Tennis’ top stars will quarantine in Adelaide rather than Melbourne and play an exhibition there ahead of the Australian Open, with the city also hosting a WTA event after the years’ first Grand Slam, organisers said Saturday. Some 1,270 players and support staff are due to arrive in Melbourne on …

World number 10 Aryna Sabalenka says she’ll do everything she can to keep her winning streak alive after she posted a 14th consecutive victory in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday to reach her third final in as many tournaments. Sabalenka needed just 61 minutes to wrap up her 6-3, 6-2 success …

Two Australian Open tennis players have tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in the city of Melbourne, amid growing controversy over the event. A third case involved a “non-playing participant”, according to the state of Victoria’s chief health officer. Some 1,200 people, including players, staff and officials, have flown into …

World number one Novak Djokovic published an open letter to the Australian public on Twitter on Wednesday in which he tried to “clarify” demands he appeared to make to the organisers of the Australian Open. Djokovic, an eight-times champion in Melbourne, was widely harangued on Tuesday after reportedly issuing a …

World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic has come out in defense of the suggestions he made to Tennis Australia about improving quarantine conditions, which brought him some public condemnation and accusations from some of his own professional tennis colleagues. After a spate of positive cases onboard flights bringing players …

Quadri Aruna and Olajide Omotayo are among top African stars listed for the first official events of the World Table Tennis (WTT) in Qatar on March 3 to 13. The two events which have $600,000 as prize money will take place at Lusail Sports Arena in Doha. According to the …

Australian Open players have been told not to feed mice at the quarantine hotel in Melbourne after one player complained of rodents in her room. Yulia Putintseva, the world number 28, swapped rooms after finding a mouse but said her new room is also infested The 26-year-old is among more …

Former Wimbledon junior champion Laura Robson has hinted that her career may finally be over after having to undergo a third hip operation. On her 27th birthday she posted a picture of herself on crutches after undergoing surgery. She abandoned the light training she was able to do prior to …

His parents are steeped in French sport, his financier dad bought a Ligue 1 club at 35 and his mum played at Roland Garros   Later this month, standout British junior, Arthur Fery, will follow in John McEnroe’s footsteps by enrolling in the tennis programme at America’s prestigious University of …

At last the Miyetti Allah group is being dressed in the borrowed robe of respectability. It was only after the governors meeting in Akure on Monday that I heard of the new acronym by which this apparent backer of terrorism is known. It is now officially the MACBAN, the Miyetti …