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Loh Kean Yew, the reigning badminton world champion, started his defense of his championship on Monday (August 22) with an easy victory over Pablo Abian, a player from Spain. In just 29 minutes, the Singaporean won 21-12 and 21-12 against the 58th-ranked player in the world Abian to advance to the second round of the BWF World Championships. The competition …

A significant setback was inflicted upon the Philippine women’s volleyball squad. On Friday, August 19, the head of the national teams commission for the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF), Tony Boy Liao, stated that the national team has lost ace spiker Alyssa Valdez due to dengue. This news came just two days before a crucial campaign. The Philippines will play …

Alex de Minaur will be the one to lead Australia’s effort in the Davis Cup finals in Germany because Nick Kyrgios has once again decided against playing for his country in the competition. Kyrgios has not participated in the team competition since 2019, despite the fact that he has been playing some of the best tennis of his career in …

The all-electric Formula E championship will be determined in Sunday’s race in Seoul, with Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne leading his single remaining competitor, Mitch Evans, by 21 points going into the race. At Seoul’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday, the first race of the double-header for Jaguar was won by New Zealander Evans, who started third on the grid. Evans took the …

According to a source close to the La Liga competition, Barcelona has already registered four of its recently signed players in advance of their season opener, which will take place at home against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday. Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Robert Lewandowski, and Raphinha are now available to play against Rayo Vallecano. However, Jules Kounde is still waiting to …

Since winning her first U.S. Open title in 1999, Serena Williams has been regarded as the face of tennis. On Tuesday, she revealed in an article published online that she plans to retire from the sport after competing again in the tournament, which starts later this month. It’s been a long time since Williams, a strong cultural figure who transcended …

Since Jessica Korda is a professional golfer, she is accustomed to living out of a suitcase. However, at the Women’s British Open in Scotland this week, the American has been forced to borrow clothes from her competitors because her luggage did not reach Zurich on time. Korda, who is now in second position at Muirfield after shooting an opening round …

The Premier League said on Tuesday that clubs will only be allowed to perform the anti-racism gesture known as “taking the knee” prior to certain major games beginning with the new season. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who passed away while in the custody of the police in Minneapolis in May of that …

After defeating England 3-0 on Tuesday during the badminton mixed team competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Singapore was awarded the bronze medal, which they carried home with them (Aug 2). In the mixed doubles competition, Singapore’s Terry Hee Yong Kai and Jessica Tan Wei Han faced off against England’s Lauren Smith and Ben Lane. The Singaporean team emerged victorious …

At the Commonwealth Games on Sunday (July 31), English cyclist Matt Walls was flung over the barriers and into the fans at the Lee Valley VeloPark. The incident was described as a “horrific crash,” and it occurred during the competition. After receiving medical attention for more than forty minutes at the location in London where the men’s scratch qualifiers were …