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Sabalenka Apologizes for Outburst During Loss to Svitolina

Sports 13 November 2026, US, Indian Wells: Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka in action against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina during their women's singles group stage match of the FAGE WTA Finals tennis tournament at Indian Wells. Photo: Charles Baus/CSM via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Sabalenka Apologizes for Outburst During Loss to Svitolina

Aryna Sabalenka apologized on Saturday for her angry outburst during her defeat by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina at the WTA Finals. Television footage appeared…

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Sports Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the 1-2 goal during the FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Hungary, in Budapest, Hungary, 09 September 2025. (EPA)

Portugal Changes How No. 7 Is Written to Honor Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portugal football team is making a change to how the No. 7 is written to honor the recently-retired Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo, who wore the number and…

Sports Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho waves during Ravenna FC’s team presentation for the 2026-27 season in Marina di Ravenna, Italy, Aug. 20, 2026. (AFP)

Ronaldinho Poised for Ravenna Start and, Perhaps, One Last Goal

Ronaldinho will roll back the years this weekend when the 46-year-old Brazilian starts his first competitive match in over a decade, and in the unlikely…

Sports Mirra Andreeva plays Diana Shnaider during day six of the FAGE WTA Finals at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on November 13, 2026 in Indian Wells, California. (Getty Images/AFP)

Andreeva Says She Is Learning to Move on Faster from Defeats After WTA Finals Sweep

Mirra Andreeva said she has learned to recover more quickly from setbacks after the Russian teenager completed an unbeaten run through the WTA Finals round…

Sports  Uruguay's players celebrate after Argentina's Leonardo Balerdi scored an own goal during an international friendly soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (AP)

Uruguay Beats Argentina 2-1 in the First Match Since Messi’s Retirement

The post-Messi era began with an Argentina defeat on Friday. Argentina fell 2-1 to Uruguay on Friday in an international friendly at La Bombonera in Buenos…


Sports Japan's Naomi Osaka reacts to a missed point Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during their women's singles third round tennis match on the fifth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Osaka’s Honesty Cuts Through as Comeback Stalls at Wimbledon

Naomi Osaka is not one to hide behind cliches. When things go wrong, she doesn't deflect or spin the story. At Wimbledon on Friday, after a bruising Grand Slam…

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Sports Red Bull's Max Verstappen gave little away when quizzed about his future. Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP

Verstappen Refuses to Be Drawn on Future ahead of British GP

Max Verstappen on Thursday refused to be drawn on questions about discussions with Mercedes and exit clauses in his Red Bull contract when he spoke to…

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Sports Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 3, 2025 Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after winning her second round match against Caty McNally of the US. (Reuters)

Swiatek Fights Back to Down McNally and Reach Third Round

Iga Swiatek may not love the grass but relishes a battle whatever the surface and showed all that fight and bullish determination as she recovered to beat…

Sports A slow shutter speed picture of Jannik Sinner of Italy in action during the Men's 2nd round match against Aleksandar Vukic of Australia at the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon, Britain, 03 July 2025. (EPA)

Sinner Thrashes Vukic to Roar into Wimbledon Third Round

World number one Jannik Sinner demolished Australia's Aleksandar Vukic 6-1 6-1 6-3 in a Centre Court masterclass to move ominously into the third round of…

Sports People view tributes to soccer player Diogo Jota at Anfield, the home of Liverpool FC in Liverpool, Britain 03 July 2025. (EPA)

Reaction to Death of Liverpool and Portugal Player Jota

Following are quotes and reaction to the death of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva in a car crash in Spain on…

Sports Marin Cilic of Croatia celebrates after winning the men's second round match against Jack Draper of Britain at the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon, Britain, 03 July 2025. (EPA)

Cilic Plays Dream-Wrecker to British Hopes by Toppling Fourth Seed Draper

There were high hopes that Jack Draper would rescue what had been a lousy day for the home nation at Wimbledon when he emerged for his second-round showdown…

Sports Türkiye's Zeynep Sonmez serves to China's Wang Xinyu during their women's singles second round tennis match on the fourth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 3, 2025. (AFP)

Sonmez Becomes First Turkish Player in Open Era to Reach Third Round of a Slam

Zeynep Sonmez became the first Turkish player in the professional era to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament by beating Xinyu Wang 7-5, 7-5 at…

Sports Behind the Fight: Firmino Tells How Arab Champions Are Made

Behind the Fight: Firmino Tells How Arab Champions Are Made

By: Lulwah Alangari From the heart of the vibrant combat sports scene in the Middle East, the spotlight does not shine solely on those who step into the…

Sports FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Everton - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - April 2, 2025 Liverpool's Diogo Jota reacts after being substituted  REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Liverpool's Portuguese Forward Diogo Jota Dies in Car Crash in Spain

Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames,…

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Soccer-Atletico Sign Midfielder Baena from Villarreal

Atletico Madrid have signed Spanish midfielder Alex Baena from Villarreal, the LaLiga club said on Wednesday, with the 23-year-old signing a five-year contract…

