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Alex Eala MANILA - Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Noli Eala lauded his niece, Alex Eala, for winning the girls' title of the US Open. Eala was among those who stayed awake past midnight on Sunday (Philippine Time) to watch and eventually witness Alex's historic moment in Flushing Meadows, New York as she became the first Filipino ever to rule a singles grand slam tournament, in which she beat Czech Republic's Lucie Havlickova, 6-2, 6-4, in the girls' singles final. T...

NEW YORK (AFP) – Iga Swiatek reached her third Grand Slam semi-final of 2022 on Wednesday and first at the US Open with an error-strewn triumph over Jessica Pegula, the last remaining American woman in the tournament. French Open champion Swiatek claimed a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) win, her third against Pegula this year. The 21-year-old […]

Fadhil Yunus Local club Perwira fell to a second successive defeat in the 2022 Asean Football Federation (AFF) Futsal Cup following a 8-4 loss to Down Town Sport at Terminal 21 in Korat, Thailand yesterday. Brunei club representative took the lead in the 11th minute through Abdul Matin Norazlan but the Cambodian outfit replied through […]

Another earthquake of 4.4 magnitudes on the Richter scale was recorded by the National Center for Seismology on Saturday early morning in Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Serena Williams (Xinhua) NEW YORK - The 23-time Grand Slam singles winner Serena Williams bowed out in the US Open hereon Friday after a 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 third-round loss to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic while defending men's champion Daniil Medvedev defeated China's Wu Yibing. The American tennis legend thanked her parents, older sister Venus, and fans after the match. "It's been the most incredible ride and journey I've ever been on in my life," she said. The Women&#39...

NEW YORK (AFP) – Rafael Nadal overcame a freak injury scare when he accidentally hit himself with his own racquet to reach the US Open third round on Thursday as Serena Williams saw one chapter of her epic tennis journey close. Nadal defeated Italy’s Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 but only after suffering a […]

Amid the economic downturn in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power, the country now owes USD 1.4 billion in debt to foreign countries and major financial institutions.

James Kon Brunei Darussalam continues to register fewer COVID-19 cases where the weekly average dropped to 205 a day last week compared to 283 a day the previous week. Of the 57,905 antigen rapid test (ART) results uploaded to BruHealth in a week, 2.4 per cent are positive. These were disclosed by Minister of Health […]

An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale hits Katra in Jammu and Kashmir on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that there shouldnt be media trials as they mislead.