MELBOURNE: Ashleigh Barty will return to action for the first time in four months at Adelaide in January while Naomi Osaka and Rafael Nadal kickstart their Australian Open build-up in Melbourne, officials said Friday. Barty hasn’t played since a shock third-round loss at the US Open in September, but the Australian still finished 2021 as world number one … Read more
MELBOURNE: Men’s world number one Novak Djokovic was named among the entries for the Australian Open on Wednesday, following intense speculation about his vaccination status, but women’s great Serena Williams was missing. The Serbian had cast doubt on whether he would defend his Melbourne title next month, refusing to reveal whether he was inoculated against coronavirus, a … Read more
LONDON: Manchester City and France international Benjamin Mendy on Wednesday appeared in court charged with two additional counts of rape. The 27-year-old defender is facing six allegations of rape and one of sexual assault after the new charges were added on Tuesday. The offences are alleged to have been committed on four women over the … Read more