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Sports Second-placed McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia poses on the podium with his trophy after the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, 29 June 2025. (EPA)

Just Frustration: Piastri Explains Radio Cursing at Alpine

McLaren's Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri said cursing at former employers Alpine over the radio at last weekend's Austrian Grand Prix was just a…

Sports Zak Brown. (Getty Images)

Brown Rejects ‘Two-Horse Race’ Assessment, Expects Max Move

McLaren boss Zak Brown dismissed suggestions the Formula One title was a two-horse race between his drivers and said Red Bull's Max Verstappen remained a…

Sports Emma Raducanu. (Getty Images)

Raducanu Back to Her Carefree Best as She Knocks Out Vondrousova

When Emma Raducanu hurtled across the baseline to whip an eye-popping passing shot winner at Wimbledon on Wednesday, it signaled that she was once again…

Sports Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 1, 2025 Coco Gauff of the US leaves the court dejected after losing her first round match against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Gauff is Disappointed by her Wimbledon Loss but Doesn't Want to Dwell on it

Before Wimbledon began, Coco Gauff reflected on the significance of her breakthrough performance at the place six years ago — a run to the fourth round at age…

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Sports Jarell Quansah of England celebrates with the trophy after winning the UEFA Under-21 Championship Final match between England and Germany in Bratislava, Slovakia, 28 June 2025. EPA/JOZEF JAKUBCO

Leverkusen Signs England Under-21 Defender Jarell Quansah from Liverpool

Bayer Leverkusen has replaced former captain Jonathan Tah with Jarell Quansah from Liverpool in a club-record signing for a defender. The 22-year-old…

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Sports Soccer Football - FIFA Club World Cup - Round of 16 - Borussia Dortmund v CF Monterrey - Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, US - July 1, 2025 Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy after the match IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Brett Davis

Borussia Dortmund Edge Monterrey, Earn Matchup with Real Madrid

Serhou Guirassy scored two early goals and Borussia Dortmund held on to defeat CF Monterrey 2-1 on Tuesday night in Atlanta to reach the FIFA Club World Cup…

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Sports Football - FIFA Club World Cup - Round of 16 - Real Madrid v Juventus - Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, US - July 1, 2025 Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe looks on. (Reuters)

Mbappe Makes His Club World Cup Debut in Real Madrid’s Win over Juventus

Kylian Mbappe jogged, clapped his hands together and waved to a crowd of excited fans before checking into the Club World Cup for the first time. From there…

Sports  Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic returns the ball to Emma Navarro of the US during their first round women's single match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 1, 2025.(AP)

Kvitova Bids Farewell to the Place That Turned Her from a ‘Nobody to Somebody’

It has been 14 years, or 5,113 days to be precise, since a beaming Petra Kvitova saw her name being added in gold print to the famed green honors board at…

Sports US player Coco Gauff reacts as she plays against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska during their women's singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)

Emotional Gauff Blames Switch from Clay to Grass for Wimbledon Defeat

A tearful Coco Gauff said she had not coped well with the switch from Paris clay to Wimbledon grass after she was dumped out of the championships in the first…

Sports  Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 1, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic leaves the court after winning his first round match against France's Alexandre Muller. (Reuters)

Djokovic Passes Muller Test to Reach Wimbledon Second Round

Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic was made to work hard after a strong start as he began his bid for a 25th Grand Slam title by beating unseeded…

Sports 24 May 2025, Monaco, Monte Carlo: Stefano Domenicali, CEO of Formula 1, talks on his smartphone before free practice at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo. (dpa)

F1 Talks up Silverstone’s ‘Forever’ Future Before Starmer Meeting

Silverstone circuit could stay on the Formula One calendar forever with no real rival to host the British Grand Prix, the sport's chief executive Stefano…

Sports Soccer Football - FIFA Club World Cup - Round of 16 - Manchester City v Al Hilal - Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida, US - June 30, 2025 Al Hilal's Marcos Leonardo scores their fourth goal with teammates REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Al Hilal Stuns Manchester City 4-3 in Club World Cup

Marcos Leonardo scored his second goal on a rebound in the 112th minute, and Al Hilal stunned Manchester City 4-3 on Monday night, eliminating the Premier…

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Sports Football - FIFA Club World Cup - Round of 16 - Inter Milan v Fluminense - Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina, US - June 30, 2025 Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez looks dejected after the match. (Reuters)

Inter Milan Captain Martinez Blasts Team After Club World Cup Exit

Inter Milan captain Lautaro Martinez did not hold back after Monday's 2-0 loss to Fluminense, criticizing a lackluster display as they exited the Club World…

Sports Botafogo's Portuguese head coach Renato Paiva reacts during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 round of 16 all-Brazilian football match between Palmeiras and Botafogo at Lincoln Financial Field Stadium in Philadelphia on June 28, 2025. (AFP)

Botafogo Sacks Coach Paiva After Club World Cup Elimination

Botafogo sacked coach Renato Paiva on Monday, 48 hours after they were eliminated in the Club World Cup by Brazilian rival Palmeiras. The Portuguese held the…