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The Canadian Press
Fernandez grinds out opening-round win at Australian OpenMELBOURNE, Australia — It wasn't vintage Leylah Fernandez, but the 21-year-old from Laval, Que., found a way to grind out a victory on Saturday in her opening singles match at the 15-day Australian Open. Fernandez, competing in the women's singles draw in Melbourne, needed a tiebreaker to win the first set 7-6 (5) in an hour against 17-year-old qualifier Sara Bejlek of Czechia, then won the second 6-2 in 31 minutes to advance. Fernandez finished with two aces, two double faults, one tiebreak vic
Associated Press
Fleetwood capitalizes on McIlroy's error on the 18th to win Dubai Invitational by 1 shotTommy Fleetwood benefited from two huge errors on the back nine from Rory McIlroy and produced his own strong finish to win the Dubai Invitational following a back-and-forth final-round duel on Sunday. McIlroy had already three-putted from 2 feet at No. 14 by the time he reached the 18th tee with a one-shot lead over Fleetwood and pulled his drive into the water. Fleetwood followed that by driving into the middle of the fairway and sent his approach to 16 feet, well inside McIlroy after the world No. 2 had to take a drop.
The Canadian Press
Teenage surfing star granted Canadian citizenship, now sets her sights on OlympicsTeenage surfing prodigy Erin Brooks has won her fight for Canadian citizenship, opening the door for her to compete for Canada at the Paris Olympics. The 16-year-old Brooks was born in Texas and grew up in Hawaii but has Canadian ties through her American-born father Jeff, who is a dual American-Canadian citizen, and her grandfather who was born and raised in Montreal. Brooks' citizenship bid was initially turned down. But Immigration Minister Marc Miller had a change of heart after a December r
The Canadian Press
Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov look for injury relief as Australian Open set to openMELBOURNE, Australia — Canadian men’s tennis was plagued by injuries in 2023. But as the 2024 season begins, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov have both been pronounced — if not good as new — at least good to go for their first-round matches at the Australian Open Monday. Auger-Aliassime, the No. 27 seed, faces former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem of Austria. Shapovalov, whose ranking plummeted outside the top 100 last November for the first time since he entered that elite company a
NY Daily News
Bill Madden: Yankees join the desperation trend in baseball with Marcus Stroman signingNEW YORK — If there is one common theme to this baseball offseason it is the desperation everywhere for quality starting pitching. Desperation as in the Dodgers forking over $325 million over 12 years to Yoshinobu Yamamoto who’s never thrown a single pitch in the majors and another $136.5 million over five years to Tyler Glasnow, who’s never thrown over 150 innings. Desperation as in the Mets ...
Global News
Austrian heiress giving away $36.6M because government won't tax inheritanceAn Austro-German heiress is setting up a citizens group to decide how she should give away much of the fortune she inherited from her grandmother. Marlene Engelhorn, who is 31 and lives in Vienna, wants 50 Austrians to determine how €25m (£21.5m) of her inheritance should be redistributed. Mike Drolet has more.
