BUENOS AIRES (REUTERS) – Belarusian Daniil Ostapenkov, a teenager who had not played a professional-level match before, stunned world number 15 Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-3 in their World Group I Davis Cup match against Argentina on Saturday (Sept 18). The 18-year-old became the latest young gun to cause an upset following a US Open where... » read more
ASUNCION (REUTERS) – Two rounds of South American 2022 World Cup qualifiers will be played in early June in the 10 days before the start of this year’s Copa America, the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said on Thursday (May 6). Games in March were cancelled because of a Covid-19 surge across the region so... » read more
DUISBURG, GERMANY (AFP) – Germany had their 17-match winning streak in World Cup qualifiers abruptly ended on Wednesday (March 31) as they crashed to a shock 2-1 home defeat against North Macedonia. Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas scored the winner five minutes from time to cancel out Ilkay Gundogan’s penalty after 37-year-old striker Goran Pandev had... » read more