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FOOTBALL
Advocaat resigns as Curacao coach ahead of World Cup
Fred Rutten will take over and lead the Caribbean island nation to the World Cup, says the Curacao Football Federation.
Football
FOOTBALL
AC Milan’s Loftus-Cheek to undergo surgery after jaw fracture
FOOTBALL
Wolves, Sunderland condemn racist abuse directed at players
Footage captured teammate Luis Suarez trying to stop Lionel Messi from entering a room following a referee-related incident.
Arsenal respond to pressure from Man City with a commanding derby win, as the battle for Champions League spots stays tight.
Following operations against powerful drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, gunmen in Jalisco blocked roads and set vehicles and buildings alight in retaliatory attacks.
The 3-1 defeat ends Lyon’s seven-match winning streak, leaving them third on 45 points and hurting their outside title hopes.
Badminton
BADMINTON
Zii Jia sets conditions to join Thomas Cup squad
BADMINTON
Para shuttler Liek Hou scoops up 9th world title
The national men’s and women’s squads of second stringers were whipped 3-0 by Japan and South Korea respectively.
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.
Motorsports
MOTORSPORTS
F1 will thrill in new engine era and Verstappen sure to stay, says Domenicali
MOTORSPORTS
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
TENNIS
Korda tops fifth-seeded Paul to win ATP Delray Beach title
TENNIS
Korda to face Paul in all-American Delray Beach final
Carlos Alcaraz needed just over 50 minutes to see off Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-1 and claim the 26th title of his career.
Carlos Alcaraz credits calmness and focus after needing six match points to defeat defending champion Andrey Rublev 7-6, 6-4.
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.