The Copa America, South America’s premier football competition, due to kick off June 13 in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, is triggering a wave of strong reactions for a sporting event. The tournament was originally to be joint-hosted by Argentina and Colombia, but the organizers decided to pull it first from Colombia, due to the…… MORE
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Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in thriller to reach French Open final
Novak Djokovic dethroned Rafael Nadal in an all-time classic encounter to reach the French Open final, winning 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-2 in a match that lasted more than four hours. The men’s world No. 1 became the first player to beat the ‘King of Clay’ in the semifinals at Roland Garros and also the first…… MORE
Italy cruises to victory with dominant performance against Turkey in Euro 2020 opener
Italy laid down an early marker on the opening night of Euro 2020 with a dominant 3-0 victory over Turkey. Few had Roberto Mancini’s side among the favorites to lift the Henri Delaunay trophy, but bookmakers may well be adjusting their odds as the Italians looked several leagues above their opponents on a humid night…… MORE
Stefanos Tsitsipas reaches first career grand slam final with win over Alexander Zverev at French Open
Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to his first career grand slam final with victory over Alexander Zverev at the French Open on Friday. The world No. 5 won 6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal against Zverev at Roland Garros. Having blitzed into a two-set lead, world No. 6 Zverev produced a stirring…… MORE
Jordan Clarkson: NBA star helps food truck graffitied with anti-Asian slur, says there’s ‘no room’ for racist incidents
Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson says there is “just no room” for racist incidents days after helping a food truck which had been graffitied with an anti-Asian racial slur and offensive images. Clarkson came to the aid of the World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck — a Filipino food truck based in Utah — which…… MORE
Brisbane set to host 2032 Olympics after IOC endorsement
Brisbane, Australia is set to host the 2032 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) endorsed its unopposed bid for the future Games. “This unanimous decision by the Executive Board is a credit to the years of work carried out by Brisbane 2032, the Australian Olympic Committee, and their partners, to test every aspect of…… MORE
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reaches maiden grand slam final after defeating Tamara Zidanšek at French Open
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reached her first grand slam final with a 7-5 6-3 victory against Tamara Zidanšek at the French Open. With all four semifinalists in the women’s singles draw never having reached this stage of a grand slam before, it was Russia’s Pavlyuchenkova was secured the biggest win of her career with a hard-fought victory.…… MORE
Hungary PM Orban: Taking knee is ‘provocation’, ‘has no place on pitch’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said kneeling to protest against discrimination before sporting events was a custom related to slavery and alien to the central European country, adding that pressuring athletes everywhere to follow suit was “provocation.” Hungary, one of 14 host nations to the upcoming Euro 2020 soccer championship, has been ruled…… MORE
Novak Djokovic lets out guttural scream after setting up French Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal
A pumped up Novak Djokovic let out a series of guttural screams after edging past Italy’s Matteo Berrettini on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of this year’s French Open. The Serbian, bidding for his 19th grand slam title, was forced to dig deep to hold off the resurgent Berrettini, eventually winning 6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5.…… MORE
Euro 2020: How to watch and everything you need to know about European tournament
It has been delayed by a year, but that seems to have only ramped up the excitement levels for the 2020 European football championships. Still called Euro 2020 despite now being held in 2021, the all-European tournament was postponed from last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic. It all kicks off on Friday, June 11…… MORE
