Ja Morant recorded 22 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and three steals while playing on his sprained right ankle and the Memphis Grizzlies earned the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a convincing 120-106 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks in the play-in round on Frida
Rory McIlroy ended his long wait for a Masters title with a birdie on the opening hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Justin Rose and claim the career Grand Slam after a nerve-wracking final round on Sunday. After missing a five-foot par putt at the 18th in regulation that forced the playoff, M
Japanese number one Moyuka Uchijima beat Romania's Anca Todoni to dash Romania’s hopes of reaching the Finals after Ena Shibahara had got Japan off to a flying start in their Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers Group A clash on Saturday. Shibahara beat Miriam Bulgaru 7-5 6-2 and Uchijima overcam
Jose Luis Ballester has apologised to Augusta National Golf Club for peeing in a creek on the famed course in view of patrons during his opening round of the year's first major, the Spanish amateur said on Friday. The 21-year-old Ballester made headlines during Thursday's opening round when went t
No 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova reached her second consecutive final in Linz, Austria, on Saturday with a dominating 6-0, 6-4 win over top seed Karolina Muchova at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. Alexandrova, of Russia, needed just 73 minutes to beat the Czech and move to 4-1 in their head-to-head
Aryna Sabalenka opened her bid for a third straight Australian Open title with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Sloane Stephens on Sunday after rain had washed away a good chunk of play on the opening day at Melbourne Park. The top seed did not have it all her own way against the 2017 US Open champion but w
Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka geared up for her title defence at the year’s opening Grand Slam with a battling 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday. Sabalenka is bidding to become the first woman to lift thr
Grigor Dimitrov stayed on course for his title defence but women’s second seed Emma Navarro was stunned by local favourite Kimberly Birrell at the Brisbane International on Wednesday. Two-time men’s champion Dimitrov downed Aleksandar Vukic 6-2 7-6(5) to advance to the quarter-finals,
Hady Habib blazed a trail by taking Lebanon to the Olympic tennis tournament for the first time earlier this year and he is hoping another breakthrough at the Australian Open in January will bring comfort to his war-torn country. The Texas-born 26-year-old enjoyed a special moment when, as a lucky
Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib emerged as the undefeated champion in the Sports Bangla FIDE Rapid Chess Tournament, sponsored by Sports Bangla and organised under the guidance of the Bangladesh Chess Federation. GM Enamul Hossain Razib secured the title with seven and a half points from 8 games.
Vinesh Phogat was not able to believe her fate as she was just disqualified from the Olympics, and that too for just 100 grams. What is 100 grams in comparison to our body? Maybe not much, but in the Olympics, a threaded difference of these grams can make the most significant transformation in a sp
The Olympic games are a global spectacle, and the Olympians are sporting gods to us. You must have wondered how they earn buckloads of cash after putting on such a mesmerizing game event. But the short answer is that it varies widely. Sorry to ruin your bubble, but the financial rewards for athlete
Since the early stages of Paris's bid for the 2024 Olympics, the city has benefited from the guidance of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, renowned for coining microcredit in Bangladesh. Although not a sports enthusiast, Yunus was drawn to the project in 2016 after a dinner invitation from P
