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Nick Kyrgios took the lead with a straight-sets victory over women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the latest ‘Battle of the Sexes’ exhibition match held in Dubai. For the three-set contest, the size of Sabalenka’s court was reduced by 9%, and the revised rules limited both players to one serve per point instead of the usual two. A 10-point tiebreak could have been played if necessary, but it took Kyrgios, who has played only five singles matches this year due to injury, around 70 minutes to beat Sabalenka 6-3, 6-3. image: Sabalenka walked towards the ‘Eye of the Tiger’…
Archie Gray’s first senior goal gave Tottenham a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.Gray, making his 112th career appearance, headed home from close range from a corner kick just before half-time, sealing Spurs’ only second win in nine Premier League games and leaving Palace bitter about their missed chances. Oliver Glasner’s side dominated much of the match but were unable to apply pressure, with Jean-Philippe Mateta heading home from the best chance of the first half, but Justin Deveney and Maxence Lacroix converted big chances after the break. Player evaluation Crystal Palace: Henderson (6), Klein (6), Lerma (6),…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.new york stock exchangeStock futures were little changed Sunday night after the S&P 500 rose to record levels, with traders looking to sum up a strong 2025. S&P 500 futures rose slightly, along with futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Nasdaq 100 futures also traded near the flatline.The moves came after the S&P 500 index hit an intraday high of 6,945.77 on Friday before closing just short of breakeven. It’s been a great year for Wall Street, with the 2025 benchmark index up 17.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial…
Luke Humphries endured a thrilling match against Gabriel Clemens, winning 4-2 despite the German’s onslaught, and will now face either Nathan Aspinall or Kevin Duetz in the last 16 of the World Darts Championship.Humphries, aiming for a second world title to add to his first win since 2024, overcame some early jitters to take the first set with a slow-the-key break. Humphries, who is ranked second in the world, told his family there was some tension at Alexandra Palace. But the Englishman regained his strength after the break and rattled through the second set, averaging over 109, and took another…
US President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to his Florida mansion and said diplomacy over the Russia-Ukraine war was in its “final stages”.The two leaders stood outside the Mar-a-Lago resort on Sunday and addressed reporters as they prepared to discuss new proposals to end the bloody conflict.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe U.S. president has spent much of his first year working hard to bring an end to the nearly four-year-old war in Ukraine, but he has expressed frustration with both Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, even as he publicly acknowledged the difficulty of ending…
Editor’s note…It was around this time two years ago when tickets to see the Carolina Panthers face the Atlanta Falcons at home were available on Ticketmaster for as low as $0.45, albeit minus the usual additional fees that would eventually rise to just shy of $20. Tickets could also be bought for around $3 shortly before the game as the Panthers entered 1-12 amid another ugly year of irrelevance as part of the franchise’s cliff-fall since their last playoff appearance in 2017. It was miserably wet and windy with Christmas just a week away, what had been billed as a…
Manager Joe Root said it would be “foolish” for England to change their management team after the Ashes defeat, insisting the players were “absolutely committed” to the current setup.England lost the first three Tests in Australia in just 11 days of cricket, putting pressure on captain Ben Stokes, coach Brendon McCullum and director of cricket Rob Key. However, the two-day victory in the Boxing Day match at the MCG ended England’s 18 Test winless record in Australia dating back to the 2010-11 series victory. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton…
Glamorgan’s former England international batsman Hugh Morris has died after a battle with cancer.Mr Morris, who went on to serve as chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board during a period of great success for the men’s national team, has died aged 62.The Cardiff-born cricketer became Wales County’s youngest ever captain at the age of 22, before returning as captain later in his career and leading them to the Sunday League title in 1993, their first trophy in 24 years.He played three games for England as an opening batsman and helped Glamorgan win the county championship in 1997.…
I’m Palestinian. And that fact alone is increasingly treated as a provocation.In recent months, I have watched anti-Semitism – a real and deadly form of hatred with a long and horrifying history – stripped of its meaning and weaponized to silence Palestinians, criminalize solidarity with us, and hold Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza. This is not about protecting Jews. It’s about protecting power.This pattern can no longer be ignored.Ms Rachel, a children’s educator whose entire public work is built around care, learning and empathy, has been branded ‘anti-Semite of the year’, not for participating in any form of…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Russian President Vladimir Putin next to him during a press conference after talks to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Sunday he had a “very productive” phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is scheduled to arrive at Mar-a-Lago in the US president’s latest attempt to end the war between the two countries.”Prior to my meeting with President Zelenskiy today at 1 p.m., I just had a very productive…