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October 22, 2019
Zverev crashes out in Basel first round
BASEL, Switzerland — World No. 6 Alexander Zverev lost a 7-6(9-7), 6-4 battle at the first round of the ATP Swiss Indoors to Taylor Fritz on Tuesday as the American hit 14 aces.The defeat for the German to the 21-year-old came barely a week after losing in the Shanghai Masters final to Daniil Medvedev.With Zverev next in the queue to qualify for November's eight-man ATP Finals in London — two ...
October 22, 2019
Barca pays 15 million euros for first refusal on Atletico youngsters
MADRID — Barcelona have paid Atletico Madrid 15 million euros for the right to be given first refusal on six Atletico players, AFP learned on Tuesday.Atletico sources have told AFP the agreement has "nothing to do" with the dispute between the two clubs over the transfer of Antoine Griezmann last summer."It is a right of first refusal on a list of players primarily from the academy," these sources added.Spanish newspaper ...
October 22, 2019
Genk look to Manchester United for Champions League inspiration
NEW YORK — Racing Genk could look to copy some of the tactics that Manchester United employed on the weekend against Liverpool when they go up against Jurgen Klopp's team in the Champions League on Wednesday.The Belgian club's coach Felice Mazzu said he had been impressed with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s approach in the 1-1 draw against the European champions at Old Trafford on Sunday."Manchester United played a good game against ...
October 22, 2019
Diamond League gets second China meet
PARIS — The Diamond League international athletics series will expand to 15 meetings next season with an additional event in China, organizers have announced.The IAAF said in a statement that 15 meetings will be staged between April 17 and September 11, one more than this year with an additional date in China at a venue yet to be decided.The Stockholm Diamond League meeting is retained despite a plan announced earlier ...
October 22, 2019
Hewitt happy to end Davis Cup exile of "different" Kyrgios
MELBOURNE – Wayward tennis talent Nick Kyrgios may be a "different character" but Australia's Davis Cup team is better with him in it, according to captain Lleyton Hewitt.Hewitt, who omitted Kyrgios from a February tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina for failing "cultural standards", has ended the 24-year-old's exile by naming him in the team for next month's revamped finals in Spain.Twice Grand Slam champion Hewitt has looked past Kyrgios's recent ...
October 22, 2019
Bertens, Sabalenka off the mark in WTA Elite Trophy
ZHUHAI — Dutch top seed Kiki Bertens beat Croatia's Donna Vekic for the third consecutive time this year with a 7-6(5), 6-2 victory in their round robin match at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai on Tuesday.Bertens, playing in her seventh tournament since her US Open third round exit, was pushed to the limit in an absorbing opening set that lasted an hour and 20 minutes, with a number of ...
October 22, 2019
Judo federation bans Iran over refusal to face Israelis
PARIS — The International Judo Federation (IJF) said Tuesday it had banned Iran from competition indefinitely over the country's refusal to face Israeli competitors.The federation issued a provisional ban last month while investigating a report that Iran had ordered a judoka to lose deliberately at the world championships to avoid facing an Israeli competitor in the subsequent round."Following the events, which occurred during the last World Judo Championships Tokyo 2019, ...
October 22, 2019
England 'not our fiercest rivals': All Blacks coach Hansen
TOKYO — All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is predicting a "mighty clash" in this weekend's heavyweight World Cup semifinal with England, but insisted they were not New Zealand's biggest rugby rivals.The treble-chasing All Blacks have won their last six meetings against England dating back to 2013 and 15 of their last 16.Eddie Jones's side are riding high after smashing Australia 40-16 in the last eight, but Hansen attempted to play ...
October 22, 2019
New snowboard bindings fuel amputee's Paralympic hopes
CASTLEFORD, England — A former British army soldier who lost both his legs in a bomb explosion in Northern Ireland is hoping to snowboard in the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in China thanks to new 3D-printed bindings which can absorb shock and give him greater speed.Darren Swift, 53, who lost his legs above the knee, worked with the Bristol-based Center for Modelling Simulation (CFMS), a not-for-profit digital engineering specialist to ...
October 22, 2019
FA chairman wants concussion substitutes in football
LONDON — Football Association chairman Greg Clarke wants concussion substitutes introduced "as quickly as possible" following a landmark report showing a link between football and dementia.A Glasgow University study shows former footballers are approximately three-and-a-half times more likely to die from neurodegenerative disease than the general population.The report, released on Monday, was commissioned by England's Football Association and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and assessed the medical records of 7,676 ...
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