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Dan Keane, legendary Christian Brothers soccer and tennis coach, dies at 76
Dan Keane, who amassed over 1,100 wins and over a dozen state titles as both the tennis coach and soccer coach at Christian Brothers, died Thursday night at the age of 76. Current Christian Brothers coach Tom Mulligan confirmed the news on Friday morning.
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No. 20 Jackets Visit UCF Saturday
THE FLATS – Coming off the Michigan Invitational last weekend, No. 20 Georgia Tech women’s tennis officially gets the dual spring season started on Saturday, traveling to UCF. First serve is slated for 11 a.m. at the USTA National Campus between the Yellow Jackets and Knights. No. 20 GEORGIA TECH (0-0) at UCF (0-0)Saturday, Jan.…
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Men’s Tennis to Host Triple-Header at Home
NORMAN – The Oklahoma men’s tennis team will host Oral Roberts on Saturday, Jan. 20, with a doubleheader to follow on Sunday, Jan. 21, against UT Arlington and Illinois State. MATCHDAY BASICS The Sooners’ 2024 matches will be open to the public and free of charge. Due to the elimination of concessions, fans are encouraged…
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Tunisian tennis player banned for 3 years for match-fixing
LONDON (AP) — Tunisian player Anis Ghorbel was banned from tennis for three years on Friday for corruption. Ghorbel, ranked as high as 479 in 2016, was found guilty of four breaches of the anti-corruption program by the International Tennis Integrity Agency in relation to match-fixing in 2016 and 2017. × This page requires Javascript.…
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Tennis and snooker are Saudi Arabia’s new frontiers in sporting land grab
It has bought its way to the very top of football, golf, boxing and Formula 1 in an unprecedented shake-up of world sport’s established order. Now, tennis and snooker have become the latest frontier in Saudi Arabia’s pursuit of an ever-expanding presence in the industry. The Gulf kingdon has already recruit Rafael Nadal this month…
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Djokovic, Andreeva and the confidence game
ByAshish Magotra Jan 19, 2024 10:12 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Success in sport comes down to belief — the kind that the Serbian has and the kind that the 16-year-old Russian displayed as they made it to the 4th round To some, 24 could be just a number. But on Novak Djokovic’s heels,…
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EKU Women’s Tennis Falls To Jacksonville State – Eastern Kentucky University Athletics
Next Match: at Louisville 1/20/2024 | 2:00 p.m. Jan. 20 (Sat) / 2:00 p.m. at Louisville History RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University women’s tennis team (1-1, 0-0 ASUN) fell to Jacksonville State (1-2, 0-0 C-USA) by a score of 4-2 on Friday at the Greg Adams Tennis Center. To begin the dual match, Marilou Cote…
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Cats Drop Opener at UTSA – Abilene Christian University Athletics
Story Links SAN ANTONIO – Andrea Guerrero posted the lone win for Abilene Christian in a 6-1 setback at UTSA in ACU’s spring opener on Friday. Guerrero defeated Cassie McLay in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, in No. 5 singles. Maryjoe Crisologo at No. 3 singles and Libby Blair at No. 6 forced three sets but came up…
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Burnel Clinches Victory Over Lamar For Men’s Tennis
Story Links RIO GRANDE VALLEY – When the match is on the line, there’s no one better for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men’s tennis team to have in control than senior captain Emilien Burnel. On a chilly Friday at the Orville Cox Tennis Center, Burnel outdueled Lamar’s Max Amling at No. 1 singles to earn a come-from-behind,…
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Saturday’s Australian Open tennis acca tips: Daniil Medvedev to display title credentials
Daniil Medvedev faces a big test of his title credentials just over a day after an epic five-setter that concluded in the early hours of the morning. Players will be desperate to get into the second week of action when the Australian Open continues with third-round action on Saturday. Here we make our picks for…