American teenager Amanda Anisimova has reached the semi-finals of the French Open with a straight sets win over defending champion Simona Halep. Romanian third seed Halep, 27, lost 6-2 6-4 to the unseeded 17-year-old. Anisimova had never won a match…
*I’ll swing into action immediately –Sanwo-Olu (Sun) *Ambode: Our policies lifted more people from poverty (ThisDay)
I’ll swing into action immediately –Sanwo-Olu (Sun) As he is inaugurated, today, as the sixth civilian governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagosians he will hit the ground running. Sanwo-Olu spoke shortly after he received hand-over documents from…
Top-ranked Osaka, Halep crash out of Indian Wells (SupertSports)
World No 1 Naomi Osaka crashed out of Indian Wells on Tuesday, routed by Belinda Bencic on a day that saw second-ranked Simona Halep sent packing, too. Bencic, ranked 23rd in the world, defeated Osaka 6-3, 6-1 to reach the…
Djokovic and Halep named 2018 ITF world champions (Guardian)
Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep were Thursday named as the 2018 ITF world champions by the governing body of global tennis. World number one Djokovic receives the honour from the International Tennis Federation for the sixth time, while it is…
Senate urges Nigerian government to secure release of Leah Sharibu (Guardian) * Why Buhari declined assent to bill seeking professionalisation of social works (Independent)
Senate urges Nigerian government to secure release of Leah Sharibu (Guardian) Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged the Nigerian government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu in captivity of a Boko-Haram splinter loyal to the Islamic State. Leah was amongst…
Nadal through to fourth round, Halep suffers upset (Guardian)
Rafael Nadal sailed into the fourth round with a 6/1; 6/2; 6/4 victory over Alex De Minaur of Australia while the top seeded Simona Halep suffered a heart-breaking upset in the hands of Su-Wei Hsieh from Chinese (Taipei) 6/3; 4/6;…
Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza set up semi-final; Nadal in limbo (Abc.net)
World number one Simona Halep is two wins away from her maiden grand slam singles title after defeating Angelique Kerber at the French Open to set up a semi-final against Garbine Muguruza. Halep went from out-of-sorts to on-target against Kerber,…