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MALAGA: Spain’s Rafael Nadal waves during a tribute to his career at the end of the quarter-final doubles match between Netherlands and Spain during the Davis Cup Finals on November 19, 2024. - AFP

‘Eternal’ Nadal leaves legacy

MALAGA: Rafael Nadal said early Wednesday he had left a sporting and personal ‘legacy’ after retiring from professional tennis, as tributes flooded in for the 22-time Grand Slam winner. The 38-year-old’s glittering and historic career came to ...

Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal

A fine bromance: Nadal’s epic rivalry with Federer

PARIS: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s rivalry started in the sweltering heat of Miami and ended almost two decades later in tears and hand-holding in an emotional London farewell. In between, the great friends met 40 times, battling out epics on...

MALAGA: Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves to Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp in the quarter-final singles match between Netherlands and Spain during the Davis Cup Finals at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena in Malaga on November 19, 2024. – AFP

Tennis great Federer hails Nadal ahead of imminent retirement

MALAGA: Tennis great Roger Federer hailed his former rival Rafael Nadal on Tuesday ahead of the Spaniard’s imminent retirement from tennis at the Davis Cup. “Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens - h...

MALAGA: Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and Italy’s Sara Errani return the ball to Poland’s Iga Swiatek and Poland’s Katarzyna Kawa during their semi-finals doubles tennis match between Poland and Italy at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena in Malaga.- AFP

Italy book BJK Cup final

MALAGA: Italy reached a second consecutive Billie Jean King Cup final with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Iga Swiatek’s Poland on Monday in Malaga. Swiatek came from a set down to beat Jasmine Paolini in her singles rubber but the Italian earned imme...

MÁLAGA: Slovakia’s Viktoria Hruncakova returns the ball to Australia’s Kimberly Birrell during their quarter-finals singles tennis match between Australia and Slovakia on November 17, 2024.- AFP

Slovakia beat Australia to book BJK Cup semis

MALAGA: Slovakia overcame Australia 2-0 on Sunday to reach the semi-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup. The country of 5.4 million, which beat the United States in the first round, is into the semi-finals of the competition for the first time since ...

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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP

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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah (right) are seen during their weekly meeting on Tuesday. — KUNA

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