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Paes, 46, has played for India in every Davis Cup season bar one since his debut in 1990 but went to the qualifier tie in Zagreb against two-time champions Croatia having already announced that 2020 would be his last year on tour. — AFP
Paes's 30-year Davis Cup dream ends as Ecuador, Italy enjoy empty feeling
PARIS — India's Leander Paes went down fighting as his dream of crowning his 30-year Davis Cup career with a place at the finals ended on Saturday while Ecuador and Italy reached the November showpiece, triumphing in empty arenas locked down because of the coronavirus crisis.Paes, 46, has played for India in every Davis Cup season bar one since his debut in 1990 but went to the qualifier tie in Zagreb against two-time champions Croatia having already announced that 2020 would be his last year on tour.With India trailing 2-0 overnight, Paes rolled back the years, linking up with 40-year-old Rohan Bopanna to defeat Mate Pavic and Franko Skugor 6-3, 6-7 (9/11), 7-5 to keep their country's faint hopes of making the finals alive.However, former US Open champion Marin Cilic then...
March 08, 2020

Paes's 30-year Davis Cup dream ends as Ecuador, Italy enjoy empty feeling

The blockbuster showdown between the world's top-ranked team and fast-improving India was billed as the biggest in women's cricket history. — AFP
Dominant Australia crush India to win fifth T20 World Cup
Melbourne, March 8, 2020 (AFP) - A rampant Australia emphatically swept to their fifth women's Twenty20 World Cup title Sunday, crushing India by 85 runs in front of more than 86,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Alyssa Healy smashed a quick-fire 75 and Beth Mooney an unbeaten 78 as the defending champions plundered an ominous 184 for four -- the highest score ever in a women's T20 final.India could only manage 99 all out to end a 17-day tournament that reinforced Australia's dominance of the sport, having now won five of the seven World Cups so far.The blockbuster showdown between the world's top-ranked team and fast-improving India was billed as the biggest in women's cricket history.A #FilltheMCG campaign was launched to help bring the sport to a new...
March 08, 2020

Dominant Australia crush India to win fifth T20 World Cup

Britain's Tyrrell Hatton reacts to a 31-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole on Saturday that gave him a two-stroke lead after the third round of the US PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational. — AFP
Hatton grabs lead but McIlroy lurks at brutal Bay Hill
MIAMI, Florida — Britain's Tyrrell Hatton fired a one-over par 73 in a brutal third round at windy Bay Hill to seize a two-stroke lead on Saturday at the US PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational.The 28-year-old Englishman, playing only his second tournament since right wrist surgery in November, closed with a dramatic 31-foot birdie putt — only the day's third birdie at 18 — to stand on six-under 210."It was extremely tough out there," Hatton said. "You could be made to look pretty silly at times without hitting too bad a golf shot. It was just amazing how much firmer the greens got throughout the day."Top-ranked Rory McIlroy was hot on his heels after a difficult day in Orlando where the scoring average soared to 76."It felt like a US Open out there, so...
March 08, 2020

Hatton grabs lead but McIlroy lurks at brutal Bay Hill

Serbia's Novak Djokovic signs autographs after winning ATP final in Dubai in this file photo. The ATP and WTA tours have instructed players not to accept items to sign as part of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19. — AFP
ATP, WTA announce measures aimed to limit coronavirus spread
LOS ANGELES — The ATP and WTA announced measures aimed at combating the spread of deadly coronavirus on Saturday, days before the start of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California."As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to cause concern on a global scale, the ATP and WTA have jointly announced a series of precautionary health measures that will be implemented on-site at upcoming events including the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the Miami Open presented by Itau and WTA's Volvo Car Open in Charleston," a joint statement from the men's and women's tours said.Under the new measures, players and mascots won't hold hands when they walk on court. Ball kids at the tournaments will be provided with gloves and won't handle player towels or drinks during...
March 08, 2020

ATP, WTA announce measures aimed to limit coronavirus spread

Canada's Bianca Andreescu won't defend her WTA title at Indian Wells, pulling out of the elite event with a left knee injury. — AFP
Defending champ Andreescu out of Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, California — World No. 4 Bianca Andreescu won't defend her title at Indian Wells, pulling out of next week's BNP Paribas Open with a left knee injury.The Canadian was hurt at the WTA Finals in Shenzhen in October, and the injury has delayed her start to the 2020 campaign.Andreescu withdrew from four events to start the year, including the Australian Open, and said Saturday she wouldn't be at Indian Wells — where her scintillating run to the title launched a 2019 campaign capped by her first Grand Slam title at the US Open."As many of you know, I've been working through an injury I suffered last year during the WTA Finals," Andreescu said in a statement. "It has been a long road to recovery, and while I was looking forward to getting back on...
March 08, 2020

