7 h. ago Emma Raducanu gets 'withdrawal' update on eve of Australian Open after match suspended

The Australian Open main draw begins on Sunday, and Emma Raducanu's preparations for the year's first Grand Slam continue to be disrupted by injury and the weather

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37 h. ago Worrying scenes as ball kid collapses during Australian Open qualifying match

Worrying scenes unfolded at Melbourne Park during the first day of Australian Open qualifying after a ball kid collapsed during a match.

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37 h. ago Australian Open match suspended as ballkid COLLAPSES and heroic tennis ace sprints over to help

A match at the Australian Open was suspended after a ballkid COLLAPSED. The incident took place during the first round qualifying match at Melbourne Park between Luca van Assche and Moez Echargui. French star Assche advanced with a 6-4 6-4 win over the Tunisian but the game was paused in the second set amid the...

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9 d. ago Emma Raducanu mystery injury sparks Australian Open concern as she suddenly pulls out match

Emma Raducanu was due to take on Naomi Osaka in Great Britain's first tie at the United Cup, but the former US Open champion was forced to withdraw from that match hours before it started

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9 d. ago Emma Raducanu sparks major Australian Open concerns as she withdraws from first match of 2026 just HOURS before she was due on court

The 23-year-old was due to play for Team GB in United Cup action in Perth this week as she begins her pre-Australian Open tune-up, but withdrew from the match at the eleventh hour.

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2 w. ago Kyrgios defeats Sabalenka but Battle of the Sexes veers too close to circus

Nick Kyrgios won 6-3, 6-3 against Aryna Sabalenka in an intriguing Dubai contest with celebrity interruptionsNick Kyrgios won the latest Battle of the Sexes against Aryna Sabalenka in a contest that veered between intriguing sporting exhibition and outright circus.It was a more even match than many feared. But the Australian, who had only won one competitive singles match since the end of 2022, always looked to have something in hand as he beat the No 1 women’s tennis player 6-3, 6-3. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago MCG pitch is easy scapegoat but sloppy cricket is to blame for early Ashes finishes | Geoff Lemon

While the Melbourne curator had to face the media and say sorry, some of the players owe him an apology in returnYou know that something has gone wrong when the man in charge of the cricket pitch is giving a post-match press conference. Australian pitches are celebrities in their own right, each with a distinct perceived personality. Perth – gasoline, bounce. Sydney – intrigue, spin. Adelaide – graft, a late finale. Like any possessor of fame who has been around long enough, some trade on past glories that no longer apply, but what those ideas mean to the people repeating them is worth more than the truth itself.Aptly, these celebrities have agents, representatives, fluffers, heading to media appearances before each Test to prognosticate. Where the English grass gaffers are still called groundsmen, clomping around in gumboots yelling at interlopers to get off their giant lawn, the Australians are curators, artfully synthesising the elements of sun and rain and dew and morning mist i...

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2 w. ago Ashes LIVE: Shocking Aussie collapse gifts England chance to win first Ashes Test on Australian soil since 2010 as Boxing Day match goes down to the wire

DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA LIVE BLOG: Australia will be looking to pile up a big total after a chaotic opening day of the Boxing Day Ashes Test that saw 20 wickets fall

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4 w. ago ‘I fear electromagnetic catastrophe’: Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme, latent Jewish anxiety and why men are lost

The Timothée Chalamet-starring comedy about a hustling table tennis ace has been voted one of the Guardian’s films of the year. Its writer/director talks ambition, American dreams and alien takeovers• Why Marty Supreme is the No 5 film in the UKJosh Safdie, 41, is best known for the films he has made with his brother, Benny – frenetic chancer yarns such as Uncut Gems, Good Time and Heaven Knows What.Last year, the brothers split and shot separate movies loosely based on real life sportsmen. Benny made wrestling drama The Smashing Machine, starring The Rock; Josh a loose take on the life of Marty Reisman, a shoe-store clerk in 1950s New York, who aspires to table tennis pre-eminence but must hustle to fund his passage to championships in London and Tokyo. Continue reading...

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