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[ad_1] Naomi Osaka may have lost three straight matches following her successful return from a maternity break, but the former world No. 1 said the only the direction left to go is up ahead of the Qatar Open.The four-time Grand Slam champion, who gave birth to her daughter Shai in July, won her first match after 15 months away from the game at the Brisbane International last month before falling […]

[ad_1] Las Vegas – San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan absorbed his third agonizing Super Bowl defeat Sunday, but vowed the 49ers would bounce back after being denied in overtime by the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday."We all hurt," Shanahan said after the 49ers fell 25-22 against the Chiefs — who won it with a Patrick Mahomes touchdown pass with three seconds left in overtime."Everyone knows how it feels. […]

[ad_1] Doha – Rikuya Hoshino produced a strong closing round at the Qatar Masters to claim his first title on the European Tour on Sunday. The 27-year-old, in a three-way tie for the lead overnight, carded a fourth-round 68 to finish 14-under par at Doha Golf Club. France's Ugo Coussaud came in second, one shot behind, with Scott Jamieson a further shot adrift in third. He became the first Japanese […]

[ad_1] Sapporo – The Sapporo Snow Festival drew 2.39 million visitors through Sunday, with one organizer saying attendance has recovered to pre-pandemic levels after the removal of coronavirus measures. It is the first time in four years that the annual festival — one of the country's biggest winter events — was held at its former scale, using three locations in the capital city of Hokkaido. c The event regularly attracted […]

[ad_1] SOPRON, Hungary – Star guard Mai Yamamoto came up clutch for Japan as the Tokyo Games silver medalist booked its place in the Paris Olympics women's basketball tournament with a tense 86-82 victory over Canada on Sunday. Akatsuki Japan advanced to its third straight Olympics by winning the four-team qualifying tournament in Sopron, Hungary, with a 2-1 record. Head coach Toru Onzuka's world No. 9 squad came into its […]

[ad_1] Manchester – The return of the Champions League comes at the perfect time for Manchester City with Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne's comebacks from injury making the defending champion look formidable.Pep Guardiola's men head to FC Copenhagen for the first leg of their last 16 tie on Tuesday on the back of 10 consecutive wins in all competitions.A run that began while Haaland and De Bruyne were still […]

[ad_1] Former Springboks captain Victor Matfield will reunite with Eddie Jones in a coaching role for the Japanese national rugby team, South African media reported Sunday.In an interview with Afrikaans-language newspaper Rapport, the 46-year-old Matfield said he will be a consultant to the Brave Blossoms as they prepare for their upcoming slate of test matches.Matfield was a star second-rower for the 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks team that employed Jones […]