The Legends Tour, formerly known as the European Seniors Tour, returns to the Caribbean island of Barbados for the first time since 2009, when Apes Hill plays host to the first event of the tour’s new season from May 3-5. The Barbados Legends is being hosted by Ian Woosnam, who is an ambassador for Apes…
Welcome back to Top of the Order, where every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. At 13-16, the Arizona Diamondbacks have started their season with something of a whimper. The biggest reason for that, in my opinion, has been the…
There were some serious injury doubts about Carlos Alcaraz leading up to his first match at the 2024 Madrid Open, but he erased all of them with a spectacular performance. This is Alcaraz’s first big clay event this year. He played briefly in South America, but that wasn’t a long stay on the surface, and…
Photo: Ashley Potts Sheldon Dries had a goal and an assist to pace the Abbotsford Canucks to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Eagles in the opener of their best-of-three Pacific Division first-round series at Blue Arena on Wednesday night. The Canucks can wrap up the series with another win on Friday. Dries, who spent…
Everything flowed smoothly during Rafael Nadal‘s winning start to his 2024 Barcelona Open campaign except for one moment when a fan made fun of his opponent. Nadal, who had been out of action since January, was playing his first match in over two and a half months. But he didn’t lack any match sharpness in…
Great Britain included five debutants in their World Championship squad for Riga, and the players received their caps today (Sunday) in the dressing room before warmup began. Players are ‘capped’ whenrepresenting GB in a World Championship or Olympic Qualification game, and each player has a unique all-time squad number. Before today there had been 143…
Saturday got off to a disappointing start for the Canadians in Indian Wells, as Leylah Annie Fernandez was sent packing in her opening match by Diane Parry while Milos Raonic withdrew with an injury. Fernandez battled as she always does but found herself playing catch up for most of the day. Eventually, Parry was able…
Inter Miami welcomed Real Salt Lake to the newly christened Chase Stadium for the first game of the 2024 Major League Soccer (MLS) campaign. With Miami securing only one win in their seven pre-season matches in 2024, many had reservations about the condition of Lionel Messi’s team. The doubts were soon allayed, as the hosts…
DELRAY BEACH OPEN—Delray Beach, Florida Defending champion Taylor Fritz notched his seventh career title on Monday in Delray Beach, Florida, dismissing good friend and fellow American Tommy Paul 6-2, 6-3. In a match that lasted one hour and 40 minutes, Fritz used his powerful serve and potent groundstrokes to offset his speedy opponent. Reaching the…
Gael Monfils won the Rotterdam Open twice in his life, and he’s back this year, starting off with a banging win over Denis Shapovalov. Shapovalov isn’t playing the best tennis right now, but that’s because he just recently returned from a long injury layoff. The Canadian had some decent moments in recent weeks but, for…
