MatchPoint Times

Cyril Linette, appointed last April by committee president Edgar Grospiron, becomes the fourth senior executive to leave in two months.

The rematch between two of boxing’s biggest names will be broadcast live on Sept 19 on Netflix.

The 26-year-old American had started the day with a six-shot advantage that swelled to seven after his birdies at the first and third.

The former two-division champion Conor McGregor has not fought since 2021 after breaking his leg in a bout against Dustin Poirier.

At 17, Lucas Santiago Wehle is set to represent Malaysia in surfing at the 2026 Asian Games, a breakthrough for both athlete and sport.

Isaac Del Toro took the overall lead at the UAE Tour after darting clear to earn his second stage victory of the week.

The reigning champions suffer an embarrassing 2-1 stoppage-time defeat at the Premier League’s bottom club.

The Catalans dominated from the start knowing they needed four goals to force extra time but lost 4-3 on aggregate.

Everton end a seven-match home winless run by beating Burnley 2-0 as relegation fears deepen for Leeds after a 1-0 defeat.

Portugal’s 41-year-old captain could be sidelined for two to four weeks after suffering a hamstring tendon injury.

Mikel Arteta is undeterred by claims the Gunners will be the ‘ugliest’ Premier League champions if they clinch the title.

Medical tests confirmed the 25-year-old Real Madrid forward suffered a season-ending ACL injury to his right leg.

Top players remain stranded in the Middle East as the war disrupts global tennis travel ahead of the tournament in California.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, who won a singles title on Saturday, is among those who have been unable to leave the city.

Daniil Medvedev claimed his second Dubai title following the withdrawal of his opponent, Tallon Griekspoor.

Fifth-seeded Italian Flavio Cobolli out-lasted Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-4.

Daniil Medvedev produced a clinical 6-2, 6-1 win over Jenson Brooksby today.

Miomir Kecmanovic, ranked 84th in the world, triumphed 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4) over world number four Alexander Zverev.

PV Sindhu was stranded at Dubai airport on her way to the All England Open as global air travel was disrupted since Sunday after the US and Israel attacked Iran.

The 2017 SEA Games champion last stood atop the podium in 2018 when she clinched the Youth Olympic Games and World Junior Championships titles.

Men’s doubles shuttlers Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani were among the three remaining representatives who were knocked out.

The national women’s singles shuttler beat her Thai opponent while Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik lost to an unheralded French pair in straight games.

Leong Jun Hao, who was knocked out in the openers at most of last year’s tournaments, fell to a Taiwanese opponent in the first round of the men’s singles.

The Thomas Cup compromise ends a standoff, but it also highlights a persistent issue: consistency in decision-making when elite players and authority collide.

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi won the MotoGP grand prix in Thailand from pole position, with KTM’s Pedro Acosta second and Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez third.

The stewards ordered Ducati’s champion Marc Marquez to give up the position, allowing KTM’s Pedro Acosta to cross the finish line first.

Italian Marco Bezzecchi topped the timesheets in all three practice sessions in Buriram and continued his impressive form with a fastest qualifying lap of 1min 28.652sec.

Marc Marquez launches his bid for a record-equalling eighth world title this weekend in Buriram after dominating the competition last season.

The Spaniard capped a remarkable comeback from injury last year, winning his first championship since 2019.

Four times world champion Max Verstappen has been outspoken about the new cars not being fun to drive and producing a situation that is “like Formula E on steroids” and “anti-racing”.