Sports
Paris Olympics: Naomi Osaka defeated by Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber’s singles career will continue for at least one more game after she defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka on Saturday.
The victory was in the first round of the tennis tournament at the Paris Olympics.
Germany’s Kerber, who announced earlier in the week that she would end her career after the Games, prevailed with a 7-6 6-3 win in over an hour.
The German was gifted the last two points after Osaka made two consecutive mistakes.
She now faces Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian in the second round and will also play in the doubles alongside Laura Siegemund.
Kerber, a three-time Grand Slam winner and the 2016 Olympic silver medallist, made her comeback to the sport this year following a 18-month maternity leave.
But she has not been able to build on the great successes she enjoyed at the peak of her career.
Newcastle on Sunday pummeled Manchester United 4-1.
Newcastle to chance as they dealt a terrible blow on former league toppers.
Arsenal draw Brentford as hope of making it to the top continues to dwindle.
Arsenal after a superlative display against Real Madrid could not pull a win against Brentford at Emirates.
Most popular ex-captain and head coach of the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, is dead.
He was 74.
The football legend reportedly passed away in the early hours of Saturday though the exact circumstances surrounding the situation remain unclear as of the time of filing this report.
His longtime teammate and friend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, confirmed the development.
Odegbami, who won the 1980 Africa Nation Cup with Chukwu, said: ‘I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, “Chairman” Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and teammate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s history, has passed on’.
Born 4 January 1951, Chukwu had an illustrious career with Rangers captaining them to many laurels on the domestic football scene and led the Flying Antelopes to continental glory by winning the now rested African Cup Winners Cup in 1977.
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