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Kings, Abahani to clash in high-voltage encounter today Sports Correspondent 27th February, 2021 10:53:30 Bashundhara Kings Spanish coach Oscar Bruzon, left, talks to players during a training session at the Bashundhara Sports Complex on Saturday. – SUN PHOTO Defending champions Bashundhara Kings and runners-up Dhaka Abahani Limited will lock horns with each other today in a high-voltage match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League football match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the c...

Published February 22, 2021, 9:34 AM Naomi Osaka of Japan poses with the 2021 Australian Open winner’s trophy at the Government House in Melbourne on February 21, 2021, following her victory over Jennifer Brady of the US in the women’s singles final of the tennis tournament. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said she felt comfortable being a role model for the next generation after her fourth Grand Slam victory solidified her position at the forefront of...

Tunisias Jabeur in main draw of Qatar Total Open  22 Feb 2021 - 9:55 Ons Jabeur The Peninsula Doha: With less than two weeks left in the Qatar Total Open 2021, the numbers of confirmed stars for the WTA Tour Premier event continue to grow as Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur - the first Arab woman to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament - entered the main draw of the elite tournament. The tournament will be held from March 1 to 6 at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Do...

Osaka aims to inspire new generation - but says Williams is still the queen Issued on: 21/02/2021 - 09:56 3 min Melbourne (AFP) Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said she felt comfortable being a role model for the next generation after her fourth Grand Slam victory solidified her position at the forefront of a new era for tennis. But the Japanese star, a four-time major-winner at the age of just 23, insisted Americas Serena Williams, 39 -- who has 23 Slam crowns -- remains the face of the...

Osaka's rise: from shy youngster to four-time Grand Slam champion

Serena Williams' quest for a record-equalling 24th grand slam title has been delayed again after bei...

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/billie-jean-king-cup/"></div>(Reuters) – The finals of the Billie Jean King Cup, the revamped Fed Cup which was scheduled to be held from April 13-18 in Budapest, has been postponed again due to COVID-19 protocols in Hungary, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday. The inaugural 12-nation finals was initially scheduled to be held in March […]<!-- AddThis Adva...

The ITF and the Hungarian National Sports Agency (NSA) said the finals would be rescheduled to later this year.

Muchova clinches a place in grand slam semi-finals for the first time, where she will face USA’s Jennifer Brady.

READ MORE The world number 61 rallied after a nervous second set to wrap up an impressive 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory against the Ukrainian, having failed to go beyond the first round in all but two of her previous eight appearances at the slams. The 26-year-old said: "I cant get more confident - it is my best result yet. I was a little tentative in the beginning of the second, and was able to play a couple of good games at the end of the second to get the momentum into the third. I definitely felt lik...