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By CNN staff The Australian Open draw took place after an unexplained delay of more than an hour on Thursday, with top seed Novak Djokovic facing fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. Djokovic, looking to win his 10th Australian Open title in Melbourne this month, is waiting for Australia’s immigration minister Alex Hawke

By Matias Grez, CNN Federico Valverde’s extra-time winner gave Real Madrid its 100th El Clasico victory over Barcelona and secured passage through to the Spanish Supercup final. The 248th clash between these two great rivals was played in Riyadh — the first to be played outside of Spain — with the Royal Spanish Football Federation

By Eoin McSweeney and Bear Hutchison, CNN Vitali Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxer and now the mayor of Kiev, has sent a strong warning to Russia about the presence of its troops near the Ukraine border saying “we prepare for any case.” “If escalation goes up … We have to be ready to defend our

By Ben Morse, CNN Former Turkey international Ahmet Calik has died at the age of 27, his former club Konyaspor confirmed on Tuesday. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our football player Ahmet Çalik, who has won the love of our fans and our city since the first day he came to our

By George Ramsay, CNN Deon Lendore, an Olympic and world championship medalist from Trinidad and Tobago, died in a car accident in Texas on Monday. He was 29. According to Texas A&M University, for whom Lendore had worked as a volunteer assistant coach over the past two seasons, the sprinter was returning home from practice

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Tennis star Novak Djokovic on Wednesday admitted he did not immediately isolate after testing positive for Covid-19 last month — but denied knowing he had the virus when attending public events. In a statement published to social media, he also apologized for an apparently false travel declaration, saying it had been

By Ben Church, CNN Kelechi Iheanacho scored a goal of real quality as Nigeria won its opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations against Egypt. The Leicester striker scored the winning goal in the first half, firing his half-volley high into net after pivoting exquisitely on the edge of the box. Considering his form

By George Ramsay, CNN Even by the standards of Novak Djokovic’s eventful tennis career — replete with trophies and jaw-dropping performances, but also peppered with controversy — the circumstances ahead of this year’s Australian Open have been extraordinary. “I see life as a great learning curve,” Djokovic told CNN in an interview last year, “and

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The world’s No. 1 ranked speedskater Erin Jackson is headed to the Beijing Olympics after her friend and teammate gave up her spot after a slip during qualifying trials cost Jackson a place in the team. Jackson failed to qualify for Beijing 2022 during Friday’s trials when she slipped and finished

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Rachel Balkovec will become the first woman to manage a minor league team. Balkovec will manage the Tampa Tarpons, the New York Yankees’ Low-A affiliate, according to MLB.com. She confirmed the historic news to the website on Sunday night. “I’m not the first woman to have a position in baseball, but