CHICAGO: Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo and Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa powered to victories in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday as the annual showpiece took place against a backdrop of escalating tensions in the city caused by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Kiplimo produced a devastating burst over the closing stages of the race to claim his first major marathon title in perfect, …

WUHAN: Coco Gauff said her “stubborn” decision to defy her coach and play in China after a tough US Open had paid off after she beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday to clinch the third WTA 1000 title of her career in Wuhan. The 21-year-old Gauff secured the Wuhan Open without dropping a set after a 1hr 42min battle …

NEW DELHI: Opener John Campbell hit his first Test century as a defiant West Indies moved 18 runs from making India bat again on day four of the second Test on Monday. West Indies were 252-3 at lunch in their second innings at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. Campbell made 115 before being trapped lbw by Ravindra Jadeja to end a …

Iran welcomes a potential “fair and balanced” US nuclear proposal, but Tehran has not received any proposal for negotiations, the country’s top diplomat said on Saturday. “If we receive a reasonable, balanced, and fair proposal from the Americans for negotiations, we will certainly consider it,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told state television. However, Araqchi said Tehran will not give …

Three employees of Qatar’s Amiri Diwan, its top government body, were killed in a car crash near Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Qatar’s embassy in Egypt said in a post on X on Sunday. The embassy said two others were wounded and were receiving necessary medical treatment at the city’s hospital. Earlier, two security sources told Reuters …