Andrey Rublev has grown so frustrated during a 7-5 6-2 loss to Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP Finals that he repeatedly hit himself with his racquet — so hard that he bloodied his left knee. Rublev had already slammed his racket to the ground during the opening game of the second set on Wednesday. Then […]
When the Socceroos beat Peru 5-4 on penalties at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha last June, it ended the most gruelling qualifying campaign the team had ever undertaken. The next campaign, which begins against Bangladesh on Thursday night, will be entirely different and potentially forge the most routine path the team has ever […]
Babar Azam has quit as Pakistan captain after his team failed to advance from the group stages at the Cricket World Cup. The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Shan Masood as the new Test captain instead and said on Wednesday that the left-handed opener will stay as skipper through the World Test Championship cycle of […]
Pat Cummins is not known to play mind games before big matches but the Australia ODI skipper couldn’t resist giving South Africa a not-so-subtle reminder about their choking history before their World Cup semi-final showdown. South Africa have famously earned a bit of a reputation for choking in the event, having never got past the […]
Michael Hooper has joined Australia’s rugby sevens squad in a bid to cap his glittering career with an Olympic gold medal. The 32-year-old, who was controversially overlooked by former coach Eddie Jones for the Wallabies’ ill-fated World Cup bid, has signed up to play in the newly-revamped global sevens series in the build-up to the […]
