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Serena Williams heads into this year's French Open as an outsider for a Grand Slam title for possibly the first time in 20 years, with questions surrounding her fitness after a poor start to the season.
Uncertainty over Serena fitness, Osaka form at Roland Garros
PARIS — Serena Williams heads into this year's French Open as an outsider for a Grand Slam title for possibly the first time in 20 years, with questions surrounding her fitness after a poor start to the season, while Naomi Osaka needs to rediscover her best form to solidify her position at the top of the women's game with a third straight major crown.The 37-year-old Williams is still waiting for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam triumph, with her last victory coming at the 2017 Australian Open shortly before taking a break from the sport due to pregnancy.She impressed initially after returning, but last year twice fell just short of drawing level with Margaret Court's mark, losing in the Wimbledon final to Angelique Kerber before her infamous meltdown en route to another...
May 23, 2019

Uncertainty over Serena fitness, Osaka form at Roland Garros

Nick Kyrgios's French Open build-up has been more or less normal by his unorthodox standards.
The Kyrgios one-man circus rolls into Paris
MELBOURNE — With two completed matches on clay, a petulant tournament default in Rome and character assassinations of some of the game's leading players, Nick Kyrgios's French Open build-up has been more or less normal by his unorthodox standards.It may be a little frosty in the locker room Roland Garros after the Australian described 11-times champion Rafa Nadal as a sore loser and Novak Djokovic as obsessed with being liked in an explosive podcast interview last week.The Parisian crowd may also be a little scornful after he said the French Open "absolutely sucks" compared to Wimbledon in a video he shot himself and posted on social media.By his own admission, Kyrgios has virtually no chance of winning the tournament on a surface he "hates", with the odds on...
May 23, 2019

The Kyrgios one-man circus rolls into Paris

Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts during his semifinal match against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas during the MAdrid Open in this file photo. — Reuters
Nadal primed for another French Open charge after Rome crescendo
BARCELONA — Rafael Nadal has hit form at the perfect time heading into the French Open after a slow start, by his standards, to the claycourt season caused some to doubt his chances of continuing his vice-like grip on the tournament.Nadal has made a habit of cleaning up at the warm-up tournaments to Roland Garros, but semifinal defeats in Madrid, Barcelona and Monte Carlo led to a sense that his dominance on clay might be receding.Yet with the prospect of a record-extending 12th title appearing far from certain, the Spaniard showed rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated with an outstanding 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, victory over Novak Djokovic to win the Italian Open.Few would now bet against him continuing his dominance on the surface in Paris, where he has only dropped one set since 2016....
May 23, 2019

Nadal primed for another French Open charge after Rome crescendo

Thurman says ready to 'crucify' Pacquiao
BEVERLY HILLS, United States — Keith Thurman vowed to retire Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday as the two fighters traded verbal jabs ahead of the World Boxing Association battle for welterweight supremacy.The undefeated Thurman, 30, takes on Pacquiao in Las Vegas on July 20 in a contest that pits the WBA's "super world champion" against the body's secondary "world" champion.Thurman (29-0, with 22 knockouts) returned from a near two-year layoff to retain his title with a 12-round majority decision over Josesito Lopez on Jan. 26.Eight-division champion Pacquiao, who last fought in a one-sided demolition of Adrien Broner in January, is 10 years older than his American opponent.And as the two men came face to face at a press conference in...
May 23, 2019

Thurman says ready to 'crucify' Pacquiao

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president and chairman of the Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020, John Coates (L) and Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori (R) chat during their joint press conference following the three-day session of the IOC Coordination Commission in Tokyo on Thursday. — AFP
Tokyo 2020 organizers welcome IOC boxing decision
TOKYO — Tokyo 2020 organizers welcomed on Thursday the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to include boxing at next year's Games.The IOC executive board recommended on Wednesday that boxing should keep its place at the Tokyo Games but recognition of AIBA, the governing body of the sport’s amateur version, should be suspended.The recommendations came as the IOC published a 30-page report following an inquiry into the finances and governance of AIBA, which has been in turmoil for years.The IOC have instead set up a task force, led by IOC member and International Gymnastics Federation head Morinari Watanabe, to organize boxing in Tokyo."Of course it is the most important thing for the athletes who have been training and preparing for this," said John Coates,...
May 23, 2019

