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Reigning US Open champion loses 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to Montenegro's Kavinic in round two

Spanish club’s season goes from bad to worse after Real Sociedad beat them 2-0

Tokyo 2020 chief believes Winter Games in Beijing can thrive without full stadiums

Teenager defeats sixth-seeded Estonian 6-2, 6-3, knocking her out of Australian Open

Bundesliga side face shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of second division side St Pauli

Organisation tells international community to avoid being ‘complicit in propaganda exercise’

Malaysian star resigns BAM to pursue career as professional player

Reduced prices to see residents, migrant workers buy tickets for as low as $11

Former striker’s impressive handling of affairs at Derby makes him bookies’ favourite to take over Toffees as coach

Blues surrender lead to continue their alarming slump in form with 1-1 draw at Brighton

Man Utd interim manager insists he’s unconcerned by talks of midfielder wanting to leave club

Tennis stars fall victim to Man Utd footballer’s ‘siuu’ celebration treatment from fans at Australian Open

British teen benefited from funding from Tennis First, a charity organisation, to win last year’s US Open

Two-time Grand Slam champion, however, admits enforcing Covid vaccine mandate could be legally challenging

WTA Players' Council’s member Azarenka says efforts still being made to ensure Chinese star is ‘safe’

Javad Vafaei-Sani convicted of arson and destruction of govt buildings during 2019 protests

Defending champions close in on fourth English title in five years after going 11 points clear at the top

German manager says club doing ‘everything’ to help misfiring striker

Move comes after number of Covid-19 cases in host country reaches its highest since March 2020

Both teams play identical 1-1 draw against Cape Verde, Ethiopia respectively to advance in event

Clarets’ Premier League match with Watford postponed after former’s request

Bayern striker edges Messi, Salah to retain men’s title; Barcelona midfielder bags women’s crown

Striker Gyasi scores 96th-minute goal to condemn Pioli’s men to 2-1 away defeat

Admit there are ‘lessons to learn’ from episode; hope focus will now switch to action on tennis court

Romanian produces error-strewn performance to beat Polish Frech 6-4, 6-3 in Australian Open first round

Former world number one beats 21st seed Basilashvili 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in 3hr 52 min

Djokovic travels regularly to Spain where he owns a house in the southern resort of Marbella

Spaniard shown the door after just 200 days in charge of struggling Premier League club

Ligue 1 side inflict 6-0 thrashing on Petkovic’s men to push them into relegation zone

Reds move up to second in Premier League table after beating Brentford 3-0

Gasperini’s side end reigning champions’ eight-match winning run with goalless stalemate

Number of patients in China rises to highest since March 2020

Equatorial Guinea end defending champion’s 36-game unbeaten run with 1-0 win

Modric, Benzema score to help Ancelotti bag first trophy in second spell as coach

Masters champion overcomes five-shot deficit to beat Henley for his eighth PGA Tour victory

Greek fifth seed battles past Germany’s Maria 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) to kick-start her Australian Open campaign

Spaniard starts his quest for 21st Grand Slam title by sweeping aside Giron; Japanese beats Colombia's Osorio

Four-time Grand Slam champion says players are eager for news on the fate of Chinese star

Briton returns to Melbourne Park after three years; faces 21st seed Basilashvili in first round

Striker edges two previous winners, Mbappe and Kante, in the football poll

Guardiola’s side open 13-point lead with 1-0 win; Coutinho rescues Villa in Man Utd draw

Bayern striker is up against Messi and Salah for FIFA men’s player of the year award

Liverpool forward gets his country’s AFCON campaign up and running with 1-0 victory

Pochettino's men see off Brest 2-0 to go 11 points clear at the top of Ligue 1

World number three says it will be difficult for Chinese tennis star to ‘talk freely’

21-year-old striker says German club Dortmund ‘has started to press me’ about future

Serb star says he’s ‘extremely disappointed’ after court ruling dashes his dream of 21st Grand Slam

World number 20 powers past former world number one 6-3, 6-3, courtesy 29 winners

Second-placed side trim Bayern’s lead at the top of Bundesliga to three points with 5-1 romp

Los Blancos will chase their first trophy under coach Ancelotti when they face Athletic Bilbao in final