Category Archives: Sports

Novak Djokovic defeats Taylor Fritz in five-set epic as fans are told to leave court at Australian Open

Crowds were told to leave the stadium as the match carried on past midnight and Melbourne’s five-day lockdown came into force. While the 33-year-old Djokovic had enough in the tank to defeat world No. 31 Fritz, the world No. 1 admitted after the match that he may not be able to recover from the abdominal […]

Fernando Alonso has undergone a successful operation after cycling crash in Switzerland

Alonso was hospitalized after the incident in Switzerland, according to a tweet from the Alpine F1 Team, but is now recovering well. His team posted an update on Friday saying he will remain under observation for the next 48 hours. “The medical team are satisfied with his progress. Looking forward, after a few days of […]

Claressa Shields takes jab at boxing establishment

Shields then made her professional debut in 2016, winning her first title in 2017, at super middleweight, and — by 2019 — she had become the undisputed women’s middleweight world champion, winning all four of the main belts: WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. In her 10th professional fight, January 2020, she defeated Ivana Habazin to […]

Australian Open to go without fans as ‘new kind of enemy’ forces Victoria to lock down

Authorities have identified 13 new cases tied to an employee of a quarantine hotel in Melbourne, who tested positive for the so-called United Kingdom coronavirus variant on Monday. Five of those cases were identified in the previous 24 hours, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said at a news conference Friday. Andrews that “this hyper-infectious variant is […]

Kobe Bryant crash pilot was disoriented in clouds, safety board says – National

Kobe Bryant‘s helicopter pilot flew into the clouds when he shouldn’t have and became disoriented before crashing in California last year, killing the former NBA superstar and everyone else onboard, transportation officials said at a hearing on the cause of the crash on Tuesday. Federal standards dictated that the pilot, Ara Zobayan, should have […]

Coronavirus: Toronto Raptors to finish home schedule in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. — The Toronto Raptors will play all their home games in Tampa, Fla., this season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NBA team said Thursday the team will complete its home schedule at Amalie Arena after initially announcing in November it would play half its home games in Tampa before making a […]