Defending champ Andreescu out of Indian Wells

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James says he won't play if the NBA resorts to playing games in arenas without spectators due to the coronavirus. — AFP
Sounders cope with coronavirus as US sport concern grows
LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus concern grew among United States sports leagues Saturday with fans banned from games for the first time and Seattle Sounders players making allowances for precautions in a major outbreak area.Games were played without spectators on Friday at a small-college basketball tournament in Baltimore, thought to be the first US sports events contested before an empty arena because of the COVID-19 epidemic.The NBA has sent a memo to clubs asking them to develop contingency plans to blunt the spread of the virus, including the possibility of playing games without spectators, an option that irked Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James."Nah. It's impossible. If I show up to the arena and there ain't no fans in the crowd, then I ain't playing," said...
March 08, 2020

Sounders cope with coronavirus as US sport concern grows

Mamelodi Sundowns forward Jose Ali Meza, right, slips past Al Ahly defender Ramy Rabia during a CAF Champions League quarter-final second leg in Pretoria on Saturday. — AFP
Ahly avenge horror loss to Sundowns by reaching semi-finals
JOHANNESBURG — Al Ahly of Egypt avenged a humiliating loss to Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa last season by drawing 1-1 in Pretoria on Saturday to win a CAF Champions League quarter-final.Record eight-time African champions Ahly led 2-0 after the first leg last weekend and qualified 3-1 on aggregate for a semi-finals showdown with Wydad Casablanca of Morocco.At the same stage last season, Sundowns crushed Ahly 5-0 in Pretoria to inflict the heaviest defeat on them since a six-goal loss in the 1942 Egyptian Cup final.Wydad scraped through 2-1 overall after losing 1-0 at Etoile Sahel of Tunisia, for whom leading Champions League scorer Karim Aribi notched his 11th of the season.Raja Casablanca reached the semi-finals after a 15-year absence despite losing 1-0 away to TP Mazembe of the...
March 08, 2020

Ahly avenge horror loss to Sundowns by reaching semi-finals

Controversial challenge — Manu Tuilagi, center, tackles Wales' wing George North in an incident that saw the England center shown a red card. — AFP
Jones slams referee over 'bizarre' Tuilagi red as England clinch Triple Crown
TWICKENHAM, England — England coach Eddie Jones slammed referee Ben O'Keeffe for the "bizarre" sending off Manu Tuilagi late in a 33-30 win over Wales in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday that clinched the Triple Crown.The outspoken Australian boss, risking disciplinary action, even suggested the match had ended as a contest of "13 against 16", implying New Zealand official O'Keeffe was biased in Wales' favour, with England two men down after replacement Ellis Genge was sin-binned and Tuilagi shown a red card.World Cup finalists England were 33-16 ahead on the hour mark when Tuilagi scored their third try, but he saw red with five minutes remaining when he was deemed to have committed an illegal "no arms" tackle that stopped Wales wing...
March 08, 2020

Jones slams referee over 'bizarre' Tuilagi red as England clinch Triple Crown

Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho was behind bars on Saturday after being arrested for entering Paraguay on a fake passport, a judge in Asuncion confirmed on Saturday. — AFP
Paraguay judge orders Brazil football icon Ronaldinho held
ASUNCION — Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho was behind bars on Saturday after being arrested for entering Paraguay on a fake passport, a judge in Asuncion confirmed on Saturday.The two-time world player of the year and his brother Roberto, who was detained with him, had spent the night in the headquarters of the Specialized Police Group in the capital city.The pair appeared on Saturday morning before Judge Clara Ruiz Diaz at the Palace of Justice.Prosecutor Osmar Legal said Ronaldinho — his full name is Ronaldo de Assis Moreira — and his brother were being charged with using false official documents, and he requested that they be held in preventive detention.The judge agreed. "They committed a serious act that threatens the state," she said, and ordered them held.A...
March 08, 2020

Paraguay judge orders Brazil football icon Ronaldinho held

Australia's Marnus Labuschagne hit a maiden one-day international century on returning to his South African roots. – AFP
Labuschagne hits century but South Africa sweep series
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa — Australia's Marnus Labuschagne hit a maiden one-day international century on returning to his South African roots — but could not prevent South Africa from completing a series clean sweep in the third and final one-day clash at Senwes Park on Saturday.Applauded by a large group of his South African family, Labuschagne made 108 in an Australian total of 254 for seven after they were sent in to bat.South Africa were always ahead of the required rate and coasted to a six-wicket win with 4.3 overs to spare. Man of the match Jon-Jon Smuts (84), Kyle Verreynne (50) and man of the series Heinrich Klaasen (68 not out) made half-centuries.Klaasen hit 242 runs in the series and was only dismissed once. "It's been a fantastic couple of weeks for...
March 08, 2020

Labuschagne hits century but South Africa sweep series

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