Category: Sport

WASHINGTON — Now that they’re both with the Washington Nationals, Kyle Schwarber recalls joking around with Dave Martinez when both were with the Chicago Cubs – Schwarber a slugger, Martinez a bench coach. “He goes, `Whenever I get a manager’s job, you are going to come over, and you are going to play for me,”‘ […]

Australian Open organisers have been forced to tear up a quarantine accommodation plan for international players a month before the grand slam following a threat of legal action from apartment owners at a luxury hotel in Melbourne. Tennis Australia and government authorities had arranged for players to serve a 14-day mandatory quarantine at the Westin […]

In regular times, the first days of the tennis season are moments of unfiltered satisfaction as players embrace their colleagues again and arrive refreshed for the year ahead. But for Ons Jabeur in Abu Dhabi this week, her joy is accompanied with a hint of resignation. “I’m hoping that this bubble life will end very […]

Nick Kyrgios will be a conspicuous absence due to a qualifying technicality as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal headline the field at next month’s ATP Cup in Melbourne. A dozen countries, including Australia, who will be spearheaded by Alex de Minaur, will compete in the men’s team tournament from 1-5 February. The inaugural event was […]

Deep into her first match of the new season, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came to the slow realisation that she did not actually have the faintest idea of the score. After holding serve for 6-5 against Ons Jabeur, the Russian tennis player was preparing to serve again when the umpire noted that the game was over. As […]

Ashleigh Barty’s 11-month layoff from competitive tennis will end when the world No 1 warms up for the Australian Open in the Melbourne Summer Series. Barty, as well as men’s drawcard Nick Kyrgios, will be among the stars in two WTA 500 and two ATP 250 tournaments that will be played at Melbourne Park from […]

As tennis players around the world make their slow return to competition this week after months away, there is one who will not be joining them for a while. In the final months of last season, Taylor Townsend announced she is pregnant and will give birth in March. Some female players who are mothers would […]