WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States said Hall of Famers Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova relied on “outdated stereotypes and western-centric views of our culture” in urging the women’s tennis tour to avoid holding its season-ending tournament in the kingdom.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/31/sports/ambassador-responds-to-call-by-evert-and-navratilova-to-keep-womens-tennis/

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Ryan Mendes scored a late penalty for Cape Verde to make Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals after topping Mauritania 1-0 on Monday.

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Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are heading to Las Vegas with a chance for a rare repeat while facing the San Francisco 49ers in a Super Bowl rematch from four years ago.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/29/sports/the-super-bowl-is-set-mahomes-and-the-chiefs-will-face-purdy-and-the-49ers/

In the back of her mind Aryna Sabalenka didn’t want to be, in her words, that player who wins a major title and disappears.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/28/sports/aryna-sabalenka-wins-second-straight-australian-open-title/

Whether the choices are serious or of a more trivial nature, Eileen Gu refuses to be hemmed in

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/28/sports/eileen-gu-chooses-all-of-the-above-when-faced-with-choices-involving-skiing/

Reminders of Lionel Messi and the 2022 World Cup are not hard to find in Qatar.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/28/sports/soccer/lionel-messi-and-the-world-cup-have-left-qatar/

England  — As soon as the shock of Jurgen Klopp leaving Liverpool at season’s end wore off, speculation moved into hyperdrive about his replacement.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/27/sports/who-will-succeed-klopp-as-liverpool-manager/

Three years ago, the Atlanta Falcons passed on a chance to make Raheem Morris their head coach.

[url]https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/26/sports/raheem-morris-hired-as-head-coach-by-atlanta-falcons/ [/url]

Joel Embiid scored 70 in Philadelphia. Karl-Anthony Towns had 62 in Minnesota. The elite big men paired up to do something the NBA hadn’t seen on the same day in more than 45 years.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/23/sports/joel-embiid-scores-70-and-karl-anthony-towns-scores-62-it-was-a-night-like-few-others-in-the-nba/

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — No matter the setting — Arrowhead Stadium or Orchard Park — Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs keep finding ways to beat Josh Allen and Buffalo Bills in the playoffs.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/22/sports/kelce-scores-twice-and-chiefs-beat-bills-27-24-to-advance-to-face-ravens/

Mohamed Salah said Sunday he is convinced he will win the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt "sooner or later" but admitted his country will need to improve if they are to do so at this year's edition, where he is currently out injured.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/21/sports/injured-salah-convinced-afcon-success-will-come-sooner/

Brock Purdy’s throws were off-target all night. The San Francisco defense kept giving up big plays.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/21/sports/christian-mccaffreys-2nd-td-rallies-the-49ers-to-24-21-playoff-win-over-jordan-love/

Hard-throwing reliever Josh Hader and the Houston Astros agreed to a $95 million, five-year contract on Friday, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/20/sports/josh-hader-agrees-to-95-million-5-year-contract-with-astros/

HENDERSON, Nev. — Mark Davis could’ve waited to see if he could lure someone from an unusually deep roster of coaches on the open market to the Las Vegas Raiders.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/20/sports/raiders-remove-interim-tag-and-hire-antonio-pierce/

DOHA, Qatar — Aymen Hussein scored both goals as Iraq shocked Asian Cup favorite Japan 2-1 to claim a place in the knockout stage on Friday.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/20/sports/hussein-scores-twice-as-iraq-upsets-japan-to-reach-asian-cup/

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tommy Fleetwood benefited from two huge errors on the back nine from Rory McIlroy and produced his own strong finish to win the Dubai Invitational following a back-and-forth final-round duel on Sunday.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/15/sports/fleetwood-capitalizes-on-mcilroys-error-on-the-18th-to-win-dubai/

BOULDER, Colo. — J’Vonne Hadley led a balanced attack with 15 points and Colorado held USC to 21 points

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/14/sports/colorado-takes-over-in-2nd-half-to-defeat-short-handed-usc-68-58/

Alina Korneeva and Brenda Fruhvirtova are both 16, both recorded their first wins in a Grand Slam main draw on Sunday at the Australian Open and both are expecting bigger things in the future.

https://tsportsday.com/2024/01/14/sports/at-age-16-alina-korneeva-and-brenda-fruhvirtova-are-into-the-2nd-round-of-the-australian-open/

Suryakumar Yadav will be aiming to improve his ODI credentials while Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson are likely to audition for the wicketkeeper’s slot when India plays a three-match ODI series against the West Indies, beginning here on Thursday.

https://tsportsday.com/2023/07/26/sports/suryakumar-samson-and-ishan/

Trevon Diggs signed a five-year contract extension worth $97 million on Tuesday, making him the fifth-highest paid cornerback in the league

https://tsportsday.com/2023/07/26/sports/cowboys-trevon-diggs-signs-mass/

The Texas Rangers have been one of the most pleasant surprises in Major League Baseball here in the 2023 season and they currently sit in first place in the AL West

https://tsportsday.com/2023/07/26/sports/rangers-trade-deadline-preview/