Murray, Djokovic to fight for ATP World Tour Finals title

LONDON, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will meet in Sunday’s final which will decide the year-end ATP Rankings after their semifinals victories at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday. Current world No. 1 Murray fought off a match point and outlasted Milos Raonic of Canada in one of the season’s finest matches. […]

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Murray edges Nishikori, Wawrinka beats Cilic to stay alive

LONDON, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — World No. 1 Andy Murray fought hard to edge Kei Nishikori 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday while third seed Stan Wawrinka defeated Marin Cilic 7-6(3), 7-6(3) to keep alive his chances of qualifying for the semifinals at the ATP World Tour Finals Murray improved to a 2-0 record in Group […]

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FC Barcelona announce Rakuten as new main sponsor

BARCELONA, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Spanish Football giants, FC Barcelona on Wednesday announced Japanese electronics, commerce and internet company Rakuten as the club’s main sponsor for the four year period from July 2017 to June 30, 2021. The sponsorship deal is reported in the Spanish press to be worth slightly under 60 million euros (66 […]

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Djokovic edges Raonic to qualify for semis of ATP World Tour Finals

LONDON, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Novak Djokovic edged fourth seed Milos Raonic after two tie-break wins to reach the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals in London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday. Djokovc, the second seed, beat the Wimbledon finalist from Canada 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) in his second match of Group Ivan Lendl, reports […]

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Messi falls ill during flight with Argentina national team

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Lionel Messi was one of several Argentina players to fall ill during a flight from Buenos Aires to San Juan on Monday, according to media reports. The Barcelona forward and other unnamed players received treatment after heavy turbulence prompted them to vomit, Argentinian radio show La Red said, reports […]

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Real Madrid takes Campus Experience to Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Celebrated Spanish football club Real Madrid on Monday opened a training camp in Havana for Cuban children. Some 100 boys and girls selected from eight schools in Havana attended the first day of training as part of a program designed to teach values through football, reports Xinhua. The five-day football […]

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Murray wins first match as world No. 1, Nishikori stuns Wawrinka

LONDON, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Andy Murray defeated seventh seed Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 in their Group clash for his first victory after climbing to the top of the world rankings at the ATP World Tour Finals in London’s O2 Arena on Monday. In an earlier match, fifth seed Kei Nishikori shocked world No. 3 […]

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Lippi eyes win over Qatar in his debut as China coach

KUNMING, China, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi on Monday showed his determination to win the key World Cup qualifier against Qatar here on Tuesday night in his debut as head coach of the Chinese national soccer team. “Our goal is to win, if we want to make the World Cup dream […]

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Zambia to protest over referee’s poor officiating in World Cup qualifier match

LUSAKA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — Zambia’s soccer governing body said on Monday that it will lodge a complaint with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) against poor officiating by a Senegalese referee in Saturday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier match against Cameroon. Soccer loving Zambians have expressed concern over the alleged poor officiating of the match […]

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