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Australian Open: Carlos Alcaraz Ease Past Miomir Kecmanovic to reach first quarter-finals

Australian Open: Carlos Alcaraz Ease Past Miomir Kecmanovic to reach first quarter-finals

Carlos Alcaraz raced past Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 on Monday night in Melbourne to seal a quarter-final berth for the first time at the hard-court major. The 20-year-old Spanish player clinched the only break in each of the opening two sets inside Rod Laver Arena before producing some scintillating baseline hitting in the third

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Update: Sanusi, Yusuf and Ekong set to miss Nigeria’s clash against Guinea-Bissau

Update: Sanusi, Yusuf and Ekong set to miss Nigeria’s clash against Guinea-Bissau

Ahead of their final Group match against Guinea-Bissau, the Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to be without Zaidu Sanusi, Alhassan Yusuf and Captain Troost-Ekong who have been battling fitness issues. For Yusuf, the midfielder missed out on the Super Eagles’ win against Cote d’Ivoire, after suffering a knock in their opening draw to Equatorial

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Taylor Fritz reaches first Grand Slam Quarter-finals to face Djokovic

Taylor Fritz reaches first Grand Slam Quarter-finals to face Djokovic

Taylor Fritz has reached the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time on Sunday after overcoming World No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to earn his maiden Top 10 win at a major. The 26-year-old American had lost all of his 11 previous meetings against Top 10 players at Slams, including a fourth-round

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Racism: solidarity grows for Mike Maignan in wake of disturbing incident at Udinese

Racism: solidarity grows for Mike Maignan in wake of disturbing incident at Udinese

AC Milan dug deep for their 3-2 comeback victory over Udinese at the Stadio Friuli yesterday, but Mike Maignan’s racism experience was the game’s highlight. Right after Milan’s Ruben Loftus Cheek grabbed the first goal of the game, the game was halted for five minutes when the Rossoneri walked off in solidarity with Mike Maignan,

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Injury saga: Sadiq Umar speaks days after playing for club

Injury saga: Sadiq Umar speaks days after playing for club

The injury saga that linked the NFF, Super Eagles and Sadiq Umar has taken another twist as the concerned striker has spoken up days after playing for his club Real Sociedad in Spain. Sadiq Umar whose contribution to the Super Eagles ahead of AFCON ended abruptly due to injury has shed light on the brouhaha

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