More events on the sporting calendar across the world are still being threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. In Nigeria, where the  Nigeria Professional Football League and National Sports […]

The French Open has been moved to September and October as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The ATP Tour has postponed all play for six […]

Roger Federer will miss his fourth French Open in the last five years after having knee surgery on Wednesday. The 20-time Grand Slam champion had arthroscopic […]

Simona Halep brilliantly took apart Anett Kontaveit in just 53 minutes to race into the Australian Open semi-finals. Estonian Kontaveit, 24, won the first game but […]

Serena Williams reached the Auckland Classic semi-finals with a straight-set victory over Germany’s Laura Siegemund. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion beat 73rd-ranked Siegemund 6-4 6-3. […]

Sylvester Emmanuel powered to his second straight Central Bank of Nigeria Open Tennis Title, with straight set wins over Abdulmumin Babalola in the tournament final on […]

All is now set for the 41st edition of the CBN Senior Open Tennis Championship today at the Moshood Abiola Stadium Package B. Briefing newsmen in […]

New French Open winner, Rafael Nadal, remains second in the men’s tennis rankings released on Monday by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), behind Novak Djokovic. […]

Serena Williams retired from her third-round match at Indian Wells while trailing Garbine Muguruza 6-3 1-0. The 37-year-old won the first three games of the match […]

Roger Federer has gained three places to fourth in the men’s ATP tennis rankings released by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) released on Monday. The […]

Roger Federer beat Marton Fucsovics to reach the Dubai Tennis Championships semi-finals and close in on his 100th ATP singles title. The Swiss was pushed by […]

Naomi Osaka stumbled badly in her first match since winning the Australian Open as the world number one went down in a flurry of errors to […]

Second seed Rafael Nadal ended Greek youngster Stefanos Tsitsipas‘ captivating run to reach his fifth Australian Open final. Nadal, 32, was in devastating form as he […]

Serena Williams says she “did not choke” after missing four match points as Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova won the final six games to win a […]

World number one Novak Djokovic reached the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time since 2016 with a hard-fought win over Daniil Medvedev. The 31-year-old Serb […]

Serena Williams outlined why she is the favourite to win the Australian Open with a 6-1 4-6 6-4 win over top seed Simona Halep in a […]

World number one Simona Halep survived a scare to beat American Sofia Kenin and reach the Australian Open third round. The Romanian had been cruising to […]

Britain’s Andy Murray says he plans to retire after this year’s Wimbledon but fears next week’s Australian Open could be the final tournament of his career. […]

Germany’s Alexander Zverev described his ATP Finals title win on Sunday as “astonishing”, after beating Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in consecutive days without losing a […]

Roger Federer paid for his errors as he lost to Japan’s Kei Nishikori in his opening group match at the ATP Finals. The Swiss, chasing a […]