star and the new dominant force in men’s tennis, his convincing victory at the ATP Finals confirming his rise to the top of the game.

Golf

Roar on, Rory!

TIED for the lead with three holes left in an exhausting season for Rory McIlroy, he launched a pitching wedge toward the 16th green in Dubai and barked out desperate instructions.

Boxing

It’s all ’bout the hype

THE anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul, the 27-year-old social media influencer, and Mike Tyson, the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion, ended in unspectacular fashion as boos rained down from the crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.