Sinner romps into US Open third round

NEW YORK: Jannik Sinner kept his bid to win back-to-back US Open titles firmly on track with an emphatic second round demolition of Australia’s Alexei Popyrin on Thursday. The Italian world number one needed just two hours and one minute to dispatch Popyrin 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Sinner — who only dropped four games in his … Read more

Venice heats up with Clooney, Stone premieres

director paolo sorrentino and cast members anna ferzetti and toni servillo pose during a photocall for the movie la grazia in competition on the opening day of the 82nd venice film festival in italy photo reuters

VENICE: George Clooney plays a famous actor on a soul-searching journey and Emma Stone makes a turn as the CEO of a pharmaceutical company in two of the films premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday evening. Clooney and Stone are among the many Hollywood actors, including Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Jesse Plemons, … Read more

Russia batters Kyiv in overnight strikes, hits EU mission and British Council offices

Russia launched one of its heaviest barrages of missiles and drones on Ukraine’s capital overnight Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including four children, and damaging the European Union’s mission and the British Council offices in Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed a five-storey residential block was destroyed while several other buildings were severely damaged, … Read more

Zverev sweeps into US Open third round

NEW YORK: Alexander Zverev cruised into the third round of the US Open on Thursday with a straight-sets win over Britain’s Jacob Fearnley. Three-time Grand Slam runner-up Zverev eased past world number 60 Fearnley 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to book a date with Canadian 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime or Russia’s Roman Safiullin. Only Carlos Alcaraz has … Read more