BANGKOK (AFP) – Indonesia’s fifth seed Anthony Ginting suffered an unexpected loss at badminton’s Thailand Open on Thursday (Jan 21) to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk-yiu, who moved into the quarter-finals with a 21-19, 13-21, 21-12 win. Ginting was Indonesia’s last remaining hope after Jonatan Christie’s exit on Wednesday, but despite a fightback in the second game, the 20th-ranked Lee was […]

Last Tuesday, the N.B.A. and its players’ union tightened their coronavirus protocols — mandating that players spend at least the next two weeks almost exclusively at home or at their hotels on the road when not playing basketball. Three days later, the Washington Wizards held a news conference saying that six of their players had tested positive for the coronavirus […]

Annika Sorenstam, the Hall of Fame golfer who flew to Washington, D.C., to stand next to outgoing President Donald Trump less than 24 hours after he incited the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was given a chance Tuesday to repudiate Trump, to apologize for her actions and to admit she made a mistake. She did none of that. Failing […]

MICHAEL CHIESA and Neil Magny headline a packed midweek UFC Fight Night from the UAE. Ahead of a huge night ahead at UFC 257 on Saturday, there's a host of action from Fight Island as the welterweight pair look to line up a 170lbs title shot. Chiesa is unbeaten since moving into the division three years ago and currently ranks […]

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ENGLAND are ready to throw fast bowler Olly Stone into the Second Test as replacement for Mark Wood. Stone’s one previous Test was against Ireland at Lord’s in 2019 – when he took 3-29 in the only innings in which he bowled. Despite going 1-0 up in the series against Sri Lanka on Monday with a seven-wicket win, England are […]

JON JONES will face the winner of Stipe Miocic’s heavyweight championship clash with Francis Ngannou. That is according to the MMA promotion’s president Dana White. ‘Bones’ vacated the light-heavyweight title last summer in order to step up a division and he wanted an instant shot at the champ Miocic. He has had to patiently wait while Ngannou rightly got his […]

AC MILAN have signed free agent Mario Mandzukic on a six-month deal with the option of an extra year. The Croatian has been handed the No 9 shirt as the Italian giants bid to win their first Serie A for 11 years. The former Juventus star joined on a free transfer having left Qatari side Al-Duhail last July. Milan are […]

THE January window is now OPEN and moves are happening around the UK and Europe. Despite the coronavirus crisis, clubs are still managing to drop big money on signings – and we've the very latest from the Premier League and abroad. FREE BETS GET OVER £2,000 IN SIGN UP OFFERS HERE Stay up to date with the latest transfer news here… […]

BRIGHTON have loaned Bernardo to Red Bull Salzburg for the rest of the season. The Brazilian defender, 25, joined Albion from RB Leipzig three years ago for £9million. But he has fallen down the pecking order under Graham Potter, who has preferred Solly March and Dan Burn at left wing-back. Boss Potter said: “Bernardo is at a stage in his […]