
Sports

Sheff Wednesday condemned to record February relegation
The struggling Owls became the first English Football League club to be relegated after Sunday's 2-1 'Steel City' derby loss.
Football

Sorloth double helps Atletico get back on track

Man City close gap on Arsenal after O’Reilly sinks Newcastle
Raul Garcia’s superb 90th-minute strike consigned leaders Real Madrid to a 2-1 defeat at Osasuna.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s second-half goal helped Inter Milan to a 2-0 win at Lecce, while beleaguered Juventus were defeated by Como.
Lens blew a two-goal lead at home to Monaco going down in a 3-2 defeat, as Paris Saint-Germain brushed aside struggling Metz 3-0.
Burnley dented Chelsea’s chances of Champions League qualification by snatching a 1-1 draw, while Aston Villa also struck late to salvage a point against Leeds.
Badminton

Para shuttler Liek Hou scoops up 9th world title

Malaysia crash out of Asia team badminton meet in quarter-finals
The national men’s squad lost narrowly to Indonesia in the biennial Badminton Asia Team Championships but still made it to the quarter-finals.
She withdraws while trailing in the second game after losing the first to India’s Devika Sihag.
It is the first time that a Malaysian women’s singles player has reached a World Tour Super 300 final.
Wong Ling Ching beats India’s Isharani Baruah in the quarter-finals and will meet compatriot Goh Jin Wei in the semi-final.
Motorsports

F1 will thrill in new engine era and Verstappen sure to stay, says Domenicali

MotoGP dumps Phillip Island for Adelaide street circuit
Lewis Hamilton was seventh-fastest on the day and managed 44 laps, while his teammate Charles Leclerc put in 70 and was 0.6 sec faster in third place.
Max Verstappen was unimpressed by this year’s rule changes, which overhauled chassis and engines and emphasised energy management.
Fernando Alonso plans to enjoy every second of the new Formula One season and has not decided whether it will be his last.
The 28-year-old has not yet received the all-clear ahead of the 2026 season opener that starts on Feb 27.
Tennis

Imperious Alcaraz storms to Qatar Open title

‘Proud’ Alcaraz digs deep to topple Rublev and reach Qatar final
Elina Svitolina overcomes Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in a three-hour battle in a rematch of their Australian Open quarter-final.
In-form Czech youngster Sara Beljek withdrew with an abdominal injury, giving Belinda Bencic a place in round three, while Daria Kasatkina’s hip injury withdrawal cleared the way for Mirra Andreeva.
Ahead of Doha, with Jannik Sinner and other rivals in the field, Carlos Alcaraz is focused on improving his game after a long break.
The top seed, beaten in his previous two finals by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, seized his chance in their absence to make it third time lucky.


















