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Stefanos Tsitsipas and Petros Tsitsipas earned a win in more ways than one on Wednesday in Rotterdam. The Greek brothers defeated last week’s Singapore Tennis Open champions, Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The victory doesn’t just send them to the second round, though. It benefits children. After winning his singles match against Egor Gerasimov on Tuesday, Stefanos said that for each tour-level doubles match he wins with his brother, he will donate 3,000 euros to Mazi gia to Paidi (Together For Children), whose m...

Aussie wild cards stun last year’s finalists Purcell/Saville The pair recently kicked off the second chapter of their successful partnership with a run to the trophy at last week’s Great Ocean Road Open. It was their first tournament as a team since parting ways after 2019 Roland Garros, but Murray and Soares picked up where they left off to defeat top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the final. The No. 6 seeds needed just 58 minutes to reel off 25 winners and surrender just four unforced errors in a dominant performance against Djere and Travaglia, who were competing in j...

Raleigh man takes home $707,501 after taxes in Powerball lottery

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Raleigh man turned $2 into $1 million thanks to a quick pick Powerball ticket. Robert Farah bought the ticket at Bayleaf Convenience & Deli on Six Forks Road in Raleigh for Saturday's drawing. Farah's ticket matched the numbers on all five white balls, 1-16-48-49-65, but did not match the red Powerball. The odds of matching all five white balls in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 11.6 million. Farah took home the largest prize in Saturday's drawing. He walked away Monday with $707,501 after required federal and state tax withholdings. Without a complete winner, the j...

Wednesday, 30 December 2020 Three Colombian weightlifters can clear their names from doping charges and help their nation to overcome a potential ban from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. That is the view of William Pena, one of the key figures who helped Colombia to become the strongest nation in the sport in Latin America. Pena, President of the Colombian Weightlifting Federation (CWF) told insidethegames that the widespread use of boldenone in farming was the cause of the three doping positives - an argument used successfully by a top Colombian tennis player this year. "We hope that the ath...