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Philippine tennis star beats America’s Mary Stoiana in straight sets, while fans packed out stands just to watch her practice hours earlier.
Isaac Lam holds his nerve to claim inaugural Fanling Classic in front of home crowd at Hong Kong Golf Club.
Paris Olympic champion likely to sit in middle of 32 qualifying hopefuls; Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong to be among top seeds in men’s qualifiers.
Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr showing country is ‘fighting, believing and growing’, after pair forced to leave homeland for careers.
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Defeats against Uruguay and New Zealand leave Guo Shiqiang’s side with much to think about before they face Qatar and Lebanon next week.
All six players failed to make it past the third round, while Wang Manyu fared better, winning the women’s singles title in Sweden.
Zhejiang swimmer beats Canada’s Summer McIntosh to win 200m individual medley at Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night in record time.
The 30-year-old two-time Asian Games gold medallist listed out physical attributes, values and abilities required for any potential partner.
Wong, who became the first city player to enter world top 100 on Thursday, bows out to opponent who was also playing first ATP semi-final.
Coleman Wong beats Jenson Brooksby in straight sets to reach the last four of the Mifel Open in Mexico.
World Rugby hails record attendance and says SVNS World Championship will take place at Kai Tak Stadium from April 9 to 11.
Brazil edge five-set thriller to set up gold medal clash with Turkey. China to face Italy for bronze in Macau.
Thousands roar on home team to victory at Macau East Asian Games Dome. Turkey beat Canada in other quarter-final on Thursday.
Defending champions and team from South America brush aside Netherlands and Japan, and will face each other for place in title clash.
The Zhejiang native has crowd on their feet after leaping almost seven feet with between-the-legs dunk at contest’s inaugural event in Atlanta.
The quarter-finals in Macau also feature Italy taking on the Netherlands, Brazil facing Japan and Turkey up against Canada.
Kylian Mbappe scores twice to take lead in race for golden boot and become highest scorer in tournament history. Saka bags hat-trick.
Club signs deeper partnership agreement with Municipal People’s Government, vows to boost equine industry in new cooperation zone.
Paris Olympic champion expects to go through qualifiers for the last grand slam of the season in New York unless she receives a wildcard.
Chinese tech firms NetEase and 37 Interactive Entertainment are allowing employees to enjoy a half-day off on Monday morning.
Head of local body, who supports outgoing KFA president Chung Mong-gyu, attacks ex-national footballers, Olympic table tennis champion.
The 23-year-old Hubei native needs to win the tournament in Greece to keep alive her hopes of making the main draw of the US Open.
Chung Mong-gyu had been in the role since 2013 and follows Hong Myung-bo, who quit last week as head coach after backlash, out the door.
Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin miss out on mixed doubles gold, and their fans quickly round on each other over defeat.
Netizens were also critical of Uzbekistan referee Ilgiz Tantashev, with some suggesting China’s Ma Ning would have done a better job.
Team suffered a humiliating defeat to Japan on home soil and sit bottom of the group, meaning they have to win the match on Monday.
Match in Chile is the start of six games for the city side to try to establish credibility ahead of next year’s Rugby World Cup in Australia.
Argentina also acknowledged the tiny nation off the coast of West Africa on their official Weibo account after the hard-fought victory.
Tournament second seed beaten by Japanese wild card a day after sixth seed Chen Yi loses to German player 22 years her senior.
