World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has decided against playing in a prestigious tennis tournament. For the third year in a row, Iga Swiatek will not feature at the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain in November, having turned down the chance to represent Poland. Instead, Polish captain Dawid Celt has Magdalena Frech, Magda Linette,… Read More »
The coaching relationship between Coco Gauff and Brad Gilbert is over after a little more than a year. Gilbert announced the end of the pair’s working relationship on Wednesday via a post on his official X, formerly Twitter, account. “Thanks to Coco Gauff and the entire team for an absolutely amazing summer run in 2023… Read More »
American world number six Coco Gauff has ended her partnership with coach Brad Gilbert just two weeks after what she described as a “disappointing” US Open title defence. Gauff, 20, won the first major of her career in New York last year under Gilbert’s guidance. But she lost in the fourth round to fellow American… Read More »
Nadal, a singles gold medallist at the 2008 Olympics, is playing in his final Games having also won doubles gold in Rio in 2016, while Djokovic was a bronze medallist in singles in 2008. Serbia’s Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion and top seed in Paris following the withdrawal of world number one Jannik Sinner,… Read More »
ROME (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic laid down the gauntlet ahead of Roland Garros when he came from a set down to dismantle claycourt king Rafael Nadal in the Italian Open final on Sunday. The Serb’s 4-6 6-3 6-3 victory was his fourth successive victory over Nadal but only his fourth on clay in their 41-match… Read More »
North Carolina detectives could be looking into a possible burial site for nine-year-old Asha Degree two decades after she vanished. Asha’s case was one of America’s most notorious unsolved child disappearances after she vanished from her home during a storm in the early hours Valentine’s Day 2000. A year later, the bag Asha had taken… Read More »
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said on Wednesday that it would sanction Turkish Airlines over the airline’s maltreatment of Nigerian passengers, who have remained stranded for over 24 hours at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, following it failure to airlift them to Istanbul. The agency disclosed that the President,… Read More »
Turkish Airlines will begin charging a ‘distribution cost recovery fee’ of US$24 (or the equivalent in local currency) per ticket booked through GDS EDIFACT channels from 1 October. The introduction of the fee – first announced in May – coincides with the airline’s launch of its NDC-based platform, TKCONNECT, as it ramps up its new… Read More »
Air Canada pilots will soon vote on a tentative four-year agreement reached over the weekend, avoiding a work stoppage after several weeks of brinksmanship tactics. Terms of the tentative deal were not released, but the Air Line Pilots Association Int’l (ALPA), which represents pilots at Air Canada and its Rouge subsidiary, said it would generate… Read More »
Dozens of walkie talkies exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday, a security source told CNN, one day after blasts targeting the pagers of Hezbollah members injured thousands. Preliminary information suggested that there were between 15 and 20 explosions in southern suburbs of Beirut, and a further 15 to 20 blasts in southern Lebanon, the source said.… Read More »
When she was struggling earlier this year, Jessica Pegula wasn’t sure if some of the dramatic changes she made in pursuit of better results were going to ultimately pay off. But at this year’s U.S. Open, those doubts have been answered. Pegula isn’t just playing the best tennis of her life, she’s now gone further… Read More »
A Ukrainian drone attack launched overnight succeeded in destroying an ammunition depot in the western Russian region of Tver, a source from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told CNN on Wednesday. The Ukrainian drones targeted the Russian defense ministry-operated warehouse in Toropets, which was storing Iskander tactical missile systems, Tochka-U tactical missile systems, guided aerial bombs… Read More »