Tokyo 2020 organizers welcome IOC boxing decision

IOC eyes 10 new board members but omits Coe and Infantino
LAUSANNE — The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday announced 10 fresh candidates for its executive board, a list that omits athletics supremo Sebastian Coe and FIFA head Gianni Infantino.The IOC Elections Committee's nominees to become new members of the IOC's governing body in June include Spyros Capralos, President of the Greek Olympic Committee.In 2012, he received a warning for his involvement in ticketing at the London 2012 Games. "It was seven years ago," IOC President Thomas Bach told reporters.The commission, chaired by Princess Anne, ruled that Capralos had served his sentence and that a warning should not mean permanent exclusion."IOC Members are representatives of the IOC in their respective countries, where they promote Olympism and its...
May 23, 2019

IOC eyes 10 new board members but omits Coe and Infantino

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Embattled Sri Lanka hope for World Cup miracle
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka go into the World Cup with low expectations after losing eight of their last nine one-day matches and led by a captain who has not played 50-over cricket for more than four years.While the 1996 champions have enjoyed some success in the Test arena, they have lost more than three-quarters of the ODI matches they have played since the beginning of 2017.During that period, Sri Lanka have been led by six different captains, the most recent of whom is Test opener Dimuth Karunaratne.Karunaratne, who is regarded as one of the best batsman in the five-day format, had not been part of Sri Lanka's ODI set-up since the 2015 edition, largely because of his low scoring rate in limited-overs matches.With the team's top order having routinely proved fragile during the series...
May 23, 2019

Embattled Sri Lanka hope for World Cup miracle

In this file photo six-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix testifies before the US House Ways and Means Committee’s hearing on overcoming racial disparities and social determinants in the maternal mortality crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Felix joined a chorus of recent criticism against Nike on Wednesday, accusing the US sporting goods giant of penalizing female athletes who took time off to have a child. — AFP
Track star Felix criticizes Nike maternity policy
LOS ANGELES — Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix joined a chorus of recent criticism against Nike on Wednesday, accusing the US sporting goods giant of penalizing female athletes who took time off to have a child.Felix, the only female track and field athlete to win six Olympic gold medals, wrote in the New York Times she had been offered a vastly reduced contract by Nike since taking time off in 2018 during her pregnancy.The 33-year-old former 200m Olympic champion spoke out after US teammates Alysia Montano and Kara Goucher leveled similar allegations against Nike as part of an investigation by the Times last week."They told stories we athletes know are true, but have been too scared to tell publicly: If we have children, we risk pay cuts from our sponsors during pregnancy...
May 23, 2019

Track star Felix criticizes Nike maternity policy

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) battles for the ball with Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol (33) in the fourth quarter in game three of the Eastern conference finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena. — Reuters
Agent blasts Drake over trolling of Antetokounmpo
NEW YORK — Is rap star Drake getting into the heads of the Milwaukee Bucks, especially star player Giannis Antetokounmpo?The recording artist and Toronto Raptors fan might take credit for having something to do with the Eastern Conference finals being tied at 2-2 after the Bucks dropped Games 3 and 4 in Toronto.On Wednesday, a tweet from a senior executive for Octagon, the agency representing Antetokounmpo, called out Drake for his repeated trolling of the Bucks in general and specifically their superstar power forward."Imagine a gig & an athlete on VIP seats, right next to the band, stands up on the stage just to show off during the entire game, knowing cameras are on him, occasionally even massaging the singer," wrote Georgios Dimitropoulos, Antetokounmpo's former...
May 23, 2019

Agent blasts Drake over trolling of Antetokounmpo

In the World Cup in England fortunes are likely to be made or marred in the middle overs, former Australia paceman Andy Bichel has said.
World Cup will be won and lost in middle overs — Bichel
NEW DELHI — With quality bowling attacks, Australia and India may have the edge at the World Cup in England where fortunes are likely to be made or marred in the middle overs, former Australia paceman Andy Bichel has said.England's home series against Pakistan provided a glimpse of what to expect, with the batsmen dominant in 300-plus scores throughout.Flat pitches, small grounds and fast outfields are likely to defang the bowlers who will also struggle to generate swing with two new balls."I think that's where the games could be won and lost," Bichel, who played 19 tests and 67 ODIs between 1997-2004, told Reuters."If a wicket does fall in the middle overs, and this is where I think India has got a pretty good attack, and then (they) can blunt the run-flow before...
May 23, 2019

World Cup will be won and lost in middle overs — Bichel

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