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Azarenka thrashed by Schmeidlova at French Open
PARIS (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka's unhappy French Open campaign ended on Wednesday as the former world number one was beaten 6-2 6-2 by Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the second round. The...
Sep 30, 2020
Motorcycling: Bagnaia to join Miller at works Ducati, Zarco to Pramac
(Reuters) - Italian Francesco Bagnaia will join Australian Jack Miller at Ducati's factory MotoGP team next season with Frenchman Johann Zarco moving to Pramac Ducati as a fully-supported works rider,...
Sep 30, 2020
Third seed Svitolina recovers from meltdown to beat Zarazua
PARIS (Reuters) - Third seed Elina Svitolina recovered from a mid-match meltdown to beat Mexican qualifier Renata Zarazua 6-3 0-6 6-2 and advance to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday. Th...
Sep 30, 2020
Serena pulls out of French Open with Achilles injury
PARIS (Reuters) - Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open with an Achilles tendon injury on Wednesday shortly before she was supposed to face Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round on Wednesday....
Sep 30, 2020
Pandemic pushes forward new generation of African cyclists
By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Wearing a bright green helmet, cyclist Andy Costa weaves a dangerous path through trucks barrelling down the streets of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. Africa's...
Sep 30, 2020
Hong Kong Open postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - The Hong Kong Open will be postponed until next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers of the golf tournament said on Wednesday. The event, which is organised by the Eur...
Sep 30, 2020
Mikako Kotani named Tokyo Olympics sports director
(Reuters) - Mikako Kotani, who won two bronze medals for Japan in the 1988 Olympics, has been named the sports director of the 2020 Tokyo Games and will take over from Oct. 1, the organising committee...
Sep 30, 2020
Maskless Raiders under investigation after charity event
While the Tennessee Titans were dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak Tuesday, the Las Vegas Raiders may have landed in some pandemic-related trouble, too. Quarterback Derek Carr was one of several Raiders...
Sep 30, 2020
Caesars to buy William Hill for $3.7 billion in sports-betting drive
By Tanishaa Nadkar (Reuters) - U.S. casino operator Caesars Entertainment agreed on Wednesday to buy British-based gambling group William Hill for 2.9 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) to expand in the fa...
Sep 30, 2020
Watson concerned about future of British tennis
(Reuters) - Heather Watson has painted a bleak picture of the future of British tennis and called on its governing body to provide more support to promising young players. Watson joined compatriots An...
Sep 29, 2020
