Section: Saudi Gazette (Saudi Arabia)
Djokovic enters $100 million club
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Angry Radwanska, Halep irked by soggy Paris exits
PARIS — Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep blasted French Open organizers Tuesday for forcing them to compete in pouring rain as Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams was left facing a four-day playing stretch. Radwanska, the second seed, and sixth seed Halep both lost their last-16 clashes after opening healthy leads Sunday night. But after...
Rashford, Sturridge make England squad
LONDON — Strikers Marcus Rashford and Daniel Sturridge have made Roy Hodgson’s final 23-man England squad for Euro 2016 but winger Andros Townsend and midfielders Danny Drinkwater and Fabian Delph failed to make the cut. England is taking five forwards to the 24-team tournament in France with Sturridge selected despite doubts over a calf...
Cameron says leaving EU puts peace at risk
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Monday that a British exit from the EU would threaten peace on the continent, as the campaign for next month’s crucial referendum gathered steam after regional elections. With polls showing the two campaigns are neck-and-neck, Cameron and the de-facto leader of the “Leave” movement, former...
Liverpool-Sevilla Europa final set
LIVERPOOL — Liverpool romped into the Europa League final with a 3-0 win over Villarreal on another magical night at Anfield to tee up a showpiece clash with holder Sevilla which swatted away visitor Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 Thursday. Five-time European champion Liverpool reached a 12th continental final thanks to an own goal from Bruno Soriano and...
Klopp chases lost spark in Villarreal reunion
LONDON — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has vowed that his team will rediscover its mojo in time for Thursday’s Europa League semifinal second leg at home to slick Spanish opponents Villarreal. After a 1-0 first-leg defeat, Klopp saw a much-changed side beaten 3-1 by Swansea City Sunday and goes into the biggest game of his seven-month...
Villarreal secures Champs berth
BARCELONA — Villarreal warmed up for its decisive Europa League semifinal at Liverpool by clinching a berth in Europe’s top competition Sunday. Villarreal’s comfortable 2-0 win at regional rival Valencia guaranteed it will finish in fourth place in the Spanish league, giving the club a Champions League playoff spot next season. The...
Liverpool holds Dortmund
PARIS — Liverpool claimed an excellent 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of its Europa League quarterfinal Thursday as Jurgen Klopp made an emotional return to the Westfalenstadion. The game marked Klopp’s first coming together with his former club since his departure last summer and subsequent appointment by Liverpool back...
Murray wins but Nadal pulls out
MIAMI — Britain’s Andy Murray moved into the third round of the ATP and WTA Miami Open Saturday but Rafael Nadal, dizzy as he struggled to cope with heat and humidity, retired from his match. World No. 2 Murray, twice a Grand Slam champion, downed Uzbekistan’s 76th-ranked Denis Istomin 6-3, 7-5 to reach the third round in a night...
Djokovic backs off money remarks
MIAMI — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic backed off comments that men’s tennis players should make more than women Tuesday as Serena Williams and Andy Murray led a stinging chorus of criticism at the remarks. A furious row over the gender pay gap in tennis erupted at the weekend, when Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore said women...
