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Although the Australian tennis player Neale Fraser, who has died aged 91, won three grand slam singles titles including Wimbledon in 1960, it is as one of the most successful Davis Cup captains that he will be remembered. The tournament gave Fraser the chance to represent his country, both as …
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Woods says US Ryder Cup team should be paid if funds are donated to charity
Tiger Woods believes American players should all be paid millions to play in the Ryder Cup, providing those funds are donated to charity.
The PGA of America is close to agreeing a landmark scenario which will see the US Ryder Cup team paid around $400,000 each to take on Europe …
Economic hardship looms over Ghana as country readies for polls
When the Ghanaian opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the presidential election on his third attempt in 2016, many saw it as a turning point.
The first person to unseat an incumbent, his historic win captured his compatriots’ frustration. Alleged corruption had ballooned under his predecessor, John Mahama: in one instance, …
‘Effervescent’ Brydon Carse’s England ascent is no surprise to former coach
He’s 16 and hyped as Usain Bolt’s successor – but Australia’s Gout Gout is keeping his feet on the ground
It’s tricky being
the next big thing
. There’s all the excitement and promise, but also a truckload of expectation. This is the minefield 16-year-old Australian sprinter Gout Gout and his coach Di Sheppard have been negotiating this year – ever since viral video emerged of the young Queenslander destroying …Neil Wagner: ‘That Test, just one run in it, will stay with me for ever’
Joe Biden to address ‘horrific history’ of enslavement in America on Angola visit
Joe Biden will address America’s history of enslavement in a speech on Tuesday at Angola’s National Museum of Slavery, during a trip in which he is also expected to laud
recent US investment in the region
.Biden’s visit to the museum will take in the 17th-century Capela …
The Breakdown | Antoine Dupont’s Toulouse lead the pack in Champions Cup’s 30th edition
Let’s hear it for the 30th edition of the old Heineken Cup, the cross-border club tournament now known officially as the Investec Champions Cup. When the first fixture between Farul Constanta and Toulouse kicked off on the shores of the Black Sea with minimal fanfare in October 1995 few would …
Israel Vázquez, dogged three-time world champion from Mexico, dies aged 46
Israel Vázquez, one of Mexico’s most celebrated boxers and a three-time super bantamweight world champion, has died aged 46.
The Mexico City native passed away after being diagnosed with cancer, the World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman
on Tuesday.Vázquez, whose aggressive, crowd-pleasing style earned him …