China / Sports

Veteran's guile vindicates Venus

[2017-01-19 07:43]

It was inevitable after such an energetic performance in her second-round win over Stefanie Voegele at the Australian Open on Wednesday that Venus Williams would be asked about transcending the generations.

Tired Tommy goes down swinging

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Tommy Haas already has a job as the tournament director at Indian Wells in California when he finally decides to hang up his racket after two decades on tour.

Karlovic left longing for more after ace-tastic epic

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Marathon man Ivo Karlovic said he had been hoping to set a world record for the longest tennis match before his epic 84-game victory over Horacio Zeballos ended on Tuesday.

Courtside

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Federer's musical mad

Doing his dad proud

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Justin Thomas used to call his father when he arrived at junior tournaments, and the conversation almost always started the same way.

Gana stamps his passport from Chile to Augusta

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Toto Gana hit what he described as the "best shot in my whole life," a wedge to three feet for a birdie to win the Latin America Amateur Championship on Sunday and earn a trip to the Masters in April.

This week's events

[2017-01-19 07:43]

European Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

Tianjin shackled in Costa chase

[2017-01-19 07:43]

China's squeeze on big-spending soccer clubs has kiboshed a bid by Tianjin to purchase Diego Costa and a galaxy of other Europe-based stars, club chairman Shu Yuhui told Tianjin Sports TV on Tuesday.

Burgeoning Burke hungry to learn at Leipzig

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Scotland's Oliver Burke plans to fly his mother to Germany to supply a taste of home cooking as he seeks to cement his future at RB Leipzig.

Digest

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Soccer

Veteran's guile vindicates Venus

[2017-01-19 07:43]

It was inevitable after such an energetic performance in her second-round win over Stefanie Voegele at the Australian Open on Wednesday that Venus Williams would be asked about transcending the generations.

Tired Tommy goes down swinging

[2017-01-19 07:43]

Tommy Haas already has a job as the tournament director at Indian Wells in California when he finally decides to hang up his racket after two decades on tour.

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