MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine national women’s football team is looking at holding camp in Irvine, California for its AFC Asian Cup buildup. National team head coach Marlon Maro said the team has to look elsewhere to train with face-to-face practices still not allowed due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country. Maro also said […]

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Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Moura joked that Monday’s near six-hour social media outage meant he finally had a chance to connect with his wife, while Everton’s Richarlison saw a fresh opening for carrier pigeons, as soccer players saw the funny side of the blackout. Facebook Inc blamed a “faulty configuration change” for the interruption that prevented […]

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MANILA, Philippines — Philippine teams Choco Mucho and Rebisco cross paths on Wednesday in the classification phase of the Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship. The two squads have gone winless so far after suffering a straight-set loss against their respective Thai opponents in the quarterfinals on Monday. Rebisco was booted out of contention by host […]

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Golf’s Asian Tour resumes in November after a lengthy coronavirus hiatus, with four tournaments planned in Thailand and Singapore in the coming months, organizers said Tuesday. The tour was halted following the Malaysia Open in March last year as COVID-19 prompted lockdowns and international border closures across the region. The resumption starts on the Thai […]

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Beijing 2022 organizers said on Monday that the Winter Olympics “face great pressure” because of COVID-19, as China ramps up preparations with a series of test events. February’s Games could be the most restricted mass sporting event since the pandemic began, with no international spectators allowed and a vaccine mandate for anyone entering a strictly […]

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World number eight Dominic Thiem said he will not require surgery on a wrist injury that has ruled him out for the rest of the season. The 28-year-old suffered the injury in June at the Mallorca Open and had to skip Wimbledon and was unable to defend his U.S. Open title last month. “I was […]

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MANILA, Philippines—After facing off against his older brother Kiefer Ravena in the opening weekend of the 2021-22 B.League season, Thirdy is now headed for a showdown against one of his closest pals in Kobe Paras. “I’m looking forward to it. We have another game against Niigata this weekend and Kobe, who has played tremendously,” said […]

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Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry said he is pleased Andrew Wiggins handled his “responsibilities” as a team member by receiving a COVID-19 vaccination head of the NBA season. Unvaccinated players will have to comply with a long list of restrictions to play this season and the NBA previously denied Wiggins’ request for a religious exemption. […]

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Iranian women will be allowed to enter a stadium in Tehran for the first time in two years to support the national team in a World Cup 2022 qualifier against South Korea. “The presence of women has been authorized for the match between the national football teams of Iran and South Korea” at the capital’s […]

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Cuba’s national baseball team returned on Monday to Havana from the under-23 World Cup with only half its squad after a record 12 players defected at the tournament in Mexico. Cuba finished fourth in the tournament, won by Venezuela, despite playing part of it with a reduced squad. It was the largest desertion by a […]

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Newly crowned U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu would face two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep if both win their opening matches at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. Raducanu, an 18-year-old from Great Britain, stunned the tennis world while emerging from relative obscurity to win the major in New York last month. She […]

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Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving stands to lose $381,000 for every game missed due to being unvaccinated, ESPN reported Monday. Per the report, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association agreed on a reduction in pay of 1/91.6th of a player’s salary for missing games due to vaccine regulations in New York City and San […]

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